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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Obama Swats a Fly…

And the media fellates the White House with implied admiration. It’s this lack of priorities by the media which truly gets my goat. Let’s glaze over the many things he’s doing politically and watch the man swat a fly, or his adoption of a Spanish labradoodle or whatever the hell breed it is. The most [...]

Filed under: Israel, Media, Politics

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Diplomacy: Where Does it Start?

This entry is about conflict, though only in a very oblique way. (If you want something more obvious, petition Darren to get his lazy ass writing again.)
Last week I was lucky enough to attend the book launch of Dr David Gerbi’s autobiography, Making Peace with Qaddafi: An initiative and potential model for establishing peace in [...]

Filed under: General, Global, Israel

Monday, June 18, 2007

UNIFL Goes Unilateral

A recent offer by Italian foreign minister Massimo D’Alema would see the 11 000 Italian peacekeepers in Lebanon – the main force of the UNIFL contingent – protected from Hamas-led attacks:

D’Alema told Syrian president, Basher al-Assad and Foreign Minister Walid Moallem that Italy would push for an end to Syria’s international isolation in return for [...]

Filed under: Israel, Politics