Category Archives: Social Justice

Terror and Starvation in Gaza by John Pilger

In this article, written for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes how Gaza in Palestine has come to symbolise the imposition of great power on the powerless, in the Middle East and all over the world, and how a vocabulary … Continue reading

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Christadelphians take on the 1967 Six Day War

by Dr Bassam Dally The message was loud and clear: Israel’s creation and survival is a miracle from God and is a fulfilment of God’s prophecy. An advertisement placed by the Christadelphian church in my local newspaper, promised to tell … Continue reading

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Another Assassination in Ramallah’s City Center by Sam Bahour

Sam Bahour reports on a ‘targetted assassination’ that he witnessed in downtown Ramallah. Why is it that the international community continues to allow the Israeli government to carry out these killings with impunity? It was a good day today, well, … Continue reading

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The Final Act of Submission by Scott Ritter

We [Americans] must demand not only that Congress reassert its constitutional responsibilities and authority by demanding the president obey the letter of the law when it comes to war, whether against Iran or any other nation, but also to place … Continue reading

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Vanunu Convicted Again; Decries Israeli Apartheid by Mark Glenn

It has been three years since Mordecai Vanunu was released from prison after serving 18 years for blowing the whistle on Israel’s nuclear weapons program. Now he may be heading back to jail for violating a military court order forbidding … Continue reading

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A letter to the Attorney General by Leigh Bottrell

On May 2nd, 2007, the Iman Hussein Islamic Centre sent out an open letter,asking that friends and supporters of Sheikh Mansour Leghaei write to the Attorney General, asking him why the Sheikh was under threat of deportation. Below is a response … Continue reading

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The Ghosts of Deir Yassin by Sonja Karkar

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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The Mecca Agreement by Chandra Muzaffar

On February 9th, 2007, rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, signed an accord to form a unity government, in a bid to end infighting and the crippling boycott of Palestine, supposedly a response to Hamas’ hostility towards Israel. Unfortunately, neither … Continue reading

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The Cost of the War in Iraq by Anthony Albanese MP

A speech given to the Australian Federal Parliament by Anthony Albanese MP, on March 19th, 2007 – the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. March 19th was the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, which began a war … Continue reading

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