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Palestinian Election; Weapon Against the People

By Dr. Elias Akleh *
Election is a political tool that helps people to democratically elect their political representatives. Like any tool the benefits of election are determined by its use. Lately election has been employed to oppress people rather than serving them. Palestinian election is such a clear example.
We have seen elections being manipulated to [...]

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Demonizing Iranian Democracy

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 the masses went into the streets of Tehran protesting the results and demanding new election. The Iranian government is described as fascist and oppressive and is [...]

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Israeli Democracy: Bans Arab from coming election

The world is allowing Israel to murder civilians, now it will allow it to keep its Palestinian citizens without representation in the Knesset. The only "democracy" in the Middle East? Or an Apartheid state on its continued path to ethnic cleansing?
Israel bans Arab parties from coming election
"Israeli Arabs enjoy full citizenship rights, but have [...]

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The End of America

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.

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Zionism's bosom buddy

Bush at the Knesset revealed what most Arabs and Palestinians already knew: he is not an impartial broker, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah
In his speech before the Israeli Knesset last week, President George W Bush proved once again that he is a Zionist par excellence. Indeed, the depth of his embrace of Zionism and the [...]

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Israel's reply to a non-violent Nakba protest INSIDE Israel

This is from the Israeli licensed march of Palestinian families at the old destroyed arab village of Safurye. About half way through the clip CNN's own Ben Welderman gets harassed too and barks back. If this is how Israel treats Palestinians who are citizens of Israel you can only imagine how it treats [...]

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George Bush You Shamed US. If Israel is your "model" democracy in the Middle East, no wonder your democratization process is a total failure

George Bush statement in the Israeli Knesset in celebrating 60 years of independence, shames us all. His failure to recognize that Israel was not founded in "Heaven" but in long history of terrorism and ethnic cleansing is a smack in the face of his administration and its commitment to fighting terrorism and it is an [...]

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Thumbs up for Hamas!

Despite all what the world might think of, Palestinian under occupation (and elsewhere for sure) still believes that Hamas and Haniyeh are in better position than what the trio – Rice, Bush and Olmert – are trying to present as an alternative for Palestinian Democracy to the world, the corrupted Fatah and President Abbas.
In a [...]

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