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Tag Archives: Yasser Arafat
Lawrence Solomon: Playing make-believe over Gaza
(August 7, 2014) ‘If there is any such thing as a Palestinian people, it is I, Yasser Arafat, who created them.’
Posted in Nation states
Tagged Egypt, Gaza ceasefire, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Israel, Operation Protective Edge, Palestinians, Sisi, Yasser Arafat
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Lawrence Solomon: Oil redeems Israel
(June 6, 2011) Prior to the 1973-74 OPEC Oil Crisis, Israel was the darling of the left, extolled as a feisty, altruistic country that made socialism work in a hostile neighbourhood of Arab military dictatorships and Muslim theocracies. The liberal press defended Israel against those who objected to Israel’s existence. The liberal intelligentsia – Jew and non-Jew alike – sent their youth to Israeli kibbutzes, to be inspired by this utopian model of communal life where all recieved the same age, regardless of occupation. Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Nation states
Tagged Israel, Lawrence Solomon, middle east, Oil, Oil Import, OPEC, Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, UN, United Nations, Yasser Arafat
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