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These are my links for January 21st through January 22nd:

• Vacation To Israel Canceled Due To History Of Israel | The Onion – May the boycotting begin
• Alternative history – How would the history read if Germany had won WWII
• DutchNews.nl – Wilders should be prosecuted, says court – Ugh! This is ridiculous. I saw "Fitna" and it was a monumental piece of crap that isn't worthy of this amount of attention. And the timing couldn't be worse. Public opinion in Europe, especially in Scandanavia, appears to be shifting ever more toward sympathy with Palestine and Muslim immigrants and this will do nothing but mobilize the right-wing nut-jobs. Legislating against hate is always a bad idea in my opinion. If you're so keen on legislating something, impose sanctions on Israel. That might make a difference.
• Israel’s bigger battle ahead: its national identity | csmonitor.com – Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups are often criticized for not "recognizing" Israel. This article makes it clear why such groups refer to Israel as "the Zionist entity" rather than a state: it refuses to delineate its geographic boundaries (not mentioned here), refuses to accept Arabs as equal citizens and doesn't even have a constitution. I'm no fan of states, but seriously, you can't have your cake and eat it, too.
• ei: Up to 200 still missing under Gaza’s rubble – "I don't have any feelings any more," said Mohamed Hindi. "The Israelis have managed to destroy everything. Even our emotions."
• Bloomberg.com: Gaza Tunnel Owners Renew Smuggling Under Egypt Border – If they were ever closed down in the first place, the smuggling tunnels are up and running again. They are unlikely to have the capacity to feed and fuel the entire 1.4 million-strong population of Gaza, but it puts the lie to Israel's claims to have aimed to shut down the tunnels and stop the rockets, having either failed in their goals or deliberately mislead the public about their true aims.
• Barack Obama’s inauguration speech … crafted by 27-year-old in Starbucks | World news | The Guardian –
• YouTube – Students occupy LSE – speech to 10.000 in Trafalgar square – London School of Economics students have staged an occupation in support of Gaza and in support of the growing Boycott, Divestment and Sanction campaign against Israel
• Train drivers demand promised pay raise, threaten to strike – Daily News Egypt – Sarah Carr reports on one of many labor struggles in Egypt right now
• ei: Israel’s "Dahiya Doctrine" comes to Gaza – Jonathan Cook addresses Israel's goal to "turn back the clock 20 years" in Gaza through the leveling of civilian infrastructure. Learning lessons from the 2006 assault on southern Lebanon, they'll also be impeding reconstruction efforts.