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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 Jerusalem, both East and West, is considered by the entire world community, including the United States, to be occupied territory and NOT part of Israel.
… 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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