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Women In Combat: Some Lessons From Israel's Military
Caracal :: Romania | 1 month ago
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As the U.S. moves to open up combat positions to women, it's catching up with other other countries that have been doing it for years. But the experience in these countries, including Israel, suggests that access to combat jobs doesn't lead directly
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Japan Shifting Further Away From Pacifism
Okinawa :: Japan | 3 months ago
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Jim Wilson/The New York Times The exercises, held annually, included landing on a beach and for the first time involved planning by the Japanese military. Perhaps the most notable feature of the war games in February, called Iron Fist, was the
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Hagel, Hamas and the US Senate
Cairo :: Egypt | 4 months ago
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Hamas will continue to seek Israel's annihilation in accordance with the wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Palestinian people...He also allegedly received money from a Hamas-associated organization. In all the verbiage we are exposed to
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Veterans Denounce Neoconservative 'Swiftboating' of Chuck Hagel
Baghdad :: Iraq | 6 months ago
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The swiftboating of Hagel is being mobilized by the likes of William Kristol, the Weekly Standard editor, who managed to avoid service in Vietnam but still believes that bloody tragedy was a great idea. Kristol and his ilk have been so wrong about
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Killing under the cover of clouds
Gaza :: Palestine | 6 months ago
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These phrases will be interpreted differently by different people. And therein lies the crux of the difficulty with international humanitarian law: it is based on vague concepts such as military needs and proportionality, which are open to a variety
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Chuck Hagel for Defense Secretary - Bring it On!
Jerusalem :: Israel | 6 months ago
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As we face four more years of Obama the most urgent order of business for Israelis is to stop deluding ourselves in thinking that under Obama the US can be trusted...Many in the American Jewish community are aghast to discover that President Obama is
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Stevie Wonder cancels concert for Israeli group
New York City :: NY :: USA | 7 months ago
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Wonder is calling off a concert for a group that raises money for the Israeli military...Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, which raises money for Israeli soldiers and their families. Wonder said the United Nations recommended canceling his
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Stevie Wonder Will Not Perform for Israeli Military Fundraiser
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Stevie Wonder is set to pull out of a performance at a fundraiser for the Israel Defense Forces, a source told JTA. Wonder's representatives will claim that he did not know the nature of the group, the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, and that
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Parisians rally in solidarity with Israel
Paris :: France | 7 months ago
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Over a thousand people gathered outside Israeli Embassy in a peaceful demonstration supporting Operation Pillar of Defense. A couple of thousand people gathered outside the Israeli Embassy in Paris Tuesday evening in a peaceful demonstration
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Israel says people shouldn't share bombed locations on social media
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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The Israeli Defense Forces is asking civilians not to tweet or Instagram photos or description of bombed sites, according to blog Yid with Lid , for fear that Hamas military officials may be able to locate sensitive IDF zones in the meta data. In
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