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Posts Tagged ‘South Africa’

Haidar Eid – An Open letter to Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa

By Guest Post • Sep 10th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Culture and Heritage, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Religion, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War, Zionism

(in the photo: People in Johannesburg March in Solidarity with Palestine.) Dear Mr. President,
I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment with both your attendance at the national conference of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies – a racist organization by any standards – as well as the content of your speech at [...]

Ronnie Kasrils – The Other Apartheid State

By Mary Rizzo • Jun 13th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

Address by Ronnie Kasrils: CAPE TOWN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: RE-ENVISIONING ISRAEL/PALESTINE 12 JUNE 2009

May I start by quoting a South African who emphatically stated as far back as 1961 that “The Jews took Israel from the Arabs after the Arabs had lived there for a thousand years. Israel like South Africa, is an apartheid state” (Rand [...]

Peace is not simply the absence of violence: a lesson for Israel

By Guest Post • May 26th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Resistance, War, Zionism

WRITTEN BY BAN SIDHE
I’m starting things off today with a post that can, and will, apply to Israel and Palestine one day in the future. What is the price for Peace, and when does the hatred die? Using the Irish Peace Process as an example.
As I check this morning’s news, the first thing I saw [...]