Jon Stewart Returns for a Heart-to-Heart with God
Gosh, it's totally inappropriate to laugh at the conflict in the Middle East, right? Well, it's totally Jon Stewart's fault.
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Early Thursday evening, even after some last-minute diplomatic swings, Palestine easily won a vote in the U.N. General Assembly, changing its status from "entity" to "non-member state" — just like the Vatican. So what's the big deal?
Gosh, it's totally inappropriate to laugh at the conflict in the Middle East, right? Well, it's totally Jon Stewart's fault.
The back and forth over a UN fact-finding mission during the Israel-Gaza conflict
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The U.N.'s Goldstone Report reveals a flaw in the Israel-Palestine debate
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