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Opinion Orwell Would Ask Where ‘Pro-Israel’ Leads Us
“Thought can corrupt language,” George Orwell wrote in the 1943 essay I referred to in my column, “but language can also corrupt thought.” Gil Troy’s response to my piece offers a concise portrait of this process. But his critique is more than a helpful example of the rhetorical phenomenon I wrote to challenge. In form…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Backs Israel’s Handling of Gaza
Hillary Rodham Clinton defended Israel’s handling of the Gaza conflict and said anti-Semitism was possibly behind some of the criticism of Israel. Clinton also appeared to back Israel’s insistence on maintaining a security presence in the West Bank and stopping Iranian uranium enrichment. The former U.S. secretary of state made her remarks in an interview…
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Fast Forward Sprawling Anti-Israel Rallies Hit London and Cape Town
Tens of thousands of people protested Israel’s operation against Gaza in both London and Cape Town. Demonstrators in central London marched though the West End shopping area and on to Hyde Park for a rally on Saturday. It is the third major demonstration on behalf of Gaza in London in the last month. Organizers said…
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Fast Forward Starbucks Insists It Doesn’t Back Israel — Pushes Back on Rumors
Starbucks issued a statement saying the company and its CEO do not provide any financial support to Israel or its army, in the wake of such rumors. Howard Schultz, Starbuck’s CEO, is Jewish. The company updated a four-year-old statement on its website after the spread of false “rumors that Starbucks or Howard provides financial support…
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Fast Forward Garnier Cosmetics Backs Off Pro-Israel Giveaway
The Garnier cosmetics and toiletries firm is facing a boycott threat over a donation of personal care products to female Israeli soldiers serving in the current Gaza operation. Garnier, owned by L’Oreal, has faced a backlash after their donated products were distributed in care packages by the StandWithUs Israel advocacy group. The products were donated…
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Fast Forward Filmmaker Menahem Golan Dies at 85
Israeli filmmaker Menahem Golan, who produced more than 200 movies, including several popular action films of the 1980s, has died. Golan, who directed Dolph Lundgren, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sylvester Stallone and Chuck Norris, died on Friday in Tel Aviv at the age of 85. Golan, co-founder with his cousin Yoram Globus of the Cannon Group…
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Fast Forward Gaza Deal Reached for New 72-Hour Truce
A Palestinian official said on Sunday agreement had been reached on a new 72-hour Gaza ceasefire. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel or Hamas, the dominant movement in the Gaza Strip, that a truce had been agreed. “The Israeli and the Palestinian sides have agreed to the new 72-hour truce to begin serious negotiations…
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News Guardian Will Run Elie Wiesel ‘Child Sacrifice’ Gaza War Ad
The Guardian has agreed to run an advertisement accusing Hamas of “child sacrifice” after another British newspaper, The Times, refused to print it. The ad, written by Nobel prize-winning author Elie Wiesel, calls on President Barack Obama and other world leaders to condemn Hamas’ “use of children as human shields.” “In my own lifetime, I…
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