Karen Coleman - Journalist & Broadcaster


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Recent Articles

May 20, 2006, Karen Coleman visits the Jewish Settlement of Eley Sinai inside Israel

A Tented Community of Jewish Settlers

Yesterday I visited a temporary settlement of Jewish settlers who’re living in pretty poor conditions in the tented community of Eley Sinai. About 40 families [230 people] have set up a community in the dusty field that’s close to the Israeli border with the Palestinian Gaza Strip. ...

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May 14, 2006, Sunday Business Post

One US family’s heartbreak

Last Saturday night, as part of my habitual preparation for my Sunday radio show, I checked my emails and the internet for the latest news. There was one new e-mail in my inbox. It was from my friend Gilda Carbonaro, the mother of a young US marine sergeant on his second tour of duty in Iraq. When I saw the subject title of her email, my stomach twisted into a knot. Beneath the simplicity of its title was the story of a country polarised by a war that has been justified on the basis of erroneous information. ...

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May 13, 2006, by Karen Coleman

Gilda's son is dead

I got a heart-wrenching email last Saturday from my lovely American friend, Gilda Carbonaro. Her son Alex, who was a sergeant in the US marines, had been on his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was first deployed in September 2004 and he managed to return safely from that posting. He married his beautiful fiancee, Gildita in May 2005. ...

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