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Pragmatic Jewish perspectives on political and ethical issues, without the distortion of obsolete ideologies.
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Thinking about what we did (opens the original)
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Last week, Israelis were up in arms about the NAZA film. Generally, I try to understand what it is that people round here are thinking, and I might actually be too good at it, but here I’m at a loss. The policy of not placing significant emphasis on minimizing civilian casualties when pursuing military goals in Gaza enjoys broad, overwhelming support in the Israeli electorate. Killing Palestinian civilians in large numbers isn’t so much a consequence of the policy as part of the substance of the
The State of Mekorism (opens the original)
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The following is a response to Datepalm Discourses. It’s too long for a note, but not really enough for an article, so it’s here, but not emailed.First of all, it’s mekorism with a k. Cut that out, OQ? I’m loath to pull rank like this, but sometimes you have to.Secondly, yes, sure, the human capital issue is key. People are policy, cadres decide everything etc. Ironically, given the present direction
What’s up with Arthur Ruppin? (opens the original)
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You can tell the quality of a blog from its commenters and NonZionism does pretty well on that score. In the article on Israel Shahak, we saw his unevidenced and prima facie outlandish claim that Hugo Bergmann, founder of Brit Shalom and lifelong peacenik, ‘advocated the expulsion of all Palestinians to Iraq’. <a href="https://nonzionism.com/p/israel-shahak-clown-me
Smile, it costs nothing (opens the original)
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A lot of news attention has been focussed on a little town near Nablus called Qusra. Hilltop guys have all sorts of maps of their strategery and they decided this is an important new place for hostile acquisitions. Why? I don’t know, ask them. Anyway, unlike the miscellaneous ‘hamlets’ full of Bedouin corrugated iron shacks that have been their bread and butter, Qusra is a relatively affluent place and some people there have connections, including one who’s an American citizen:<a class="image-li
On Tobacco (opens the original)
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Very esteemed friend of the blog, Daas Torah, had an extreme Flatbush moment and sperged out because I asked for someone to pick up some fags for me from the States, so I think it’s time to get some thoughts off my chest about that ‘custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, dangerous to the Lungs, and in the blacke stinking fume thereof, neerest resembling the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomelesse’.<div class="captioned-image-con
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