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Posts Tagged ‘Olmert’

Abbas admits failure of the peace process

By Khalid Amayreh • Nov 6th, 2009 • Category: Israel, Khalid Amayreh, Palestine, Zionism

It is hard to think how Abbas can redeem and rectify some of his blunders. Some of his sins, such as the security coordination with Israel, can never be forgiven.

But Abbas can still embark on some daring steps to salvage things before it is too late.

At the top of these steps should be the orderly dismantling of the Palestinian Authority under whose rubric the national Palestinian cause is being liquidated.

Failure to do so, under whatever pretexts and excuses, would only mean legitimizing the colonial Israeli scheme and capitulating to the status quo.

Let us get rid of the big lie and confront ourselves with the all too-clear fact that the colonialist Zionist occupation of our country never really receded and that the Oslo Agreement was a deception from A to Z. We must tell our people that the PA is not a phase toward liberation from Zionist tyranny, as we have been told, but is rather an instrument for the liquidation of the Palestinian cause.



Olmert visit sparks Palestine movement at US university

By Guest Post • Oct 25th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Grassroots Activism, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Zionism

By Emily Ratner *
On 13 October, Tulane University, an elite university in the southern United States, hosted former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as a featured speaker. Forced from office due to corruption charges and under indictment in his own country, Olmert's speaking engagements at respected American universities should at the very least raise questions [...]



cartoon of the day

By Guest Post • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Artwork, Cartoon of the day, Israel

By Mr Fish, click to enlarge



cartoon of the day

By Mary Rizzo • Jul 19th, 2008 • Category: Artwork, Cartoon of the day