Archive for the ‘Opinion’ Category

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Why should denial of the Holocaust be a crime?

This item was filled under [ Freedom of Speech, Opinion, Religion, War, Zionism ]

Watching the Zionist propaganda; I received from them today an alert from the Zionist group (Giyus) to vote “Yes” in a poll by BBC History Magazine that asks “Do you think holocaust denial should be made illegal in Britain?” Of course I voted “NO”. This is why:
Holocaust denial views only have as much substance as [...]

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Saad Hariri: Byistehil - ???????

This item was filled under [ Lebanon, Opinion, Politics, War ]

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Israel Must Win

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Opinion, War ]

“The ceasefire in Lebanon was holding by a thread last night after Israel sanctioned a commando raid in the east of the country. Kofi Annan, the United Nations Secretary General, said Israel had violated the truce, and he was ‘deeply concerned’ about it.” The Guardian
For those who are familiar with Israeli aggression, the IDF violation [...]

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Nuclear war starting in 10 days?

This item was filled under [ Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine, Syria, War ]

11.08.2006 Source: URL: http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/conflicts/83898-Nuclear_War-0

Such was the conclusion reached in the U.S. Russian generals and political scientists disagree only about its exact starting date.
Our world is on the brink of another world war. It will originate August 22nd in the Middle East. The prediction was presented not by Vagna or Nostradamus but by an American political [...]

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You are terrorists, we are virtuous

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Opinion, Palestine, War ]

by Yitzhak Laor
As soon as the facts of the Bint Jbeil ambush, which ended with relatively high Israeli casualties (eight soldiers died there), became public, the press and television in Israel began marginalising any opinion that was critical of the war. The media also fell back on the kitsch to which Israelis grow accustomed from [...]

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Galloway: ‘The Violence Will Go On’

This item was filled under [ Breaking News, Good News, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, Videos, War ]

George Galloway has spoken out in support of Lebanon, saying he believes Hizbollah is justified in attacking Israel. The Respect MP also lambasted media coverage of the war and said the UN resolution means nothing. [Source: Sky News]

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Did you know?

Did you know that the UN in southern Lebanon suspects that Israel is manufacturing non-existent raids to pacify public opinion as Hizbollah missiles continue to fly across the frontier?!
Now you know!
Did you know that the UN draft contains ambiguous wording, such as demanding cessation of the fighting instead of a complete and immediate ceasefire?!
Now you [...]

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Evangelical Blindness on Lebanon

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Opinion, Peace, Religion, War ]

“Of course, I will be accused of being an anti-Semite because of such words. But I will just shrug and sneer at that accusation and say: “What makes you a Semite anyway?” Having just read the holocaust account of Elie Wiesel’s Night with tears and deep empathy, having Jewish relatives on my Swiss mother’s side [...]

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Arundhati Roy on the Palestinian / Israeli Conflict

This item was filled under [ History, Israel, Opinion, Palestine, Videos ]

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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Better to Tell Truth Than Parrot Propaganda

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, War ]

One can be a Jew who supports Israel’s security without buying the notion that widespread bombing of Lebanon’s civilians is justified.
By Warren Goldstein
I am a Jew, and I am an American. I am in anguish over both identities right now.
In my name, my country has been supporting — with armaments and its remaining diplomatic clout [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that 87 percent of Lebanese support Hizbullah’s fight with Israel, a rise of 29 percent on a similar poll conducted in February. More striking, however, is the level of support for Hizbullah’s resistance from non-Shiite communities. Eighty percent of Christians polled supported Hizbullah along with 80 percent of Druze and 89 percent [...]

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Smoke signals from the battle of Bint Jbeil send a warning to Israel

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Opinion, War ]

By Robert Fisk
06/27/06 “The Independent” — – Qlaya, Southern Lebanon — Is it possible - is it conceivable - that Israel is losing its war in Lebanon?
From this hill village in the south of the country, I am watching the clouds of brown and black smoke rising from its latest disaster in the Lebanese town [...]

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Facts about Israel the Media Isn’t Telling You

This item was filled under [ Bleeding Edge, Israel, Lebanon, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Videos, War ]

Listen to this interview with Noam Chomsky!

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Stop that shit!

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Media, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, War ]

From: “Uri Avnery”
To: uri -avnery@list.avnery-news.co.il
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:38 PM
Subject: Avnery on the war 2
Hi,
Because of events, I have written another up-to-date commentary on the war.
Salamaat, Shalom,
uri
I welcome any attempt to place my articles in the local press everywhere. On of the readers got my last article.published in Le Monde.
So, here it is:
“Stop that [...]

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The Real Aim for War

This item was filled under [ Israel, Lebanon, Opinion, War ]

THE REAL aim is to change the regime in Lebanon and to install a puppet government.
That was the aim of Ariel Sharon’s invasion of Lebanon in 1982. It failed. But Sharon and his pupils in the military and political leadership have never really given up on it…. Read The Real Aim by Uri Avnery. [Hat [...]

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The Great Divide: How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other?

This item was filled under [ Arab, Islam, Middle East, Opinion, Politics, Religion ]

A MUST READ!
Here is the summery of latest featured report by The Pew Global Attitudes Project. The report answers the question: “How Westerners and Muslims View Each Other.” [Hat tip: Robin]
You can download the full report from here (PDF)!
Introduction and Summary
After a year marked by riots over cartoon portrayals of Muhammad, a major terrorist attack [...]

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Confessions of a Jewish refugee

This item was filled under [ Israel, Opinion, Palestine ]

Nobody likes to talk about it.
In fact, there is nothing that enemies hate more, than to be told that they are alike.
But just this once …
“It was the experience of exile that forged the Jews and the Palestinians both”, writes Bradley Burston. “We are who we are, in no small part, because of the hardships, [...]

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Anti-semite or Islamophobe?

This item was filled under [ Israel, Opinion ]

If you read nothing else today, read this:
This one is a crazy inelegant post; Anti-semite or Islamophobe? Which are you? Try this quiz and find out.
The questions are:
(1) If you heard of an Israeli soldier shooting a Palestinian child, how would you react?
(2) Why does the media support Israel so much and portray the Palestinians [...]

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Religion: The Root of All Evil?

This item was filled under [ Opinion, Religion, Science and Technology ]

Some interesting readings to start your cyber day:
Via Channel 4: In this two-part Channel 4 series, Professor Richard Dawkins challenges what he describes as ‘a process of non-thinking called faith’. Dawkins is well known for bringing to a wide audience the complex scientific concepts that underpin evolution. His first book, The Selfish Gene was an [...]

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