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Archive for August, 2007

Israel’s oppressive architecture of occupation

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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.

The mobile phone [...]

The discussion of a boycott of Israel has gone global

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

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.

2007: The Year of the Lion

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

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 historical journey of the [...]

Action Appeal: Stop the Assaults Against Negev Villages

Saturday, August 18th, 2007

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 - Umm al-Hiran [...]

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

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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 who considered moving to Israel, [...]

Jewish Conscience!

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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.

The Great Middle East Peace Process Scam

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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 was minister [...]

Israel crimes: Media deaf/blind

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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 [...]

Good news for NeoCons, AIPAC, Cheney

Friday, August 17th, 2007

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 do everything [...]

Boycott movement targets Israel

Thursday, August 16th, 2007

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 reactions from Israel’s [...]