By William A. Cook* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz
Ben Gurion "…realized that the holy book could be made into a secular national text, serve as a central repository of ancient collective imagery, help forge the hundreds of thousands of new immigrants into a unified people, and tie the younger generation to the land." (Shlomo Sand, [...]
By Terrell E. Arnold *
09-21-09 – For nearly a century the Palestinian people have felt the pressures of outsiders scheming to take over their homeland. For the past sixty years the invaders have systematically undertaken the ethnic cleansing of Palestine to make way for new Israelis. For this purpose the invaders have constructed a [...]
Fascinating letter by Shelby Tucker, Jr published September 25, 1978 in The Memphis Commercial Appeal after the author threatened a law suit after he was defamed as an "anti-Semite" for criticizing Israeli policies. Still worth reading and pondering some thirty years later. Tucker became even more an advocate of human rights since then. Sadly some [...]
Also tagged anti-Semite, Anti-Semitism, Israel, palestinian_civilians, zion, Zionism, Zionist, zionist-ideologyThe Israeli government has destroyed more than 20 homes in the unrecognized village Atir and Um El Hiran. The twin unrecognised villages of Um al-Hiran and Atir, situated about 30km from the city of Beer el-Sabe, are prime examples. Surrounded by an expanse of the Naqab desert, and constructed largely out of corrugated iron and [...]
Also tagged Bedouin, Israel, Negev, War Crimes, War-CrimeThe silent ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Hebron never stopped since the Israeli occupation landed. Following are few examples of the endless crimes conducted by Hebron colonizers (a.k.a. settlers) and their terrorist army (IOF), against land and Palestinian families, documented and published by B'Tselem – The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied [...]
Also tagged Bleeding Edge, Colonialism, Colonisation, Colonization, colonizers, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Racism, Racist, settlement, Settlements, Settler, Settlers, terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, Videos, zion, Zionism, ZionistThe Bedouin community in Israel are an ignored part of Israeli society that are facing the same systematic ethnic cleansing that we all faced in 1948, 1967, 2000, and through today.
Please support the attached "Call for a letter-writing campaign" issued by: Recognition Forum Association Forty, Association for Support and Defense of Bedouin in Israel, Coalition [...]
Yes, this is not a history lesson, this is happening now.
Couple of days ago,
A report by two major Israeli civil rights organizations that was issued today indicates that Palestinians abandoned more than 1,000 homes and at least 1,829 businesses in the center of Hebron due to pressure by the Israel Defense Forces, the police [...]
Listen to more information about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine in 1948 in these two lectures (sound files) of the Israeli historian Ilan Pappe, who did extensive research in the military archives of Israel. [Hat tip: Stan van Houcke]
On January 26, Israeli historian Ilan Pappe gave a lecture at the University of Amsterdam in the [...]
