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… that non-Jewish Israelis can't buy or lease land in Israel.
… that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to distinguish Jews from non-Jews.
… that [...]

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Test your Middle East IQ

[Image by Ben Heine]
Pop Quiz on the Middle East
Question: Which country alone in the Middle East has nuclear weapons?
Answer: Israel.
Q: Which country in the Middle East refuses to sign the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and bars international inspections?
A: Israel.
Q: Which country in the Middle East seized the sovereign territory of other nations by military force and [...]

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Palestine: A Policy of Deliberate Blindness

By Régis Debray, Le Monde Diplomatique
Foreword from the journal: Last year President Jacques Chirac asked Régis Debray to study the situation in the Middle East. On 15 January 2007 Debray sent the French authorities the following document on Palestine. It is an important key to understanding a long policy drift whose results are now obvious.
How [...]

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FAQ on the 1967 war

This June marks the fortieth anniversary of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Four decades of control maintained by force of arms have enabled Israel to impose its will on the occupied territories and to remake them in its own image.
Here is FAQ on the 1967 war:
1. How did the [...]

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Updated (2): Fath al-Islam Reality & Palestinian Refugees Misery

I've been watching the latest Palestinian refugees crises for a week now. Thousands of Palestinian refugees fled from Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon as one week of clashes by the Lebanese army and a militant group known as Fath al-Islam has left dozens of soldiers and fighters (better described as terrorists) and an [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that the Israeli farmer who shot Arab “intruder” 3 times in back, freed to “home arrest”?
Did you know that Netanyahu uses the words that push US war buttons: “Iran and Holocaust.” Netanyahu knows which strategists and PR people to use to give him the right words (with a little help and $ [...]

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Did you know?

[by Carlos Latuff]
Did you know that last August, a US Navy sailor, Ariel J. Weinmann, was suspected of spying for Israel and has been held in prison for four months. Last month, the Washington Post reported that the sailor was accused for spying and pleaded guilty, but guess what? They say he is accused [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that police in spying on Americans and beating the crap out of people?
Here is a video taken by police themselves:
Did you know that in some of the harshest language he has used to date, former President Jimmy Carter called Israeli "domination" over Palestinians "atrocious" in an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America." [...]

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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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Israel and Terrorism

(Ben Heine Cartoons. Original photo from Beit Hanoun Massacre . Album here!)

If you support Israel, then you support terrorism, 100% no doubt !
This clip is only the tip of the iceberg (Source: Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF)). People think Palestine is angry Muslims so they give a blind eye and leave Israel doing [...]

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Palestinian child visit dad in prison, family can't!

Some of these children are as young as 4 years old, they take a number of buses, sometimes traveling up to 20 hours, with checkpoints, searches, etc. for a 45 minute visit with dad. [Hat tip: Editerette]

Israel does not allow most wives or other relatives this privilege for the over 9,000 Palestinians in Israeli jails… [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that there are few journalists in Washington who can throw the White House off its stride? Bob Woodward is one of them. Woodwards new book, "State of Denial," paints a damning picture of White House policy in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion. The White House is now in full damage-control mode [...]

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Voluntary transfer?

Not only do they have this wonderful idea - but the US should pay! Not an original idea, the Nazis had it first, but the part of the US paying, that's original Israeli.
"This money would be given to every family of the million refugees of the Gaza Strip region, and each family would emigrate with [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that the world can't Wait to drive out the Bush Regime? "On October 5, people everywhere will walk out of school, take off work, and come to the downtowns & townsquares and set out from there, going through the streets and calling on many more to join us - making a powerful [...]

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Did you know?

Did you know that Israeli experts has determined that 'best' presidential candidate for Israel is the former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. "Giuliani is followed by former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Arizona Senator John McCain and New York Senator Hillary Clinton. Ranking bottom of the list is Illinois Senator Barack Obama. As [...]

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