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“But is it good for the Jews?” ~ by Lawrence Davidson

By Lawrence Davidson | Redress | Sept 2, 2014 If you are over 50 and were raised in a Jewish household, you either heard this question, “but is it good for the Jews?” explicitly asked numerous times or were subtly encouraged to think the question to yourself. It reflects a group-centred concern born of the […]

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The History of Palestine – Video

  History of Palestine Zionism arrived in Palestine in the late 19th as a colonialist movement motivated by national impulses. The colonisation of Palestine fitted well the interests and policies of the British Empire on the eve of the First World War. With the backing of Britain, the colonisation project expanded, and became a solid […]

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Khawaja take a back seat: Palestine speaks ~ by @docjazzmusic

Friday, 28 June 2013 | by Dr. Tariq Shadid aka Doc Jazz By Tariq Shadid – By Tariq Shadid – Every nation with a colonial history is burdened by it to some extent: the ‘white savior complex’. So far, very few have emerged from their state of Western colonial subjugation into a phase of nationwide […]

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Fresh document: Britain looked on as Zionists took Palestine

A newly declassified document has revealed how the UK government and its authorities looked on more than 60 years ago as Jewish settlers took over more and more Palestinian lands. PRESSTV | April 28, 2013 The document also shows how Jewish public endorsed the Zionist regime’s pro-terrorist stance vis-à-vis Palestinians and the fact that Britain […]

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Will the PA sell out to Israel for U.S. money? ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 27/04/2013 – 11:14 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said recently the Obama administration would offer the Palestinian Authority (PA) billions of dollars for development. It is widely believed that the American “gesture” is intended to bribe and cajole the PA leadership, e.g. Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, to return […]

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Zionism and the United States Congress ~ by William James Martin

By William James Martin | Dissident Voice |  April 19th, 2013 The ideology, or political project, of Zionism which underlies the creation of the State of Israel had, in fact, a Christian origin rather than a Jewish one, as writings can be found dating from the 1500’s, written by Christian clergymen in England advocating the […]

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Expanding illegal Israeli settlements in WB aims at changing reality

[ PIC 17/02/2013 – 08:18 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites warned against the increase in settlers’ number in West Bank, where the number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew by 4.7% in 2012, according to Yesha Council. The commission said in […]

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Israeli occupation continues to falsify al-Aqsa’s history

Special Topic Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians & Islamic Identity [ PIC 08/02/2013 – 07:43 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– In light of the Israeli campaign to falsify history in Jerusalem, Jewish groups have smuggled a model of the alleged temple into the courtyards of al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday morning and displayed outside the Dome of […]

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#Hamas25 | Full text of the interview with Khalid Mashaal (2010): Our priority is to be free

Al Qassam Website 07-11-2010 After escaping an assassination attempt in 1997 and being banned from Jordan in 1999, Khaled Mashal, Hamas leader, made his home in Damascus, where Manuela Paraipan interviewed him last week on Hamas’ approach to the current peace negotiations, his view of Hamas’ strengths, its ongoing commitment to resistance, and the importance […]

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Origins of Israel’s Anti-Arab Racism ~ by Prof. Lawrence Davidson

Global Research | Nov 28, 2012 | Lawrence Davidson The anti-Arab racism that increasingly pervades modern Israel surfaces in the non-human images applied to Palestinians, such as the metaphor “mowing the grass” when targeting militants in Gaza. This tragic development traces back to the attitudes of old European imperialism. By the middle of the 19th […]

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Granting EU the Nobel Peace Prize in Violation of Nobel’s Will ~ by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky

Sabbah Report | Prof. Michel Chossudovsky | Oct 15, 2012 The EU is not a “Person”: Granting the Nobel Prize to the European Union is in Violation of Alfred Nobel’s Will   This year’s Nobel Peace Prize was granted to the European Union (EU) for its relentless contribution to “the advancement of peace and reconciliation, […]

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“My Speech for President Ahmadinejad at the Iranian Mission” ~ by @StanleyCohenLaw (Full text)

25 Sept. 2012 by Stanley Cohen For well over a year now, the American public has been fed a steady diet of fear over a “nuclear” Iran. This intensive campaign—pushed equally by the White House and by Israel, using different rhetoric, but sounding the same note of panic—is not really about nuclear weapons. After all, […]

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Islam and the West: A historical background ~ by Khalid Amayreh

[ PIC 23/09/2012 – 09:37 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh The latest anti-Islam “film,” concocted by a pathological hater of Islam, has raised many questions as to whether the sleazy feat was merely an isolated act done by a, lunatic individual or represented a deep-rooted anti-Islamic discourse, which has persisted for many centuries, defying enlightenment […]

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The Sabra and Shatila Massacre: Escaping Justice

An archive picture of prayers held over the bodies of martyrs of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila Massacre. Al Akhbar English |  Friday, September 14, 2012 Today marks the 30 year anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre, in which hundreds of defenseless Palestinian refugees were slaughtered by Lebanese right-wing militias under the cover of […]

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