If there's one thing Fauria has shown in his time with the Lions, its an endearing inability to take life seriously. I'm willing to bet this is a joke of some kind. Either his girlfriend was talking to him about how that Russell Wilson guy is attractive, and he decided to tweet that as a joke, or his girlfriend is in…

One thing that bears mentioning is that most people are assuming The Berlin Holocaust Memorial is this somber, serious place whose atmosphere was violated by Green's selfie. But if you go to that memorial, you see that isn't the case. Its a bunch of stone obelisks, and there are a bunch of children playing, people…

Does anyone else find the happy organ music that was playing as they put him on the stretcher jarringly grotesque?

I bought one simply because it was the only reusable water bottle I could find in Bed Bath &Beyond. I pretty much never use the stupid snack contraption thing, because you can't fit any decent snacks in there. Do I still have dignity?

Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: "I seek Derek Jeter! I seek Derek Jeter!" — As many of those who did not believe in Derek Jeter were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got lost? asked one. Did he…

This seems to more than satisfy the requisite thousand words

"How could the Palestinians become integrated politically or culturally into Israel? How does that happen?"
That's sort of the whole reason for the necessity of a two-state solution.

What I mean is that when your main tactic seems to be getting your own civilians killed for PR/using them as human shields, it becomes hard to believe that you are waging war for the benefit of that population.

"Israel doesn't recognize the right for the Palestinians to have land of their own."
Not true. The position of Netanyahu is that he is willing to give the Palestinians a state, albeit a completely demilitarized one with conditions no Palestinian would ever agree to. If this is true of a hawk like Netanyahu, you can bet…

Yes, I expect Hamas to not fight a war it cannot win without placing its own people in grave danger. That is a reasonable thing to expect. If the only way you can win a war is by having so many of your own side get killed the world has pity on you and forces the other side to stop fighting, maybe you shouldn't be…

You're assuming that Israel is the only party who has sabotaged peace talks. Let me assure you, screw ups in this arena have not been the sole domain of Israel. And as far as Israel is concerned, until Hamas disarms, recognizes the right for Israel to exist as a Jewish state, and swears off terrorism, peace talks…

Who the hell wants to run a theocratic democracy? Is that what you think Zionism is? Let me tell you, all of the early Zionist thinkers hated religion. Most would define the state in either cultural or political terms, not religious, and I would say that has remained pretty constant throughout the history of Israel.…

Here's my problem: You can't launch rockets out of civilian areas and then yell civilian casualties. Not that I'm okay with civilian casualties. I hate them. I hate that they happen, I hate what they make us into, I hate what we become when they happen. But, let it be said, I hate that Hamas is so committed to…

Right, because an entire country having 15 seconds to run to a bomb shelter every 10 minutes is a tolerable situation. True, there haven't been that many Israeli civilian deaths, but that hasn't been for Hamas's lack of trying. Israel's goal is to get rid of those rockets, and I think that goal is justifiable. We may…

I'm all for not that many Palestinians dying. As, it should be pointed out, is David Blatt in the excerpt quoted. But I also think that the main purpose behind the offensive, the elimination of a threat to Israeli citizens, was a justified one. And once we agree that the essential purpose behind the offensive is…

Notice that none of those things have to do with body counts. We can debate Israel's policies from here till tomorrow, that's fine. Your second post brings up some valid points. But don't blame us for not dying enough. It's stupid and crude rhetoric that accomplishes nothing, and in fact plays into Hamas's goals of…

As a Jew, I'd like to apologize for not dying in sufficient enough quantity to warrant defending ourselves.

Thank You!

So? When did the lone fact of supporting Israel become controversial? Did he say he approves of the death of civilians? No. Did he say he hates Muslims? No. He simply said he supports Israel. This is no different than what would be expressed by a majority of Jews in the US. I honestly do not see what the issue here…