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Haim Bresheeth and Sherna Berger Gluck weigh in on the idea of that vaunted nation "that ranks among the most free and vigilant in protecting intellectual freedom" ... (I'm not entirely sure, but judging from their names I don't think either of these individuals are Palestinians ... but I may...

Further thoughts on the BDS movement from Nathan Goldwag, of Jewish Voice For Peace: BDS: The Best Hope for a True Peace #whowillbeisraelsdeklerk

Fair enough.

You might well wish to consider who it was that carelessly introduced the pairing in the linked conversation ... ;) Either that, or brush up on your understanding and comprehension of what Godwin's Law actually constitutes ... a mere mention of "Hitler" it ain't ... The fact of the matter is...

Barghouti gets a standing O at U of M and then gets a 2 page write up in The Michigan Daily: Palestinian activist urges University to divest from Israel - The Michigan Daily

Nah ... it jumped the shark back when someone decided that they would go all "logically fallacious" and start providing refutations for things that had no real bearing whatsoever on anything in thing in the thread - or were connected to it by virtue of linked articles - up to that point...

I think you might be onto something there ... Things that challenge gray matter - or political ideology, fixed and unchanging viewpoints, sacred cows, etc. - can be very, very threatening for some. And some just don't wanna expend the time or effort thinking thoughts ... because, I mean...

Some unwritten law of the universe ? Or because expediters don't have political opinions ?

Another one for Hasbara Howlers file ... Hasbara Mega-Fail: Pro-Israel zealot tries to excuse Ariel Sharon by comparing him to Hitler https://twitter.com/arik_sharon/status/422296585155121152 #deadlycombotheuntrainedandpr

Thanks for pointing that this isn't in the Soapbox ... I wasn't paying close attention to where it was when I replied. My apologies.

That's true ... unfortunately though, it cuts both ways ... ;) ... clowns to the left of me, jokers on the right ...

Don't appear to be feeling the love: Poor showing among heads of state for the lonely funeral of Ariel Sharon The irony of the contrast between Mandela and Sharon is hard to miss: One was fighting to free people, the other was fighting to subjugate them.

From the article: Israeli settlement exports from the Jordan Valley down $29 million in 2013 due to international boycott

Article continues from post above: MIFTAH - Israeli Checkpoints in the Occupied Territories

Checkpoints (Plural)

Hasbara: The Oh-fish-shall Hasbara™ manual it's bad self: http://www.middle-east-info.org/take/wujshasbara.pdf

Just a little refresher for everyone: Jews sans frontieres: How to make the case for Israel and win

Dennis Ross ? That nice Jewish man who used to work for WINEP ? (Washington Institute for Near East Policy - spinoff of AIPAC - American Israel Public Affairs Committee) The fellow that used to work for the MEF - the Middle East Forum - a "conservative" (probably neo) think tank founded by...

Yeah, yeah, yeah ... Palestinians have the right to use any means at their disposal to restore their right to self-determination. See UNGA Res 2649: IMEU: UNGA Resolution 2649 on the right of populations to resist occupation Further re UNSC Res 242: Further, UNSC 449: How many more do you...

Again, largely irrelevant to anything I posted/linked ... since David Greenway was not one of the authors I used nor are events in the full quote that the above references part of anything addressed by the articles I linked ... Again, largely irrelevant to anything I posted/linked ... since...