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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal
A surprise of a gem from the New York Times: I’m a Palestinian who was born in the Israeli town of Lod, and thus I am an Israeli citizen. My wife is not; she is a Palestinian from Nablus in … Continue reading
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On Israel’s system of segregated roads in the occupied Palestinian territories
You have to see this map of Israel’s apartheid via the roads in Occupied Palestine.
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Israeli settler violence caught on tape
This video shows how the Israeli Occupation Forces acquiesce to settler violence against native Palestinians. There are more than 400,000 illegal Israeli settlers colonizing the West Bank. Many are hard-line ideological types who believe that every inch of remaining Palestine … Continue reading
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Arming all sides to the Syrian conflict
Here’s an important al-Jazeera video about various foreign powers arming various sides to the conflict in Syria. There is now no doubt that Gulf countries, the centers of counter-revolution, are now arming the opposition. The obvious question here is that … Continue reading
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Sectarianism is spreading through the region…
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, the bitter Shi’ite-Sunni divide that we know today was not so widespread 50 years. Today, however, it’s getting worse and fast. Here’s an update from Egypt: “Egypt shuts down newly-opened Shiite … Continue reading
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Updates
I moved back to California a little while ago and have finished setting up. Let the blog-a-thon and tweet-a-thon commence!
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2,000 Palestinian Prisoners on Hunger Strike and Zero News Coverage
Huffington Post: There are currently 2000 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons, though judging by the lack of coverage of the story in the mainstream media you’d never know it. Two of the prisoners involved are now in a … Continue reading
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