Tag: Palestine
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Amnesty International: Israel is an Apartheid State
Amnesty International, the world’s largest human rights organization, has for the first time accused Israel of committing “the crime of apartheid against Palestinians.” Amnesty becomes the third major human rights group to decry Israel’s apartheid system over the past year, joining Human Rights Watch and the Israeli group B’Tselem. In its report, Amnesty says the roots…
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The Gaza Diet and Israel’s Politicization of Hunger
An Israeli court has forced the release of government research detailing the number of calories Palestinians in Gaza need to consume to avoid malnutrition. The study was commissioned after Israel tightened its blockade of the territory after Hamas came to power in June 2007. Dated from 2008 and entitled, Food Consumption in the Gaza Strip –…
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The Real Anti-Semitism According to the Anti-Defamation League
In 1982, Nathan and Ruth Ann Perlmutter published a book titled The Real Anti-Semitism in America. Nathan was at the time the national leader of the Anti-Defamation League. From Chomsky’s Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (1999) Pg.56: In the United States, the Anti-Defamation League is regarded as a civil libertarian organization,…
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“The Occupation of the American Mind” – Documentary Looks at Israel’s PR War in the United States
Democracy Now Article >> Transcript This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As we continue our conversation, we go now to an excerpt of—we are speaking with Roger Waters, the famous British musician, founding member of the iconic…
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Palestinian Loss of Land 1946-2010
An old man in Gaza held a placard that reads: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.” [1] Notes:
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Palestine 2012 — Gaza and the UN resolution
By Noam Chomsky, December 1, 2012http://chomsky.info/articles/20121201.htm An old man in Gaza held a placard that reads: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all but I am to blame: I shot…
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Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Future
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The CrisisUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Other PlayersUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Recent HistoryUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Looking BackwardsUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Future What is the “Road Map” that President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, on the eve of the Iraq war, seem so convinced will end the Palestine-Israel…
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Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Looking Backwards
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The CrisisUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Other PlayersUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Recent HistoryUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Looking BackwardsUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Future What was the Madrid peace conference in 1991? When the Gulf War ended in 1991 with the defeat of Iraq and the U.S. triumphant and unchallenged across the…
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Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Recent History
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The CrisisUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Other PlayersUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Recent HistoryUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: Looking BackwardsUnderstanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: The Future This whole thing happened after the famous handshake on the White House lawn. Wasn’t that supposed to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians? The famous handshake…