Palestine

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• State of recognition
  24 September 2011, by Joseph Massad

  Whether the UN grants the PA status as a state or refuses to do so, either outcome will be in Israel’s interest.
  What is at stake in Barack Obama’s vehement refusal to recognise Palestine as a mini-state with a disfigured geography and no sovereignty, and his urging the world community not to recognise it while threatening the Palestinians with retribution? What is the relationship between Obama’s refusal to recognise Palestine and his insistence on recognising Israel’s right to be a (...)

• Mahmoud Abbas and Barack Obama: tragic hero vs political prostitute
  24 September 2011, by Uri Avnery

  A wonderful speech. A beautiful speech.
  The language expressive and elegant. The arguments clear and convincing. The delivery flawless.
  A work of art. The art of hypocrisy. Almost every statement in the passage concerning the Israeli-Palestinian issue was a lie. A blatant lie: the speaker knew it was a lie, and so did the audience.
  It was Obama at his best, Obama at his worst.
  Being a moral person, he must have felt the urge to vomit. Being a pragmatic person, he knew that he had (...)

• Israeli Economy for Beginners
  14 August 2011, by Gilad Atzmon

  We learn from the press and political analysts that, against all odds and in spite of the global financial turmoil, Israel’s economy is booming. Some even suggest that Israel is one of the strongest economies around.
  ‘How come?’ you may ask; besides maybe avocado, oranges, and some Dead Sea beauty products, none of us has actually ever seen an Israeli product on the shelves. They don’t make cars; nor do they make electric or electronic appliances, and they hardly manufacture any (...)

• تضييق اسرائيلي على المسيحيين لتهجيرهم !
  28 تموز (يوليو) 2018, بقلم ريمون عطاالله

  تفاقمت في الآونة الأخيرة أزمة الكنائس المسيحية في القدس مع السلطات الإسرائيلية، وخصوصاً الكنيسة الأرثوذكسية صاحبة المساحات الأكبر من الأراضي والعقارات داخل المدينة المقدسة، حول مشروع القانون المقترح في الكنيست الذي يقضي بمصادرة الأملاك المباعة من الكنائس لمستثمرين خصوصيين. وقد بعث رؤساء الكنائس المسيحية الثلاثة، الأرثوذكسي، والكاثوليكي، والأرمني، برسالة تحذيرية عاجلة الى رئيس الحكومة الإسرائيلية بنيامين نتانياهو، يطالبونه فيها بوقف مشروع القانون المقترح حول بيع الأراضي الوقفية ومصادرتها. (...)

• #opIsrael – Anonymous stands by Palestine in this time of war and grief
  17 November 2012

  Greetings World
  For far too long, Anonymous has stood by with the rest of the world and watched in despair the barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment of the Palestinian people in the so called “Occupied Territories” by the Israel Defense Force. Like so many around the globe, we have felt helpless in the face of such implacable evil. And today’s insane attack and threatened invasion of Gaza was more of the same.
  But when the government of Israel publicly threatened to sever all (...)

• Manifest Destiny and Israel
  16 April 2008, by Uri Avnery

  NEXT MONTH, Israel will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The government is working feverishly to make this day into an occasion of joy and jubilation. While serious problems are crying out for funds, some 40 million dollars have been allocated to this aim.
  Bur the nation is in no mood for celebrations. It is gloomy. From all directions the government is blamed for this gloom. "They have no agenda" is the refrain, "Their only concern is their own survival." (The word "agenda", with its (...)

• Fear Not
  19 August 2010, by Israel Shamir

  1. Crying Wolf
  So many people have circulated so many warnings of the forthcoming US-Israeli attack on Iran that it is hard to ignore them. A piece written by a few ex-spooks warning of a new round of war is one of these messages. In our view, spooks, ex or not, are not the most reliable people, and the CIA is not the best reference. However, this item fits with the dire predictions and accompanying Israeli U-boats to the shores of Iran. Rumours of Israeli advance forces being placed in (...)

• Murdering Palestinians for their organs: "All facts on the ground prove Swedish report correct"
  24 August 2009, by Saed Bannoura

  Former Palestinian detainee, researcher Abdul-Nasser Farwana, stated that all facts on the ground, since decades, prove that the Israeli occupation executed Palestinian detainees after they surrendered and refused to hand their bodies to their families. Hundreds of bodies were transferred to the families days, months or even years after the fact, and when the bodies were sent back, they were missing vital internal organs.
  Link for the Aftonbladet report by Swedish journalist Donald (...)

• Israël, Palestine - Vérités sur un conflit
  18 mars 2007, par Alain Gresh

  Naissance d’Israël, naufrage de la Palestine
  La conquête de la terre comme le "refoulement" des autochtones confirment la dimension coloniale du mouvement sioniste. L’un de ses cadres reconnaît dès les années 1910 : "La question arabe s’est révélée dans toute son acuité dès le premier achat de terres, lorsque je dus expulser pour la première fois des habitants arabes pour y installer à la place nos frères. Longtemps après continua de résonner à mes oreilles la triste complainte des (...)

• Utopia as Alibi: Said, Barenboim and the Divan Orchestra
  20 December 2009, by Raymond Dean

  As a classical musician involved in pro-Palestinian activism, I frequently encounter the assumption that I am an unconditional admirer of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (WEDO). My reservations on this score tend to produce shocked disapproval: How could I not enthuse about such an idealistic project, particularly since it was co-founded by the late Edward Said, a figure for whom I have frequently expressed respect and admiration?
  In truth, I have always been a little wary of Said’s (...)