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Archive for September, 2009
Don’t Forget To Close The Door On Your Way Out
Marc Garlasco has been suspended with pay from his senior military analyst role with HRW, following the revelations of his Nazi fetish broken by the blogosphere. A leading human rights group has suspended its senior military analyst following revelations that he is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia. The group, Human Rights Watch, had initially [...]
Sep 15, 2009 | 3 comments | View Post
Garlasco-Gate: The Gift That Keeps on Giving
[I know there are a lot of "G"'s in the post title, but there are more "Gee"s to come in the post.] In the wake of HRW senior analyst Marc Garlasco’s lame response to the publicizing of his Nazi fetish, more of his posts on Nazi memorabilia sites are being unearthed. And as you will [...]
Sep 14, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
The Day In Israel: Mon Sept 14th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Asaf Ramon, killed in yesterday’s F16 crash, is to be buried next to his father, in a ceremony attended by the Prime Minister of Israel, who is postponing his meeting with US special envoy George Mitchell to attend. Updates (Israel time; most recent at top) 6:38PM: [...]
Sep 14, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Further Heartbreak for the Ramon Family
Israel is in shock today following the tragic death of Captain Asaf Ramon, who was killed in a crash while flying an IAF F16-A. What makes this whole incident so bone-chilling for a nation of people who are no strangers to tragedy is the fact he was the son of Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who [...]
Second International Jewish Bloggers Convention
Today, I’m heading to Jerusalem for The Nefesh B’Nefesh Second International Jewish Bloggers Convention. Since I am going to be social and perhaps even learn a little something, I have decided to go sans laptop. So please treat this post as an open thread in the absence of any updates from me until much later [...]
Sep 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
The Day In Israel: Sun Sept 13th, 2009
Click refresh to see new updates during the day Israeli President Shimon Peres gave plenty of people a big scare last night when he collapsed at an event. Peres was standing up and replying to questions by the audience at a Rabin Center function when he collapsed. The president’s personal paramedic on behalf of the [...]
Sep 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Celebrity Wars
Forget Lord of Rings. Try Lord of the Idiots. The Toronto Film Festival opened on Thursday with an outcry against the fest’s City to City program, which spotlights Tel Aviv this year. Some prominent names in the industry — including Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Julie Christie and Viggo Mortensen — are protesting the inclusion in [...]
Sep 12, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post
Garlasco Responds
Senior HRW analyst Marc Garlasco responds to the bollocking he has been receiving for his Nazi memorabilia fetish. I’m used to taking heat for my job as a military analyst for Human Rights Watch, because our findings that this government or that armed group has violated the laws of war frequently provoke accusations that we’re [...]
Sep 12, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
