The Debate Link
"Law, politics, philosophy, and occasionally boxing."
Author: David Schraub is a law student at the University of Chicago.
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Recent Posts from The Debate Link
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The Cartoons
A great post by fellow-TMV author and resident cartoonist Daryl Cagle on his trip through Israel, Palestine, and Egypt and his discussions with Arab cartoonists (on what they drew, on how it would be seen…
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Peace Through Strength!
Hugo Chavez raises tensions with neighboring Columbia, tells troops to prepare for war: "The best way to avoid war is preparing for it," Chavez told military officers during his weekly television and radio program. Venezuela's…
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Turkish PM: Muslims Can't Commit Genocide
In the course of arguing (surprise) that Israel's operation in Gaza (estimated number of deaths: circa 2,000) constituted graver war crimes that the Darfur genocide (estimated number of deaths: 200-300,000 as of 2008), Turkish prime…
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Mofaz Wants to Talk With Hamas, Hamas Says Absolutely Not
And 'round and round we go: The Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Sunday that they would never negotiate with the "Zionist enemy", hours after Kadima MK Shaul Mofaz presented a plan to hold…
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Cuban Dissident Beaten by Security Forces
Story here (via). The victim was a prominent political blogger on her way to a peaceful march. “No blood, but black and blues, punches, pulled hairs, blows to the head, kidneys, knee and chest,” Sánchez…
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Halbertal Reflects on Goldstone
A very, very good piece by Moshe Halbertal -- professor of Philosophy at Hebrew University as well as at NYU law school -- giving his thoughts on Cast Lead and the Goldstone commission. Would that…
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Fun Fact
I feel like a failure when Wikipedia redirects me because I didn't type in an article title precisely right (e.g., misplaced capitalization, stage name to real name, etc.).
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Goldstone Says Gaza Op Legal?
In a debate with former Israeli UN ambassador Dore Gold, Judge Goldstone stated (in response to criticisms that his report neglected Israel's right to defend itself): "Israel not only has the right to defend its…
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Non-Goldstone Report
Ha'aretz reports that Israel was already investigating several human rights allegations regarding Gaza prior to the Goldstone report, but now is leery about continuing lest it be seen as caving to international pressure: While the…
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Jews Being Jews
Dan Fleischer has a very good post up regarding the severe discomfort some on the left (including some Jews) have with the prospect of Judaism as an identity (see also). It is personally infuriating to…