by Charles Cameron | Jul 1, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a question of what makes “holy ground” holy? ] . ** Upper panel, Ramadan Confrontations Test Restraint on Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade: For the first twenty days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, an unusual calm prevailed on...
by Charles Cameron | Jun 22, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — on borrowing the atrocities of others for propaganda advantage ] . So @ICC4IDF uses a photo from Syria, bottom right, 2 illustrate his point @QueenWillRock @adamlambert. Enjoy Israel pic.twitter.com/6M7QysIp4T — Ben Af Rothenberg...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 21, 2016 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — two manifestations of the extreme right in Israel ] . ** I don’t think too many people will argue that deliberately burning famiies in their homes is less than brutal. My question to ponder here is how brutal human-on-human violence...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 6, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — “the most contested piece of real-estate on earth” ] . On the one hand: On the other.. End-Time Battle for the Temple Mount As Jews fasted on Tisha B’Av (Av 9) mourning the destruction of the First and Second Temples,...
by Charles Cameron | Aug 3, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a paradox I’m currently chewing on, courtesy of Richard Landes] . I want to take something that Richard Landes has been saying, abstract it from those conflicts to which Richard applies it, simplify it by removing one technical term...