There is no word in Hebrew for dignity, he quoted a friend observing
once. The Arab world has long felt deeply inferior, and Israelis are
basically telling Arabs that they don’t suffer from an inferiority
complex but are indeed inferior, Halevy said. “The problem we have had
over the years has been that they have sought dignity and the last thing
we ever thought of was addressing them in a manner that gave them a
feeling of some dignity.”
12.14.2014
12.13.2014
***** article. Nobel Prize of Literature Jose Saramago: “The repression from Israel is the worst form of Apartheid. Nobody has the faintest idea of what is going on here, even the best informed people. Everything is in pieces, the land is destroyed and nothing else may be planted. All this smells like a boot camp, like Auschwitz. The israeli have turned into NAZI JEWS” , he declared after a visit to Palestina in March, 2002.
article. The sick motivation behind the religious right’s Obamacare sabotage Wingnuts would rather millions live in destitution than concede government programs can accomplish great things.... And that’s precisely the state of affairs that the religious right yearns for. What they want is to build a theocracy from the ground up, where the poor and the needy are abjectly dependent on a church that can yank away the necessities of life if it judges them insufficiently compliant, and so the masses will have no choice but to be corralled and steered. Even today, we can see this conservative vision put into practice, and witness the terrible consequences that result when it blocks the government from helping the needy. Consider Mississippi, which is both the most religious and has the most churches per capita of any U.S. state. If rosy visions like Ernst’s were true, Mississippi would be the best place in the country to live. But in reality, it’s the poorest and (by life expectancy) sickest state. http://www.salon.com/2014/12/13/the_sick_motivation_behind_the_religious_rights_obamacare_sabotage_partner/
And that’s precisely the state of affairs that the religious right yearns for. What they want is to build a theocracy from the ground up, where the poor and the needy are abjectly dependent on a church that can yank away the necessities of life if it judges them insufficiently compliant, and so the masses will have no choice but to be corralled and steered. Even today, we can see this conservative vision put into practice, and witness the terrible consequences that result when it blocks the government from helping the needy. Consider Mississippi, which is both the most religious and has the most churches per capita of any U.S. state. If rosy visions like Ernst’s were true, Mississippi would be the best place in the country to live. But in reality, it’s the poorest and (by life expectancy) sickest state. http://www.salon.com/2014/12/13/the_sick_motivation_behind_the_religious_rights_obamacare_sabotage_partner/
12.12.2014
article. Princeton Professors Open New Front in Campus Battle Over Israel. Should Hillel Take Sides Against 60 Tenured Faculty? Read more: http://forward.com/articles/209303/princeton-professors-open-new-front-in-campus-batt/#ixzz3Lhnm0tB3
Princeton Professors Open New Front in Campus Battle Over Israel
Should Hillel Take Sides Against 60 Tenured Faculty?
***** article. As US media awake to a ‘nightmare’ Israel, NYT brings Blumenthal in from the cold - See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/12/nightmare-brings-blumenthal#sthash.MKXFKiCF.dpuf
As US media awake to a ‘nightmare’ Israel, NYT brings Blumenthal in from the cold - See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/12/nightmare-brings-blumenthal#sthash.MKXFKiCF.dpuf
12.11.2014
article. Pacific trade pact chances 'significantly' better than 50-50: Obama. (Pr. Obama - with this all your credibility with me could be destroyed. I cannot conceive how TTP is anything but a gift of the world economy to the already criminally wealthy, corporate, fascist interests. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-usa-trade-obama-idUSKBN0JP25H20141211)
Pr. Obama - with this all your credibility with me could be destroyed. I cannot conceive how TTP is anything but a gift of the world economy to the already criminally wealthy, corporate, fascist interests. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/us-usa-trade-obama-idUSKBN0JP25H20141211
***** article. Israeli Terrorists murder Palestine Minister. International Solidarity Movement “It was International Human Rights Day and we were going to plant olive trees in Turmusaya, on Palestinian land close to an illegal settlement outpost. We were completely non-violent but Israeli soldiers had gathered and made a line blocking us from the land, not allowing anyone to pass
nd. My fellow activist Rick Hohensee, different Causes than mine, but tremendous commitment, watched my stuff so I could go into the House Office Building on Capitol Hill to use the restroom which I badly needed to do. Of course there are guard stations inside every entrance. I respect the boundaries with the police and I am warmly respectful but make no effort to go beyond that. With very few exceptions the Capitol Police are very professional, and very nice human beings. I did not recognize these officers. Upon exiting I gave them a warm hope that they enjoyed the holidays. As I was walking out I heard one of the officers calling after me, so I turned and went back so I could hear. What is that flag, he asked looking at my hat? Palestine I said. Oh, that's excellent, he said knowingly and approvingly.
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article. Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinian schoolgirl
Not guilty. The Israeli captain who emptied his rifle into a Palestinian schoolgirl
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/16/israel2?CMP=share_btn_fb
***** (WOW. Maybe there IS a God.) We’re in the midst of a sea change in the American mainstream’s treatment of the conflict. US media are beginning to reflect the awareness that the two-state solution is over and that violence around Jerusalem and the West Bank is caused by occupation and fostered by rightwing intolerance inside Israeli political culture– the “nightmare” of greater Israel - See more at: http://mondoweiss.net/2014/12/nightmare-brings-blumenthal#sthash.MK3fJDfS.dpuf
***** article. Washington Post. In the West Bank, even non-violent protests end in death. The Israelis "don’t want this type of struggle because if there is a non-violent movement it will weaken the occupation," Issa Amro, a Palestinian activist, told Israeli news site +972 magazine on Wednesday. "They say the occupation is there for security, but if the struggle is non-violent then they can no longer justify the occupation." Gabi Lasky, a leftist Israeli attorney who defends human rights activists and is also Tel Aviv city council member, says the protests serve as an illustration of how "the security forces defend the settlers and land thieves" and ignore Palestinian grievances. “Instead of ending the injustice they try and curb and prevent non-violent protests," Lasky tells +972. "In doing so, the security forces use violence against anyone who attempts to realize their most legitimate right — to protest. That’s what happened here. And this time, like in previous incidents, it ended with death.”
pic. The Middle Eastern cab driver just pulled up with a large container of pitted dates, and $5, for me. Touching my heart, deeeeeeeply. It is very cold here, and a wind gusting to 25mph, so I am literally tied in, my feet are tied and knees tied... to keep a sweatshirt around my feet, and a blanket around my legs. As he lovingly handed the plastic bag out of the window I had to say, "I'm sorry, I can't take it! I'm literally 'tied in.' Very unlikely he could have envisioned what I meant. The light was green to oncoming traffic, so he was at risk of a $100 ticket for 'standing' there to get the bag to me. There was a group of 5 in business suits, and such, waiting to cross, just to my left, including one in his 60's, silver hair, may have been a congress person. What I stand against, Israel's 67 year Terrorist attack on Palestine... is THE MOST POLITICALLY DEADLY ISSUE IN WASHINGTON, and surely all 5 standing next to me knew this. Thinking only of the cabbie I said to the group, 'Would one of you please get that bag for me?' It was easy to see in the hands of the cabbie. The silver haired man stepped over, retrieved the bag, and handed it to me. "Thank you so much friend, Thank you very much," I said sincerely, and appreciatively. I got sweet dates, and he got increased difficulty in looking away from the Terrorism by Israel that the entire US is funding.
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