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20 Jul

Arts & Culture, Culture, Latest, Misc, Politics, Religion

No Gaga Here: Extreme Summer Camps in the Middle East

February 1, 2013
By Moment
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By Rebecca Borison While I grew up at a Jewish summer camp playing Gaga, kids growing up in slightly (read: very) different areas th...

12 Jul

Politics

United (Nations) We Fall

July 12, 2011
By elisniv
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By Adina Rosenthal Anthony Weiner may have proved that social media can reveal the naked truth, but a far more stark reality has eme...

24 Feb

Politics

NGOs Fail Palestinian Women at the UN

February 24, 2011
By elisniv
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By Paula Kweskin In April 2010, a 32-year-old woman was shot to death in a town in the northern Gaza Strip. Several men, including he...

20 Apr

Latest, Politics

UN Racism Conference Starts Today–Ahmadinejad Accuses Israel of Genocide

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Well, it's not as if the United Nations Durban II conference against racism was ever going to avoid contr...

15 Dec

Latest, Politics

Israel Expels Richard Falk

By Benjamin Schuman-Stoler Israel refused to allow senior UN rights official and Special Rapporteur in the Palestinian territories R...

14 Oct

Culture, Latest, Politics

This Falafel Was Made For You And Me

It looks like the international system of governance is finally paying off. I mean, despite reports that the US and its allies are look...

25 Sep

Latest, Politics

Jews for Ahmadinejad, Onion-style

May 8, 2012
By Jeremy Gillick
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In an effort to improve his standing among Jews, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tried yesterday to make out with a member of t...

24 Sep

Latest, Politics

Ahmadinejad's UN Speech, Full Text

We don't think this needs much of an introduction. For more information on the UN meetings this week, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahm...

10 Sep

Latest, Politics

Can Israel Kidnap Ahmadinejad??

Interesting news out of Israel yesterday, where Pensioners Affairs Minister Rafi Eitan said Israel could kidnap Iranian President Mahmo...

09 Sep

Latest, Politics

Gaza Summer Camp Takes on Extremism

The UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) has received a serious amount of criticism f...

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