http://www.theaugeanstables.com "Always be ready to speak your mind and a base man will avoid you." (William Blake, 1796) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:57:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just received the following email. I am the son of Michelle Schatzman. Unfortunately, my mother passed away recently, last Friday in the early morning after a six-year battle with cancer. Her service is on Tuesday in Paris. I know my mother was active on your website and appreciated your writing. I know ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/08/23/death-of-michelle-shatzman/ Adam Levick of CiFWatch has a meditation on the problem of what I've called "hyper-self critical Jews." Since I'm about to participate in a panel at the YIISA Conference on global anti-Semitism at Yale University later this month, I would like to encourage readers to comment so I can incorporate ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/08/11/not-self-hating-jews-but-jewish-scourges-of-jews/ What the World Isn’t Being Told about the Israeli-Lebanese Border Incident Don't look to the MSM to give you the truth about this week's ambush of IDF reservists. August 6, 2010 - by Richard Landes Page 1 of 2 Next -> View as Single Page Share | Despite the careful “he ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/08/06/what-the-world-isn%e2%80%99t-being-told-about-the-israeli-lebanese-border-incident-my-latest-at-pjm/ Here's the article I filed with PJMedia last night. Go to the original for the links. Israeli Officers Ambushed on Northern Border An Israeli soldier was killed, and another wounded, by Lebanese army forces in an apparently pre-planned provocation. August 3, 2010 - by Richard Landes At around 1:30 pm Israel time today ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/08/04/israeli-officers-ambushed-on-northern-border-my-piece-for-pjmedia/ Often when talking with uninformed but well-read people who think Israel is a neo-colonial aggressor, one finds a decided admiration for Amira Hass' courageous work criticizing her country Israel for its mistreatment of the poor Palestinians. Here's a rather amazing analysis of one of her articles which illustrates her modus ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/08/03/amira-hass-and-the-truth-how-advocacy-journalism-inverts-reality/ My latest report for Pajamas Media on the Negotiations Is Obama's Pressure for Direct Israeli-Palestinian Talks Pushing Region Towards War? (Updated) Byzantine politics have nothing on negotiation strategies in the Middle East between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Headlines July 29 initially announced that the Arab League — ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/08/03/is-obamas-pressure-for-direct-israeli-palestinian-talks-pushing-region-towards-war-updated/ It's time to take up Goldstone again. The Israelis have released the results of their investigation in four parts, and at some point in the not too distant future, they'll release their final findings. The Operation in Gaza: Factual and Legal Aspects (July 2009) Gaza Operation Investigations: Update (Jan 2010) ITIC: Hamas ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/07/27/goldstone-again-what-to-make-of-the-israeli-response/ Time to Name and Shame: Iran's Human Rights Violations Bibliographical notes to the above piece: Background Material: Cotler’s Report: The Danger of a Nuclear, Genocidal, Right Violating Iran (PDF) Executive Summary Endorsers (PDF) Elihu D. Richter and Alex Barnea, "Tehran's Genocidal Incitement against Israel," Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2009, pp. 45-51. ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/07/27/my-latest-piece-at-pjtv-cotler-rubenstein-and-herzberg-on-iran-and-the-ngo-giants/ People who like to bait Jews enjoy accusing them of taking "an eye for an eye" in their fight with the Palestinians, despite its profound misunderstanding of the original source. (I argue that it's also a indicator of equality before the law: unlike other law codes, Israelite law does not ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/07/20/eye-for-an-eye-on-the-moral-chasm-in-the-arab-israeli-conflict/ Pierre-André Taguieff sent me two links to articles that deal with the omerta of the French media about Taguieff's book, « La nouvelle propagande anti juive ». I have already posted on this issue when Robert Redeker lost his position as book reviewer for a small Luxembourgeois paper for ... http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/07/18/update-on-taguieffs-book-in-france-ignoring-it-proves-its-thesis/