Archive for the ‘History’ Category

We are all criminals

If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In the U.S., the issue is framed as “Immigration”
The face of the issue is framed as a brown skinned Mexican man.
And yet, all you have to do is scrape [...]

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‘May Day’ is a ‘Mourn Day’ for Ein al Zeitun Massacre

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, Zionism ]

May Day is May 1, International Workers’ Day. It is recognized internationally for the celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. Put for Palestinians, this day has more than celebration. It is a mourn day.
It was not enough that Palestinians should have their homes and farmland stolen; they faced the [...]

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Who is Azmi Bishara, the Israeli-Palestinian Citizen?

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Politics, Videos, War, Zionism ]

By now, most of you have heard of Azmi Bishara. If not, Dr. Bishara is the Head of the National Democratic Assembly political party in Israel, a Christian Palestinian and a citizen of Israel who USED to represents Israel’s Palestinian minority in the Knesset until few days ago.
In this remarkable 30 minutes speech presented at [...]

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Deir Yassin Remembered

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, War Crimes, Zionism ]

Early in the morning of April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun (headed by Menachem Begin) and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750 Palestinian residents. The village lay outside of the area to be assigned by the United Nations to the Jewish State; it had a peaceful reputation. But it [...]

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The History of Israel Reconsidered: A Talk by Ilan Pappe

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, War ]

Another excellent piece by the Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe:
Professor Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and senior lecturer of Political Science at Haifa University. He is the author of numerous books, including A History of Modern Palestine, The Modern Middle East, The Israel/Palestine Question and, most recently, The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, published in 2006. [...]

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Zionist propaganda and “Nakbah Denial”

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From time to time, I receive some hate emails and comments from sick Zionist with the very infamous subject line: “Palestinian people do not exist.”
Just a while ago, one of these history denial comments were attempted to be posted here by someone calling himself Doron Zielinski. The spam comment was long enough and full of [...]

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Israeli historian on ethnic cleansing of Palestine

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Listen to more information about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 in these two lectures (sound files) of the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, who did extensive research in the military archives of Israel. [Hat tip: Stan van Houcke]
On January 26, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe gave a lecture at the University of Amsterdam in the [...]

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Sands of Sorrow (1950)

This item was filled under [ History, Human Rights, Palestine, Videos, War Crimes, Zionism ]

Israeli War Criminals Genocide against Palestinians
Nothing changed since then… this video is almost sixty years old, but what you are about to see is not history, it is still daily life of millions in occupied Palestine and refugee camps around the world:

Wondering who is behind all this? The answer is simple: “Check the [...]

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Hurricane Carter

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Racism, Zionism ]

Little bit lengthy, but worth the time. And it is good read for people like, Dawn to learn something about the history of the conflict and the real obstacles for peace!
Hurricane Carter
by HENRY SIEGMAN - The Nation
[from the January 22, 2007 issue]
Former President Jimmy Carter’s new book, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, provoked [...]

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Religion thing

This item was filled under [ Christianity, History, Islam, Judaism, Religion, Too Much Free Time ]

Here is a quick roundup of “religious” news:
- Muslims forced to lift veil at airports (I don’t blame them) and the plan has been attacked by unions, which claim it would impose intolerable demands on their members, particularly female officers who would be the only ones allowed to look under veils!
- Should Muslims wish Christians [...]

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Jewish refugees!

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Zionism ]

Zionists lobbied and worked against allowing Jewish refugees from WWII to settle in other countries. Here is just one excerpt from Alfred Lilienthal’s book “What Price Israel”:
President Roosevelt was deeply concerned with the plight of the European refugees and thought that all the free nations of the world ought to accept a certain number of [...]

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Haifa building - 1872

This item was filled under [ History, Palestine, Photos, Zionism ]

The Zionist claims that Palestine is “a land without a people for a people without a land.”
I got this picture from a Palestinian friend (h/t: A.S.K.). It is a photo of a Palestinian Arab Heritage Building in Haifa; built year 1872. Yes, you read it correct, Haifa is a Palestinian city before the existence of [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that Israel didn’t allow Palestinian football team to travel to Asian Cup match? Ironically, even though this Reuters’ story was distributed through the wires on Nov. 11th, four days later, FOX Sports was taken by surprise that the Palestinian team was a “no-show.”
Did you know that Israeli soldiers stole money from Beit [...]

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Oct. 29th massacres in Palestine history and Ben Gurion wonders: “How can an order be given to shoot children?”

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, War Crimes, Zionism ]

Starting from the oldest:
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 of the Jewish National Fund in Eastern [...]

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Israeli Historian Ilan Pappe and ‘The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine’

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Is Israel guilty of ethnic cleansing? Dr Ilan Pappe, called by some as the “most hated Jew in Israel”, says YES. But fellow Israeli Professor Efraim Karsh says he is “fabricating history”. Ilan Pappe in debate with fellow Israeli Professor Efraim Karsh on Sky News:

Fabricating history? Does this so called Professor have a brain? What [...]

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Qibya Massacre: History of Terrorists

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Palestine, Terrorism, War Crimes, West Bank, Zionism ]

This year’s 14-15th October, marks the 53rd anniversary of the massacre in the Palestinian village - Qibya. Every fall in Qibya during the olive harvesting season, the memory of the attack is kept alive in a mourning ceremony. A memorial plaque behind the village mosque honors Sharon’s victims. [Flore de Prneuf, "An Eye for an [...]

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The Massacre of Al-Aqsa Mosque - October 8, 1990

In memory of another unforgettable, unforgivable massacre by the Zionist (a.k.a. The Terrorist State of Israel)

Al-Aqsa Mosque Massacre - October 8, 1990:
As an extension of the Zionist policy based upon exercising control over the city of Jerusalem and emptying it of its [Arab] residents by various and sundry means, such as Zionist terrorism and shedding [...]

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The Imperial History of the Middle East

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Who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Pretty much everyone. Egyptians, Turks, Jews, Romans, Arabs, Greeks, Persians, Europeans…the list goes on.

Who will control the Middle East today and in the near future? Time will tell! [Hat tip: sokari]

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Tragedy in the Holy Land

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To elaborate on ‘one palestine’s‘ comment, here is a documentary (Hat tip: Robin) that views history through the lens of the Palestinians, even though they are the people whose history and daily reality lie at the heart of events in the region. TRAGEDY IN THE HOLY LAND is an old documentary, but still valid today [...]

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Arundhati Roy on the Palestinian / Israeli Conflict

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This is a fast-paced 64 minute documentary that covers the world politics of power, war, corporations, deception and exploitation.
It visualizes the words of Arundhati Roy, specifically her famous Come September speech, where she spoke on such things as the war on terror, corporate globalization, justice and the growing civil unrest.
Witty, moving, alarming and quite a [...]

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