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LOCAL CALL: NO CHOICE: THE PEOPLE WHO CAN NOT VOTE SPEAK
Published in Hebrew in LOCAL CALL on current Israeli elections: NO CHOICE: THE PEOPLE WHO CANNOT VOTE SPEAK Israel pretends its society is a normal, US-style melting pot, but there are only two problems – there is nothing remotely "normal" about Israeli's societal...
VICE NEWS: Palestinian Leaders Are Taking Their Quest for Statehood Global — Consequences Be Damned
VICE NEWS Palestinian Leaders Are Taking Their Quest for Statehood Global — Consequences Be Damned By Alice Speri January 19, 2015 "If we use violence we're punished, if we use international law we're punished, if we try to hold Israel accountable we're punished," Sam...
Rethinking the Politics of Israel/Palestine – Partition and its Alternatives
This JUST RELEASED volume was published by: Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D) (The S&D Group is the leading centre-left political group in the European Parliament and the second largest, with 191...
The Rock of our Existence (By Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery) – A MUST READ
January 3, 2015 The Rock of our Existence Uri Avnery - Gush Shalom Opening speech at the Kinneret College conference on the connection between Archeology and Ideology.[*] FIRST OF ALL, let me thank you for inviting me to address this important conference. I am neither...
Open Letter to the Editors of the New York Times
Open Letter to the Editors of the New York Times By Sam Bahour December 31, 2014 A view of Gaza City Re “Gaza Is Nowhere” (By Roger Cohen, Dec. 30, 2014): I started writing this as a Letter to the Editor, but my anger could not be conveyed in only 150 words, so I am...
NYT: The Embattled Dream of Palestine (Unpublished Letter to Editor)
My unpublished NYT Letter to the Editor in reply to: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/20/opinion/the-embattled-dream-of-palestine.html To the Editor: Re "The Embattled Dream of Palestine" (By The Editorial Board, Dec. 19, 2014): Readers expect greater accuracy from...
Newsweek: Gaza: One War, One Family. Five Children, Four Dead
In Newsweek, of all places. OK, it's the European edition, but still. The tide is surely on the rise. Most of the world may have already forgotten the over 2,220 human beings slaughtered in 51 days this past summer, but we have not. Thank you Sarah Helm for reminding...
What I am supporting
Dear friends, I take this opportunity to wish you all a happy holiday season and a Happy New Year, despite all. It is this time of year that is also tagged as the month of giving. I, like you, am bombarded with funding requests during the end of every year. Some are...
Rick Steves Europe in Palestine
Guidebook author and travel TV host Rick Steves is said to be America's most respected authority on European travel. He visited Palestine in October 2014. Thanks to IMEU for sharing the Palestine episode of Rick Steves' travel show, which debuted this fall on PBS...
Video: Sam Bahour at Startup Grind Palestine (1:08:33)
October 29, 2014, Ramallah Video: Sam Bahour at Startup Grind Palestine (1:08:33) http://youtu.be/R4NfMwIbNRY _____________________________________ Everything about this list: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/epalestine To subscribe, send mail to:...
Amnesty Int’l: Israeli forces displayed ‘callous indifference’ in deadly attacks on family homes in Gaza
The human capacity to bury memory and move on without accountability is incomprehensible. Report available in En, Sp, and Fr at this link. I wish they would translate to Hebrew too. Israeli forces displayed 'callous indifference' in deadly attacks on family homes in...
Watch: Why is Jerusalem always on edge? (3mins)
As we all mourn, yet more, senseless loss of innocent lives and destruction of property we have no option but to keep hope alive. This is not the time to remind all that we have warned of such an outbreak of uncontrollable violence for years now. Rather, this is the...
Interview with Sam Bahour – Jung & Naiv in Israel & Palestine: Episode 207
Jung & Naiv (Germany) Interview (in English) with Sam Bahour on August 14th, 2014 by the German new media outfit Jung & Naiv (Young and Naive). http://youtu.be/L8RAZuqildE (48:48) _____________________________________ Everything about this list:...
The New Yorker: Israel’s One-State Reality (By David Remnick)
"I'm not asking if we've forgotten how to be Jewish, but if we've forgotten how to be human." ~Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin, the new President of Israel "Israel has not moved to the right. It has gone to a madhouse!" ~Dr. Husam Zomlot, a high-ranking adviser in the Abbas...
NYT: Europe Is Blocking Mideast Peace (By NAVI PILLAY)
A very sound analysis that should be read by all involved. "This cycle of violence will only be broken when the international community insists upon greater accountability and ceases to turn a blind eye to the horrific human rights violations committed by both sides."...
Otherwise Occupied / The genius of Israeli evil: It poses as concern (By Amira Hass)
Haaretz Otherwise Occupied / The genius of Israeli evil: It poses as concern How to murder human beings without using an explosive or a knife, how to empty them from within, how to steal from workers of the land the thing they hold most dear. By...
LRB: Organised Hypocrisy on a Monumental Scale (By Robert Wade)
"They [restrictions] are so pervasive and systematic that it almost seems as if the Israeli state has mapped the entire Palestinian economy in terms of input-output relations, right down to the capillary level of the individual, the household, the small firm, the...
+972/TPM: Why must Gaza wait in the dark?
+972 Blog Published October 3, 2014 Why must Gaza wait in the dark? Separating Gaza's electricity supply from the political conflict is a step long overdue. By Sam Bahour Palestinians gather near a fire in the At-Tuffah district of Gaza City, which was heavily ...
Washington Post: An Israel equal for all, Jewish or not (A MUST READ)
Washington Post Opinions An Israel equal for all, Jewish or not A Jewish man places a note at the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, ahead of the Jewish New Year in Jerusalem's old city. (Sebastian Scheiner/AP) By Patricia Marks...
Haaretz: Why Israel pretends Mohammed isn’t there (A Must Read)
HaaretzWhy Israel pretends Mohammed isn't there It isn't a matter of racism. It's a matter of denial. By Asher Schechter | Sep. 28, 2014 Babies born in Israel. Photo by Ancho Gosh Earlier this week, Israel's Population, Immigration and Borders Authority (PIBA)...
Palestine Pod: Steve Sosebee chats with Sam Bahour + A long read
Palestine Pod: Steve Sosebee chats with Sam Bahour http://ssosebee.podbean.com/e/palestinian-american-activist-sam-bahour and Long, but well worth the read for a comprehensive overview of the U.S.'s role in sustaining the continued deterioration of Palestine. Thanks...
FILM: To see if I’m smiling (MUST WATCH BEFORE TAKEN DOWN)
The International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court are going to have such an easy time holding Israel accountable for their war crimes. Watch how easy here:https://vimeo.com/ondemand/toseeifimsmiling _____________________________________...
The Hill: US guilty of war crimes in Palestine
The Hill (Congress Blog) September 18, 2014 US guilty of war crimes in Palestine By Sam Bahour The U.S. is not a neutral mediator in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict; it is an active participant and is guilty of the crimes being committed by Israel against...
43 brave Israelis take us behind the system of occupation (A MUST READ)
If you don't have time to read them all, please read the first and last articles below. Haaretz: Graduates of Unit 8200, the IDF's technological spearhead. Photo by Moti Milrod ---- The Guardian, Friday 12 September 2014 ---- 'Any Palestinian is exposed to monitoring...
Do people understand the magnitude of what just happened in Gaza?
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Mondoweiss: Three-sentence letter to the ‘NYT’ results in Yale chaplain’s resignation
Message Received: DISSENT TOLERATED = ZERO! One state of Apartheid, here we come... Bruce Shipman, Chaplain - Episcopal Church at Yale http://mondoweiss.net/2014/09/sentence-chaplains-resignation _____________________________________ Everything about this list:...
+972: Israelis, stop swimming in our shit
For Hebrew click here. +972 Blog Published September 5, 2014 Israelis, stop swimming in our shit A new report by Al-Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network details the damage that consecutive Israeli military assaults have caused to...
Guardian: Fatou Bensouda: the truth about the ICC and Gaza
Politicking around when, or if, to hold a criminal responsible for his/her crimes is as abhorrent as the crime itself, if not more so! ~Sam Bahour Friday 29 August 2014 Fatou Bensouda: the truth about the ICC and Gaza Under the laws of the Hague court, my office can...
The Forward/Haaretz: Israeli Teens Gripped by Virulent Racism
A peek into tomorrow's Israel... "For me, personally, Arabs are something I can't look at and can't stand," a 10th-grade girl from a high school in the central part of the country says in abominable Hebrew. "I am tremendously racist. I come from a racist home. If I...
The New Yorker: Friends of Israel
Political prostitution at its best! --- The New Yorker The Political Scene September 1, 2014 Issue Friends of Israel The lobbying group AIPAC has consistently fought the Obama Administration on policy. Is it now losing influence? By Connie Bruck...
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