Seattle P-I:

Corrie was an idealist; but as fate had it, her idealism ended up channeled through the radical International Solidarity Movement, an organization that not only puts at risk the lives of Israeli civilians but also the lives of its members.

ISM tells its young followers that Palestinians have the right to armed attacks against Israelis, while at the same time making clear through its activities that Israel has no right to protect its citizens. While the two positions seem mutually contradictory, the organization apparently reconciles them by summing up the complex Israeli-Arab conflict as singularly caused by a sadistic Israel seeking arbitrarily to oppress Palestinians.

The group's narrative obscures the fact that Palestinian terrorism began even before Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, that Israel acquired those territories in a war precipitated by neighboring countries openly threatening to destroy the Jewish state and that Israel repeatedly offered to turn over land to the Palestinians.

I also went to the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) website, which evidently was founded in 1982 to serve as a "media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East."

I looked through their list of media outlets which they feel have portrayed the situation in Israel unfairly. They have not highlighted any errors from the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, so you can take from this writer and organization what you will. They really don't seem to have a ton of complaints against news organizations in general, though. For most of these publications there's only a few articles they feel have made an error (getting corrections from some of the outlets) so having none isn't that out of the ordinary in this case.

A sordid tale of a small group of nazis who came to Olympia.

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'Crashing the Gate' with Jerome Armstrong & Markos Moulitsas Zuniga

On Saturday the 8th at 7pm we'll be having Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zuniga in store to talk about and sign copies of their book 'Crashing the Gate, Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics'.

The authors, two of the most popular political bloggers in the country, lay bare 'with passion and precision, how ineffective, incompetent, and antiquated the Democratic Party establishment has become, and how it has failed to adapt and respond to new realities and challenges seized on by the Republican ideologues who are now running - and ruining - our country'.

It will be a great night and a great event - come along, bring your friends, be inspired!

Check out the book's website www.crashingthegate.com and the Blog-sites which started it all - www.mydd.com and www.dailykos.com