UK must expel Israeli ambassador
Matt Kennard — May 31, 2010 6 Comments
Let him now heed his own words, and stop all arms exports, expel the UK ambassador. The enormity of this crime must not get lost in the inevitable mist the Israeli propaganda machine will pollute the debate with. Israel ordered and carried the murder of unarmed humanitarian activists in international waters, trying to take aid to a starving and desperate people.
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Continuity We Can Believe In: Obama and Gaza
Emahunn Campbell — January 29, 2009 9 Comments
President Obama knows all-too-well about the terrorism visited on the Palestinian people in Gaza. But he has refused to say anything of substance or break with the policy of the previous administration. This is once again “continuity we can believe in”.
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Israeli propaganda has succeeded in presenting this war as an attack on Hamas. It is actually an attack on civilians.
Matt Kennard — January 11, 2009 51 Comments
The Israeli propaganda machine is a well-oiled machine and it has succeeded in presenting this war as solely on Hamas. This is a lie. It is an attack on all Gazans.
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Gaza Is A New Genocide: An Israeli, and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, explains how she fought the lies
Enbal — January 3, 2009 60 Comments
The myths in Israel legitimate the destruction of the Palestinian people, but there will never be peace until the occupation is over.
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The Dahiya doctrine in Gaza
Richard Seymour — January 3, 2009 1 Comment
The Dahiya doctrine practiced by Israel is a brutal form of collective punishment.
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Hamas will not stop fighting until this obscene Israeli blockade is lifted
Farah — January 2, 2009 16 Comments
Hamas say they will not surrender until the blockade of Gaza is lifted. The Israelis should do this immediately or they have no legitimate defense.
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Robert Trivers on the Gaza attack
Robert Trivers — December 31, 2008 2 Comments
Trivers on Israeli newspaper columnist.
What They Really Mean
Obama, Gaza, and Israel: Definitely not change
Richard Seymour — December 30, 2008 2 Comments
Obama has lined up behind the assault on Gaza, and this is certainly not a change we can believe in.
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A Deaf World: A Palestinian from Gaza, now living in Cairo, watches bombs fall on her family
Yasmeen El-Khoudary — December 30, 2008 3 Comments
Yasmeen El-Khoudary is from Gaza but living in Cairo. Here she describes the pain and anxiety of watching the Israeli assault on her people.
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The police get shirty at London protest against Gaza attacks
Leah Borromeo — December 29, 2008 2 Comments
Leah Borromeo recounts covering the London protests against the bombing of Gaza, outside the Israeli embassy in Kensington.
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Israeli attacks are disproportionate and counter-productive
Hala Al-Hedeithy — December 29, 2008 2 Comments
Israeli actions are disproportionate and will only serve to further radicalize Palestinians.