Tag Archives: Israel

Gaza’s Death Throes and nobody’s listening! by Sonja Karkar

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Father Dave

Government after government in Israel continues to demand recognition and accolades as a first world democracy superior to all others, despite Israel’s flouting of international law, its human rights abuses and the criminality and corruption of Israeli leaders. Worse still, … Continue reading →

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Sailing into Gaza by Huwaida Arraf

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

Huwaida Affaf was one of about 60 international human right activists who, in August 2008, symbollically broke the Israeli seige of Gaza by sailing their two boats – the SS Liberty and the SS Free Gaza – through the blockade … Continue reading →

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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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Palestine in the American Imagination by Ramzy Baroud

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

Ramzy Baroud gives a powerful analysis of the way in America’s history and religion have generated a unique and bizarre Middle Eastern narrative, where the Israelis are always depicted as the ‘good guys’ and the Palestinians “are irrational, suicidal, demonic, … Continue reading →

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The way to Peace in Israel/Palestine by Malcom Fraser

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

With the Australian Parliament celebrating 60 years since the foundation of the State of Israel, former Prime Minister, Malcom Fraser, joins a growing number of prominent Australians asking the government to give proper recognition to the other side of the … Continue reading →

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Israeli minister threatens “holocaust” as public demand ceasefire talks by Ali Abunimah

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

While Israeli leaders escalate the violence and threats, some other top officials and a vast majority of the Israeli public support direct talks with Hamas to achieve a mutual ceasefire, something Hamas has repeatedly offered Israeli officials began damage limitation … Continue reading →

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Sabra and Shatila by Sonja Karkar

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

  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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Divide and Rule, Israeli-Style (Can the Arab World be Turned into Gaza’s Jailers?) By Jonathon Cook

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

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 →

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The Vanunu Lie

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Father Dave

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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