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Israel Derangement Syndrome Strikes Again

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2009 0 Comments

The headline of an Op-ed on the website of The Guardian newspaper, the left-wing British newspaper, started out promisingly enough: “Hamas No, Human Rights Yes.” The sub-title was even better: “Why are the left and the anti-war movement ignoring Hamas’s repression of the Palestinian people?”...

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Abid Katib – Palestinian Shoe Fauxtographer?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 17, 2009 1 Comment

The image on the home page of The New York Times website is startling. A bombed out building in Gaza with a single brightly colored child’s shoe in the middle of the photo. The imagery is powerful, particularly the contrast between the blackened floor and...

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