Daily Archives: 23 December 2012

Rabbis Sign Letter Opposing Settlement Construction

open quoteOver 500 U.S. rabbis, cantors, rabbinical students and cantorial students have signed an open letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning against his decision to advance settlement construction in the sensitive E1 area of the West Bank and build 3000 new housing units in East Jerusalem. The decision, which was announced the day after the U.N. voted to upgrade Palestine’s status, constitutes “the final blow to a peaceful solution,” the letter states. “If Israel builds in E1, it will cut East Jerusalem off from its West Bank surroundings and effectively bifurcate the West Bank. close quote (Read more)

Anarcho-Capitalism going mainstream?

Nice to see Friedman catching up to the intellectual work of Hoppe:

Further proof that Anarcho-Capitalism is becoming main-stream is this poorly written, rambling criticism from the Southern Poverty Law Center: www.salon.com/2012/12/18/how_to_spot_an_anarcho_capitalist/

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I imagine some power brokers thinking to themselves — okay, we can’t stop this thing, so let’s try to own it.

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Wow! Just found Rothbard’s critique of David Friedman’s Anarcho-Capitalism.