Archive for the 'Commentary' Category
A written letter
Monday, January 28th, 2008 | Posted in Gaza Region, Commentary, Boycott & sanctionsLetter From Anna Baltzer (young Jewish American woman and author of book “Witness in Palestine”):
(excerpts from a sermon delivered in Minneapolis last Sunday, combined with some recent events)
This week, our country celebrated Martin Luther King Day and the official end to segregation and racial discrimination in this...
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At the gates of Gaza
Monday, January 28th, 2008 | Posted in Gaza Region, CommentaryNurit Peled-Elhanan
26 January 2008
These words are dedicated to the heroes of Gaza who have proven once again that no fortified wall can imprison the free spirit of humanity and no form of violence can subdue life.
The appeal to go today to the gates of Gaza at the height of the pogrom being carried out by the thugs...
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On the Twentieth Anniversary of the First Intifada
Sunday, December 9th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, CommentaryClick here for the original article
The first Intifada began in a piecemeal fashion with demonstrations and civil disobedience sparked by an increasing number of shootings and human rights abuses by the Israeli occupation.
Apartheid Masked: A Generous Offer to Palestinian Refugees
Friday, December 7th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Commentary, 1948 PalestineClick here for the original article.
By Neta Golan
Anyone familiar with Israeli politics, was not surprised that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert did not acknowledge Israel’s occupation in his speech at Annapolis. What was surprising was, that, short of mentioning the...
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PSL: On the International Day of Solidarity with Palestine, we remember the Nakba
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Commentary, 1948 PalestineBy: Richard Becker
Palestinian right of return still a fundamental demand
The struggle in Palestine can be complex and confusing even for the closest of observers.
Like all great struggles, it has had many twists and turns, and will have many more. But the root cause of the conflict— the forcible...
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Palestine Chronicle: 90th Anniversary of the Balfour Declaration
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Commentary, 1948 PalestineBy: J. A. Miller
It becomes, therefore, specially important to foster and develop any strongly-marked Jewish movement which leads directly away from these fatal [socialist] associations. And it is here that Zionism has such a deep significance for the whole world at the present time….The struggle which is now beginning between...
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IMEMC: Israeli soldiers exchange photos of killed Palestinians
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, CommentaryThursday November 1, 2007
Israeli soldiers have recently exchanged photos of killed Palestinians on their cellular phones, the Israeli Daily Mariv reported on Thursday.
The daily explained that the soldiers have set photos of killed Palestinians as their mobiles’ screen pictures instead of their families’.
Adbusters: Maxim’s Sex War
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, CommentaryBy: Sean Condon
With photos of women in black bikinis striking provocative poses, Maxim magazine devoted five full pages in their July 2007 issue to answer the single most pressing question in the Middle East: “Are the women in the Israeli Defense Forces the world’s sexiest soldiers?”
Ha’aretz: Democracy is more than going to the polls
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, International Actions, CommentaryBy: Amira Hass
October 2nd, 2007
“The protest wave has calmed down,” some Israeli journalists said Friday of the Burmese military junta’s success in driving thousands of demonstrators off the streets, using excessive violence.
Despite the natural sympathy for the uprisers, several editors chose...
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