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Following Netanyahu's much anticipated policy speech, politicians and journalists, like mindless automatons, have set about repeating Israel's tired mantra that Palestinians should recognize Israel's right to exist. [...]
By Karin Friedemann
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayad has made a formal complaint to the Canadian government regarding the intention of Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum to collaborate with the Israel Antiquities Authority to host "Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World" from June 27 to January 3, 2010.
Palestinian Archaeological Department Director-General Hamdan Taha explains, [...]
A couple of days ago, the Israeli Ministry of Tourism apologized for featuring a map of Israel that included all Palestinian Occupied Territories as well as Syria's Golan Heights as integral part of Israel.
Israel's tourist ministry has admitted to a "mistake" over adverts on the London Underground after complaints that they "wipe Palestine off the [...]
Tagged Israel, map, PalestineBy Nicholas Lyssson
1. ROLE OF JEWS IN UKRAINIAN FAMINE
One might think the worst holocaust deniers—at least the only ones who command serious attention—are those who insist the Nazi holocaust, as it involved the Jews only, was without parallel.
Guenter Lewy argues for example in The Nazi Persecution of the Gypsies (Oxford University Press, 2000) that while the [...]
Tagged Anti-Semitism, History, Hitler, Holocaust, Holodomor, Israel, Jews, Nazi, russia, Ukraine, ZionismThe issue I am going to discuss today is probably the most important thing I've ever had to say about Israeli brutality and contemporary Jewish identity. I assume that I could have shaped my thought into a wide-ranging book or an analytical academic text but instead, I will do the very opposite, I will make [...]
Tagged Holocaust, Jew, Jewsih, Palestine, Religion, Zionism, ZionistEarlier this year an extensive advertorial was published in The New York Times by author Jürgen Todenhöfer, based on his book Why Do You Kill Zaid?
The author has also made sections of the book freely available online (http://www.whydoyoukillzaid.com/en/mainmenu/home.html — in German, English, Arabic and Persian) and is donating all of the royalties to finance medical [...]
Today in history is another black day in the Palestinian history.
1. On October 29, 1948, when Israeli brigades captured the village of Safsaf. The known details of the massacre come to us via several contemporary second-hand Zionist reports and via Arab oral history. Yosef Nachmani, a senior officer in the Haganah (and later the director [...]
Tagged Dawayima, History, Israel, Kraf-Qasem, Kufr Qasim, Massacre, occupation, Palestine, palestinian, Safsaf, terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, War Crimes, War-Crime, ZionismIsraeli Bestseller Breaks National Taboo
by Jonathan Cook
No one is more surprised than Shlomo Sand that his latest academic work has spent 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list – and that success has come to the history professor despite his book challenging Israel's biggest taboo.
Dr. Sand argues that the idea of a [...]
Beside the previous video, here is another good video that you should watch (recommended by Robin). It's not as comprehensive as Zeitgeist: Addendum, but worth the 50 minutes.
Tagged 1930, 1931, America, black list, blue print, Democracy, dictator, dictatorship, Espionage, Fascism, Fascist, fascist shift, Germany, Hitler, italy, linn, marshal law, Military, mussolini, pinocchio, power, quo, Revolution, russia, second amendment, secret prison system, stalin, TortureYouTube - All I Got's Gone
Ernest Stoneman's recording "All I Got's Gone" (1928). Film footage from 1937 film: Telephone Operator. Music and video are in the public domain.
Israel and Complete 911 Timeline
1987: Hamas Forms with the Support of Israeli Intelligence. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin forms Hamas as the military arm of his Islamic Association, which had [...]
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From my two years old post:
There's another significant anniversary this week, but not one that’s attracted the sort of attention the 11 September commemorations have.
On the morning of Saturday, September 18th, 1982, reporters entering the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila near Beirut, Lebanon, [...]
William Hughes
"Imagine there's no countries…Nothing to live or die for…Imagine all the people living life in peace." - John Lennon
Thanks mostly to U.S. President Harry S. Truman and his "susceptibility to Zionist influence," Israel came into existence in 1948. (1) Humanity, and in particular, the Palestinians, have paid dearly for his decision. The land on [...]
14 Years of Lessons after Al-Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre - A Memorial History for the 30 Palestinian Martyrs
The story:
The dawn of Friday 15 Ramadan 1414 a.h. / 25 February 1994 marked the first of three massacres perpetrated by Israeli settlers accompanied by the Israeli Army. There were more than 30 martyrs and 270 injured. The main [...]
A while ago, I was doing my -almost- daily check to see requests of new bloggers to be added to Palestine Blogs. One of the requests was from an Israeli student, Shahaf Ifhar, who just returned to Israel after 3-year programme in London called Olive Tree, which beings Palestinian and Israeli students together to live [...]
Tagged Declaration, History, Independence, Israel, lieToday in history is another black day in the Palestinian history.
Following post was published a year ago in the same occasion:
Oct. 29th massacres in Palestine history and Ben Gurion wonders: "How can an order be given to shoot children?"
Starting from the oldest:
1. On October 29, 1948, when Israeli brigades captured the village of Safsaf. The [...]
