The BBC has been taking a lot of heat for refusing to air an appeal for the people of Gaza on the grounds that to do so would compromise its "ob…
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Read moreScience 's online news service, ScienceNOW , today features three depressing stories about the effects of climate change. The first , by our clim…
Read moreOne of the most heroic figures in Judaism today is Henry Siegman, director of the US Middle East Project in New York, and a former national directo…
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Read moreWhere do you stand on the Marvelous Malia and Sweet Sasha controversy ? Balter's Blog wants to know. Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press
Read moreAccording to several news reports today, the Israeli government is planning to approve a bill on Sunday that will grant legal aid and other forms of…
Read moreSome of you may have seen the clip of Vice-President Joe Biden taking a dig at Chief Justice John Roberts yesterday as he swore in senior White House…
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Read moreThe unilateral cease-fire may or may not hold for very long, given that Hamas has vowed to keep fighting unless its demands are met. But those demand…
Read moreMore about the Palestinian doctor . From the New York Times , the story of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish . And more about this heartbreaking tragedy from S…
Read moreAs you know, Israel has blocked "foreign" journalists from entering Gaza during its assault on the territory, although Al- Jazeera has a n…
Read moreBush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency Many of you have probably seen this, but just in case, a little light relief …
Read moreAn opinion piece in today's International Herald Tribune by Yossi Alpher , formerly of Tel Aviv University and now co-editor of bitterlemons .…
Read moreThat's the implication of comments by Britain's foreign minister, David Miliband, in the Guardian and reported on by the BBC . One key graf:…
Read more20 When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed; so every m…
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