{"id":3840,"date":"2015-06-25T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-04-20T23:12:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T20:12:50","slug":"epalestine-two-astounding-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2015\/06\/epalestine-two-astounding-journalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Two astounding journalists, one in 2015, the other in 1923"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Haaretz<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>In Israel, we walk amongst killers and torturers<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The harassment of the Al-Midan Theater stems from envy of our subjects&#8217; ability to overcome oppression, to think and create, in defiance of our image of them as inferior.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>By Amira Hass | Jun. 22, 2015<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/2015-06-22\/ty-article\/walking-amongst-killers-and-torturers\/0000017f-e3dc-d568-ad7f-f3ff24ad0000\" alt=\"IDF detain a Palestinian during clashes in the Jalazone refugee camp, June 12, 2015.\" width=\"404\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our homes, our streets and our places of work and entertainment, there are thousands of people who killed and tortured thousands of other people or supervised their killing and torture. I write &#8220;thousands&#8221; as a substitute for the vaguer &#8220;countless&#8221; \u2013 an expression for something that cannot be measured.<\/p>\n<p>READ ON AT:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/diplomacy-defense\/1.662364\">http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/news\/diplomacy-defense\/1.662364<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>From Sam&#8217;s Facebook:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9061\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/The-Palestine-Deception-1915-1923-2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>The Palestine Deception, 1915\u20131923: The McMahon-Hussein Correspondence, the Balfour Declaration, and the Jewish National Home<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By: J. M. N. Jeffries<br \/>\nEdited by William M. Mathew<br \/>\nPublisher: Institute for Palestine Studies (2014)<\/strong><\/em>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/books\/palestine-deception-1915%E2%80%931923-mcmahon-hussein-correspondence-balfour-declaration-and-jewish\">http:\/\/www.palestine-studies.org\/books\/palestine-deception-1915%E2%80%931923-mcmahon-hussein-correspondence-balfour-declaration-and-jewish<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever heard of the journalist J. M. N. Jeffries? Me neither. Before stating who he was, let me provide an analogy; he was the Amira Hass of the UK, speaking truth to power (and speaking truth to lies, many lies), just like Amira today! He reported from ground zero in Palestine and did not shy away from calling reality as he witnessed it.<\/p>\n<p>READ ON AT:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/sam-bahour\/on-the-palestine-deception-19151923-the-mcmahon-hussein-correspondence-the-balfo\/964077823623079?pnref=story\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/notes\/sam-bahour\/on-the-palestine-deception-19151923-the-mcmahon-hussein-correspondence-the-balfo\/964077823623079?pnref=story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________________________<\/p>\n<p>Everything about this list:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/lists.riseup.net\/www\/info\/epalestine<\/p>\n<p>To subscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-subscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p>\n<p>To unsubscribe, send mail to:<\/p>\n<p>epalestine-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haaretz In Israel, we walk amongst killers and torturers The harassment of the Al-Midan Theater stems from envy of our subjects&#8217; ability to overcome oppression, to think and create, in defiance of our image of them as inferior. 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