Jul 23 2013
The Betrayal of Helen Thomas By Barbara Lubin and Danny Muller, July 23, 2013 When the news spread through Washington this weekend that the unwavering, pioneering journalist Helen Thomas had died, there must have been a collective sigh of relief throughout the halls of Washington. News articles and obituaries are obligatorily mentioning her retirement …
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Jun 28 2013
For Palestine By Susan Abulhawa, 26 Jun 2013 17:32 For once, we won! Mohammad Assaf, that brilliant, joyful, beautiful young man with a voice from heaven sang. And we all hung onto every note, every lyric, every smile and gesture he made on the stage of the Arab Idol contest over the past few …
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Jun 23 2013
The three things that always accompany occupation By Robert Fisk, Sunday 23 June 2013 On 20th November 2001, in the Afghan embassy in Islamabad, the Taliban stamped into my passport their very last visa, number 001518, valid only for Kandahar and printed on a paper of varying shades of green. At the top were …
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Jun 01 2013
Why do people hate Israel? (a self-test) By Bradley Burston, May.28, 2013 | 8:15 PM Every year, the BBC World Service publishes a Country Ratings opinion survey, meant to indicate which of the world’s nations are among the most popular, and which the most disliked. In 2013, as in years past, more than 26,000 …
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May 12 2013
An Open Letter to Elie Wiesel By Avner Inbar and Assaf Sharon, May 27, 2010 In a recent public letter to President Obama, Elie Wiesel urged the President not to “pressure” Israel to cease settlement activity in Jerusalem. According to Wiesel: For me, the Jew that I am, Jerusalem is above politics. It is …
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Apr 27 2013
Syria and sarin gas: US claims have a very familiar ring By Robert Fisk, Sunday 28 April 2013 Is there any way of escaping the theatre of chemical weapons? First, Israeli “military intelligence” says that Bashar al-Assad’s forces have used/have probably used/might have used/could use chemical weapons. Then Chuck Hagel, the US Defence Secretary, …
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Apr 17 2013
As a Palestinian, I refuse to be tokenised and I refuse to have dialogue. By the lower case arab, 17th Apr 2013 I cannot stay silent for much longer. I cannot contain my feelings about a certain word for any longer. The ‘D word’. That dreadful D word. That deflective D word. The word …
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