Factual errors undermine new book on Hamas ~ by @AsaWinstanley

Asa Winstanley |  The Electronic Intifada |16 March 2012 There is no shortage of books in English about the Palestinian political party and Islamic resistance movement Hamas. This latest effort is by Italian journalist Paola Caridi, who has lived in the Middle East since 2001. Published in this reworked edition later this month, Caridi’s Hamas: […]

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Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes “on the retreat” in UK

Asa Winstanley |The Electronic Intifada |London |22 February 2012 A flyer for a JNF fundraiser in the UK. Palestinian activists and their supporters have condemned a recent fundraising campaign by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) as a “greenwashing” cover for ethnic cleansing. The JNF “Green Sunday” fundraiser took place in several countries on 5 February. […]

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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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