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harmonicminor.com
http://harmonicminor.com
political commentary on international conflict from a (somewhat) rational perspective.
- Added on: Jul 31st, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Kris Petersen
- Listed in: Politics News & Media
- Tags: Israel human rights palestine Gaza military occupation kris petersen
Recent Posts
Farewell, For Some Time
As many of you know, my life has again lurched towards serious academic studies… Unfortunately, this change demands a level of commitment I did not completely foresee in advance. In short, I simply have no time to run this website. Until then, ...
Noam Chomsky: The Responsibility of Intellectuals
TWENTY-YEARS AGO, Dwight Macdonald published a series of articles in Politics on the responsibility of peoples and, specifically, the responsibility of intellectuals. I read them as an undergraduate, in the years just after the war, and had occasion ...
Moral Narcissism
Such a remarkable story could only happen in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A young gay Palestinian man, who is in grave, life-threatening danger and cannot return to his home with his Israeli partner, was saved by a stranger who came...
Pursuing Justice
The residents of Gaza are not waiting on the Goldstone Report to take action. The Defense Ministry and the Tel Aviv Prosecution have reportedly received some 1,500 notices of future civil lawsuits against the IDF over damage caused during Operation C...
Benefits of Occupation
Human rights group Amnesty International said in a report published Tuesday that Israeli restrictions prevented Palestinians from receiving enough water in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The report said Israel’s daily water consumption per capi...
This is Zionism
Israeli authorities demolished two Palestinian homes near east Jerusalem on Tuesday, ignoring international concern about the practice. (full article…) ...
