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Archive | August, 2007

911

Robert Fisk: Even I question the truth about 9/11

Robert Fisk – Published: 25 August 2007 [...] But – here we go. I am increasingly troubled at the inconsistencies in the official narrative of 9/11. It’s not just the obvious non sequiturs: where are the aircraft parts (engines, etc) from the attack on the Pentagon? Why have the officials involved in the United 93 [...]

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Palestine, Report

Palestinians on the United Nations

The international community-spurred by renewed US interest-is gearing up for another major push for peace in the Middle East: President Bush recently dispatched Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to garner support for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Tony Blair is leading the latest attempt of the Quartet-which includes the UN, the US, [...]

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Action, Zionism

Take Action

+ Take Action 1: Sign Petition to support Barnard College giving tenure to Dr. Nadia Abu Al-Haj (like Norman Finkelstein, she was targeted by the Israel lobby forces). The new McCarthyism must be stopped or all will be in danger (and write the media) http://www.petitiononline.com/Barnard2 + Take Action 2: Oppose $30 Billion in Military Aid [...]

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Racism, Zionism

Racist (and misnamed) “Anti-Defamation League”

Abe Foxman fires New England ADL leader for speaking truth about Armenian Genocide.

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Education, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine

For security reasons, Israel bans paper from Gaza schools

Not a joke, but yes sick… The Israeli government forbade the entrance of paper for making text books to children from Gaza Strip, denounced Palestinian-Israeli Information-Investigation Center (CIIPI). A released issued by the institution revealed that Palestinian children will attend the classrooms in September without their pens, pencils, books and more if the military command [...]

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Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Report, War Crimes

PCHR: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations

Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (16 – 22 August 2007) Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) 16 Palestinians, including 3 children, were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. 10 of the victims were extra-judicially executed by [...]

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Palestine, Peace, United States

30 U.S. members of Congress want Europeans to say NO to UN committee for Palestinian issues

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports: More than 30 U.S. members of Congress signed on to a letter urging the European Parliament to end its cooperation with a U.N. committee for Palestinian issues. Israel has protested the European Parliament’s plans to a host a forum at the end of the month to be led by the [...]

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Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Zionism

Wikipedia and Israeli lobbyists

This is very revealing of how the Israeli PR machine bends Wikipedia…

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Peace, United States

After 7 years of destroying peace process, U.S. wants a farewell party

A conference of cowboys By Alon Liel In the absence of a nightingale, even a raven is a songbird – or is it? The international conference initiated by U.S. President George W. Bush in the twilight of his term in office is definitely no songbird. It is more of a raven than a nightingale. After [...]

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Iraq, News You Can Do Without, United States, Zionism

GOP lobbying firm with close ties to Bush hired to help Allawi oust Malaki

“The revelation that lobbying firm Barbour, Griffith and Rogers, whose president is a former US envoy to Iraq, is supporting former interim prime minister Ayad Alllawi, was first reported by IraqSlogger. The firm has sent hundreds of e-mails in Allawi’s name from an e-mail address it purchased, DrAyadAllawi@Allawi-for-Iraq.com, and it has purchased the Web domain [...]

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Israel, Noteworthy, Palestine, Zionism

Israel’s oppressive architecture of occupation

Eyal Weizman interview: Israel’s oppressive architecture of occupation [Source: Socialist Worker] Dissident architect Eyal Weizman explains the mechanics of Israel’s occupation of Palestine to Anindya Bhattacharyya The occupied West Bank, 1999. A group of Israeli settlers complain that their mobile phone reception cuts out on a bend in a road from Jerusalem to their settlements. [...]

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Boycott, Israel, Palestine

The discussion of a boycott of Israel has gone global

Those calling for a boycott of Israel were once distant voices. Now the discussion has gone global. It is growing inexorably and will not be silenced.

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Israel, Noteworthy, Palestine, Zionism

2007: The Year of the Lion

A very interesting article about the strange 30 year jump from one major event to the next in the Zionist narrative. It is a rather lengthy piece, but I believe it is a must read. 2007: THE YEAR OF THE LION By Diego Traversa Translated from Italian by Mary Rizzo The events that mark the [...]

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Action, Human Rights, Israel, War Crimes

Action Appeal: Stop the Assaults Against Negev Villages

Mr. Ban Ki Moon, UN security general, In the early morning hours of Monday, 25 June 2007, a large contingent of Israeli police forces, along with support from the Israel Border Patrol and under orders from the Israeli Ministry of Interior, sadly demolished 28 structures, including 25 houses, in the Unrecognized Village, of Attir – [...]

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Action, Say That Again, United States, Zionism

ACTION ALERT: A Zionist to head the first Arabic School in NY

This must be the one of the worst jokes I’ve heard, ever… [Hat tip: Akram Awad] NY’s 1st Arabic School Occupied by a Zionist Principal! ISLAM PROF IS ‘ZION’-HEARTED By CHUCK BENNETT and JOHN MAZOR New York Post – August 15, 2007 The new principal of the city’s controversial Arabic-themed school is an ardent Zionist [...]

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Israel, Palestine, Videos, Zionism

Jewish Conscience!

If Not Now, When?, a short film in which Jews speak out against the illusion of Jewish consensus on Israel. The kind of stuff Abe Foxman and AIPAC never ever want you to see… I think there’s a break in it, but wait, and watch the entire piece.

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Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Peace

The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam

A remarkable piece – considering its source was head of the American Jewish Congress and fellow at the neocon dominated CFR. The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam, by Henry Siegman, London Review of Books. … Just one year after the 1967 war, Moshe Dayan, a former IDF chief of staff who at the time [...]

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Israel, Multimedia, Palestine, War Crimes

Israel crimes: Media deaf/blind

In Israel, it is the army that rules. Couple of days ago, the Israeli “Defense” Forces, apparently defending themselves from the boredom of Hamas trying to survive, invaded Gaza again, with tanks, killed a few “terrorists”, a few innocent by standers, whatever… it doesn’t matter because it just isn’t news, and NEWS, is the only [...]

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Iran, Israel, War

Good news for NeoCons, AIPAC, Cheney

Netanyahu’s recycled!!! War with Iran looms… Every corrupt Israeli politician gets a least one more chance, and so, Bibi is back… Finally Bush, the US Congress, all those Likud supporting “anti war” bloggers, would have an Israeli to lead into the war with Iran! A mandate for change First, our top priority must be to [...]

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Human Rights, Israel, Palestine

George Bisharat – Boycott movement targets Israel

George Bisharat Wednesday, August 15, 2007 When does a citizen-led boycott of a state become morally justified? That question is raised by an expanding academic, cultural and economic boycott of Israel. The movement joins churches, unions, professional societies and other groups based in the United States, Canada, Europe and South Africa. It has elicited dramatic [...]

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Zionism

Shelby Tucker

Fascinating letter by Shelby Tucker, Jr published September 25, 1978 in The Memphis Commercial Appeal after the author threatened a law suit after he was defamed as an “anti-Semite” for criticizing Israeli policies. Still worth reading and pondering some thirty years later. Tucker became even more an advocate of human rights since then. Sadly some [...]

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Boycott, Education, Israel, Palestine

Why academic boycotts make sense?

Not a single Israeli academic institution complains about these atrocities: High Court has been wrongly besmirched [By Amira Hass, Haaretz]

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Gaza, Palestine

Gaza residents tell of demeaning questioning by Shin Bet

In the most recent Israel Defense Forces raids in the Gaza Strip, during which dozens of people were detained for interrogation by the Shin Bet, the security service adopted a procedure unknown in recent years: The detainees were forced to undress in the presence of another detainee and a soldier or a member of the [...]

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United States

State Department Employee Charged in Hate Speech Against Arabs

A State Department employee was indicted yesterday on charges that he threatened and intimidated employees of the Arab American Institute, including James Zogby, the president of the organization. “The only good Lebanese is a dead Lebanese. The only good Arab is a dead Arab,” Syring said in a voice-mail message left late July 17, 2006, [...]

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Israel, Palestine, Videos

Occupation Practices against Non Violent Demonstration

Here is a sample of Israeli occupation practices against Non-Violent demonstrations south of Bethlehem against apartheid wall construction. [Hat tip: Sami Awad]

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Democracy, Guest Blogger, Politics, Racism, Regional, United States

An Unbroken Agony

I have been invited to Haiti by “Haiti Solidarity” so am off there shortly. I will be staying and meeting with women activists from the Lavalas movement. I have a pretty good knowledge of Haitian history and contemporary politics but there is always more to learn and I needed to focus on details. So for [...]

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Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, Videos, War Crimes, Zionism

Video: Latest invasion of Nablus

The invasion of ‘Ein Beit Al Ma’ refugee camp by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued on Friday, July 20, 2007 at 10:20 am when several jeeps returned to the main street of Nablus and entered the camp. International human rights activists present created a human roadblock on the main thoroughfare of the camp to [...]

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Islam, Terrorism, Videos

Video: Muslims Say No To Violence, Terrorism & Bin Laden

CAIR Representative Ahmed Bedier and Arab-American author Samar Jarrah (Palestinian-American Muslim and the author of “Arab Voices Speak to American Hearts”) appear live on FOX 13 to discuss the results of a recent Pew Global Attitudes report that found support for violence in Muslim countries has declined. Bedier repeated condemnations of violent extremist actions as [...]

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Action, Bleeding Edge, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes, Zionism

Amnesty International Urgent Action: Palestinian House demolition/forced eviction

Via: Amnesty International Palestinian villagers’ homes under threat Since the Israeli army’s threat to demolish their homes, most of the people living in the village of Hadidiya have moved their tents and shacks a few hundred metres to the hamlet of Humsa. However, on 29 May Israeli forces delivered a written warning to the villagers [...]

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Gaza, Good News, Israel, Palestine

ADL giving ‘The Free Gaza Movement’ free publicity!

Thanks to the Zionist ‘Anti-Defamation League‘ (ADL), the ‘Free Gaza Movement‘ is getting a free publicity by the coverage here. I already covered the story of Free Gaza few months ago, but the more, the better. Project Description This movement is an international nonviolent resistance project to challenge Israel’s siege of Gaza. Israel claims that [...]

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Islam, Racism

Despicable! Abe Foxman slams only Muslim Congressman

But now it appears that Abe Foxman and the ADL have trademarked the use of any language pertaining to Hitler and the Holocaust. There is no denying the singular nature of the Holocaust’s impact on the Jewish people. But apparently, despite the fact that over 5 million non-Jews were also killed, the tragedy belongs not [...]

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United States, Videos

Republican Hypocrisy

An example that uncovers the hypocrisy of young republican college students in America. Check out this short Video, where this guy talks to these students and how much they support the war in Iraq. When asked why they themselves are not in the army, it gets very interesting. [Hat tip: The Sphinx]

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Palestine, Videos

Video: Palestinian Summer Celebration

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