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Hisham Zreiq’s film Sons of Eilaboun: introduction by Gilad Atzmon
Sons of Eilaboun is a story of one small village in the Galilee, one village amongst many. It is a story of one massacre, one massacre amongst many. It is a story of a small community that is tormented and traumatised for generations. Sons of Eilaboun is in fact the story of Palestine. Continue reading
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Israeli Troops Reveal Their Immoral Behavior in Gaza By Gideon Levy
All these propagandistic and ridiculous responses are meant not only to deceive the public, but also to offer shameless lies. The IDF knew very well what its soldiers did in Gaza. It has long ceased to be the most moral army in the world. Far from it – it will not seriously investigate anything. Continue reading
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Birth Pangs of a New Palestine by Mouin Rabbani
Two issues rise head and shoulders above the rest: the urgency of beginning the process of reversing Israel’s impunity in its dealings with the Palestinian people, and the equally dire need to address the fundamental issue of occupation, without which ceasefires, sieges and code-named calamities like Operation Cast Lead would be unnecessary. Continue reading
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Press Release — Calling to Prevent War Crimes is Not Breaking the Law
The request of the extreme right wing organization “Legal Forum for the Land of Israel” to the Attorney-General of Israel, to prosecute Attorney Shamai Leibowitz for the appeal to soldiers to disrupt and prevent war crimes is cynical, malicious and devoid of any legal basis. Continue reading
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Second Generation Warfare Bungles In Gaza Part One by William S. Lind
On the physical level of war, the Israel Defense Forces are triumphing…On the moral level, the picture is reversed. Continue reading
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The obscenity that is the state of Israel By William Bowles
The war, if that’s what it can be called as in reality it’s remote-controlled slaughter, is as much a propaganda war in true Goebellian fashion, a war that is being conducted in the homes of the so-called developed world through the electronic and print media. For without the complicity of our political class and state/corporate… Continue reading
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URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY!
The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are firing live ammunition around the Dignity, and one of the warships has rammed the civilian craft causing an… Continue reading
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A note from the Shministim
During this dark period of consecutive jail terms, military trials and attempts to break our beliefs, you were our light. Continue reading
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BBC: Israel army studies ‘abuse video’
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1769886 Below I have reproduced the BBC’s copy: There is no information as to when or where the video was shot The Israeli military is investigating a video in which a Palestinian detainee appears to be humiliated by a group of Israeli soldiers. The video, broadcast by Israeli TV after being posted on YouTube, shows Continue reading
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Uri Blau: IDF asks police, Shin Bet for info on left-wing figures active in W. Bank
The Israel Defense Forces has asked the Shin Bet security service and the police to provide it with information on left-wing figures active in the West Bank so it will be easier to issue restraining orders against them, Haaretz has learned. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 