Category: Israel

While the fields go fallow

Palestinian Christians Against the Occupation By Philip Farah, 05/ 1/2012  6:29 am … In a recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren claimed that Christians in Israel are better off than their brethren anywhere else in the Middle East. Two Sundays ago, “60 Minutes” made clear he attempted to intimidate Bob …

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More devoted to ‘order’ than to justice

Justice requires action to stop subjugation of Palestinians By Desmond Tutu, Apr 30, 2012 05:41 PM … A quarter-century ago I barnstormed around the United States encouraging Americans, particularly students, to press for divestment from South Africa. Today, regrettably, the time has come for similar action to force an end to Israel’s long-standing occupation of …

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Coordinated, systematic racial discrimination

Christians of the Holy Land By Ben White, 26 Apr 2012 06:36 … A recent report by CBS show 60 Minutes on “Christians of the Holy Land” has received a lot of attention, not least for the embarrassing contribution by Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren. It is interesting that Israel (and its advocates) …

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Climate change in Arkansas

[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aunab1wtUfY[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aunab1wtUfY … The following was just emailed to John Lowery, a Democratic assemblyman for District 6 of the Arkansas State Legislature. – Monsieur d’Nalgar … From: [Jacques d’Nalgar] Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 1:04 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Climate change in Arkansas April 26, 2012 The honorable Representative John Lowery Arkansas State Legislature, …

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Imagine an Arab’s point of view

Perhaps we should all move to Ohio Maher Mughrabi, April 24, 2012 – 5:45PM … “After the Holocaust, many Jews felt that they needed a  state of their own in order to provide security for the Jewish people. In 1948,  the state of Israel was formed. Many Arabs disagreed with this action. Identify  two perspectives …

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Stars of David. Everywhere.

Being a Jew in Palestine By Beth Miller, April 20, 2012 … The first people I told were Safa and Imad. Good friends, they lived near me  in the Aida Refugee Camp and invited me for lunch every Friday. I knew they were  religious Muslims. Imad had told me that Israeli soldiers had killed his …

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Gruesome binational reality

Two-state solution loses its champion By Hugh Naylor, Apr 13, 2012 … The spines of the books that bear Sari Nusseibeh’s name are testimony to the cause he once championed. There is Palestine: A State is Born, published in 1990. A year later, it was No Trumpets, No Drums: A Two-State Solution of the Israeli-Palestinian …

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