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Tag Archives: Nakba
We’ve learned nothing since 9/11
Excepting a few marginalized journalists and thought leaders, most Americans have learned less than nothing about the causes of the September 11, 2001 attacks. In the wake of that dreadful day, and for years afterward, then-President Bush claimed, almost comically, … Continue reading
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, US Policy in the Middle East
Tagged 10th Anniversary of 9/11, 9/11, Ariel Sharon, Blowback, Chalmers Johnson, Deir Yassin, Gandhi, George Bush, Hope or Terror, Larry Derfner, Mainstream Media, Metta Center for Nonviolence Education, Nakba, new york times, Propaganda, Satyagraha, September 11, Sharon is a Man of Peace, U.S. Foreign Policy, zinad samouni
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Levy: ‘ethnic cleansing… apartheid… 1948 never ended’
Gideon Levy unbound in Haaretz, following up on Akiva Eldar’s damning report: By the time of the Oslo Accords, Israel had revoked the residency of 140,000 Palestinians from the West Bank… In other words: ethnic cleansing… While we are still … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged 1948, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, Gideon Levy, Nakba, The Middle East's Only Pretend Democracy
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Hollywood dramatized ethnic cleansing in India and Pakistan, why not the other I/P?
Proof if any more is needed of the existence of a powerful Israel lobby in our country: Tonight over dinner I watched the last 30 minutes of Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi (1982) on Turner Classics. I was staggered to see the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Attenborough, Exodus, Gandhi, Munich, Nakba, Spielberg, Tony Kushner
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Schnabel says ‘Miral’ was delayed because ‘the world’ isn’t ready for its message
Last night at Alwan for the Arts in New York they staged a cultural event that might even be historic it was so important in subtle/oozing ways. Julian Schnabel read passages from the novel Miral, by the Palestinian-Italian journalist Rula … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Alwan for the Arts, Arab-American, delay, feminism, General Assembly, Israel Lobby, Julian Schnabel, Miral, Nakba, Rula Jebreal, Weinstein
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The forest through the trees: What the Carmel fire reminds us about Israel’s history
Max Blumenthal has an important new piece for the Electronic Intifada on the Carmel fire and what it reveals about Israel’s history and current politics. From The Carmel wildfire is burning all illusions in Israel: Among the towns that have … Continue reading
Carol Chomsky memorial fund will serve ‘purposely wrecked society’ of Gaza and Nakba refugees in Lebanon
As many of you know, Carol Chomsky, a linguist and social activist, died nearly two years ago. She had been married for nearly 60 years to Noam Chomsky, whom she met when she was 3 and he was 5 and … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Carol Chomsky, Gaza siege, Lebanon refugees, Marriage, Nakba, Noam Chomsky, Palestinian solidarity, right of return
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Will Miral be this generation’s Exodus?
Today, I saw Julian Schnabel’s new film Miral. It won’t be arriving in theaters in the US until next March, so it will be awhile until we see what effect it has, but my initial impression was amazement at what … Continue reading
Posted in Beyondoweiss, Israel/Palestine
Tagged Exodus, Freida Pinto, intifada, Israel, Jerusalem, Miral, Nakba, Schnabel
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The real Yitzhak Rabin
Today marks the fifteenth anniversary of when former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli extremist for Rabin’s signing of the Oslo Accords with Yasir Arafat. With the anniversary comes the obligatory mourning of Rabin as … Continue reading
Brian Lehrer’s evenhandedness disappears when it comes to Israeli violence
Yesterday, Brian Lehrer, the popular liberal talkshow host on New York’s public radio station, had religious scholar Karen Armstrong on to talk about different religious traditions. At the end of the segment, Lehrer said, in so many words, But doesn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Beyondoweiss, Israel Lobby, Middle East, US Politics
Tagged Brian Lehrer, jihad, Karen Armstrong, Middle East, Nakba, Religion, violence, WNYC
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Empathy for fearful Dershowitz
I missed an important lesson about Alan Dershowitz’s encounter with Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa at the Boston book fair on Saturday. Step back for a moment, and what do you see. You see a young Palestinian writer, calm in her … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged Alan Dershowitz, Holocaust, Isaac Deutscher, Israel, Mein Kampf, Nakba, paranoia, Susan Abulhawa
93 Comments
The Search for 1948
The following is a chapter from the important new book Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation. From the book’s website, “Shifting Sands brings to life the Jewish anti-occupation perspective through personal stories by activists such as Starhawk, Anna … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine
Tagged 1948, Hannah Mermelstein, Israel, Jerusalem, Nakba, Palestine, Palestinian, Shifting Sands
17 Comments
The bubble inside the bubble
I spent the past weekend on a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, attending my nephew’s post-wedding festivities. The last time I was in the vicinity of this particular settlement was about ten years ago, when I went – together … Continue reading
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Settlers/Colonists
Tagged 1948, 1967, Colonies, Nakba, occupation, settlements, two-state solution, West Bank
99 Comments
