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“Fear and loathing in the Middle East” – by Lisa Goldman

October 28, 2005 by Don Radlauer Leave a Comment

I’m not the only blogger who took some time off for the Holidays. Lisa Goldman, the author of On the Face, has returned in style, with this excellent post. I’m not sure I’d feel as safe as she does traveling into Ramallah or the Gaza Strip (and, considering that Lisa does take such trips every […]

Administrivia…

October 26, 2005 by Don Radlauer 2 Comments

I’ve made a couple of template changes which might be of interest to you – or not: 1) After a micro-landslide in my informal poll on the Bravenet Link Exchange (one person hated it; nobody else offered an opinion), I’ve disabled the feature. No more annoying pop-under windows! 2) I’ve added Haloscan’s (free!) Trackback system; […]

Suicide Bombing in Hadera: A Revenge Attack, But Not for Sa’adi

October 26, 2005 by Don Radlauer Leave a Comment

BLOGSCOOP: Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for this afternoon’s suicide bombing in Hadera’s market, describing the attack as revenge for Israel’s killing of Louey Sa’adi, one of the group’s top West Bank leaders. If this claim is taken seriously, it will fit into the classic “cycle of violence” scenario of tit-for-tat killings: we killed Sa’adi […]

Disengagement: How Much Compensation is Enough?

October 26, 2005 by Don Radlauer 5 Comments

Haaretz recently reported that former settlers from Elei Sinai in the Gaza Strip are demanding beachfront properties worth $240,000 to $300,000 (for the land alone, if I understood the article correctly) as part of their compensation for being evicted from their former homes. The former settlers want to live together by the ocean somewhere along […]

A West Bank Puzzle

October 16, 2005 by Don Radlauer 3 Comments

Over the last few days, a couple of news items – neither one especially prominent by itself – grabbed my attention: Last Tuesday, a 14-year-old Palestinian boy from Nablus/Shechem was arrested by the General Security Service (a.k.a. the Shin Bet). Apparently, he had been recruited by Fatah Tanzim operatives from the Balata refugee camp after […]

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