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My Right Word (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
From Ethan Bronner's fawning piece on Hebron's newly-introduced Pal. policmen:- The Palestinian commander, Brig. Gen. Sameh al-Sifi, has dubbed the deployment Homeland Rising... “Our leadership wants us to foil terrorists,” General Sifi, 62, said in an interview. “There will be no legal weapons here except those used by the Palestinian Authority. Okay, who's taking bets on that?
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Israelated (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
Palestinian Forces Dilute Hebron's Volatile Brew Ethan Bronner The New York Times November 24, 2008 It was a scene that revealed both its medieval origins and its contemporary significance. On one side of the concrete schoolyard sat the Rajabi clan, wearing their finest kaffiyeh headdresses. On the other side were the Ajnounis, similarly decked out. These ancient Hebron families had been feuding...
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Yourish.com (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
I bring your attention to the following three recent news summaries from the NYT as visible through Bloglines. November 14, 2008 Deadly Gaza Border Clash Threatens Truce By By ISABEL KERSHNER on Hamas Four Hamas gunmen were killed in a clash with Israeli soldiers along the Gaza border, testing a shaky truce. November 16, 2008 Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel By By ETHAN BRONNER and TAGHREED...
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My Right Word (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
In his review of A.B. Yehoshua's newest novel rendered into English, Ethan Bronner writes this paragraph:- the death that haunts this story isn’t that of her sister, Yirmi’s wife, but of her nephew, his son, six years earlier as a soldier in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He was accidently shot by fellow soldiers during an ambush, the victim of what is called in English “friendly fire.”...
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Letters, postcards, notes on the fr (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
From the New York Times , a couple of days ago. The Promise For Many Abroad, an Ideal Renewed By ETHAN BRONNER GAZA — From far away, this is how it looks: There is a country out there where tens of millions of white Christians, voting freely, select as their leader a black man of modest origin, the son of a Muslim. There is a place on Earth — call it America — where such a thing happens....
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My Right Word (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
I am now watching Channel One TV right now. A program called "Press Conference". The two guests discussing the American elections are Bob Simons and Ethan Bronner, respectively of CBS and the NYTimes. It's in real-time broadcast, not pre-recorded. This is Israel. We speak Hebrew. If an Israeli journalist was invited to "Meet the Press", would he speak Hebrew? No. So, we're watching Bob...
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Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
By ETHAN BRONNER NYT GAZA — From far away, this is how it looks: There is a country out there where tens of millions of white Christians, voting freely, select as their leader a black man of modest origin, the son of a Muslim. There is a place on Earth — call it America — where such a thing happens. Even where the United States is held in special contempt, like here in this benighted...
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Yourish.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
In a too generous retrospective of Yossi Beilin’s career, Ethan Bronner writes: For the last two decades, the easiest way to invoke dovishness in Israel has been to utter the words “Yossi Beilin.” The politician who navigated mutual recognition between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the early 1990s and has never stopped believing, Mr. [...]
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Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
In a too generous retrospective of Yossi Beilin's career, Ethan Bronner writes: For the last two decades, the easiest way to invoke dovishness in Israel has been to utter the words "Yossi Beilin." The politician who navigated mutual recognition between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in the early 1990s and has never stopped believing, Mr. Beilin has a unique place in...
