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Demonizing Iranian Democracy

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!For the last three weeks the Western media had bombarded us with what they called the Iranian stolen election. They allege that the election was fraudulent and that [...]

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Netanyahu Speech: Palestinian Reaction

Ahmad Tibi, a Palestinian citizen of Israel and member of the Israeli Knesset representing the United Arab List-Ta'al party, which was nearly barred from running in Israel's last election: Netanyahu's speech is a deceptive attempt to bypass Obama's call for a complete settlement freeze. He said nothing new, but instead reiterated the racist demand that [...]

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ONLY A DREAM: OBAMA HITS THE WAILING WALL

By Alan Sabrosky *
The hopes Obama raised in Cairo didn't last a week before US Middle East envoy George Mitchell buried them five days later in Israel. It was understood that what Obama proposed would be difficult to translate into concrete deeds. I believe Obama was sincere, and it wouldn't have been the first time [...]

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Obama's Song and Dance in Cairo

By Dr. Elias Akleh
Young athletic Obama reflects active energy whether running up the ladder stairs into his Air Force One plane, or giving speeches, such as the song-and-dance so-called historic speech to the Islamic World in Cairo University last Thursday June 4th.
This was a very well written speech meant to touch the hearts of Muslims [...]

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Israel rank bottom in Global Peace Index

In a recently published report, Global Peace Index placed Israel only three steps from the less peaceful countries in the world.
In its third year study, an Australian nonprofit organization ranked 144 countries for how peaceful they are.
On top of the list, New Zealand followed by Denmark and Norway were ranked as the most peaceful countries [...]

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عن الحوار والمفاوضة، وعن التمثيل والإنابة/ د.عزمي بشارة

أ‌. حول التمثيل والإنابة:
منذ تراجع صراع المنظومات الدولية التي اعتبرت حاملة لإيديولوجيات، توسع فعل مقولات صراع الحضارات (وغالبا ما تُمَوْضَع الديانات كنواة في مركز الثقافات من قبل أصحاب هذه المقولات). وانتشرت كالنار في الهشيم صناعة الحوار بين الأديان، والحوار بين الثقافات وغيرها. وكنا قد عبَّرنا عن رأينا أن النموذج الذي يرى حركة التاريخ كنتاجٍ للصراع [...]

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طرح عطاء لإنشاء دولة فلسطين

إبراهيم جابر- صحيفة الغد
وحدهم الفلسطينيون من دون شعوب الأرض لهم دولتان: فلسطين الشمالية (رام الله) وفلسطين الجنوبية في القطاع !(ربما يكونون مستقبلاً مثل الكوريتين دولة تصنع الغسالات وأخرى تطلق أقماراً صناعية !!).
ولهم فلسطين ثالثة ، أيضا، تلك القديمة الكاملة القوام، والتي يسمونها التاريخية ، ويخصصّونها للخراريف في دور المسنّين، ولاستخدام الشعراء!
لهم حكومتان، واحدة ليبرالية معتدلة، [...]

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Alan Sabrosky - The Two-State Delusion

The world is once again being treated to yet another round in the Israeli-Palestinian "peace process" charade. The "usual suspects" are posturing, pronouncements are being made, speeches are being given, and hints and rumors about a supposed "toughening" in the US Government's approach to Israel are filtering out from the press. We are supposed to [...]

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Debbie Menon - Can Obama escape the dominating influence of AIPAC and the American Jewish/Zionist Israeli lobby?

No one in Mainstream US media, is addressing the real problem which is, the fact that nothing contrary to Zionist, Israeli and American Jewish lobbies, AIPAC and other Pacs interests, which are all-dominating in the American political scene, will go very far. Anyone who supports such a move will have no tomorrow in American [...]

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James Petras - From Gaza to Tehran: Israel Asserting Middle East Supremacy

By Carlos Latuff
"The Israeli Defense Force is the most moral army in the World!"
–Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany bombed, invaded and annexed countries and territories as a prelude to their quest for World Empire. Israel's drive for regional dominance has followed in their footsteps, imitating their style: Indiscriminate aerial bombings [...]

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Video: You are Killing People, Erdogan tells Peres, Walks Off Stage

Turkey's prime minister has stormed off the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos after a heated debate on Gaza with Israel's terrorist president.
Mr Tayyip Erdogan clashed with terrorist Shimon Peres, whose voice had risen as he made an "impassioned" defence of Israel's war crimes, jabbing his finger.
Mr Erdogan said Shimon Peres had [...]

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Oren Yiftachel - The Jailer State

Israel has turned Gaza into a massive prison, and is choosing to prolong the cycle of state terror and prisoner resistance that goes with that, writes Israeli academic Oren Yiftachel
"We have a great opportunity now in Gaza to smash and flatten them…[We] should destroy thousand of houses, tunnels and industries, and kill as many terrorists [...]

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Ralph Nader - Letter to Bush on Gaza Crisis

Dear George W. Bush—
Cong. Barney Frank said recently that Barack Obama's declaration that "there is only one president at a time" over-estimated the number. He was referring to the economic crisis. But where are you on the Gaza crisis where the civilian population of Gaza, its civil servants and public facilities are being massacred and [...]

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Uri Avnery - Molten Lead

By Uri Avnery
3.1.2009
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, Aljazeera's Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, a frightening, a terrifying droning.
It was impossible not to think [...]

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Sami Jamil Jadallah - America; a Country That Lost its Moral and Ethical Compass!

Mr. Barack Obama, may God/Allah (oops, did I say Allah, sorry) and all deities help you and guide you. You need all of the help you can get, as you assume the leadership of the US on January 20th, 2009. Not only you are taking the helm of a country on the edge of financial [...]

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