Apr 10 2012
Deir Yassin: No passing over history By Yousef Munayyer, 09 Apr 2012 16:52 … On April 9, 1948, scores of Palestinian civilians were massacred at the village of Deir Yassin through co-operative efforts of Yishuv forces like the Irgun, Lehi and the Haganah. The Zionist narrative on the events of 1948 and the Nakba – …
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Apr 09 2012
Defining Jews, Defining a Nation: Can Genetics Save Israel? By Jeff Wheelwright, Mar 14 2012, 7:01 AM ET … Herzliya, a broad-beached ocean-side resort 10 miles north of Tel Aviv, is booming with construction — big hotels going up on the bluffs and expensive new bungalows on the bougainvillea-laden streets. Herzliya was named for Theodor …
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Apr 07 2012
Was gesagt werden muss Das Gedicht von Günter Grass, 04.04.2012, 12:03 … Warum schweige ich, verschweige zu lange, was offensichtlich ist und in Planspielen geübt wurde, an deren Ende als Überlebende wir allenfalls Fußnoten sind. Es ist das behauptete Recht auf den Erstschlag, der das von einem Maulhelden unterjochte und zum organisierten Jubel gelenkte iranische Volk …
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Apr 05 2012
We have not survived Pharaoh By Yossi Sarid, 02:16 06.04.12 … From Passover 1968 to Passover 2012 not much has changed. It feels, in fact, like 44 years have not gone by since we celebrated the first festival of freedom after the Six Day war. There is nothing new under Hebron’s crazy sun, under its …
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Apr 04 2012
An illustrated account of the 1949 coup—possibly CIA-assisted—that plunged the country into decades of political turmoil.
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Mar 31 2012
Watch us lead the UN donkey up the Khyber By Robert Fisk, Saturday 31 March 2012 … So back to THAT BLOODY WAR. I mean not the Syrian one – where we’re going to stay hands off – or the Libyan one (where we were hands on, but not touching the ground). Nor the Iraqi …
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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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