Rebels share much in common with religious mystics. They hold fast to a vision that often they alone can see. They view rebellion as a moral imperative, even as they concede that the hope of success is slim and at times impossible. Rebels, a number of whom I interviewed for this book, are men and women endowed with a peculiar obstinacy. Willing to accept deprivation and self-sacrifice, they are not overly concerned with defeat. They endure through a fierce independence and courage. Many, maybe most, have difficult and eccentric personalities. The best of them are driven by a profound empathy, even love, for the vulnerable, the persecuted, and the weak.
Revolutions take time. They are often begun by one generation and completed by the next. “Those who give the first check to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin,” Michel de Montaigne wrote in 1580. “The fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another’s net.”
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11.25.2015
***** Chris Hedges: ‘Rebels share much in common with religious mystics. They hold fast to a vision that often they alone can see. They view rebellion......‘
F****** savages. Israeli army bulldozes road used by Jordan Valley villagers
http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=75125
Israel draft law allows jail for Palestinians aged 12
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/israel-bill-jailing-palestinian-children-151123144403786.html
***** if this doesn't make your blood run cold, you're already dead. Israel meets with Google and YouTube to discuss censoring Palestinian videos
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/22471-israel-meets-with-google-and-youtube-to-discuss-censoring-palestinian-videos
Kerry, Obama, you f****** fascist pigs. Palestinian factions slam Kerry’s statements against Intifada
http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=75108
Israel to displace thousands of Palestinian Bedouins
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/israel-displace-palestinian-bedouins-151124153132838.html
We, the people, remain filled with rage: Race, Yale, p.c. and a nation spinning apart on Thanksgiving
http://www.salon.com/2015/11/25/we_the_people_remain_filled_with_rage_a_nation_spinning_apart_on_thanksgiving/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
NY Times Op-Ed calls U.S. ally Saudi Arabia ‘an ISIS that has made it’
http://deadstate.org/ny-times-op-ed-calls-u-s-ally-saudi-arabia-an-isis-that-has-made-it/
Video. While son cries watching, father abused by Israeli storm troops
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=907962699294552&id=333012743456220
Rights group: 720 Jerusalemite detainees, 360 children, since October 1
http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=75120
German grandmother, 87, is sentenced to ten months in jail for denying the Holocaust and saying Auschwitz was 'just a labour camp'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3317083/German-grandmother-87-sentenced-ten-months-jail-denying-Holocaust-saying-Auschwitz-just-labour-camp.html
Video. Israeli Gestapo sexually abusing bleeding man in street to pacify him.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=907959219294900&id=333012743456220
Chicago protesters confront police, shut down interstate after release of Laquan McDonald video
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/25/chicago-protesters-confront-police-shut-down-interstate-after-release-of-laquan-mcdonald-video/
11.24.2015
Report: Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Syria, killing 13
http://www.timesofisrael.com/report-israel-strikes-hezbollah-positions-in-syria-killing-13/
Depleted soil locks rural farmers in trap of ultra-poverty
http://m.phys.org/news/2015-11-depleted-soil-rural-farmers-ultra-poverty.html
Rare northern white rhinoceros Nola dies to leave three left in the world
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/rare-northern-white-rhinoceros-dies-at-san-diego-zoo-sarafi-park-to-leave-three-left-in-the-world-a6744696.html
Until Two States Exist, Palestinians Deserve Voting Rights in Israel
http://www.tikkun.org/nextgen/until-two-states-exist-palestinians-deserve-voting-rights-in-israel
White male Neighbor guns down Ohio couple and 7-year-old son
http://m.nydailynews.com/news/crime/neighbor-guns-ohio-couple-7-year-old-son-article-1.2445712
Police: Postal Worker Harassed Muslim Woman in NYC
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-postal-worker-harassed-muslim-woman-nyc-35401480
***** stop. Video. Watch settlers and Israeli Gestapo execute two girls.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=929353087158195&id=100002505378217
Burning of Christian churches in Israel justified, far-Right Jewish leader says
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/11786802/Burning-of-Christian-churches-in-Israel-justified-far-Right-Jewish-leader-says.html
Video. Unspeakable evil, cruel, horrible, racist, hateful Israeli settler
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=987717894605090&id=758262777550604
Prominent Israeli settler runs over 16-year-old girl, then shoots her dead
http://mondoweiss.net/2015/11/prominent-israeli-settler
11.23.2015
Greenwald Blasts CNN For ‘Despicable’ Anti-Muslim Comments And Push For More War By Heather
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/11/greenwald-blasts-cnn-despicable-anti
Islamophobic hate crimes increase by 300 per cent in the UK after Paris attacks
http://5pillarsuk.com/2015/11/23/islamophobic-hate-crimes-increase-by-300-per-cent-in-the-uk-after-paris-attacks/
Israeli forces close 2nd Hebron radio station this month
http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=768933
How the Syrian refugee crisis shows the hypocrisy of ‘All Lives Matter’
http://fusion.net/story/235529/the-lives-of-syrian-refugees-matter/
11.22.2015
IOF turns Palestinian house to military barracks in al-Khalil
http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=75068
How Israel erases Arabic from the public landscape
http://972mag.com/how-israel-is-erasing-arabic-from-its-public-landscape/114067/
Video: Israeli storm troops attack Palestinians school firing teargas
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1073946872624780&id=233417303344412
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