Politics

The Next Israel-Lebanon War

כ"א באלול ה'תש"ע (31 August 2010)

When I wrote recently about the upcoming Israel-Iran War, I predicted that “Israel will provoke a war with Hezballah in 2010 to defeat them and to deplete their arsenal in the context of a conventional war.” Now I see Haaretz is agreeing that Israel might be planning to attack Hezballah preemptively. The article mentions the [...]

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Israel & Lebanon in the United States Empire

י"ח באלול ה'תש"ע (28 August 2010)

The United States arms its client Israel (or Israel is the puppetmaster that controls the United States – it depends whom you ask). The United States also arms a (former) close ally of Israel, Turkey. The United States also arms some of Israel’s neighbors, like Egypt and the Hashemite entity, as a reward for not [...]

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The Annexation Endgame

י"ז באלול ה'תש"ע (27 August 2010)

IHTG asked what I thought about this article. He wrote: My feeling is that the settlers with their sense of community and extremely high birthrates find it easier to imagine surviving in a multi-ethnic society along with Arabs, in a sort of mini-Austro-Hungary, with themselves as the Austrians. For the rest of us, it could [...]

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Tel Aviv’s Proudest Day

כ"ט בתמוז ה'תש"ע (11 July 2010)

I’ve lived in Tel Aviv already more than a few years, and I long ago learned to hide what I believe about any issue from the people I meet here. More than half of the girls I’ve dated in Tel Aviv have been draft dodgers, not including the one draft resister I fucked after I [...]

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Jewish Monarchy in Israel

כ"ה בתמוז ה'תש"ע (7 July 2010)

Will S. asked these questions: I’m Canadian, and an ardent monarchist myself; to me, it ties in with my patriotism, and my faith as a Christian (of the Protestant variety), and my disposition as a Canadian. Monarchy, though, is always at least outwardly religious; whether the Christian monarchs of Europe, or the Islamic kingdoms like [...]

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Do Not Free Gilad Shalit

כ"ב בתמוז ה'תש"ע (4 July 2010)

I expressed some cynicism and negativity last year about a possible deal to free Gilad Shalit. I stand by that sentiment now that a bunch of loopy Shalit demonstrators are marching around the country. For my readers from weird places like Albania and Canada, Gilad Shalit is an Israeli soldier who was serving near near [...]

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