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A snippet from How Arafat’s Gunmen Suppress the News: Suppressing news by threatening reporters with violence or death is one of the dirty little secrets of Middle East journalism. In his 1989 memoir From Beirut to Jerusalem, Thomas Friedman wrote that “physical intimidation” was a major impediment to honest reporting from Beirut during the years … Continue reading How Arafat's Gunmen Suppress the News
Why are the morning prayers starting to seem necessary? When I was little, the (catholic) prayers I was taught to do were a chore. You did them to avoid hellfire. Now, the Shema seems as necessary as morning tea (i.e. not a luxury), and the Shemoneh Esrei is a journey, whose way is shorter the … Continue reading question of the day for myself
From ¡No Pasarán!: The French are just about at the end of their rope with regards to anti-Semitism in their precious Ripoublika Franska. In the face of ever rising levels of anti-Semitic violence they are doing the only thing they can do: blame America. French press Pravda is now reporting that the criminals responsible for … Continue reading Words of One Syllable Dept.
One of the last nights that I’ll spend here in my room in M and C’s house. I will miss having a courtyard. I will miss jackdaws instead of crows. I will miss the goats in the neighborhood, and the chickens and the cats and the pony. Not so much the roosters, though. Nor the … Continue reading Jaffa, almost midnight
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