{"id":2877,"date":"2009-01-31T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2009-01-31T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2877"},"modified":"2009-01-31T12:00:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-31T12:00:04","slug":"2009-1-31-links-for-january-31st-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/?p=2877","title":{"rendered":"Links for January 31st"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for January 31st:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/129690\">Livni Slams Olmert Peace Plan, &#8216;Won&#8217;t Divide Jerusalem&#8217; &#8211; Defense\/Middle East &#8211; Israel News &#8211; Israel National News<\/a> &#8211; Livni won&#39;t divide Jerusalem.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/Elections\/2009\/\">Israel National News<\/a> &#8211; This is the site of the Israeli far-right &#8211; it has a widget showing recent electoral polls, with parties separated by their attitude to peace. Yisraeli Beiteinu is ahead of Labor is most polls, Likud several points ahead of Kadima.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/226\/story\/60853.html\">McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01\/27\/2009 | Israeli troops killed Gaza children carrying white flag, witnesses say<\/a> &#8211; &quot;The evidence we&#39;ve gathered in two of the cases so far is exceedingly strong,&quot; said Fred Abrahams, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch working in the Gaza Strip. &quot;All the research so far suggests they shot civilians that were leaving their homes with white flags.&quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1059964.html\">Spanish FM: We&#8217;ll act to prevent war crimes probes against Israel &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; Why is Spain changing this law now for Israel when it has been active for years regarding other countries?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/my-terror-as-a-human-shield-the-story-of-majdi-abed-rabbo-1520420.html\">My terror as a human shield: The story of Majdi Abed Rabbo &#8211; Middle East, World &#8211; The Independent<\/a> &#8211; The tale of a Fatah man in Gaza who said he was forced to collaborate by the IDF, act as a go-between to Hamas fighters.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2009\/01\/israel-election.html\">ISRAEL: Elections, and the prophecy of pot | Babylon &amp; Beyond | Los Angeles Times<\/a> &#8211; Israeli green party wants to legalize pot so Israelis don&#39;t have to buy it from Arabs, thinks Hamas and Hizbullah will then just have to get stoned: &quot;They&#39;ll smoke it. They&#39;ll smoke it, David, and be calm. Because a good Arab is a calm Arab. &quot;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blogs\/altercation\/403118\/police_on_my_back?rel=hpbox\">Police On My Back<\/a> &#8211; Eric Alterman &#8211; a liberal pro-Israel American commentator on the media &#8211; has an excellent takedown of The New Republic&#39;s resort to accusations of anti-Semitism and worse on critics of Israeli policy.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/01\/saddam-qaeda_conspiracy_theorist_surfaces_writing.php\">TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Saddam-Qaeda Conspiracy Theorist Surfaces Writing Iraq Reports For The Pentagon<\/a> &#8211; Laurie Mylroie, who said Saddam was behind 9\/11, still getting Pentagon contracts until recently.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20090130\/wl_nm\/us_mideast_blair\">Hamas needs to be part of peace process: Blair &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; Very conditionally.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/matthewyglesias\/~3\/527473532\/dennis_ross_is_so_very_special.php\">Dennis Ross is So Very Special<\/a> &#8211; Mattthew Yglesias that Ross, to be envoy to Iran, advocates not having envoys to Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div data-src=\"v5\">\n<p>Links from my del.icio.us account for January 31st:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/News\/News.aspx\/129690\">Livni Slams Olmert Peace Plan, &#8216;Won&#8217;t Divide Jerusalem&#8217; &#8211; Defense\/Middle East &#8211; Israel News &#8211; Israel National News<\/a> &#8211; Livni won&#39;t divide Jerusalem.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.israelnationalnews.com\/Elections\/2009\/\">Israel National News<\/a> &#8211; This is the site of the Israeli far-right &#8211; it has a widget showing recent electoral polls, with parties separated by their attitude to peace. Yisraeli Beiteinu is ahead of Labor is most polls, Likud several points ahead of Kadima.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/226\/story\/60853.html\">McClatchy Washington Bureau | 01\/27\/2009 | Israeli troops killed Gaza children carrying white flag, witnesses say<\/a> &#8211; &quot;The evidence we&#39;ve gathered in two of the cases so far is exceedingly strong,&quot; said Fred Abrahams, a senior researcher with Human Rights Watch working in the Gaza Strip. &quot;All the research so far suggests they shot civilians that were leaving their homes with white flags.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1059964.html\">Spanish FM: We&#8217;ll act to prevent war crimes probes against Israel &#8211; Haaretz &#8211; Israel News<\/a> &#8211; Why is Spain changing this law now for Israel when it has been active for years regarding other countries?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/middle-east\/my-terror-as-a-human-shield-the-story-of-majdi-abed-rabbo-1520420.html\">My terror as a human shield: The story of Majdi Abed Rabbo &#8211; Middle East, World &#8211; The Independent<\/a> &#8211; The tale of a Fatah man in Gaza who said he was forced to collaborate by the IDF, act as a go-between to Hamas fighters.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/babylonbeyond\/2009\/01\/israel-election.html\">ISRAEL: Elections, and the prophecy of pot | Babylon &amp; Beyond | Los Angeles Times<\/a> &#8211; Israeli green party wants to legalize pot so Israelis don&#39;t have to buy it from Arabs, thinks Hamas and Hizbullah will then just have to get stoned: &quot;They&#39;ll smoke it. They&#39;ll smoke it, David, and be calm. Because a good Arab is a calm Arab. &quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thenation.com\/blogs\/altercation\/403118\/police_on_my_back?rel=hpbox\">Police On My Back<\/a> &#8211; Eric Alterman &#8211; a liberal pro-Israel American commentator on the media &#8211; has an excellent takedown of The New Republic&#39;s resort to accusations of anti-Semitism and worse on critics of Israeli policy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2009\/01\/saddam-qaeda_conspiracy_theorist_surfaces_writing.php\">TPMMuckraker | Talking Points Memo | Saddam-Qaeda Conspiracy Theorist Surfaces Writing Iraq Reports For The Pentagon<\/a> &#8211; Laurie Mylroie, who said Saddam was behind 9\/11, still getting Pentagon contracts until recently.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20090130\/wl_nm\/us_mideast_blair\">Hamas needs to be part of peace process: Blair &#8211; Yahoo! News<\/a> &#8211; Very conditionally.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/matthewyglesias\/~3\/527473532\/dennis_ross_is_so_very_special.php\">Dennis Ross is So Very Special<\/a> &#8211; Mattthew Yglesias that Ross, to be envoy to Iran, advocates not having envoys to Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[211],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/amrani.cc\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}