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Christmas Wars: Who Stole Christmas?
Monday, 20 December 2004, 11:15 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
If the letters pages to the Australian (especially Sydney) media are any guide this is just as much an Australian issue. In Australia, however, the fire is directed almost exclusively at secularists. More >>
Sol Salbe: Media 101 - Death of Rafael Eitan
Monday, 29 November 2004, 11:27 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
Former Israeli Chief-of-Staff Rafael Eitan was swept to his death on 23 November by a giant wave as he stood on a breakwater. More >>
Sol Salbe: Israel's Abu Ghraib?
Wednesday, 24 November 2004, 11:18 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
This story has even made it to sections of the Australian media. It is certainly caused a lot of feelings of revulsion in Israel. And it is indeed disgusting to find that Israeli soldiers used the body of a Palestinian whom THEY thought was innocent ... More >>
Sol Salbe: Gush Shalom On Future Leaders
Thursday, 18 November 2004, 4:50 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
[This news service gets a weekly message from Gush Shalom which I usually agree with. Nevertheless Gush Shalom represents only a small section of the Israeli left and peace movement and therefore their messages are not as a rule forwarded. More >>
Sol Salbe: Web Site Analyses: Was Arafat Poisoned?
Monday, 15 November 2004, 3:03 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
The exact cause of Yasser Arafat's death remains a mystery. The Internet is flooded with speculation on the matter. Right-wing pro-Israeli sources are pushing the view that it was AIDS. More >>
Sol Salbe: Media 101 - An Occasional Series
Monday, 15 November 2004, 3:01 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
At first glance the report below looks authentic. The Jerusalem Post is quoting a leading Italian newspaper the Corriere De La Serra, a paper whose reputation is up there with some of the world’s best. More >>
Women Workers May Be Forced To Send Babies Abroad
Thursday, 28 October 2004, 11:23 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
In Israel, a new procedure compels legal female foreign workers who have babies to make a choice. If they are unemployed they have to decide three months after the birth whether to leave the country or not. The only way they can stay is by sending ... More >>
Responses To Ages' 'The Anti-Semitic Labor Party'
Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 6:30 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
[This is a compilation of the various responses to Barry Cohen's opinion piece in the Age The Anti-Semitic Labor Party . The first five letters were published in the Age. The rest are as yet unpublished. I've included Rothfield's original letter as ... More >>
Gaza - A Truly Disturbing Situation
Wednesday, 6 October 2004, 11:40 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
''75 Palestinians have been killed by IDF forces. This includes 31 civilians who took no part in the fighting. Among the dead are 19 children, ages 17 and under.'' More >>
Translation: Gush-Shalom Congratulates Sharon
Friday, 1 October 2004, 1:14 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
This News Service rarely forwards Gush Shalom messages but this one has got such an important and clear message that I am sending it to at least some of you. It's not every day that Israel most militant peace organisation congratulates Prime Minister ... More >>
Shana Tova from Sol Salbe
Thursday, 16 September 2004, 11:24 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
On behalf of The Middle East News Service and myself I wish all of you Shana Tova U'metuka. May you all have a happy and sweet New Year. May the year 5765 distinguish itself by news dominated by news of peace and not of war. May the biggest disaster ... More >>
Sol Salbe: The Case Of Tali Fahima
Wednesday, 8 September 2004, 10:22 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
The case of Tali Fahima, the first pro-Palestinian Israeli Jew who has been placed in administrative detention in Israel has made it to the Australian media. The item linked below appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald. While it provided at least some ... More >>
Israeli AG: Sharon Post-Retreat Plan A "War Crime"
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 1:32 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
Qalqilya is on the West Bank not the Gaza strip. In other words if the Palestinian fire Qassem rockets at the people of Sderot (Total fatalities in last two years –two) then Israel can use the IDF to shell the people of Gaza. More >>
Yehuda Litani: In The Mirror Of History
Thursday, 26 August 2004, 11:17 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
The Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike seems to have already dropped out of the headlines. But it is early days yet and as Israeli journalist Yehuda Litani points out below, the outcomes of such strikes are not easily predictable. More >>
Shulamit Aloni: An Invitation To Hebron
Thursday, 19 August 2004, 11:35 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
A few questions arising from an invitation to a "State" memorial service that the Jewish settlement in Hebron is conducting for the victims of the 1929 Arab riots. More >>
Haaretz Translation: How To Exit As An Occupier
Monday, 16 August 2004, 3:09 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
While many people who were opposed to the war on Iraq are aware of most of the lies that formed the basis of the war there's one myth that has not been totally discredited yet. That is the myth of the handover. More >>
Shulamit Aloni Translation: Pre-Messianic Pangs
Monday, 9 August 2004, 1:37 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
[There's little to add to this fiery opinion peace from the former Meretz Leader. Shulamit Aloni served as Minister of Education in Yitzhak Rabin's cabinet. She is always worth reading. -Sol Salbe] More >>
Israeli Army To Distribute Radiation Antidote
Monday, 9 August 2004, 1:36 pm | Translation by Sol Salbe
The IDF Home Command will start to distribute an antidote to radiation in areas close to the Nuclear Research Center in Dimona on Sunday. The antidote is intended to protect residents from radioactive fallout from any missile attack on the nuclear station, ... More >>
Double-Standards: It's permissible in Chechnya
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 11:42 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
[This is not my own translation - however I am sending it to my translation list because of my difficulties of tracking down an English language copy. It would be otherwise an easy item to miss - Sol Salbe] More >>
Soldier Claims IDF Smuggled Troops In Ambulances
Tuesday, 8 June 2004, 12:30 am | Translation by Sol Salbe
This is one of those occasions where it pays to read the original in Hebrew. It is not only Haaretz that occasionally softens a story for international consumption. More >>
