Mar 31 2012
Words! – A Poem By Samah Sabawi, 15:29 03/30/2012 … I’ve been down this road before: Someone tries to teach me how to use words that can ‘open doors’. Offering me tips in communication. “Instead of saying ‘Apartheid’ try a ‘system of segregation’”. “Downplay the ‘Nakba’ and focus on the occupation”. And “if you write …
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Mar 28 2012
[tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwOpDuLEVXU[/tube] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwOpDuLEVXU Rethinking Zionism By Peter Beinart, Wednesday, Mar 28, 2012 3:30 PM 19:26:27 CDT … I remember walking back with my grandmother one night from synagogue, past the loquat trees of Sea Point, South Africa, the most beautiful Jewish ghetto in the world. I was a kid, and boasting about the United States, the …
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Mar 28 2012
Don’t be fooled. Europe’s far-right racists are not discerning By Anne Karpf, Tuesday 27 March 2012 14.30 EDT … On Saturday, in the Danish city of Aarhus, a Europe-wide rally organised by the English Defence League will try to set up a European anti-Muslim movement. For Europe’s far-right parties the rally, coming so soon after …
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Mar 27 2012
Jailed Palestinian leader calls for new civil revolt against Israel By Catrina Stewart, Wednesday 28 March 2012 … Marwan Barghouti, the jailed Palestinian leader seen as a favoured successor to President Mahmoud Abbas, has declared the death of the peace process and called for a civil revolt and a severing of all ties with Israel. …
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Mar 26 2012
Christians Called To Serve Jewish Settlers By Nathan Jeffay, March 25, 2012 … Psagot, West Bank — It is a typical, even stereotypical, West Bank settlement scene: bearded young men pruning vines while enthusing about the Chosen People’s God-given right to this region. But in this case it is Jesus, and not Jewish identity, that …
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Mar 25 2012
The False Debate About Attacking Iran By Nicholas D. Kristof, March 24, 2012 … I wonder if we in the news media aren’t inadvertently leaving the impression that there is a genuine debate among experts about whether an Israeli military strike on Iran makes sense this year. There really isn’t such a debate. Or rather, it’s …
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Mar 24 2012
War on Iran? It is too soon to reminisce about Iraq, let alone have a repeat By Marina Hyde, Friday 23 March 2012 16.30 EDT … The thing about a supertanker is that at least you can turn it round. It takes a while, by all accounts, but you have to think any such vessel …
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