Monthly Archives: March 2012

France grieves for victims

Europe 20 March 2012 Last updated at 06:47 ET Toulouse shootings: Outrage in the French press Expressions of shock, fear, grief and outrage dominate today’s front pages in France. Headlines such as “Horror and fear in Toulouse” (Le Monde), “France … Continue reading

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Ethnic murders in France

Three Children, a Rabbi, and Three Soldiers Posted by Amy Davidson, The New Yorker March 19, 2012 Three shootings, two guns, one man on a black motorbike, fleeing the scene. The incidents can be tied together with the help of … Continue reading

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Devotion to Israel

  Claude Lanzmann and Israel Posted by Richard Brody, March 20, 2012  The New Yorker Israel is central to the life and the work of Claude Lanzmann, and he says as much in his autobiography, “The Patagonian Hare.” His 1952 … Continue reading

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Israeli movie focuses on father-son rivalry

Father-son drama ‘Footnote’ surprise hit in Israel Hugh Hart, San Francisco Chronicle Sunday, March 18, 2012 ‘Footnote,’ surprise hit in Israel, pits father against son for exalted prize "Footnote," Joseph Cedar‘s Oscar-nominated movie about dueling Talmudic scholars, is still running … Continue reading

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Pro-Israel academics are harassed

A new anti-Israel tactic by Asaf RomirowskyYNet NewsMarch 15, 2012 The pro-Palestinian mantra revolves around the belief that the Palestinians are the Arab world’s underdog; Israel is the Goliath and the Palestinians are the David. This message has been exported … Continue reading

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Israelis want smartphones

Israel is ‘the Best of the Best’ When it Comes to Technology Sony unveils its first smartphone, to arrive in Israel next month. “Israel is the second biggest market in terms of smartphones.” Elad Benari & Yoni Kempinski, Arutz Sheva, … Continue reading

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Attacks against Israeli civilians are unnoticed

World hardly notices massive rocket attack on Israel from Gaza Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons has made a bad situation worse NEW YORK DAILY NEWS  Editorial Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 4:00 AM Ariel Schalit/AP Rocket fired from Israel’s Iron Dome … Continue reading

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Israeli military is morally superior

home Report From an ‘Asymmetrical’ War By P. David Hornik on 3.13.12 @ 6:09AM Once again, Iran’s proxies in Gaza set off an early sign of something much bigger. The moral asymmetry between Israel and its enemies has been strikingly … Continue reading

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