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About Antoine Raffoul

Antoine Raffoul is a Palestinian architect living and practicing in London. He was born in Nazareth and was expelled with his whole family by the Zionist underground when they entered Haifa in April 1948. The family settled in Tripoli Lebanon. In 1968, Antoine received his university degree in Architecture in the United States. After a working period of 3 years in New York City, he moved to London in 1971. He is the Founder and co-ordinator of 1948: Lest.We.Forget, a non-partisan and mutli-professional group campaigning for truth about Palestine. He can be reached at info@1948.org.uk.

Author Archive | Antoine Raffoul

Gaza, Israel, Opinion, Palestine, War Crimes

Gaza Fishermen Shot at and Arrested

We should not fool ourselves by believing that the conditions of the latest ceasefire between Hamas and the IDF are being honoured by the IDF (excuse the word ‘honoured’ here).

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Boycott, Grassroots Activism, Palestine

Stevie Wonder to sing for Friends of The IDF [Updated]

Stevie Wonder has announced that he will perform at at the annual Gala for Friends of the IDF (FIDF). Maybe he does not know. Maybe the people around him are blind. Maybe he lost his soul.

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Gaza, Palestine, War

Gaza: Timeline, Fineline and Endgame

Latest Israeli murderous attacks on Gaza prove that they can spit out their lies about what really happened without fearing any coward to challenge them.

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Gallery, Grassroots Activism, Palestine

Palestine Solidarity Billboards Go Up Across South Africa

The Palestinian solidarity movement in South Africa (through BDS South Africa and the Palestine Solidarity Alliance) have taken out over 12 billboards (large outdoor displays) across the country graphically explaining the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian lands and the dispossession of the Palestinian people. More than five billboards have already gone up with more to follow in coming weeks.

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Israel, News, Palestine, United States, Videos

Obama and AIPAC

Obama goes all the way to AIPAC just one day before he welcomes Netanyahu. Listen to what he says about Shimon Perez and his Hagana involvement.

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Israel, Palestine, Videos, West Bank

Israeli Checkpoint On-Camera with no shame [Must watch video]

“We let them suffer, in the sun, in the rain, that’s it. That’s what I wanted to say. Let the whole world know.” – Israeli border police
If this goes on ON-CAMERA, just imagine what goes on OFF-CAMERA.

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Egypt, Israel, Politics

From Saigon to Cairo – Escapes on Helicopter skids

From Saigon to Cairo, there exists a geographical line which, if drawn accurately, will pass through Sharm-El-Sheikh.

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Israel, Palestine, Peace, War Crimes, Zionism

New History or a New Mirage

Finally, it is also clear that the Zionist leaders occupying the Israeli Knesset have now become aware that their colonial juggernaut is running out of fuel. So, in order to pump more colonial life into it, they have come up with the racist “Oath to the Jewish Nation”. Its twin tank has been filled with the illegal call to punish all those who commemorate the 1948 Nakba.

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History, Israel, Palestine, Zionism

The Real Bloomers of Palestine

Shedding more light on the Zionist lies about Palestine being “a land without people.” In December 1945 and January 1946, the British Mandate authorities carried out an extensive survey of Palestine , in support of the work of the United Nations Special Committee on Palestine. The results were published in the Survey of Palestine. One of the subjects investigated in the Survey of Palestine is land use; specifically, which crops were Palestine’s leading agricultural products at the end of the British Mandate, and whose farms were producing them.

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Gallery, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes, Zionism

Qiresh Family Eviction: 1948 Ethnic Cleansing Continues [must see]

The ethnic cleansing of Palestinians continues to this day. In 1948 it went unobserved by most of the world media. Today, it continues despite of the presence of world media. Add to this the farcical indifference of the world community. If this is acceptable today, then we are bystanders. Tala Qiresh, the little Palestinian girl in the pictures, and her family have been evicted from their home in Old Jerusalem and despite the lawyer’s intervention, the soldiers refuse them entry. Tala and her family sleeps on the street in front their home. The Qiresh family lived in that house since 1940 with 40 other residents in 20 rooms.

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Israel, One State, Palestine, Peace, War, Zionism

One-State, Two-State and the American Task Force on Palestine – By Antoine Raffoul

By Antoine Raffoul* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz Until recently, we had never heard of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP). After some research on the subject of the One-State vs the Two-State solution, we discovered a long Study published by the ATFP in 2009 entitled “What’s Wrong With The One-State Agenda“. It made [...]

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Gaza, Grassroots Activism, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, War Crimes, Zionism

Israel’s Maritime Piracy: An Open Letter to Humanity

By Antoine Raffoul* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz It is thought that at times like these, people would be lost for words. Perhaps. But people should never be lost for action. We, at 1948.Lest.We.Forget, as anyone who has scanned our website would come to realize, are focused directly on events relating to the Palestinian Nakba [...]

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Boycott, Israel, Palestine, Zionism

Total Boycott Against Total Occupation

By Antoine Raffoul* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz In an Opinion submitted to the Electronic Intifada on 4 March 2010 entitled: Moment of Truth, Rifat Kassis rightly asks: what does ‘boycott’ mean, how far does it go, and what does it call for? We, at 1948: Lest We Forget, wish to respond to any call [...]

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