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Redemption: A Challenge

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Posted on January 1, 2014 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
To expose the absurd and unrealistic nature of the “one-state with equal rights for Israelis and Palestinians”, and to extract one of the main perils it encapsulates, I would mention here mainly three facts. These facts have the double merit of being crystal clear, and also of being based on fundamental pillars of civilization, i.e. time-tested. I would suggest that they become fundamental guidelines for any further proposition: Firstly: To allow mass-murderers, land-thieves, ideological supremacists, destroyers of Cultural Heritage to keep the loot, is ethically unacceptable. Worse still, in our era of post-Nuremberg Principles of International Law, and post-Geneva Conventions, this would represent a perilous turn backwards of the wheel of history, by re-allowing and even justifying land acquisition by means of military conquest and terrorism, down to genocide and democide. Secondly: To force or coerce victims of slow genocide, -…

Child In Gaza Has A Message For YOU

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Nahida Exiled Palestinian
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Person of the Year 2013: Palestinian Hunger Striker Samer al-Issawi

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Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi, who held a hunger strike for several months, flashes the "V" for victory sign as he celebrates his release from an Israeli jail in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya, on December 23 2013. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad Gharabli) Published Tuesday, December 31, 2013 One can only imagine the looks on the faces of Israeli settlers living in Masharef Mountain, near the Hebrew University that overlooks Issawiya, as they watched the celebrations welcoming back Palestinian prisoner Samer al-Issawi.

Issawi returned victorious to his village despite Israel’s desperate attempts to ban celebrations. The occupation forces delayed his release for about 10 hours last Monday, December 23, and erected military checkpoints near the village, but young men and Palestinian mothers insisted on welcoming their hero

Following his nine-month hunger strike amid the “battle of the empty stomachs,” Issawi was released along with 1,026 other Palestinians in an exchange fo…

THE MANY COLORS OF ZIONISM

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Posted on December 31, 2013 by danielmabsout It is true that communism and socialism were used extensively by Israelis because it gave them -much more than Zionism-the international cover under which they could work and promote the interests of their so called Jewish state, and reach remote places- in Africa and Asia – that they could not otherwise reach. These Israeli or pro Israel communists and socialists that work for the promotion of the Israeli state and are unionists or activists are as dangerous as their liberal pars if not more .They have infiltrated Liberation movements in Africa -to a great extent- seeking to control them, drawing the parallel between what they call Jewish struggle for existence and the Black African struggle for liberation , and claiming to be on the side of the oppressed while catering and belonging to the most oppressive state that ever existed . They pretended to fight for human rights while abusing Palestinians , not to forget that the previous USSR w…

The Bastards of Great Israel

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أيتام اسرائيل الكبرى
كيان مصطنع تم تركيبه بقرار , ولحسابات في جزء منها غامض اختير لهذا المشروع أقدس أرض وفوق جماجم سكانه الاصليين , أسس بمتلازمتين احداهما خرافة يتم الاستثمار فيها وتقول بفكرة التفوق على أساس الدين ,فهم شعب الله المختار وبقية الشعوي تركة الله لهم . والأخرى هي اللعب على الغرائز لينتهي اللعب الى القتل .بريطانيا أسست المشروع قبل أن تقرر بيعه في صفقة رابحة الى أميركا …حقيقة انا لا أتحدث عن اسرائيل , انما اتحدث عن الكيان السعودي في ارض الحجاز,الحقيقة التي حان الوقت لقولها مفاتيح الارض السبعة .. في العلوم الروحانية الجسم المادي هو اسقاط لجسم نوراني اكثر تعقيدا ولديه من امكانية اللامتناهي .على هذا الجسم النوراني تتوضع نقاط تتركز فيها الطاقة وتبدو كدوامة تدور عكس عقاب الساعة عندما يلزمها الحصول على طاقة بعدها الكوني . الارض ايضا جسد مادي له تماما تركيبة جسدك, اذا يلزمه أيضا مراكز طاقية لتعويض الفاقد من الطاقة الحيوية , لكن أين تقع هذه المراكز ؟ للجسد البشري سبع تشاكرات (مراكز طاقة ) وللارض ايضا نفس العدد .الحقيقة التي سوف تقرأوها بعد قليل تنشر للمرة الاولى في تاريخ البشرية ولم…

ISSAWI VIZ Other Freed Pal Prisoners Settlements Tag

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شخصية العام 2013 : سامر العـيساوي باق في القدسباق في القدس
After his longest hunger strike in the world, he returned triumphantly to his village of Issawiya in occupied Jerusalem. «Al-akhbar» met the freedom fighter in his home, to hear the arduous journey of resistance which Samer Isawai fought for nine months...  Meanwhile, Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners prisoners as part of the so-called peace talks between the occupation authorities and the western-backed Palestinian Authority. Israeli settlers torch Palestinian cars after prisoners freed Jewish settlers set fire to three Palestinian-owned cars and sprayed graffiti calling for Arabs to be killed in the West Bank on Tuesday hours after Israel released 26 long-time prisoners, local media reported. Palestinian news agency Ma'an posted photographs of three charred vehicles: a BMW, Peugeot and Renault in the northern outskirts of Ramallah near the illegal Beit El settlement. The graffiti, sprayed on the wall of a home, rea…

New Year’s Message from Muammar Al Qaddafi

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Posted on December 30, 2013 byAlexandra Valiente
In 1989, the following message was released to the Christian World in the form of an open letter, by the revolutionary Muslim leader and martyr, Muammar Qaddafi. Qaddafi is one of the few Muslim leaders who truly understood the revolutionary doctrine of Tawheed, recognizing the oneness of God and God’s Creation. He dedicated his life to the task of trying to unite us in the fight against tyranny for the good of all humankind. In this New Year’s message, Qaddafi invites all believers to enter into reflection and dialogue to solve the crisis confronting humanity. 24 years ago it was sent all over the world, but of course was suppressed and remained largely unpublished.
As we approach a new year, the Executive committee of ARM (African Revolutionary Movement) has re-released this message because it is as timely today as it was when it was first issued. We must heed the Leader’s words if we are to overcome the nefarious forces which seek to dr…

Lebanon’s $3 Billion Price Tag

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The president’s allies were taken off guard by Suleiman’s declaration, especially since he had spoken to some figures during Shatah’s funeral service that he was planning to “declare an initiative that could change the face of Lebanon.(Photo: Marwan Bu-Haydar). Published Monday, December 30, 2013 In Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz and France’s Francois Hollande – who also met Saad Hariri in Riyadh – agreed on a “royal grant” worth $3 billion paid directly to France, in return for French weapons and hardware to be delivered to the Lebanese army. But one condition for this grant is forming a cabinet in Lebanon, from which Hezbollah would be excluded. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman took it upon himself to announce the grant and to begin implementing Saudi’s conditions. A few weeks ago, Suleiman informed Lebanese Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri and MP Walid Jumblatt, as well as Hezbollah, of his intention to form a “neutral government” without consulting anyone over the nam…

Christmas versus Xmas: A Political Reading

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By Prof. James Petras

Global Research, December 28, 2013
Introduction


The transformation of Christmas from a story about a migrant working-class family fleeing state persecution, in the search for a safe haven and receiving support and solidarity to the biggest capitalist commercial bonanza of the year – has far-reaching political consequences.

Taking Christ out of Christmas


The fundamental ‘change’, engineered by the capitalist class in pursuit of profits, was to take the ‘Christ Story’ out of Christmas and to convert the weeks before and after into a consumer orgy.  Aided and abetted by “secularist allies”, the capitalist class succeeded in eliminating any reference to the Christmas story, including the nativity scene and carols commemorating it, from public spaces.  The significant social message, embedded in the Christmas story, is diluted by well-meaning cultural diversity-promoters, who demand ‘equal time for ‘Hanukah’ (a Jewish narrative celebrating war, conquest and the slaught…

Lines of the Game: Price to Pay for the Shatah Assassination

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The assassination ought to increase pressure on the formation of a Lebanese government and a formula for a presidential agreement. By: Sami Kleib Published Saturday, December 28, 2013 The assassination of former Lebanese Finance Minister Mohammed Shatah will open a dangerous chapter in Lebanon, a bit similar to the one that followed the assassination of late Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Shatah was no ordinary man in the region, and the attack occurred at a crucial moment in Lebanon and its neighborhood’s history. Here, escalated tensions and seditions will never let such a crime pass by without major repercussions. The killer knew it! Hariri’s assassination in 2005 was a turning point for Hezbollah’s image in the Arab and Islamic world, and contributed to the Syrian army’s withdrawal from Lebanon. These events weren’t just a result of local demands. Former US President George W. Bush and his French counterpart Jacques Chirac were also involved. The Sunni-Shia strife that ripped Iraq apar…