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Lawrence Solomon: The new business battlefields
Anti-Israel boycotts, unlike other anti-corporate activism, are counterproductive as well as ineffectual. Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Semitism, BDS, boycotts, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Sabra Dipping Company, Tesco plc, universities
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Lawrence Solomon: The UN’s refugee welfare racket
(August 21, 2014) In UNRWA’s books, a refugee can be just about anyone who wants to be one.
Lawrence Solomon: Gaza’s fantasy siege
Blockade? Wrong word for the limitations that Israel places on the free flow of goods. Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Aid, Gaza, Gaza blockade, Gaza occupation, Gaza siege, Hamas, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Operation Protective Edge, Palestine
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Lawrence Solomon: Gaza’s war win
In the Israel-Gaza war, Gaza will be an economic winner, Israel an economic loser. Continue reading
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Tagged Foreign Aid, Gaza, Gaza tunnels, Gaza War, Hamas, Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Operation Protective Edge, Palestine, Qatar
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Lawrence Solomon: Democratic jackpot
The game-changer is “unconventional fossil fuels,” much of it trapped in shale — rock that often contains oil or gas. Continue reading
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Tagged China, fossil fuels, fracking, geopolitics, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Russia, shale gas, Shale Oil, Terrorism
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