Ahmadinejad: an old-fashioned Jew hater

Yesterday was  Yom Ha Shoah, the day of commemoration and remembrance of the victims of the Nazi holocaust.  It was also the first day of the UN anti-racism conference that has been boycotted by Australia, among other nations. See Same old demonization
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gave an address that implied that  the genocide was either [...]

Coldness of evil in hot conflicts

Henrik at Eclectic Grounds writes about Dehumanization & Conflict: How soldiers and societies “make” violence just, and gives these insights to explain the seemingly inescapable pattern of blame and violence in the Palestinian/Israeli conflict:
Personal identity and group identity
Victims are never innocent
Moral double standards
The role of the state
The sociology of the army
and gives references for [...]