Right of Return Ring of Blogs 12-16-2006
Right of Return Ring of Blogs
12-16-2006
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umkahlil
"Indeed, deception and lies represent the main defining features of the entire Israeli discourse, past and present.Moreover, we should never ever count on America. America is a country that is enslaved and controlled by Zionist Jews. It is a country that lost its free-will a long time ago and became a mere tool in the service of Zionist bellicosity and hegemony.
We have seen how America cast one veto after the other at the UN Security Council whenever the poor Palestinians sought redress there. So, what could we possibly expect America to do in case Israel attacked us with nuclear weapons? Well, I am sure that at the very most America would call on both sides to show self-restraint. -Sorry, but for the rest of us this simply isn't good enough."
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Israel's Nuclear Bombs: The Biggest Threat to World Peace
© By Khalid Amayreh, for thepeoplesvoice.orghttp://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2006/12/14/israel_s_nuclear_bombs_the_biggest_threa
On 12 December, 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert listed Israel among the world’s nuclear powers. Olmert argued that Iran had no right to emulate nuclear powers such as Israel, the US, France and Russia, since these nuclear powers “never” threatened to attack other nations with nuclear weapons.. MORE
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Palestinian face, Shammout
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Saturday, December 16, 2006Carter and Divine Intervention
ok, i feel like i need to say something about Carter and his book. This whole thing has exploded into a media frenzy it seems like. But what is Carter really saying? Is he the knight in shining armor Palestinians have been waiting for?
I would say no- do not expect any divine intervention from Carter. I will admit it, i have not read the book yet- but just taking a look at his statements (below) you can see he is not totally on point with this concept of apartheid. don't get me wrong, i thank him for sharing his views with the american public- i think alternate voices such as his are badly needed in today's media. but that doesn't mean i can't disagree with him, right? right, so ok.
first thing: his idea that arabs within israel do not experience apartheid. i would venture to say that is- you've got the redlining of neighborhoods for example. arabs are treated like second class citizens- just look at how they are treated within the knessets. they are not entitiled to same rights as jews- they need permits to expand their homes- the list goes on really. you still have many in the israeli government saying that they want to throw the arabs in the sea- and not just the west bank arabs, but those within israel too. but don't take my word for it- this is what adalah has to say...MORE
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Sunday, December 17, 2006WELCOME TO BETHLEHEM
Israel seems to think Apartheid is nothing but a big joke.... this is the banner they hung on the infamous wall to greet the tourists to Bethlehem this Christmas.
Let's hope and pray the wall will soon be a thing of the past....
A LAND AT PEACE OR IN PIECES?
Olmert wants peace? He sure had me fooled. He sings different tunes wherever he goes it seems... in Gaza he kills, in Bethlehem he kills, in Ramallah he kills....He builds walls separating nation from nation.....
He refuses entry to elected officials....
The list is endless, BUT he claims to want peace...WHERE???
The song he sang in Europe gives the impression of sincerity... but we know better. He is a man of many songs.... most of which are nothing but lies.
To add to the confusion and to make him look like the 'good guy', Ynet just published the following.....
Words are cheap.... lives aren't!
Olmert: Willing to trade land for peace
Israeli prime minister making "extraordinary efforts" to start peace negotiations with Abbas, expresses willingness to give up territories ...more
(Ben Heine © Cartoons) PREJUDICE KEEPS US IGNORANT
I have a confession to you, my dear readers... a confession that I am almost ashamed to make. I realised very recently that I harboured feelings of prejudice. I thought of myself as an open minded person, free of hate, but this was not the case.
My view of United States politicians was so biased that I saw no good among them. My ignorance, like most, was unjustified.
This was proven to me this morning when I read the following article in HaAretz... it seems that Former President Jimmy Carter is a real 'mentch' (fine human being)....
You can read about him here.....
Memoir of a great friend
By Tom Segev
One morning in the spring of 1983, Jimmy Carter left the King David Hotel and went for a morning jog, as he did wherever he was in the world. One U.S. Secret Service agent ran with him, as did two young Israeli soldiers who insisted on showing them the way. ..more
A GUEST POST BY A VERY DEAR FRIEND
(Ben Heine © Cartoons)
December, 2006Dear Santa, or Someone
By Deb Reich
Dear Santa ...more
Friday, December 15, 2006
PALESTINE....AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE SITUATION
(Ben Heine © Cartoons)
The western observer, it seems, gets very little information on the real situation in Palestine today. The 'gates' are literally closed to the press and censorship is the order of the day.
There are some foreign reporters here that literally risk their lives and visas by reporting as much of the truth as possible. The team at CounterPunch certainly does a great job and must be commended for it.
The following was just submitted by Eliza Ernshire, a long time contributor to CounterPunch... it's a must read and gives an excellent account of the situation today...
December 15, 2006
Meanwhile, People are Dying, Palestinian "Civil War" and the Israeli Chocolate Ration By ELIZA ERNSHIRE
Ramallah. ...more
MURDER LEGALISED IN ISRAEL
Ismael Shammout
Despite the fact that there were 339 targeted assassinations in the Occupied Territories since the year 2000, despite the fact that 210 of those murdered were targets and the rest (129) were innocent bystanders, the Supreme Court of Israel declared it legal for Israel to continue such operations...more
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karmalised
December 15, 2006Dear Santa, or Someone
Dear Santa,
I live in Israel/Palestine and I think I am probably addicted to the big bad conflict we have here. We all seem to be addicted to the conflict we have here. We are so used to it, sometimes I wonder if, given half a chance, we could really learn to live without it. Meanwhile, the academics study it. The politicians cook it and bake it and spin it. The pollsters monitor it. Nonprofit organizations and NGOs mop up the messes, frequently lethal, that it makes. Dissident poets bemoan it, and the journalists (with the exception of a courageous handful, who tell the truth) pretend to report on it. The prisoners find their education, for better or worse, in its shadow, while the wardens find some kinky pleasure there, or anyhow their paycheck.
The mothers, raped by the conflict, carry it with them like some spawn of Satan. That is how it feels, these days. We are continually and forcibly violated by the politicians’ spinmeisters, who keep trying to impregnate us with their dysfunctional fantasies so we can deliver more soldiers for the conflict…. The children are afraid of the conflict, they’re afraid that it’s lurking under the bed (if they have a bed, if they have a house), or that it’s about to fall on them from the sky and explode in a hail of blood and gore, to kill and maim, like it did last night or last week or in the last war. Or, brainwashed, they crow about the enemy’s getting what he deserves, never thinking that “the enemy” is mainly a bunch of kids like them. And then they get a bit older and go out to do battle.
Santa, tell me: What in God’s name have we done to the children?
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Israel boycott may be the way to peace
Friday December 15, 2006
The Guardian
There is a fragile ceasefire in Lebanon, albeit daily violated by Israeli overflights. Meanwhile the day-to-day brutality of the Israeli army in Gaza and the West Bank continues. Ten Palestinians are killed for every Israeli death; more than 200, many of them children, have been killed since the summer. UN resolutions are flouted, human rights violated as Palestinian land is stolen, houses demolished and crops destroyed. For archbishop Desmond Tutu, as for the Jewish former ANC military commander now South African minister of security, Ronnie Kasrils, the situation of the Palestinians is worse than that of black South Africans under apartheid.
Meanwhile, western governments refer to Israel's legitimate right of self-defence, and continue to supply weaponry. The challenge of apartheid was fought better. The non-violent international response to apartheid was a campaign of boycott, divestment and UN-imposed sanctions which enabled the regime to change without bloodshed.
Today, Palestinians teachers, writers, film-makers and non-governmental organisations have called for a comparable academic and cultural boycott of Israel as offering another path to a just peace. This call has been endorsed internationally by university teachers in many European countries, by film-makers and architects, and by some brave Israeli dissidents. It is now time for others to join the campaign - as Primo Levi asked: "If not now, when?" We call on creative writers and artists to support our Palestinian and Israeli colleagues by endorsing the boycott call. Read the Palestinian call pacbi.org.
John Berger
Brian Eno
Sophie Fiennes
Eduardo Galeano
Reem Kelani
Leon Rosselson
Steven Rose
Arundhati Roy
Ahdaf Soueif
Elia Suleiman
and 85 others
John Berger and Michael Berkeley write at commentisfree.co.uk
While Mike Foster is right to point out (Letters, December 9) that the Balfour declaration of 1917 did not grant Israel its right to exist; it also could not promise a Jewish national home, as he says it did, because it was not in its power to do so. The British government merely "looked with favour" on such an idea. More importantly, he omits, as many do, the subsequent words, "... it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of the existing non-Jewish communities in Palestine ...". It is impossible to say that those qualifying words have been observed.
Malcolm Hurwitt
London
peacepalestine
Saturday, December 16, 2006This is the reader-participant post
Since I appreciate that people come to read this blog, (and a bit stimulated by an idea by Gianluca), I want to make the comments segment of this post part of an interactive project. I am creating a "Conflict Terminology Dictionary", with one eye on Ambrose Bierce and the other on our own talents in looking at reality, current events, the mass media and ourselves.
Topics that are allowed:
* anything Peacepalestine has written on from its inception. This includes the comments section, so you can also enjoy yourselves by bringing the comments section into the fray.
* anything having to do with the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan, militarism, Zionism, activism, the NATO, the mass media and how it treats all of these issues
What is not allowed:
* defamation. Remember, defamation is illegal and unless you can substantiate insults and smears with accurate evidence, it is not permitted in this game and will be deleted from the comments block as soon as I see it.
What will happen with this?
The best will be edited into a small compendium, just for enjoyment purposes. They may be picked up by other media outlets, so if you want to sign it, you can do that.
ALSO!!!! In the next few days, I will be revising the blogroll and outgoing links section. I will be adding many new links and eliminating a few old ones. If there is a link you think should be here, please let me know! I have a list of about 30 that I've been meaning to add, and will get to it shortly!
Friday, December 15, 2006Palestinians need support, not division (epilogue to a smeary gatekeeping campaign) 
By Mary Rizzo
End of the year, it seems natural to try to sum up a few things, to try to draw up the balance sheet of what has been happening. Unfortunately, for Palestinian people and for the people of Lebanon, being on the wrong side of the Israeli stick has meant now (as much as ever) destruction, death, and suffering. Even as the world was witnessing the wanton demolition of civilian infrastructures, it seems as though Israel gets let off the hook again, as amazing as it seems to many of us. The propaganda is THAT intense that we turn a blind eye. It would have been an important opportunity for the people who consider the struggle for the extension of human rights to every person on our planet to not miss an opportunity to voice their horror for this outrageous and illegal violation of basic human rights, considering the situation that we are witnessing in Iraq; a total disaster. But, excepting isolated cases, that did not happen. There was little public outcry, and the echo of the dissent that was voiced has long since died out as Olmert gets embraced warmly by the political leaders of Europe and the Vatican. ...more
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Raising Yousuf, Unplugged
Saturday, December 16, 2006ABBAS CALLS FOR EARLY ELECTIONS
In a fiery and lengthy speech broadcast nationwide that was at sharp contrast with Haniya's more conciatory talk last night, Mahmud Abbas has called for unspecificed early presidential and parliamentary elections in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
Abbas spoke for more than 1 1/2 hours, hurling verbal insult after insult at Hamas and at unnamed figures abroad "who dont' dirty their feet on our soil", a jab at Khaled Meshal.
But througout the speech, it was not clear that Abbas would come outright and call for new elections. He merely stated in the beginning that it was his legitimate right to do. The whammy of the an announcement came as the final sentence of his speech, to which those in attendence jumped to their feet amdist thunderous applause. Outisde, Fateh supporters shot gunfire in celebration and honked their horns.
Abbas began by explaining the reasons why he believes a unity government has not been formed and why he said in a press conference with Sec. of State Rice that the road to national dialogue has been closed.
Abbas went on to talk about how the firing of rockets has hindered foreign investments in Gaza, saying "there were high hopes that the land freed of settlements would flourish with investements, but because we insist on firing rockets this has not happened"... more
Friday, December 15, 2006
Gazans speak out on early elections
Tension was palpable in the air today in Gaza, as Hamas's executive forces deployed alongside the presidential guard, hours after an attempt on Prime Minister Ismail Haniya's life. Luckily, the tension has so far not spilled over into violence in Gaza, as in the West Bank, and both forces shown admirable restraint.
Haniya proceeded to give his speech, which many people I spoke with viewed as "re-assuring" given the volatile climate of recent days and weeks. Still, many question marks remain: how will the money he was able to raise make its way into Gaza? Is a unity government still realistic? What is the alternative? ...more.
Israel legalizes assasinations
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Friday, December 15, 2006Implosion in Palestine - the Civil war has begun
I am not a fan of King Abdullah of Jordan, but I do not despise him to the level of other cyber-pundits. But his "prediction" of three civil wars in the Middle East at one time is not far off the mark, brought into sharp focus by the events in Gaza in the past 24 hours.The latest manifestation of unacceptable violence being perpetrated by Arabs against Arabs has been seen in Gaza and Ramallah, a deepening hell-hole of tragedy, anger and explosivity. The man suspected of orchestrating the attempted assassination of Hamas leader and Palestinian PM Ismail Haniyeh is Mohammed Dahlan, the knuckle-buster of the Fatah party.
Dahlan, whose troubled employment with the Palestinian Authority, has been referred to Palestinian Chalabi, an intriguing if not sordid reference to perhaps the most hated Iraqi politician who was the neocon mascot leading up to the Iraq invasion. An article in globalsecurity.com end the article on Dahlan by saying that...more************************************************
Peace For Palestine
Saturday, December 16, 2006David Duke Blitzes Blitzer On CNN
December 14, 2006
KKK Leader David Duke, Rabbis attend Holocaust Conference in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Two rabbis are among 67 people attending a conference in Iran that organizers say will examine whether the Holocaust ever took place.
The conference was initiated by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has described the Holocaust as a "myth" and called for Israel to be wiped off the map.
Organizers tout the conference as a scholarly gathering aimed at discussing the Holocaust away from Western taboos.
Also at the conference is former Louisiana state representative and Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke and Australian Frederick Toben, who was jailed in Germany in 1999 for questioning the Holocaust.
The conference has drawn condemnation from Israel and Germany.
David Dukes CNN Interview ...video
Palestinian police open fire on Hamas supporters; 35 wounded
35 Hamas supporters were wounded on Friday as the Islamist party wished to march in Ramallah to celebrate the 19th anniversary of their formation and faced a blockade of Palestinian security forces close to the rival Fatah faction..video.
Well I Say, We Got a Little Bit of a Problem?"
Abbas calls for fresh PA elections as soon as possible
18 people hurt in Hamas-Fatah clashes in Gaza
Message from Latuff to Progressive Students Labour Front
November 19, 2006"I'm Latuff, Brazilian cartoonist, supporting Palestinian struggle for independence since 1999. I'm glad to know there's another exhibition of my cartoons in Gaza, promoted by the Progressive Students Labour Front.
I'd like to thank you, Palestinian students, for your kindness and support to my art and efforts. I dedicate my art to every single Palestinian, no matter if living in Palestine or being a refugee overseas, no matter if alive or dead.
My art is your art, my heart is with you, the strong and brave Palestinian people.
You survived to Ariel Sharon, you will survive to Ehud Olmert or any other criminal produced by the State of Israel and backed by United States.
My sincere regards,
Latuff,
Your everlasting Brazilian brother-in-arts." ..video
A Very Dignified Israeli
Ehud Olmert's flatulence
Certain foods counteract the production of Ehud Olmert's deadly intestinal gas, most notably U.S. dollars. by Latuff
Unrecognised villages in the Negev expose Israel's apartheid policies
Bangani Ngeleza and Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 21 December 2005
A waterstation in front of an unrecognized village, 5 km from Bir Saba. Bedouin do not have access to this waterstation. (Photo: Ameer Makhoul)Eighty thousand Palestinian Bedouin Israelis live in unrecognised villages in the Negev desert in the south of Israel. The villages are deprived of basic services like housing, water, electricity, education and health care. With the adoption of the Israeli Planning and Construction Law in 1965, 45 villages in the Negev were not declared as existing. Recently, Bangani Ngeleza and Adri Nieuwhof visited the region. They write about the serious consequences this has had for villagers in these "unrecognised villages"...more
We didn't disappear
14 - 20 December 2006 Arabs in Israel call for a "state of all its citizens" to replace Jewish-only policies, writes Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
The official political leadership of Israel's more than one million Palestinian citizens issued a manifesto in Nazareth last week demanding a raft of changes to end the systematic discrimination exercised against non-Jews by the state since its creation nearly six decades ago.
Included in the manifesto -- the first ever produced by the community's supreme political body, known as the High Follow-Up Committee -- are calls for Israel to be reformed from a Jewish state that privileges its Jewish majority into "a state of all its citizens" and for sweeping changes to a national system of land control designed to exclude Palestinian citizens from influence.
The document is likely to further increase tensions between the Israeli government and the country's Palestinian minority, and has already been roundly condemned in the Hebrew media. ...more
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Annie's letters
- Israeli Ministry of Tourism hung up a poster about "peace" on the wall which has turned the city of Bethlehem into a ghetto...from EI.
- This is the first time in history that an occupied people have been subject to such a boycott, rahter than their occupier... from IMEU
- letters
- Victory Dance...HUGE SELECTION OF PRODUCTS FROM OR ABOUT PALESTINE...AT PALESTINE ONLINE STORE
- Don't visit, exhibit or perform in Israel!
Today in Palestine!
www.TheHeadlines.Org
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Bonsoir...
Friday, December 15, 2006Zionists blackmail "University of Freedom"
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RAFAH TODAY
Body on the Line
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*************************************************Cheer Up!! !!طــــوِل بـالَـــك
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Saree Makdisi Archive
*************************************************DC Christmas Procession for Bethlehem Saturday, December 23, 2006
Christmas Procession for Bethlehem
Saturday, December 23
4:00 PM
Meet at Lafayette Park
(16th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW)
Mary and Joseph, with donkey, will lead a candle-lit
procession around the White House and National Christmas Tree on the EllipseAnti-Apartheid Wall Campaign Website - Stop the Wall
More than twice as high as Berlin Wall and 30 times as long...
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