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I Shall Visit Israel, by Paul Grenville

By Gilad Atzmon • Jul 3rd, 2008 • Category: Gilad's Choice, Ideas and Projects, Israel, Newswire, Palestine

I shall visit Israel
I shall visit Israel when the olive trees are in blossom
I shall visit Israel when an Arab can marry a Jew
I shall visit Israel when Torah Jews are no longer beaten up in the streets of Jerusalem
for reminding their countrymen of the commandments of Moses
I shall visit Israel [...]



75 children and 23 women killed, the harvest of Israel’s terrorism in the first 6 months of 2008

By Iqbal Tamimi • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Human Rights, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Zionism

The Israeli occupying forces have killed 75 children and 23 Palestinian women during the first half of this year, says a report published yesterday by the National and International Relations Department of the PLO in Ramallah.
The report informs us that the Israeli military occupation authorities continued their violations of the rights of the Palestinians, showing [...]



Khalid Amayreh - Behavior Unbecoming of a Palestinian

By Khalid Amayreh • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Our Authors, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, holds a number of key portfolios of immense significance and symbolism.
He is the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian ‘national’ Authority (PA) and Chief of the Fatah organization.
As such, he ought to strive to represent his tormented people in the best possible manner. [...]



Khalid Amayreh - Full account of Muhammed Omer’s hair-raising encounter with the Shin Bet

By Khalid Amayreh • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Biography, Features, Interviews, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Newswire, Our Authors, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance

From his hospital bed at the European Hospital in Gaza  and with barely audible voice, award-winning Palestinian journalist Muhammed Omer has given a full account of  the  hair-raising encounter he had last week with  Shin Bet agents at the Allenby Bridge border-crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.
Omer, a co-winner of the 2008 Martha Gelhorn Prize for Journalistic Excellence,  said  [...]



Falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Falastin, Quotes

Any US journalist, columnist, editor, college professor, student-activist, public official or clergy member who dares to speak critically of Israel or accurately report the brutalities of its illegal occupation will be vilified as an anti-Semite.
Dennis Bernstein, activist



Are bodies that monitor corruption…. corrupt too?

By Iqbal Tamimi • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Palestine

I was looking for information for some research about international corruption. I found Israel is almost always classified with European countries, while the Palestinian authority is classified with Middle Eastern countries, even though both are occupying the same geographical area.
Such classification does not appear on a personal blog so that one might consider such deviation [...]



Falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Falastin, Quotes

Israel has been systematically denying entry or return to the Occupied Palestinian Territory via the Ben Gurion Airport, Sheikh Hussein Bridge and Eilat, as well as the border to the West Bank, the Allenby Bridge.  Most of those affected are Palestinian nationals, entire families or individuals, spouses, children, parents and other [...]



Mona (a Jerusalemite) tells about the silent ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Biography, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, Zionism

This is the story of all Palestinians
Message from Mona (a Jerusalemite):
Dear Friends and Family,
I am writing to share a little about what is happening in my life lately. As most of you know, I have been in Jerusalem since March 18 with Ramzi who at the time had barely turned 5 months. We left Habib [...]



UPDATE: Palestinian Journalist beaten to unconsciousness

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 28th, 2008 • Category: Human Rights, Israel, Newswire, Palestine

WITH UPDATE BELOW! WRITTEN BY STEVE AMSEL My dear friend and brother Mohammed Omer returned to his native Gaza Strip on Thursday… literally unconscious and unable to speak after being beaten and tortured by Israeli troops. He is still unable to speak so I was not able to communicate with him, I [...]



Voices of Evil - Shifting Blame

By Khalid Amayreh • Jun 26th, 2008 • Category: Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Our Authors, Palestine, Religion, Zionism

Every honest Jew who knows the history of his people cannot but feel a deep sense of gratitude to Islam, which has protected the Jews for fifty generations, while the Christian world persecuted the Jews and tried many times “by the sword” to get them to abandon their faith.
Uri Avnery, Israeli writer [...]