By Abraham Appel There is no tear with a more bitter taste than the Palestinian tear. The Palestinian tear is a tear soured by displacement, occupation, and generational suffering. The tear of the Palestinian may fall from the eye, but it comes from the soul. The falling Palestinian tear is not the symbol of pain [...]
By Ida Audeh April 21, 2003 In his column of April 12, ” ‘Peace activist’ or ‘war activist’?,” Rocky Mountain News media critic Dave Kopel misrepresents the purpose and activities of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), an organization that advocates nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. More disturbingly, [...]
by Ghassan Khatib The Ras al-Amud settlement is one of several significant projects that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon chose to pursue as the outside world was busy with the agitation of the war on Iraq. Another was the expropriation of land for a different kind of settlement project: in the northern West Bank, the [...]
AN ISRAELI VIEW by Yossi Alpher On April 9, 2003, when the first four Jewish families moved into a new housing development at Ras al-Amud in the heart of East Jerusalem, Israeli settlement policy in the city reached a new level of absurdity.
Introduction by Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 25 April 2003 The Electronic Intifada has obtained, and today publishes in full, a document prepared for pro-Israel activists by the public relations firm The Luntz Research Companies and The Israel Project. The document spells out the tactics that Israel and its US advocates should use to maintain [...]
by Uri Avnery My first impression of Abu-Mazen was of a serious, methodical, somewhat aloof introvert. He reminded me of a high-school principal, very different from Arafat, the impulsive extrovert, prone to personal gestures, exuding warmth to all around him.
by Uri Avnery The clash between Abu-1 and Abu-2 – Abu-Amar v. Abu-Mazen – is not a personal matter, as it is presented by journalists in Israel and all over the world. Of course, the egos of the two personalities do play a role, as in all political fights. But the controversy itself goes much [...]
(Exegesis of Besson) By Israel Shamir In Luc Besson’s delightful film, The Fifth Element (with perfect Mila Jovovich and supreme Bruce Willis), an absolutely evil force, the Shadow, Messenger of Death, comes from Outer Space to destroy human life on our planet. It is impervious to bombs and missiles, and regardless of what people do, [...]
Thanks to Humanitarian World Video, I would like to encourage you to watch their slide show entitled Palestine – Pain and Sorrow Please read on for the lyrics.
By Ali Abunimah The Electronic Intifada 23 April 2003 David Hirst, the veteran correspondent for The Guardian, reported in 1996 on fears in Yasser Arafat’s entourage that the Israelis would turn the Palestinian security forces against the Palestinian leader. According to Hirst, a Palestinian official said that the Israelis had so “penetrated” the security forces [...]
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