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Comment on The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity by Juan Cole

Juan Cole — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:51:01 +0000

I’m not wrong. The French under Bonaparte estimated the Jewish population in Palestine in 1800 at 3,000.

In the course of the 19th century Jewish charities allowed Jews to retire to Jerusalem from Russia and Eastern Europe. Those are the people you’re counting. They weren’t mostly permanent residents. And there weren’t many of them given the total population.

Zionism was a small and controversial movement in the Jewish community before 1930 and roundly rejected by American Jews.

Comment on Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking by getoffmedz

getoffmedz — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:32:58 +0000

Chalk – The favored outdoor media of little children, everywhere or for some wired-up reactionary rebel-without-a-clue pretending to be a movement?

By this time next year, Trump will be forgotten, washed off like chalk.

Comment on Fall of Iraq, Rise of Sunnistan? Sunni Politicians In Washington Promote Idea of Partition and a Sunni Region by Ann El-Moslimany

Ann El-Moslimany — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:22:04 +0000

This would be scary if it were not so ridiculous.

At a time when the Muslim world most needs unity division is promoted. And in Iraq? Where almost every family has some Shi’a and some Sunni!

Comment on The Euphemisms of War and Covering up American Military Failure by getoffmedz

getoffmedz — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:16:53 +0000

Winning a war is simply not profitable.

Comment on The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:52:44 +0000

I read recently that, in America, an Atheist is more hated more than a Muslim. Moderate that.

Comment on Michigan faculty Support Muslim Students on Campus in face of Trumpian Hate-Chalking by Karla Taylor

Karla Taylor — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:49:34 +0000

Sorry I missed this–add my name too! Karla Taylor, English

Comment on The Bernie Sanders Miracle: American Crowd in Brooklyn Cheers Palestinian Dignity by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 13:40:42 +0000

A peaceful solution to the middle east religious quarrels will disappear like a fart in the wind when humans realize that sky fairies are a delusion.

Comment on Negotiations, “Elections,” and al-Qaeda’s assault on Syrian Ceasefire by Pete Klosterman

Pete Klosterman — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:41:00 +0000

Here is a link to a video of one of the anti-Assad, anti-Nusra protests in Ma’arat Numan, from 4/13/16: link to facebook.com