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Month: October 2010
How Do Fascists Creep into Power?
By Lillian Rosengarten Uri Avneri’s always powerful observations raise the most profound question. How can it happen, the lure of Fascism that oozes into the fabric of societies with the promise of a better life? […]
The Chosen Peoples
By Jim Miles (The Chosen Peoples – American, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election. Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibowtiz. Simon & Schuster. 2010.) A work on studying chosen peoples needs to be approached with […]
ADL’s Top US Anti-Israeli Groups
By Stephen Lendman Founded by B’nai B’rith in 1913, its stated mission is "to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all," calling itself "the nation’s premier […]
Gaza, Mohammed and My Mother – Book Review
By Elana Golden (My Father Was A Freedom Fighter – Gaza’s Untold Story. Ramzy Baroud. Pluto Press. 2010) My Father was a Freedom Fighter is a page-turner though I read it in small bites, the […]
Fatah, Hamas Agree to Resume Talks
The Hamas and Fatah movements have agreed to hold the second round of talks in a bid to iron out their disagreements on inter-Palestinian reconciliation. The Fatah-Hamas negotiations "might be held in Damascus following indirect […]
Israeli Journalist to Be Probed
An Israeli journalist accused of publishing classified intelligence obtained from a former army soldier has returned to Israel after nearly a year abroad, escaping probable consequences. According to the Israeli Justice Ministry, Israeli police and […]
Weimar in Jerusalem
By Uri Avnery – Israel In Berlin, an exhibition entitled ‘Hitler and the Germans’ has just opened. It examines the factors that caused the German people to bring Adolf Hitler to power and follow him […]
308 Bullets Fired at Gaza Activists, Says Ashkenazi
Israel’s army chief says Israeli forces fired more than 300 live bullets during the takeover of the Turkish-flagged aid ship, Mavi Marmara, back in May. In his second round of testimony before an Israeli inquiry […]
Palestinians Have the Right to Resist Occupation
By Agustin Velloso (A contribution to Ramzy Baroud’s The Violence Debate.) As a Western supporter (non Muslim/Arab) of the Palestinian cause, I have always find it rather difficult to talk (let alone to advocate) about […]
Al-Quds Demolition Orders Spark Clashes
Israeli soldiers have clashed with Palestinians in the East al-Quds (Jerusalem) neighborhood of Silwan, firing stun grenades and rubber bullets at the protesters. Clashes broke out in Silwan on Sunday when Israeli authorities stormed the […]
Life in Palestinian Refugee Camps
By Stephen Lendman Besides mass slaughter and destruction, wars create refugees, millions at times, uprooted, displaced and homeless, on their own somehow to survive. Israel’s "War of Independence" was no different, dispossessing hundreds of thousands […]
‘Israeli Spies Used Alfa in 33-day War’: As-Safir
New evidence has surfaced regarding Israel’s spying on Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement during the 33-day war it imposed on the country in 2006. Latest confessions by members of Lebanon’s Alfa telecom company indicate that Israel […]
New Scandal Rocks Zionist Federation
By Iqbal Jassat – Pretoria The latest scandal to hit a self-confessed pro-Israeli organization in South Africa, the SA Zionist Federation, [SAZF] is likely to invigorate the ‘Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions’ [BDS] campaign against Israel […]
Israeli Troops Burn Qur’an: Report
Israeli soldiers have reportedly burnt the Muslim holy book of Qur’an during an overnight attack on a Palestinian family in the occupied West Bank. Sahar Beida said on Monday that she and her daughter had […]
Morbid Theater: Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israel
By George Polley Admittedly, I am a relative newcomer to this discussion, which is not the same thing as saying that I am an ignorant one, as one Israeli correspondent has implied, saying that I […]
‘Israel Abused Gazans During War’, Photos Show
Israeli troops have abused Palestinian detainees during the 2008-2009 attack on the Gaza Strip, new photos released by a rights group show. The photos were published on Monday by Breaking the Silence, an Israeli group […]
Israel’s Chief Military Advocate General Not Telling the truth
By Richard Lightbown On 26 August the Turkel Committee took evidence from Israel’s Chief Military Advocate General, General Mandelblit. The morning session was open although a number of documents that the participants referred to do […]
Sabotage: Netanyahu’s New Bag of Tricks
By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. While all the world was watching, silently, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has by all measures managed to sabotage the U.S. – sponsored ‘peace talks’ with the Palestinians, led […]
The Legacy of Mubarak
By Ali Younes Mohammad Hosni Mubarak, former Air Force General became president of Egypt after the assassination of President Mohammad Anwar Al Sadat by Muslim extremists on 6 October 1981. President Mubarak, as a result, became […]
Palestine, I Hear You
By Lillian Rosengarten Palestine! You call to me with whispers of pain.You speak of lost poets, children who cry for lost parents, lost teacherslost childhoods, dreams torn from their roots, mangled in a desert gone dry.In […]
US Demands End to Resisting Israel
The US has urged Palestinians to give up resistance against Israel and instead turn to negotiations as talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Tel Aviv remain deadlocked. "Negotiations are not easy, but they are […]
Israeli Rabbi Urges Use of Human Shields
A controversial Israeli rabbi has encouraged the use of Palestinians as human shields by army soldiers, even if the victim happens to be a civilian. "Anything you do to keep the war tough is permissible, […]
Elders Blast Israeli Discrimination
Former world leaders have lambasted Israel’s discriminatory policies in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) during a tour of a troubled neighborhood in the occupied territory. The one-time political heavyweights, known as Elders, paid a visit to Silwan […]
Israeli Settlements’ Growth Pace Rising: A Study
The recent trend of Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories by far exceeds those of the past two years, a study shows. The Jewish settlers have started building nearly 550 new housing units […]
Viva Palestina’s Convoy Reaches Gaza
Lifeline 5, the fifth aid convoy organized by the UK-based charity Viva Palestina, has crossed Rafah, the border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, the aid mission of 150 vehicles entered the […]
Britain Hangs out ‘Welcome’ Sign to War Criminals
By Stuart Littlewood – London The UK is to become a safe haven for Israeli psychopaths while they continue their brutal military occupation, colonization and ethnic cleansing of the Holy Land, and carry on bombarding […]
Jazza: From Scala to Wembley
By Gilad Atzmon – London London Jazza festival is behind us. It was stressful and we took a massive risk, but it turned into a great success. For some of us, it was the most musically […]
The Violence Debate: Teaching the Oppressed How to Fight Oppression
By Ramzy Baroud An American activist once gave me a book she wrote detailing her experiences in Palestine. The largely visual volume documented her journey of the occupied West Bank, rife with barbered wires, checkpoints, […]
Liberal Zionism is Flawed
By Miko Peled Setting aside for a moment the argument of whether dividing historic Palestine into two states was ever a good idea, clearly forty years ago it was a viable solution. Today as liberal […]
Shooting and Electric-Shocking of Palestinian Children
By Stephen Lendman Defence for Children International (DCI) Palestine Section (DCI/Palestine) "is a national section of the international non-government child rights organisation and movement (dedicated) to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children," according […]