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March 16, 2011

Rattling the cage: The Palestinian victim’s mentality

The topic of the day-long conference was torture, and Palestinians were describing the horrific methods the Shin Bet used in prison to get information out of them. Photos and illustrations of these practices were shown on a screen. Human rights activists, Palestinian and Israeli, spoke at length and in detail about Israel’s routine use of torture against Palestinian prisoners.

My two moms

I was made by my mom and a donor. A donor is someone who will give up something they have, specifically medical, for someone else who needs it; in this case, my mom needed sperm to make me. Canterbury Elementary was my school, and that was the place where it all started. In the first couple of years of my life, I thought I was either adopted or something much more complicated and hard to think about. In the end, I was right about the complicated part when I found out. My friends always thought that I was lucky to have two moms, but they were never right. My friends used to make up stories that I was an abandoned princess or an orphan, but they were wrong.

State ‘disturbed’ by reports of Mughrabi square naming

The State Department called \”disturbing\” reports that Palestinian Authority officials attended the renaming of a square after a terrorist, saying it condemned such commemorations. \”We are very disturbed by these reports and are seeking clarification from the Palestinian Authority,\” a State Department official told JTA. \”We condemn any commemoration of acts of terrorism and underscore that all parties have an obligation to end incitement.\”

Clinton: Egypt will keep the peace with Israel

Egypt\’s foreign policy will change, but it has an interest in sustaining its peace accords with Israel, Hillary Rodham Clinton said. \”I think there will be different decisions\” on foreign policy, the U.S. secretary of state told NPR on Wednesday after she toured Egypt. It was Clinton\’s first visit there since the revolution that ousted longtime dictator Hosni Mubarak, who had maintained the Camp David accords with Israel.

Netanyahu pledges support to Japan

Israel\’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered \”any assistance\” and stated that the \”citizens of Israel stand beside you at this difficult time\” in a letter to his Japanese counterpart, Naoto Kan.

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