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A quick survey in Amman reveals some exciting but (not)surprising strong opinions on subjects such as Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Water, Oil, Economy, Nuclear Energy, Tourism, Honour Killing, Women and [...]
(A letter to President Obama)
By Sonja Karkar*
The sounds of "yes we can" still ring in our ears, Mr President, but we have yet to see the changes we can believe in. That was evident when you backed down to Israel on a settlement freeze in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. You made us believe [...]
President Obama got the leaders of Israel and Palestine to shake hands this week. But a meeting in Midtown does not a Palestinian deal make. Here’s why.
By Zahi Khouri *
"Economic Peace Is Possible."
No. Neither sustainable economic development nor peace is possible without political freedom.
The idea of "economic peace" suggests an economic [...]
By Timothy Gatto
The last few weeks have been enlightening, although utterly depressing. If this sounds like a contradiction, all anyone must do to understand what I'm talking about, is to listen to the podcasts from my radio show (http://blogtalkradio.com/headingleft/liberalpro) from the last two weeks. My guests have been some of the most enlightened liberal minds [...]
A must read (Via: peacepalestine, hat tip: Nadia Hasan)
A Global Massacre Against Gaza
By Adel Samara
Note: I certainly need help in answering the following two questions:
- What is going on in the mind of a Palestinian infant in the last moments of his or her life when a US/Israeli rocket strikes him/her?
- What do Israeli military [...]
From the New Yorker's David Remnick: The Apostate
Excerpts:
Short of being Prime Minister, Burg could not be higher in the Zionist establishment. His father was a Cabinet minister for nearly four decades, serving under Prime Ministers from David Ben-Gurion to Shimon Peres. In addition to a decade-long career in the Knesset, including four years as Speaker, [...]
I've been thinking a lot about Nadia's post about sexual violence and historical trauma. In the post, Nadia states:
Reading this article makes me think about the types of historical trauma we as Palestinians, and Arabs in general, are carrying around with us. When Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart speaks about sobbing uncontrollably after viewing a [...]
Tagged Culture, Guest Blogger, Human Rights, Opinion, SabbahIf you read only one thing today, it must be this piece…
By Sara Roy
We have nothing to lose except everything. Albert Camus
[Image by bendib]
During the summer my husband and I had a conversion ceremony for our adopted daughter, Jess. We took her to the mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath where she was totally submerged in [...]
By Uri Avnery
31/03/07
CAN A pantheress turn into a pussycat? Impossible, a zoologist would say. But last week, we saw it happen with our own eyes.
Condoleezza Rice came here to teach Ehud Olmert, once and for all, who is boss. The President of the United States wants to make order in the Middle East, and the [...]
By: Dr. Azmi Bishara
[Via: amin.org]
According to the US and Israeli foreign ministers, the Arab peace initiative is a non-binding Arab position for which the Arabs deserve a pat on the back and a friendly nudge to modify it. The very quality of eliciting such encouragement is what keeps the initiative from being an initiative.
Evidently, the [...]
AIPAC and leadership of so called "mainstream" Jewish organizations (AJC, JF, ADL, and all the other of alphabet soup) are pushing for sanctions and confrontation with Iran and since Congress and the white house are Israeli occupied territories, US foreign policy is moving in that direction.
Here are some excerpts from an interesting article published by [...]
As a young person, I eagerly absorbed Jewish culture and values, harnessing the lessons of tikkun olum, the Judaic principle which translates to "repair the world." As I came of age, I became increasingly committed to this principle in my daily life as an activist for social change….
As a trusting and uninformed child, I never [...]
This is one of the most interesting polls I’ve read recently. A majority of people polled for the BBC World Service across 27 countries believe Israel and Iran have a mainly negative influence in the world with almost as many saying the same about North Korea and the United States.
Canada, Japan, the European Union, and [...]
The common enemy is violence and terrorism, not Muslims any more than Christians or Jews.
By Kenneth Ballen
Those who think that Muslim countries and pro-terrorist attitudes go hand-in-hand might be shocked by new polling research: Americans are more approving of terrorist attacks against civilians than any major Muslim country except for Nigeria.
The survey, conducted in December [...]
The global public believes that tensions between Islam and the West arise from conflicts over political power and interests and not from differences of religion and culture, according to a BBC World Service poll across 27 countries.
While three in ten (29%) believe religious or cultural differences are the cause of tensions, a slight majority (52%) [...]
