Did Hezbollah’s Chief Financial Officer Defect to Israel?
October 11, 2012 13:07 by Pesach Benson• The Irish Times gave a right of reply to Israeli ambassador Boaz Modai. He was responding to an earlier op-ed calling for a boycott of settlement products.
The average wage earned by Arab Palestinians in agricultural and industrial centres is double the average West Bank Palestinian income. A ban on goods would have a negligible impact on the Israeli economy (Jewish settlers could easily move to Israel proper and re-invest there). But it would have a devastating impact on the Palestinian economy, such as higher unemployment and diminished purchasing power.
The last thing the West Bank needs is damage to its cohesion and stability. This is a classic example of pernicious “gesture politics” that would only lead to suffering for people on the ground; maybe this explains why even the Palestinian Authority does not support this idea of a boycott.
Speaking of boycotts, Israel HaYom‘s Gil Nadal argues that an EU boycott of settlement products would violate existing World Trade Organization agreements.
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Natan Sharansky
• Natan Sharansky discussed the Arab Spring with the Times of Israel:
“The free world has to understand: We cannot decide for these people to be a democracy or not. We cannot guarantee the survival of the dictators. We cannot guarantee the creation of free society.” Therefore, Sharansky insists that the West support Egypt’s young democracy — which needs the West’s help to survive — but should tie all aid to Egypt to the strengthening of a free society there and the acceptance of peaceful coexistence with Israel.
• Turkey intercepted a Russian plane bound for Syria and confiscated suspected military cargo. Daily Telegraph coverage.
• Tony Karon (Time) weighs in on the Israel-US-Iran file.
(Image of Sharansky via Flickr/andydr)
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jeb stuart
3:18 pm
Oct 11, 2012
Including Islam extremists in debates is antithetical to democracy. You can not include people who demand that anyone who criticizes Islam should have their head cut off. Immediately, after the false narrative spun about a short video causing mayhem and death in Islamic nations, President Obama and Hillary Clinton apologized for freedom of speech. The aim is to declare any criticism of Islam as hate speech and any malevolent mob violence that results as some sort of “Muslim Rage”. Americans have already been through the process of “Black Rage” an attempt to justify any black on white crime. It is time for a US administration to stand up for speech and demand murderers be tried.
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10:26 pm
Oct 11, 2012
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Solomon Gelgor
8:05 pm
Oct 13, 2012
A few days ago, on the BBC world news, it was reported that a hospital ship, fully equipped, with medical staff, had anchored off the coast of Morocco, to do abortions to those who wanted it. This procedure is banned in that country, which has illegally performed ones, which lead to damage to the woman or even death. Then a woman wearing a head scarf, retorted. ‘My body does not belong to me, it is Allah’s, I cannot do what I like, I can not commit suicide.’
So, why are they allowed to martyr themselves, or, circumcise, men or women?
Come on?
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Solomon Gelgor
8:09 pm
Oct 13, 2012
No, I have never yet written this. You say I duplicated this!!!!
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