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Overnight music video

Submitted by Israel Matzav on Tue, 2010-02-09 03:32. ::

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This is a clip from Hasc Unforgettable moments with Mordechai Ben David and the Miami Boys Choir.Lyrics:Overnight - a massive construction,On top of Jerusalem mountains.At campus luring innocent souls,To drink from the forbidden fountain.Like many before,They've come here for war,We're warning them now; It won't pay.Jerusalem - her holiness crying,Defiling her dearest location,Politics blinding

We're not the United States

Submitted by Israel Matzav on Tue, 2010-02-09 02:19. ::

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Prime Minister Netanyahu says he will support a bill introduced by Yisrael Beiteinu that would allow Israelis living abroad to vote (today, only foreign ministry staff and IDF soldiers posted abroad are allowed to vote without returning to Israel). Even though I vote in the United States while living in Israel, I disagree with allowing people who live in the United States and other countries to

Israel's moral rules of war

Submitted by Israel Matzav on Tue, 2010-02-09 01:52. ::

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Professor Asa Kasher, who wrote the IDF's ethical code, has a lengthy piece in the JPost (which also appeared at JCPA) in which he discusses the IDF's code of ethics and its application to Operation Cast Lead. Here are some things I consider highlights of the discussion. Usually, the duty to minimize casualties among combatants during combat is last on the list of priorities. We firmly reject

Defining “Victory” and “Peace”: How the U.S. and Israel Reject General Sherman’s Solution and Get Blamed Any Way

Submitted by gsdmorris on Tue, 2010-02-09 00:55. ::

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RubinReports
Barry Rubin

“War,” said General William Tecumseh Sherman, “is Hell.” He knew what he was talking about. Sherman’s march through Georgia and into South Carolina at the end of the Civil War helped end the Civil War while destroying a lot of civilian homes, farms, and towns..
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George Galloway Returns to the U.S. Amid Allegations of Terrorism Support

Submitted by gsdmorris on Tue, 2010-02-09 00:46. ::

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George Galloway Returns to the U.S. Amid Allegations of Terrorism Support

IPT News
February 8, 2010

http://www.investigativeproject.org/1783/george-galloway-returns-to-the-...
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"Follow-Up"

Submitted by gsdmorris on Tue, 2010-02-09 00:45. ::

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Arlene Kushner

A goof. And thanks to those who caught it: At one point in yesterday's post I referred to Foreign Minister Lieberman as Defense Minister.

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With regard to Lieberman, he defended himself against his critics at a faction meeting today:
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