OpEd in Ynet, “Abbas’ strategic threat could be more dangerous than Hamas” by Michael Oren, a former Israeli ambassador to US, shows that Abbas is managing to hit home. via Abbas’ strategic threat could be more dangerous than Hamas – Israel Opinion, Ynetnews. Nahum Barnea (same paper): “Netanyahu needed Abbas – if not as a …
“What can we say about someone who lives in Israel but decides at some point that he doesn’t want to take part in the occupation and settlement enterprise? What do we expect from such a person? These are serious questions and I want serious answers, from both the right and the left.” via Is there …
This is the same thesis presented by Sam Bahour some time ago In an exclusive opinion piece for Haaretz, senior Fatah official Husam Zomlot says that Israel can’t have it both ways: either it takes full responsibility for the Palestinians or it relinquishes control of their lives and territory. via Israel’s moment of choice – …
How come privacy seems to be a matter of concern only in Europe? “European data privacy regulators have put renewed pressure on Google to alter its privacy policy. It follows changes to the policy two years ago which regulators felt breached European rules.” via BBC News – Google urged to change privacy rules by data …
About how broken copyright laws offer little protection to individuals and small businesses Bugging out: How rampant online piracy squashed one insect photographer | Ars Technica.
Apple and Google are making things difficult for law enforcement, but: “The weak link in the law enforcement scenario for Google and Apple is cloud storage. Companies can and will turn cloud data over to the police, and Google has even done it proactively. Smartphones today have cloud backup systems for just about everything, so …
“In 2011, when Google+ just started, some high profile people said they were walking away from their own self-hosted domains and just redirecting to their Google+ profile, which was flying with comments and +1s. I warned against this move, saying “I Gave Away My Web Identity. All I Got Was a T-Shirt.” Even when the product …
The Guardian’s view – and mine too – of a war that achieved nothing but bloodshed and destruction. The Guardian view on the human, economic and political costs of the Gaza war | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian.
It’s not easy finding new and interesting ways to illustrate the growth of income inequality over the past few decades. But here are a couple of related ones. The first is from “Survival of the Richest” in the current issue of Mother Jones, and it shows how much of our total national income growth gets …
The director of Liberty has written an important, sometimes startling book about the battle ahead. When it comes to human rights, common sense and decency is never enough via On Liberty by Shami Chakrabarti – ‘I don’t trust the powerful’ | Books | The Guardian.