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Posts Tagged ‘Ben-Gurion’

Nizar Sakhnini – Zionism: The Game is Over

By Guest Post • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, War, Zionism

Zionist influx into Palestine started in 1882. There were 6 waves of Jewish immigration between 1882 and 1948. As a result of these waves, the number of Jews living in Palestine increased to about 650,000.

During the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, the Zionists asked for the creation of a state in the territory that includes all of Mandate Palestine, Southern [...]

Is Israel a democratic state? Interview with Mauro Manno

By Guest Post • Feb 18th, 2009 • Category: Biography, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Interviews, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, War, Zionism

This interview was made by activist, writer, translator and academic Mauro Manno. Last Friday, following 14 months of suffering, our friend Mauro was released from his agony. All those who knew him, worked together with him and who were befriended by him will miss his intellect, generosity, determination and commitment to a cause. It is [...]

The historic wronging of Palestine

By Guest Post • 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 [...]