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Likely Palestinian Prime Minister a Holocaust-denier
Arafat's choice of a prime minister is the author of a book that says the Holocaust probably killed at most 800,000 Jews, and also tries to remove much blame from Nazis....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 12:41am PST
Do Palestinians Exist? Hollywood Denies the Existence of Palestine
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is “very concerned that the Academy may have discouraged the submission of ‘Divine Intervention’ for technical reasons in order to avoid having to make a decision whether or not to exclude the film because it was made by and about Palestinians. At the Cannes Festival and many other venues, ‘Divine Intervention’ has proven to be competitive at the highest level and deserves to be considered for an Oscar.” ADC urges you to ask the AMPAS, spe...
Posted: Fri, Feb 28, 2003 10:01pm PST
FLASHPOINTS: Ramzy Baroud - Israel's seige. Al Jazeera - video of soldiers beating Pals.
Israel's seige of the West Bank going from terrible to nightmarish. and the other day, Aljazeera TV (link2) (link3) caught Israelis beating and stabbing to death two Palestinians. Greg Palast, in Berkeley....
Posted: Fri, Feb 28, 2003 9:30am PST
Palestine through the Eyes of Refugee Children
Artwork by Palestinian refugee youth from the Gaza Strip...
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2003 9:53pm PST
Wounded Palestinian teen shackled to her Israeli bed
"It is unreasonable to think that a 15-year-old girl, who was hit in the kidney, had part of her intestine surgically removed, is attached to an intravenous solution, and two bullets are still in her body, will escape from the hospital by overcoming the IDF guards - or that she poses any danger to the doctors or the other patients," wrote Litvia....
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2003 3:13pm PST
View from the Arab world on the war with Iraq
The expected war against Iraq, says former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is anything but a weapons issue -- and its repercussions might prove catastrophic, reports Amira Howeidy...
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 9:06pm PST
Trek for Truth
On March 20, 2003 I am walking across the nation in the hope of meeting the First Lady.
I am a 40 year old mom and I'm increasingly concerned for our children....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 10:56am PST
KRISTEN ESS: Murder in the Gaza Strip
No one, not even friendly Arabic news agencies are willing to show the atrocities Israelis commit against Palestinians because of the usual charges of "anti-Semitism" that are made....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 10:44am PST
ROBERT FISK: A new CNN system of 'script approval'
"We risked our lives and went out with ambulance drivers... for a whole day. We have also witnessed ambulances from our window being shot at by Israeli soldiers... The story received approval from Mike Shoulder. The story ran twice and then Rick Davis (a CNN executive) killed it. The reason was we did not have an Israeli army response, even though we stated in our story that Israel believes that Palestinians are smuggling weapons and wanted people in the ambulances."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 10:42am PST
ROBERT FISK: A new CNN system of 'script approval'
"We risked our lives and went out with ambulance drivers... for a whole day. We have also witnessed ambulances from our window being shot at by Israeli soldiers... The story received approval from Mike Shoulder. The story ran twice and then Rick Davis (a CNN executive) killed it. The reason was we did not have an Israeli army response, even though we stated in our story that Israel believes that Palestinians are smuggling weapons and wanted people in the ambulances....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 5:23am PST
KRISTEN ESS: Murder in the Gaza Strip
No one, not even friendly Arabic news agencies are willing to show the atrocities Israelis commit against defenseless Palestinians because of the usual charges of "anti-Semitism" that are made....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 5:17am PST
Israeli Soldiers Mutilate Bodies of Palestinian Victims
...the director of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Muawia Abu Hassanein, said the bodies of the two Palestinians killed earlier by IOF in Beit Hanoun, identified as Abu Shara and Garbawi, had been mutilated by the Israeli occupation soldiers, and said it was possible the men had been still alive when their throats were stabbed....
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 10:08pm PST
ROBERT FISK: CNN censors its own reporters and puts a spin on stories from the Territories
Excerpts from Fisk's latest article....
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 10:03pm PST
Kristen Ess: Murder in the Gaza Strip
This is how free the Israelis feel they are because no one feels they can report on this....
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 9:50pm PST
Time for Full Disclosure -- Zionists in Bush Administration represent a foreign country
The American people are entitled to also know for the sake of our Republic, if Perle, Wolfowitz, Wurmser, Feith and Abrams are Zionists. They all hold sensitive positions in the federal government that require national security clearance. If they are Zionists, then, the next question is: Do they have a conflict of interest or even an appearance of a conflict of interest in carrying out the responsibilities of their office? Answers to these questions are imperative.
Zionism is a political, ...
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 5:10am PST
Israel's Proxy War -- Israel's supporters may have had a decisive influence for war
This is not to argue that the pro-Israeli lobby is the only reason for the projected US war against Iraq. At present, there are several forces in United States that are pushing for this war. Prominent among these indigenous forces are the oil corporations, the arms manufacturers, the aerospace industry, and the right-wing Christian evangelists. However, it is doubtful if these indigenous groups, on their own, could have pushed United States so decisively towards the present catastrophic confr...
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 3:54am PST
Pop Star George Michael comes out against the Iraq war and for Palestine!
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Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 3:48am PST
If we attack Iraq, 'God Bless America' could turn into 'God Forgive Us'
What the president is intent on doing is committing a crime against humanity. If he goes through with it, he'll have to change his ritualistic "God bless America" to "God forgive us."...
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 2:12am PST
FLASHPOINTS: Kristen Schurr: 8 killed yesterday in Occupied Territories. John Pilger
Kristen: everyday there are more people killed (EI report).. 8 killed yesterday, the day before even more.. the bodies are so charred, hard to count the bodies accurately......
Posted: Tue, Feb 25, 2003 1:32am PST