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NY panel to discuss failure of Israeli left in fight against racism

From the Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism:

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The Israeli left became rather fond of the financial benefits provided by the occupation

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.551149

“World Bank: Israel to blame for Palestinian financial woes, dependence on foreign aid
According to a new report issued by the international development institution Israeli restrictions in the West Bank cost the Palestinians more than $3.4 billion annually.”

I hope I am not off topic: But has Mondoweiss ever checked out the case of:

The Hares Boys

http://haresboys.wordpress.com/2013/06/15/first-post/

This is a fascinating topic. This is starting to take off on the internet.

Teens were arrested for throwing some stones at Israeli cars, and blamed for a major accident which caused injury to a young Israeli girl.

19 were rounded up, 5 are being held.

Even if the 5 boys are guilty, 19 were rounded up. Some were eventually let go but only after quite some grilling. It seems the Israelis set up a military dragnet and took out every teenager in the nearby Arab town of Hares (Salfit) within a certain age group.

Some of the stones thrown at the Israeli cars were enormous; so I can understand Israeli outrage.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/166262#.UlRDN1B02SU

I doubt all the Hares Boys are innocents; but one or two might be.

Pro-Israeli groups want vengence
http://proisraelbaybloggers.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-hares-boys-face-25-counts-of.html

I am just interested what your spin is.

My own view: Some of the Hares boys were probably involved, but I doubt all 5 were.

Okay, so a panel in NY discusses ‘Arab-Israeli relations’ in Israel/Palestine. I keep on wondering about the use of ‘Arab’, even though obviously talking about Palestinians. Why not discuss Palestinian-Israeli relations? Or even Levantine-Israeli relations?