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A common Venezuelan folk.

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• Not an empty sand dune: A Palestinian mansion in downtown Tel Aviv
  • Roberto April 18, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    I was amazed to see the floor tiles! They look identical to my home city (Merida-Venezuela) traditional floor tiles. I suppose it's because the Arab influence in Spanish culture, brought into America.

• No balance: CNN slobbers over Peres, grills Meshaal
  • Roberto December 3, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    I totally agree with you, Annie

• NY ads depicting Palestinian dispossession are termed anti-Semitic by 'Jewish community'
  • Roberto July 12, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    I recommend to see the following. I think it shows the horrible situation of Palestine in a most striking way:
    link to bigthink.com

  • Roberto July 12, 2012 at 11:57 am

    "it explains the history of Israel and Palestine better than any other quick summary"
    Well, not really. It cannot convey the terrible suffering of Palestinians caused by murder, torture, house demolitions, plants and crops destroyed, diseases, families torn apart, daily humiliations... However, it is wonderful that this ads has been displayed at Metro stations. Bravo, Henry Clifford!

• Woody Allen expresses typical American Jewish attitudes on Israel: Loves it but has never been there
  • Roberto July 12, 2012 at 12:35 pm with 1 replies

    Allen says that he would like to take his girls to Israel so they can learn more about their father’s culture... Are they going to learn about a new yorker´s culture in Israel?
    Does he mean that Israel=Jewish culture everywhere?
    That´s why a lot of people think that Jew=Israel=Zionism
    Mr. Richard Silverstein in his Tikun olam (worth reading and commendable) once reprimanded somebody for doing this equation which he considered racist. He is right but the hasbara has pushed this equation into many people´s consciousness, and Allen´s words strengthen that dishonest equation-

  • Roberto July 12, 2012 at 12:08 pm

    I agree with you, eljay.

• 'Stand at the front of the boat…we are going to take you': Attacked off the coast of Gaza by the Israeli navy
  • Roberto June 26, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    Recently, three Venezuelan journalists visited Israel (invited by its government?)
    They returned singing praises to Israel. What an awful brainwashing they got.

• The things I miss (confessions of an activist)
  • Roberto June 11, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    You are not alone. I - a common Venezuelan folk with no Arab or Jewish ties - support your work for justice and decency.

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