The Crime of Making Americans Aware of Their Own History

The Anti-Empire Report by William Blum |  October 5th, 2011 | Dissident Voice Is history getting too close for comfort for the fragile little American heart and mind? Their schools and their favorite media have done an excellent job of keeping them ignorant of what their favorite country has done to the rest of the […]

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On the Edge of Death! ~ by @ImaGazan

What may youngsters think of when they go out with their fathers? They may think of colorful nice birds in the sky, Of sweets they may hide from their siblings to enjoy its taste alone Of old men they may meet in the camp alleys, who will speak too much, and they will keep their […]

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Palestine and Rothschild

Arab News | September 27, 2011 Because of my studies in Near Eastern archaeology, I read up on the history of this region as of the 19th century — during the Ottoman Empire. If it had not been for a Paris-based Rothschild (I think his name was Edmond) approaching the then caliph, asking him to […]

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Pappe reassesses legacy of Palestinian dynasty

Asa Winstanley | The Electronic Intifada | Thursday, September 8, 2011  Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and dissident living in semi-voluntary exile in the UK. He is most famous for The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, a seminal work which, although based on his own research, was more original for the sweep of its historical […]

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The Arab Spring: Tribute to People Who Value History

By Jamil Toubbeh In his review of Margaret MacMillan’s book, Dangerous Games: The Uses and Abuses of History (2009), David Kennedy writes: humans live in history, a few write it, others read it; some are made or broken by it, most try to make use of it, “usually by ransacking the past for analogies to […]

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On Israel’s Mythic History

  By George Polley From the beginning the official Israeli narrative has followed a very simple script: A homeless and persecuted people, the victims of pogroms and genocide, asked for and were granted a homeland in the land that was taken from them nearly two thousand years ago. Promising that it would “ensure [the] complete […]

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The Eagle of Palestine

June 18, 2011 | Reham al-Helsi | A Voice From Palestine source: google images It was his face that drew my attention. It was his powerful eyes, the look of pride in them. As I went through the local newspaper, scanning the daily reports, some of which reach the outside world, but the majority remaining […]

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Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation Starts “Know Thy Heritage” Campaign for Diaspora Youth

PNN – Palestine News Network 15.06.11 – 16:26 Bethlehem – PNN – The Holy Land Ecumenical Christian Foundation and its partners started the Know Thy Heritage Project, aimed at Palestinian youth in diaspora by organizing yearly visits for youth groups to reconnect them with their Palestinian roots. Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation’s partners include the […]

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Learn about the History of Zionist Militia: Menachem Begin (Irgun Zvei Leumi)

Amy Zalman, Ph.D. | former About.com Guide Menachem Begin on a 1978 visit to the U.S. Begin’s notoriety may be found in an extraordinary career that spanned terrorism to statesmanship to winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Many believe that the attacks carried out under Begin’s leadership of a Jewish militia, the Irgun, helped hasten the British […]

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The Radical Ideology – by Nadine

by Nadine ⋅ June 12, 2011 Zionism is the belief that it’s a good idea to establish, in the nation of Palestine, a Jewish state that guarantees a demographic majority of ethnic Jews. Basically, Zionism is the idea that any Jew (Polish, German, Russian, etc.) has the right to make any Palestinian homeless. But wait one second […]

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Sheikh Yassin’s house declared heritage site

  30-05-2011,09:36 |   Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades Al Qassam website– Gaza- The Palestinian government in Gaza decided to open the home of its former spiritual leader and founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was assassinated in 2004, to visitors.  A Hamas official announced the decision will allow visitors to learn more about Yassin’s “Jihadist career” as well […]

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From the US Archives 1991: Israel’s 1967 Attack Was Aggression – Israel’s Current Occupation Is Illegal

Washington Report Archives (1988-1993) | July 1991, Page 40 | In the Public Prints By Sheldon L. Richman In The Wall Street Journal of April 22, Harry V. Lerner, an attorney in Bethesda, Maryland, issued a challenge to anyone who believes that the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip is illegal. […]

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US policy in Israel / Palestine: 1948 – The forgotten history

23 May 2011 | By Irene Gendzier – Middle East Policy, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, Spring 2011 –  — Israeli Occupation Archive http://www.mepc.org/journal Irene Gendzier Does history matter?[1] Over the course of the past few months the Obama administration has abandoned its putative efforts to engage Israel and the Palestinians in peace talks after their […]

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Palestine Before the Nakba 1948 – video

Click to Play – © http://avoicefrompalestine.wordpress.com Source  and more About the Nakba at A Voice from Palestine Weblog Related Special Topic : #May15 | Al Nakba & Refugees Revolution | Right 2 Return | also for further announcements of events In Pictures | The Nakba In Pictures | Palestinians Commemorate Al Nakba | 2011

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The rights of Israel

Israel’s “lawfare” against the Palestinian people is rooted in a ficticious narrative of having a “right” to exist. Joseph Massad Last Modified: 06 May 2011 12:48 | – Opinion – Al Jazeera English Israel’s entire basis for beginning negotiations lies in the false premise that it has a “right” to exist [GALLO/GETTY] The Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, now entering […]

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