On Cassus Belli-aching with Israel
There are many reasons why states may be said to go to war with one another.
politics
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So is this day 3 or 4 of Israel’s war against us? Does anyone know yet? Where the hell is Bill English?
There should be a unified call from the Opposition to expel the Israeli embassy for their threat if Bill English won’t front.
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Dear Israel – take your blood drenched embassy with you
What Israel are doing to the Palestinian people is the great crime of our collective generation. The things they do every day to humiliate, imprison, mutilate and torture the Palestinian people in an economic, cultural and social manner is an abomination.
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Now NZ has shown courage against Israel at the UN, will NZ Herald give Malcolm Evans his job back?
We can’t trust the gutless, toothless and self interested NZ Press Council for ethics in Journalism, but seeing as we as a National have surprisingly stood against Israeli aggression at the UN, don’t we owe it to the activists who have fought against Apartheid Israel and who have suffered for that stance the chance to have injustices to them wiped clean?
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Imagine what we could do if the NZ corporate media focused on suicide the way they do the bloody holiday road toll
This is lazy journalism, it’s not news. Imagine what we could do in this country of the media focused on the suicide rate the way they do the bloody holiday road toll.
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Dear Aaron Smith – PLEASE fly to New York and have sex in a UN toilet
How is a slavish worship of consumerism on Boxing Day and the continued tedious update of our holiday road toll anywhere near as important as NZs leadership on criticising Israel?
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Christmas 2016 – it’s a broken and cold Hallelujah
There is nothing as eye opening as seeing the ocean of desperation from fellow New Zealanders sleeping overnight on the street in the fervent hope of some basic gifts.
As I pass them, I think, ‘there but for the grace of God go I’.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF ? THE TRUTH MAYBE?
The US State Department has denied an entry visa to 15 year old Palestinian Ahed Tamini . She has been invited by FOSNA (Friends of Sabeel North America) to take part in an US speaking tour beginning in mid-January, No Child Behind Bars , Living Resistance.
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“What, No ‘I, Too, Am A Russian Ambassador’?” Why Reactions To This Political Murder Are Different
Something odd I’ve noticed: After an act of terrorism (or other highly publicized egregious act of politically motivated violence), we customarily have a hashtag or a display-pic filter showing solidarity with the victim – indeed, often going so semi-ludicrously far as to claim that we “ARE” the Victim. (I’m sure we all remember #JeSuisCharlie etc.)
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Mt Albert by-election decision – First smart play by English since becoming Leader
After creating a Cabinet who will be used against him, the decision by Bill English to not stand in the Mt Albert by-election next year is his first shrewd decision.