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Actors Change. Drama Continues Bishop Riah calls for action in Gaza
With the gap in the Gaza-Eyptian border having been closed, Professor Norman Finkelstein has called on ordinary Gazans to take up their picks and shovels and tear down the border between Gaza and Israel – an action that he says … Continue reading
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Tagged Bishop Riah, community, death, Gaza, Gazans, International Court of Justice, occupation, Professor Norman Finkelstein, Riah
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Orthodox Jews Condemn the Israeli Blockade of Gaza
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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Tagged Gaza, land, Rabbi Meir Hirsh, sixty, State of Israel, United Nations, war, Zionists
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What it means to be a Christian after George W. Bush by Professor Charles Marsh
“I am certain that it would be better for Christians to stand in solidarity with compassionate atheists and agnostics, firmly resolved against injustice and cruelty, than to sing “Amazing Grace” with the heroic masses who cannot tell the difference between … Continue reading
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Tagged Bonhoeffer, Christian, church, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, faith, George W. Bush, president, Spirit, wisdom
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Sabra and Shatila by Sonja Karkar
September 2007 marks the 25th anniversary of the horrific massacre at the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatlila. To hear this story retold is gut-wrenching, and yet it is a story that must be retold … lest we … Continue reading
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Tagged Israel, Palestinian refugee camps, Robert Fisk, Sabra and Shatila
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Tormenting my Palestinian Christian mother by Professor Abe W. Ata
Bethlehem is now fenced off from the rest of the world. I can’t even visit my other daughter in Jerusalem. It takes six to eight weeks to get a permit from the military occupation to be allowed to go to … Continue reading
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Tagged American, church, dad, Lutheran, occupation, Palestinian, Palestinian Christian, Palestinian Christians
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A Further Erosion of the Rule of Law by Julian Burnside, Q.C.
The implications of the treatment of Dr Haneef are alarming. They are further indications of the things which this Government is prepared to do, especially in an election year. The Immigration Minister lends himself out as a branch of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Act, Dr Haneef, Dr Mohamed Haneef, Immigration, Julian Burnside, justice, Kevin Andrews, Migration, person
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Divide and Rule, Israeli-Style (Can the Arab World be Turned into Gaza’s Jailers?) By Jonathon Cook
Jonathon Cook calls into question something most of us have taken for granted in our understanding of the Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians – namely, that Israel’s isolation and strangulation of Gaza and the West Bank have been designed to … Continue reading
The Vanunu Lie
Morde Vanunu – the man who blew the whistle on Israel’s secret nuclear arsenal – faces another six months in prison for the crime of talking to the press!What did he say that so upset the authorities? Did he protest … Continue reading
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Tagged arsenal, confinement, Israel, Lie, Morde Vanunu, nation, state, Vanunu Lie Morde Vanunu
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Blaming the Victim by Randa Abdel-Fattah
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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Tagged death, Israel, land, occupation, Randa Abdel-Fattah, recognise, state
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