Israel Philharmonic at the Proms interrupted by protesters – 1 September 2011
simmons | September 2, 2011
Royal Albert Hall London 1 September 2011 Shameful and shambolic protests.
Thoughts on the Holocaust Memorial
simmons | September 1, 2011
I wanted to record my stupid feelings after all the horrors I saw at the National Holocaust Museum.
Israel wants Hollywood
simmons | September 1, 2011
Israel is offering tax breaks, insurance and sums of up to $400000 in an effort to lure international movie producers to film in Israel. Yoram Honig an Israeli film director and 10th generation Jerusalemite said it is absurd that movies set in Jerusalem are filmed in Greece, Morocco and other Mediterranean countries instead of inIsrael's capital.
‘UN Go Home’: Israel planning for worst, calling for war?
simmons | September 1, 2011
In September, Palestine will be expecting a UN vote to recognize it as a fully-fledged state. But Israel fears the decision may result in uprisings, and has reportedly started arming settlers and training them to face angry Palestinians. But as Paula Slier reports, by preparing for bloodshed, Israelis might actually be calling for it.
House Session 2011-07-27 (12:00:09-13:01:15)
richards | September 1, 2011
Lesson 1 The Book of Matthew Chapter 1 The Genealogy of Jesus Christ 4/1/09
richards | September 1, 2011
We will look at the importance a King must know his right to the thrown. Jesus is the only Jewish person that can say he is the Son of Abraham
Digital Humanities Sampler, Part 3 (R)
admin | August 31, 2011
Part 3 of four videos showing pilot projects at the cutting edge of research in digital humanities. Recorded at the National Endowment for the Humanities in September 2010, at a meeting of project managers who received start-up grants from NEH's Office of Digital Humanities
Holocaust Museum Welcomes Presidential Action on Genocide
simmons | August 31, 2011
On August 4, 2011, the White House announced the Presidential Directive on Mass Atrocities which established a standing interagency Atrocities Prevention Board. Such a presidential statement and a new interagency process for preventing mass atrocities were key recommendations of the 2008 Genocide Prevention Task Force (GPTF) co-chaired by Madeleine Albright and William Cohen, and convened by the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, the US Institute of Peace and The American Academy of Diplomacy. Other recommendations of the Task Force, a nonpartisan group of policy experts and former government officials, that have been adopted include the creation of a high-level position in the White House on mass atrocities, greater planning for mass atrocities at the Pentagon and State Departments and increased focus on threats of genocide in the intelligence communities
Israeli-Palestinian conflict – Israel arms settlers, trains them to shoot Palestinians
simmons | August 31, 2011
IN THE PAPERS INTERNATIONAL Israeli-Palestinian conflict - In Wednesday's pick of the world's press we look at fears NATO may facilitate a massacre in Sirte, the dark side of the Libyan revolution, Israeli plans to arm settlers and outrage in Latin America over STI experiments 60 years ago. FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 http://www.france24.com http://www.france24.com
Israel mulls building nuclear power plant
simmons | August 31, 2011
Israel's Ministry of National Infrastructure has commissioned an external body to conduct a feasibility study for the building of a nuclear power plant. The study will examine plans for Israel's Electric Corporation to construct a nuclear power plant in southern Israel, that will provide 1200 megawatts constituting 10 percent of the corporation's mass production. It will also focus on declaring the area where the plant will be constructed ex-territorial, an area over which Israel hold no sovereignty.
