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Meet the People Promoting the Latest (Last?) Great Heresy of the Church
Or if “heresy” is not really part of your vocabulary, then think: Idolatry. Or, if your world-view falls outside any religious framework, just consider it a troubling delusion held by millions of your fellow citizens. However you categorize it, this … Continue reading
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT, on 27 DEC 2022 various Israeli government entities and settler organizations made a surprise announcement: Jerusalem’s lower Pool of Siloam is to be excavated and exposed in its entirety in the coming months, and ultimately … Continue reading
Leftist Israeli Journalist Confesses: “I Finance Terrorism”
The fearless Amira Hass and other writers for the Haaretz newspaper — along with Uri Avnery, Jonathan Cook and others of their ilk — were critical in shaping my political awareness during my sojourn in that land. Haas is still … Continue reading
At 95, Son of an Israeli PM Comments on Zionism’s Founding Ideology
Online source: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210920-israel-and-the-zionist-enterprise-were-born-in-sin-says-heir-to-an-iconic-zionist-family/ In a remarkable political conversion, Yaakov Sharett, the heir to an iconic Zionist family and son of Israel’s second Prime Minister, Moshe Sharett, has turned his back on the founding ideology of the occupation state. “The State … Continue reading
Posted in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Modern History, Palestinians, Racism
Tagged Yaakov Sharett, Zionism
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Give Israel Your Unconditional Support… and this is what you’re supporting
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Posted in Bethlehem area, Occupied Territories, Palestinians, Racism, The Occupation, U.S. Foreign Policy, West Bank
Tagged El-Khader, Home demolitions, IDF
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VIDEO | “Who Is My Neighbor?” — How Compassion Plays Out in the Land of the Bible
Crises like the coronavirus pandemic tend to lay bare the fault-lines within human societies — sometimes fractures normally hidden just beneath the surface but just as often gaping chasms that should have been unmistakable to anyone paying attention. It’s certainly … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel-Palestine Scene, Occupied Territories, Palestinians, VIDEOS, West Bank
Tagged Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, vaccine
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