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falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Apr 4th, 2009 • Category: Falastin, Palestine, Quotes

For a Palestinian everyday is a nakba because he/she has to fight against the same things that happened more than 60 years ago. While rulers who have their bellies a meter in front of them sit around a table pretending to solve the numerous problems that face their citizens while they can’t even agree among [...]



falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Falastin, Palestine, Quotes

Racial discrimination against the indigenous Palestinian people who became citizens of the State of Israel was formalized and institutionalized through the creation by law of a “Jewish nationality”, which is distinct from Israeli citizenship. No “Israeli” nationality exists in Israel, and the Supreme Court has persistently refused to recognize one as it would end the [...]



thinking quote

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 27th, 2009 • Category: Quotes, Thinking

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
Martin Luther King, Jr



thinking quote

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: Quotes, Thinking

Journalists must seek and speak the truth, for we are the voice of the voiceless millions.
Razia BHATTI,
Pakistani journalist



falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: Falastin, Palestine, Quotes

Why Palestine?
Because it is a just cause, a noble ideal, a moral quest for equality and human rights.
Edward Said



thinking quote

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: Quotes, Thinking

Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.
Maria Montessori, Educator



falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Mar 2nd, 2009 • Category: Falastin, Quotes

The death siege of Gaza is designed to go on igniting the Palestinian community. It is designed to go on exploiting disenfranchised groups inside Israel. It is designed to present the false image of an Israel seeking peace and holding its fire. It is designed, first and foremost, to prevent true political process and a [...]



quote of the day

By Mary Rizzo • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Palestine, Quotes, Thinking

What do the colors of the Palestinian flag represent?
Green is for the land of Palestine,
White is for the peace in which the Palestinian people lived before they were made refugees,
Red is for their blood spilled trying to liberate their land, and
Black is for their life under occupation.



quote of the day

By Mary Rizzo • Feb 12th, 2009 • Category: Falastin, Palestine, Quotes

We will eat salt, but we will not bow our heads for anybody other than God, because we are faithful to the rights of our people and our nation. We will not betray it.
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh



quote of the day

By Mary Rizzo • Feb 5th, 2009 • Category: Falastin, Quotes

I would propose to everyone in this room that the first question on our minds when dealing with a humanitarian crisis of this magnitude is not whether or not these people are terrorists, but how we can help them?
Samer Badawi, United Palestinian Appeal