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Israeli Soldiers (IDF) Photograph Dead as Trophies - Oznik

Israeli Soldiers (IDF) Photograph Dead as Trophies - Oznik(6)

May 8, 2008

Oznik.com has exposed us to yet another example of inhuman behavior perpetrated by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). Apparently, while occupying Lebanon during the Civil War it was all the rage to photograph the enemy dead as trophies with Israeli soldiers sporting broad self-congratulatory smiles and arms around shoulders which starkly contrast with grisly, […]

Israeli Soldiers (IDF) Photograph Dead as Trophies - Oznik
The Legacy of Pakistan: Discrepancy in Niyyat?

The Legacy of Pakistan: Discrepancy in Niyyat?

What is the legacy of Pakistan? Pakistan is in the throes of severe and aberrant conflict and the center of world attention at the moment. Stuck in a precarious geographical location with the medal of being a nuclear state around its neck, it has put the US and its […]

Israel’s Existential Concerns Continue to be Unsettling Part-2

Israel’s Existential Concerns Continue to be Unsettling Part-2

They believed that Zionism would cure European hatred of Jews. The Russian Jew would leave the anti-Semitism of his homeland to become a “normal” person in Palestine, thereby earning the respect of Christians. More interesting still, the Muslims were never part of that equation. Jews assumed [perhaps based on the history of Muslim tolerance of its Jewish minorities] that Muslims/Arabs would welcome the enrichment that Jews brought with them … “The Jews have enriched us. Why should we be angry with them? They dwell among us like brothers. Why should we not love them?”

Israel’s Existential Concerns Continue to be Unsettling Part-1

Israel’s Existential Concerns Continue to be Unsettling Part-1

Jeffrey Goldberg takes us on a journey that looks at Israel from within; from the eyes of two influential men: Ehud Olmert, Israel’s current Prime-Minister and David Grossman, Israel’s famous writer…Can the two men overcome the differences that separate them? Can Israel overcome its paralysis to make the hard choice necessary for its survival as a Jewish democracy?


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