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Boycott Israel! by Professor Neve Gordon

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Father Dave

Reprinted below is the article by Israeli professor, Neve Gordon, published in the LA Times on August 20, in which he expresses support for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel. The article caused enormous furor – some calling for Gordon to be expelled from … Continue reading →

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Sixty years after Deir Yassin by Ronnie Kasrils

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

  The 12 March cartoon by South African cartoonist Zapiro that was later attacked by David Saks of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and which sparked debate in the country. As a 10-year-old growing up in Johannesburg, I … Continue reading →

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Why Zionism is wrong! by John Rose

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

here is a presumption in the West that Zionism is a noble cause, somehow related to restoring to the Jewish people what was taken from them during the holocaust. Sociologist John Rose does a great job in dispelling the myths … Continue reading →

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Orthodox Jews Condemn the Israeli Blockade of Gaza

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

  The following two letters – to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and to Gaza’s Hamas leader, Doctor Mahmud Al-Zahar – are from Rabbi Meir Hirsh, representing Orthodox Jews worldwide who oppose the Israeli blockade of Gaza and who … Continue reading →

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Blaming the Victim by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

What follows is a transcript of a speech given by Randa Abdel-Fattah at Parliament House in Sydney, on the occassion of the 40th Anniversary of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine. It is reprinted with the author’s permission. For forty years … Continue reading →

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The Ghosts of Deir Yassin by Sonja Karkar

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Father Dave

Israel has long played on its heroic beginnings to stir up support for its less than heroic exploits today. The problem is that those heroic beginnings have always been a fiction … And, without acknowledgement of, and reparations for, the … Continue reading →

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Rachel Corrie and Palestine by Sonja Karkar

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Father Dave

Rachel was a peace activist who had gone to Rafah in Gaza because she wanted to help bring the terrible plight of the Palestinians to the notice of the world … and tragically, she achieved that with her death more … Continue reading →

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Truth at last, while breaking a U.S. taboo of criticizing Israel by Professor George Bisharat

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Father Dave

Some say that Palestinian citizens in Israel enjoy better circumstances than those in surrounding Arab countries. Ironically, white South Africans made identical claims to defend their version of apartheid. Americans owe a debt to former President Jimmy Carter for speaking … Continue reading →

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O Little Town By Nicholas Blincoe

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Father Dave

As a child, studying O’ level geography, I was given a list of every conceivable city-type: the fortress, the port, the market town and so on. I remembered the list when I first visited Bethlehem, my wife’s home town. Many … Continue reading →

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