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Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation by Mohammed Omer

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

Award-winning journalist, Mohammed Omer, tells in his own words of the brutal treatment he received recently when he tried to return to Gaza. This summer, at age 24, I was honored to learn that I had become the youngest journalist … 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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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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Aggression Under False Pretenses by Ismail Haniyeh

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Father Dave

The Holy Land still has an opportunity to be a peaceful and stable economic powerhouse for all the Semitic people of the region. If Americans only knew the truth, possibility might become reality. GAZA, Palestine — As Americans commemorated their … Continue reading →

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Countdown to Apartheid by Jeff Halper

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Father Dave

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s address to both houses of Congress was perhaps the most skilled use of Newspeak since George Orwell invented the term in his novel 1984. (He had help: author and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel … Continue reading →

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The Little Mermaid on Highway Six: Rooting for ordinary Israelis to wake up by Deb Reich

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Father Dave

Palestinian children are not made for war, any more than Israeli children are made for war. Yet while the politicians jockey for power, our Israeli mothers go on loyally sending their children to join the army and terrorize the neighbors, … Continue reading →

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