8,598 posts tagged Palestine
SubscribeDoodle: Yom Haatzmaut
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A Jewish American Speaks for Palestinian Rights
http://www.faithfullyliberal.com/ ?p=1035I hadn’t heard of Anna Baltzer until I was approached by a group in Lompoc, CA (Lompoc Coalition for Peace and Justice) that is bringing her to town to speak on the Palestinian situation. Being that I not only pastor a Lompoc church, but also write a column in the local paper, I agreed to meet with the planners — and interview Anna, if she was open to it.
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Palestine Remembered
http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ palestine-remembered/Records of refugee camps, photographs from the nineteenth century to the present, oral history at http://www.palestineremembered.com/. Use with care.
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Thousands Show Support of Jimmy Carter’s Peace Efforts
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/ blog/ ?p=339Thousands Show Support of Jimmy Carter’s Peace Efforts May 9th, 2008 The right-wing spin machine would have you believe that former President Carter only represented himself when he went to the Middle East, and met with Hamas leaders in efforts to challenge the destructive Bush Administration policy
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refugeeHood: the inheritance
http://sabbah.biz/ mt/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ refugeehood-the-inheritance/Palestinian youth in the Dheisheh refugee camp talk about what it means to them to be a refugee, their identities and hopes for the future. Video source: ibdaa194.org ShareThis
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British Apology to Palestinians
http://sabbah.biz/ mt/ archives/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ british-apology-palestinians/Scottish effort to issue a British apology to the Palestinian people for Balfour. Please make the effort to sign the Petition. Balfour Declaration and the rights of the Palestinian People Raised by: Mr Gerald Quin on 15 April 2008 Petition by Gerald Quin calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge
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Idiot spotting in Berkeley
http://jcrue.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ idiot-spotting-in-berkeley/Idiot spotting in Berkeley 9 05 2008 Zombie does it again: Palestinian Checkpoint on the U.C. Berkeley Campus Too bad no one showed up with a fake suicide bomb to make the scene complete - you know, something along the lines of a ketchup and lunch meat device so everyone gets to play make-believe in a more realistic fashion.
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Nakba 60
http://davidderrick.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ nakba-60/Global event calendar: http://www.badil.org/Publications/badil-nakba-60-info-packet/events.htm
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Burying the Lede
http://bloodthirstyliberal.com/ ?p=5944The candles are lit, the knife is poised to slice the cake—and CNN has to cut the cheese: A clash between Arab protesters and police, and a paratrooper’s crash-landing during a ceremonial jump marred Israel’s 60th independence day festivities Thursday.
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Mark the 60th - Plant Justice
http://shalomrav.wordpress.com/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ mark-the-60th-plant-justice/You shall further instruct the Israelites to bring you clear oil of beaten olives for lighting, for kindling lamps regularly — Leviticus 27:20 As we generally tend to regard the olive as a symbol of peace and tranquility, it is rather jarring to read in this week’s Torah portion, Parashat Emor, that only “beaten olives” were considered fit for lighting the lamps in the Tent of Meeting.
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The reality of Palestinian-Israeli history
http://wilsonsalmanac.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ reality-of-palestinian-israeli-his…From Brasscheck TV comes Sands of Sorrow, a 1950 documentary about the plight of Palestinian refugees. "There is an astonishing amount of ignorance about the basic facts of the so-called Arab-Israeli conflict.