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Why There Are No “Israelis” in the Jewish State (by Jonathan Cook)
Why There Are No “Israelis” in the Jewish State Citizens Classed as Jewish or Arab Nationals by Jonathan Cook / April 6th, 2010 A group of Jews and Arabs are fighting in the Israeli courts to be recognised as “Israelis”, a...
Children of Gaza – 48 minutes to keep us all grounded in reality!
Children of Gaza 28 March, 2010 — Ann A moving, must-see video that first aired on Channel 4 (UK)’s Dispatches on 15 March. BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann follows the lives of three children for over a year. The children are amazing: well-spoken,...
Haaretz: Independent and interdependent (By Sam Bahour and Bernard Avishai)
Haaretz, Fri., April 02, 2010 Independent and interdependent By Sam Bahour and Bernard Avishai The latest rift between the United States and Israel, which began with Israel's announcement of more planned construction planned in Ramat Shlomo - a Jewish-only...
Happy Passover from Gaza
Happy Passover from Gaza By Sam Bahour In 2010, Jews in Israel and around the world will celebrate Passover beginning on March 30th. Passover is the seven-day holiday of the Feast of Unleavened Bread commemorating the ancient Hebrews' escape from enslavement in...
EI: Israel’s inclusion in OECD a threat to democracy + Cartoon + Action Item
Dear friends, This is a very important article. It clearly shows one of the scores of actions that President Obama and every other democracy can take if serious about stopping Israel's illegal settlement enterprise. Sadly, I think reality is more...
ACTION ITEM: Presbyterian Church under attack for their “Breaking Down The Walls” report
Dear friends, A few days ago I posted a report issued by the Presbyterian Church USA's Middle East Committee titled, "Breaking Down The Walls". As could be expected the Church is now under a vicious attack from the pro-Israel lobby in the US. I urge you to read the...
Targeted Citizen – Israel’s Palestinian Citizens – A MUST WATCH
ADALAH Targeted Citizen - Israel's Palestinian CitizensThe online film "Targeted Citizen" (15 minutes), produced by filmmaker Rachel Leah Jones for Adalah, surveys discrimination against the Palestinian citizens of Israel. With the participation of experts Dr. Yousef...
Why Israel Always Prevails (By JEFFREY BLANKFORT)
Counterpunch Weekend Edition - March 19 - 21, 2010A Crisis in U.S. / Israeli Relations? Sure. But ...Why Israel Always PrevailsBy JEFFREY BLANKFORTIf the State Department had issued travel advisory warnings to US government officials about to travel to Israel, Vice...
Zionism’s Invented State [Book Review]
This was not the first time I have read the word “exceptionalism” in relation to Israel. New York Times columnist Roger Cohen recently wrote that Israel “lives in a perpetual state of exceptionalism.” (New York Times, Oct. 16, 2009). However, Professor Alam explored this Israeli phenomenon on a deeper level of its underlying ideology to shed light on why this abnormal state seems to be unable to come to terms with modern day realities.
Hats off to the Presbyterian Church USA
To download the full report with maps and all go to:https://www.pcusa.org/sites/default/files/4-middle-east-study-2010-2012.pdf-----------------------------------------------------------------------ePalestine Blog:...
America To The Rescue, (Not) Again
America To The Rescue, (Not) Again By Sam Bahour We are told that President Obama has taken a leap of political faith in trying to bridge a final peace settlement between Palestinians and Israelis. The United States' new weapon is "proximity talks": if either...
My unpublished letter to NYT Editor
To the Editor: Re “Declare a Palestinian State,” by Jerome M. Segal (NYT, Op-Ed, Feb. 23): Mr. Segal’s call for Palestinian statehood, before resolution of the core issues, is a recipe for total disaster and incongruent with...
CALL TO PROTEST FRIENDS OF IDF FUNDRAISER March 9 NYC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu8Q7JmUfOk (2min) Gaza still hemorrhages, in open view of the world, Sam ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ePalestine Blog: http://www.epalestine.com...
Palestine’s Economic Pieces
A new building in Ramallah, or 100 for that matter, make for good ribbon-cutting ceremonies, but are as far from economic state-building as is wrong is from right. Sam Bahour A serious misconception is being propagated by the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah. Media,...
Guardian: Growth that Palestine can believe in
Dear friends, Please consider visiting the site and leaving a comment at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/mar/01/gdp-growth-palestine-hardship Living "Economic Pieces" (which was my suggested title for this piece), Sam --- guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 March...
Rev. Abuna Elias Chacour: Unity Within Diversity: Myth or Reality?
January 26th, 2010 Rev. Abuna Elias Chacour of Israel, Archbishop of the Melkite Catholic Church Unity Within Diversity: Myth or Reality? http://www.calvin.edu/january/2010/chacour.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ePalestine...
Financial Times: For Israel, defiance comes at the cost of legitimacy
Financial Times For Israel, defiance comes at the cost of legitimacy By Henry Siegman February 23, 2010 The Middle East peace process and its quest for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict that got under way nearly 20 years ago with...
The Nation: Gaza: Treading on Shards (By Sara Roy) – A MUST READ
The Nation Gaza: Treading on Shards By Sara Roy February 17, 2010 "Do you know what it's like living in Gaza?" a friend of mine asked. "It is like walking on broken glass tearing at your feet." On January 21, fifty-four...
World Bank Examines Impact of Conflict and Closure Regime on Palestinian Women
World Bank Checkpoints and Barriers: Searching for Livelihoods in the West Bank and Gaza Gender Dimensions of Economic Collapse February, 2010 Exec Summary (snip) An important dimension of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and one that has been extensively...
Jews-only homes for Ajami (By Jonathan Cook in Jaffa)
Jews-only homes for Ajami Arabs of Jaffa face settlers as neighbours By Jonathan Cook in Jaffa 17 February 2010 Jonathan Cook reports from Ajami, in the mixed Jewish-Arab town of Jaffa, which has become the...
A Palestinian arrest so ridiculous even the Israeli judges smiled
Ha'aretz Last update - 05:21 15/02/2010 A Palestinian arrest so ridiculous even the Israeli judges smiled By Amira...
NYT: Hard Mideast Truths
Dear friends, With my strong objection to some of the omissions (like the separation/Apartheid barrier was deemed illegal under int' law, misuse of numbers - he omits the 200,000+ settlers in E. Jerusalem settlements, among others details), I still think this new...
Aljazeera: Israel denies NGOs work permits
MIDDLE EAST Israel denies NGOs work permits http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/02/201029143920277962.html For more info on this subject visit: http://www.righttoenter.ps/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------...
The Independent: In the West Bank’s stony hills, Palestine is slowly dying
The Independent January 30, 2010 In the West Bank's stony hills, Palestine is slowly dying In the richest of the Occupied lands, Israeli bureaucracy is driving Palestinians out of their homes. Robert Fisk reports from Jiftlik Area C doesn't...
Rightsizing Telecoms
The Inevitable Bi-national Regime – By Meron Benvenisti (A MUST READ)
Jews for Justice for Palestinians The Inevitable Bi-national Regime By Meron Benvenisti January 2010 The article below, an extract from a longer book, was published today in the Hebrew edition of Ha’aretz. It did not appear in the English edition but has...
‘[Israeli] State siphoned off Palestinian workers’ insurance money’
Jerusalem Post January 29, 110 Friday '[Israeli] State siphoned off Palestinian workers' insurance money' By BY BEN HARTMAN 29/01/2010 Report: For over 20 years, Israel withheld over NIS 1b. from laborers for...
FP: Time for George Mitchell to resign (By Stephen M. Walt) – A MUST READ
FOREIGN POLICY Time for George Mitchell to resign Posted By Stephen M. Walt Friday, January 22, 2010 If Mideast special envoy George Mitchell wants to end his career with his reputation intact, it is time for him to resign. He had a distinguished tenure in the U.S....
Amira Hass / Israel blocking NGO efforts with tourist visas
Last update - 04:39 20/01/2010 Israel blocking NGO efforts with tourist visas By Amira Hass, Haaretz...
Diskin to Abbas: Defer UN vote on Goldstone or face ‘second Gaza’
Haaretz Last update - 03:57 17/01/2010 Diskin to Abbas: Defer UN vote on Goldstone or face 'second Gaza' By Akiva...
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