Apartheid Democracy: Israel Elects Itself

 Mohamad Bdeir | Al Akhbar English | Tuesday, January 22, 2013 Israel’s recent election has been light on political programs and heavy on personal competition. Talk of the peace process has been marginal, one sign among many of the growing clout of the Israeli right-wing. Before Israel’s 1977 elections, with Likud defeating Labor for the […]

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Hypocrisy Not Democracy in America ~ by @StephenLendman

Sabbah Report | Sept 20, 2012 | Stephen Lendman US elections are farcical. Obama and Romney represent two sides of the same coin. Neither offers choice. Democracy never existed and doesn’t now. Rhetoric substitutes for reality. Republicans and Democrats offer the worst of all possible worlds. Ordinary people are entirely shut out. Growing numbers reject […]

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A putsch against war: Israel’s hawks in open revolt against war on Iran

By Uri Avnery | Redress | 5 May 2012 Uri Avnery looks at how a number of leading hardliners in Israel’s military and security establishments have spoken out against the Israeli government’s plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations and called into question the fitness for office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defence […]

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Welcome to Palestine: Israel ‘pretends to be a democracy’ | #Airflotilla2

IMEU | Ma’an News Agency, Apr 16, 2012 Organizers of the Welcome to Palestine campaign said Sunday that the first day of the initiative has been a success, despite the fact that only two activists have been able to enter the West Bank. “It was a success at a media level, but it was not […]

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Welcome to Palestine: Israel ‘pretends to be a democracy’ | #Airflotilla2

LIVE BLOG | Welcome to Palestine | LIVE UPDATES | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 Maan News Agency | April 15, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Organizers of the Welcome to Palestine campaign said Sunday that the first day of the initiative has been a success, despite the fact that only two activists […]

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#KhaderExists : Khader Adnan needs your help

Egyptian Chronicles Febr 20 2012 Khader’s graffiti over that ugly wall “Activestills.org” Khader Adnan is a Palestinian man from Jenin, he is currently a prisoner with no charges what so ever in Israel according to something called “Administrative detention” . Objecting his arrest for no specific reason Adnan started a hunger strike on December 17th […]

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Israeli claims of democracy absurd

PRESS TV FEBR 19 2010 Contrary to its claims, the Zionist regime of Israel, which dispossesses the vast majority of Palestine’s original inhabitants, is the anti-thesis of a democratic society, an analyst tells Press TV. Watch the video here The situation in Gaza continues to worsen as the coastal strip’s main power plant remains without […]

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Haneyya: Israel is against democracy, justice

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. [ 21/01/2012 – 04:34 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya has said that Israel was against democracy and justice in the world. Haneyya, speaking at a sit-in held in the Palestinian legislative council’s yard in Gaza in solidarity with the detained PLC speaker […]

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Israel decries Arab democracy ~ by Khalid Amayreh

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map by Khalid Amayreh on December 18, 2011 | Sabbah Report While Israel keeps urging the Palestinian Authority (PA) to resume largely discredited peace talks, Tel Aviv is continuing unabated the expansion of Jewish colonies throughout the West Bank. Disingenuous as they are, Israeli calls […]

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Ben White talks about his new book ‘Palestinians in Israel’ – video

Dec 14, 2011 Author Ben White talks about his new book ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy’ (Pluto Press). Visit the website: http://www.palestiniansinisrael.com Follow Ben at twitter : @benabyad http://www.plutobooks.com

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Israel’s Grand Hypocrisy ~ by Jonathan Cook

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Netanyahu Slams ‘Anti-Liberal’ Arab Spring by Jonathan Cook | December 1st, 2011 | Dissident Voice As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab Spring last week. It was, he said, an […]

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Israeli Democracy Fades to Black ~ by Lawrence Davidson

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures by Lawrence Davidson – November 19th, 2011 –  Dissident Voice Part I: Bad Movies Have you seen those old time movies notable for their endings? The cowboy is seen riding into the sunset or the lovers are reunited, etc. And then comes […]

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Ongoing Israeli Human Rights Abuses and Self-Proclaimed Democracy ~ by Stephen Lendman

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. “From Tweeting until Termination“ Stephen Lendman on October 16, 2011 | Sabbah Report 1 inShare Throughout its history, Israel’s been a serial human rights abuser. Count the ways. State-sponsored terror is official policy. So is collective punishment, apartheid, colonialism, premeditated war, torture, and filling prison […]

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Noam Chomsky: ‘As long they get the backing of dictators, it doesn’t matter to western governments what Arab populations think’ – video

The 19th century … 2001 … today. Noam Chomsky sees hegemonic powers showing extreme contempt for democracy – and acting in ways they know will increase terrorism Source

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Ilana Hammerman: Soldiers’ testimonies on the occupied territories

  Israeli Occupation Archives | August 10, 2011 By Ilana Hammerman, Haaretz – 5 Aug 2011 Kibush Hashtahim – Occupation of the Territories: Israeli Soldier Testimonies 2000-2010.  Published by Breaking the Silence (Hebrew), 347 pages, NIS 50 English version to be available later this year; 430 pages. On the 50th anniversary of the death of […]

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