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I still don’t buy the hype about Iran

Maybe I’m in denial. Or maybe I’m naive. Even though I trust and respect Richard Silverstein, I don’t buy his latest leak: Bibi’s Secret War Plan. It’s the Israeli government’s newest psychological operation. Silverstein writes: In the past few days, I received an Israeli briefing document outlining Israel’s war plans against Iran. The document was…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat August 15, 2012

IDF censors Defence Minister, Chief of Staff’s sexist joke

Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Chief of Staff Benny Gantz shared a joke about female soldiers participating in a military exercise “to sing during break time,” with Barak tipping Gantz about a ministry employee who can “sing without her uniform”. The IDF then tried to block reports of the joke. Censorship and limitations on freedom…

By Dimi Reider December 6, 2011

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Is BDS strong at American universities?

Yesterday I blogged a quote about the Boycott, Divestment and Sanction (BDS) movement uttered by Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak in a long interview with Haaretz. In a rare move, Barak acknowledged the power of the BDS movement.The following piece, published in The Forward about the power of BDS on American university campuses, is a…

By Joseph Dana May 8, 2011

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