December 2008
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Dec 28th
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“When you’re thirsty and have to keep fighting, you don’t think a lot, and there...”
– Unidentified Israeli soldier in 2006
Dec 27th
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Water Wars
Images of battles and terror from the beginning of the eighties onwards have burnt into my mind. Daily, evening news on television showed tanks rolling, tracks creaking and squeaking, clouds of sand and dust rising to the sky behind. There were people in casual clothes throwing stones at well-armed soldiers, cars burning in the streets. Their eyes were filled with anger and desperation, with...
Dec 27th
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Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 23rd
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“As the swimmer depends on water, so the writer depends on language. To swim...”
– Thomas Szasz
Dec 7th