For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’
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- Written by DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, NY TImes DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, NY TImes
- Published: 15 November 2006 15 November 2006
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At a dinner addressed by the Israeli ambassador, a handful of Republican senators and the chairman of the Republican Party, Mr. Hagee read greetings from President Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel and dispatched the crowd with a message for their representatives in Congress. Tell them “to let Israel do their job” of destroying the Lebanese militia, Hezbollah, Mr. Hagee said.
He called the conflict “a battle between good and evil” and said support for Israel was “God’s foreign policy.”
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Rahm's Losers: The War Loses, Voters Win
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- Written by JOHN V. WALSH JOHN V. WALSH
- Published: 14 November 2006 14 November 2006
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But is Rahm a boy genius or did the Dem establishments succeed despite him and in fact despite itself? After all, the Dem establishment, partisans of oil, empire and Israel, chose Rahm to lead them. Let's do the numbers to see how Rahm and his employers really did.
The Democrats Don't Care: Screw the Palestinians, Full Steam Ahead
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- Written by KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISON KATHLEEN and BILL CHRISTISON
- Published: 14 November 2006 14 November 2006
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The British press toe the line on the Iraq war
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- Written by Vicky Frost, The Guardian Vicky Frost, The Guardian
- Published: 13 November 2006 13 November 2006
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"Our findings fail to offer strong evidence of media coverage that was autonomous in its approach to the official narratives and justifications for the war in Iraq," the report says.
In One Word: MASSACRE!
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- Written by Uri Avnery Uri Avnery
- Published: 12 November 2006 12 November 2006
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They were not rejoicing at the kick that the American people delivered to George W. Bush's ass this week. They love Bush, after all.
But more important than the humbling of Bush is the fact that the news from America pushed aside the terrible reports from Beit Hanoun. Instead of making the headlines, they were relegated to the bottom of the page.
THE FIRST revolutionary act is to call things by their true names, Rosa Luxemburg said. So how to call what happened in Beit Hanoun?
"Accident" said a pretty anchorwoman on one of the TV news programs. "Tragedy", said her lovely colleague on another channel. A third one, no less attractive, wavered between "event", "mistake" and "incident".
It was indeed an accident, a tragedy, an event and an incident. But most of all it was a massacre. M-a-s-s-a-c-r-e.