Ben-Gurion | Palestine Think Tank

Posts Tagged ‘Ben-Gurion’

The historic wronging of Palestine

By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Documents, Israel, Mary's Choice, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Zionism

WRITTEN BY DAVID MORRISON (art by Carlos Latuff)
The state of Israel came into existence 60 years ago on 14 May 1948. In the months before and after this declaration, Jewish forces drove around 750,000 Palestinians from their homes. Over 500 villages were emptied of their Palestinian population and most of them were destroyed [...]

Quote of the day

Not all citizens, even when they can do so and have access to digital devices, record disasters or human rights abuses - especially when their own security could be compromised for having done so. Governments can also clamp down hard on citizen journalism. The French Constitutional Council approved a law in early 2007 that criminalizes the filming or broadcasting of acts of violence by people other than professional journalists. The law could lead to the imprisonment of eyewitnesses who film acts of police violence, or operators of Web sites publishing the images.
Nalaka Gunawardene, journalist
I believe that the Palestinians in general are a people who want democracy. The Palestinians are among the most educated in the Arab world and they have been exposed both to the Israeli democratic system and to the Western democratic system. Unlike many of the Arab countries, there is an open debate today in Palestinian society. I believe democracy might happen, but not in the near future. As long as you have armed gangs in the streets and as long as the Palestinian security forces are not real security forces and as long as there is no rule of law, you can’t have democracy.
Khaled Abu Toameh, Journalist

Posts by Category

Palestine Think Tank

Posts Tagged ‘Ben-Gurion’

The historic wronging of Palestine

Subscribe

Map of Palestine

Quote of the day

Comments

Archives

Posts by Category

Browse Categories

Contributors