Make my day, Benny Boy

Rebel Newsflash: Make my day, Benny Boy (plus 43 more items)

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• Make my day, Benny Boy
• The Tribe, the Outsider and the Scapegoat
• The Unrivaled Legacy of Avicenna
• The Grinch Who Stole Conservatism
• GOP Blank Check for War?
• Mad Maxine's Minority Fat-Cat Bankers
• "Gaza is a man-made crisis"
• Israel destroys Bedouin village, again
• Scores injured in explosions, Israeli attacks on Gaza
• Israel's siege on freedoms
• Learn About Israeli Crimes Just 3 Years After The Liberation Of Auschwitz
• Missing the forest
• International solidarity under attack
• South Africa's lessons for Gaza
• Oliver Stone Apologizes for Truth
• Israeli rabbi preaches slaughter of non-Jews
• Hamas "morality" campaign restricts civil liberties in Gaza
• Al-Quds University flouts own academic boycott
• Expose Senator Schumer and Israeli Terrorism!
• Race is More than Skin Color!
• "Protocols of Zion" – Damage Control
• Activists work to stop tax-exempt donations to Israeli settlements
• Truth, History and Integrity
• US tax-exempt donations fund Israeli settlements
• Saturday: 46 Iraqis Killed, 213 Wounded
• HAARP: Secret Weapon Used For Weather Modification, Electromagnetic Warfare – Videos
• 'Major George' Accused of Running Israel's Abu Ghraib
• Scientists Deeply Concerned About BP Disaster's Long-Term Impact
• Gulf Residents Likely Face Decades of Psychological Impact From BP's Oil Disaster
• Affirmative Action is Racist !!
• Civil Rights for White People?
• Zionist Racist Rachel Maddow and Rand Paul
• The Racial Supremacist State of Israel
• Probe into flotilla killings met with skepticism
• Why is Obama moving to fund Israel's Iron Dome project?
• Who will take out the garbage if our courts of justice won't punish war crimes?
• Nuke U
• The Sorrow of Empire
• Uribe's appointment to flotilla probe guarantees its failure
• Sean Penn Doesn't Trust Wyclef, Ms. O's Trip to Spain, and Jen Flatters Babs
• Friday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 29 Wounded
• Under Siege: On Emma Williams
• Book review: Palestine brought to life in "Behind the Wall"
• Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh: Bridge Experience

Make my day, Benny Boy Posted: 09 Aug 2010 06:59 AM PDT Yom Kippur is coming up, an important Goyim-slaughterfest on the Jewish calendar, and you must be itching to let your subservient American attack dogs loose on those anti-Semitic Iranians, the last remaining hurdle standing in the way of the century old Zionist dream of a Greater Israel. Knowing you, their name alone, Iranians, is sufficient reason for you to completely annihilate them. Not that you would sacrifice too many Jewish soldiers for that noble task. Why should you put your re-election at risk, if you can make those stupid Americans die for you?! You will only send Israeli soldiers on combat missions if there is virtually no risk for their life, because the enemy is much or less unarmed, or because you were able to bribe the right people in charge of the enemy defense.

The Tribe, the Outsider and the Scapegoat Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:45 AM PDT The leftist Mommy State now growing like a cancer in the U.S. wants to force all the boys and girls to share and get along. That may sort of work with five-year-olds, although not very well as any parent will attest, but it doesn't work at all with adults. These days, forcing the boys and girls to "share" and "get along" is called "multiculturalism." It has never worked in the past, anywhere. It doesn't work now, anywhere, and it won't in the future, ever. There are many reasons why it doesn't work, but I think the simplest is what I call the Tribe, the Outsider and the Scapegoat.

The Unrivaled Legacy of Avicenna Posted: 07 Aug 2010 07:24 PM PDT Historically, Iran has been a land of prominent, influential figures in science, letters, arts and literature whose impact on the global civilization will remain in place forever. Throughout its ancient history, Iran has introduced numerous people to the world who have been among the most impressive, notable and valuable figures in their own field of expertise.

The Grinch Who Stole Conservatism Posted: 07 Aug 2010 04:06 PM PDT The GOP is frantically searching for the person who will lead them to the Promised Land (translate: White House) in 2012. Barack Obama is leaving a death stench so heavy that even most of the political allies in his own party are asking him to stay away from their reelection campaigns. You gotta give it to Obama: he has done in one term what most Presidents cannot accomplish until their second (lame duck) term. The problem is, the GOP just can't seem to find their Moses (or even their Ronald Reagan). That means, as far fetched as it sounds now, Obama has a good chance of being reelected. And, once again, when any Democrat candidate for President wins, the GOP will have no one to blame but themselves. 2012 could be another example.

GOP Blank Check for War? Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:37 PM PDT High among the blunders of history was the "blank cheque" Kaiser Wilhelm gave Vienna, after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, to deal with the Serbs as they saw fit. Five weeks later, Vienna cashed the check and declared war, after Belgrade refused to submit to all 10 demands of an ultimatum. Russia mobilized; Germany and France followed. And war came, the bloodiest in all of European history with 9 million soldiers in their graves.

Mad Maxine's Minority Fat-Cat Bankers Posted: 07 Aug 2010 02:31 PM PDT Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of California is notorious for her high-decibel rants against corporate executives and career exploitation of identity politics. Class warfare and racial division are her two-decade-long stock and trade. She would normally be first in line (and in front of the cameras) to lambaste the very kind of Porsche-driving, luxury beach house-partying bank officials who begged her for a government handout. If they were white, that is.

"Gaza is a man-made crisis" Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:52 PM PDT The quality of life, the economy and food security for Palestinians living in Gaza have been severely impaired by Israel's strict four-year blockade, according to the UN. Israel says its closure regime is designed to protect Israeli citizens from attacks by militants in Gaza. Hamas, the ruling group in Gaza, says Israel's blockade is aimed at undermining its rule.

Israel destroys Bedouin village, again Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:03 PM PDT Bulldozers returned to the village of al-Araqib in the northern Negev on Wednesday, 4 August, and demolished approximately ten new structures residents and supporters had built a week after Israeli forces completely destroyed the village on 27 July. Hundreds of Bedouin Palestinians, who hold Israeli citizenship, were made homeless last week after Israeli police, supported by bulldozers, helicopters and busloads of cheering Israeli civilians, razed the entire village to the ground. Investigative journalist Max Blumenthal revealed that not only were Israeli civilians brought in busloads to inspirit the destruction of al-Araqib on 27 July, but Israeli youth were employed by a private security outsourcing firm to physically assist in the ethnic cleansing project itself ("A Tale of Two Summer Camps and One Dark Future, 3 August 2010).

Scores injured in explosions, Israeli attacks on Gaza Posted: 07 Aug 2010 12:41 PM PDT Israeli airstikes killed a Palestinian resistance activist and wounded another early Wednesday morning 4 August, east of Khan Younis in the occupied Gaza Strip, reports Reuters, citing Palestinian medical sources. This latest attack comes on the heels of five days of Israeli missile strikes, Palestinian rocket fire and other explosions that have injured dozens and killed one leader of the armed wing of Hamas. Tens of Palestinians were injured in a massive explosion on Monday, 2 August in the refugee camp of Deir al-Balah in the south of the occupied Gaza Strip. The Electronic Intifada originally stated, using reports from Ma'an news agency in the West Bank which referred to Palestinian medical sources, that the blast was caused by Israeli missile strikes. However recent reports by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) indicate that "there are reasons to suspect that the explosion was coming from inside the house and occurred for no apparent reason ... Internal explosions occurred in the past in houses amidst densely populated areas, because of mistakes in manufacturing, bad storage of bombs or other reasons, which caused many fatalities among civilians and destroyed houses" ("PCHR Calls for Investigations into Injury of 58 Palestinians ...").

Israel's siege on freedoms Posted: 07 Aug 2010 12:19 PM PDT It's three years since I've been back to Gaza. Much has happened since my last visit. Fatah waged a failed coup and now rules only the West Bank, while Hamas is in charge of Gaza. Israel launched its deadly Cast Lead assault. Fuel shortages. Electricity crises. And so on. I needed to regain perspective. So I walked and I talked and I listened. I went to the beach where women -- skinny jeans and all -- were smoking water pipes, swimming and generally having a good time, irrespective of the purported Hamas ban on women smoking sheesha.

Learn About Israeli Crimes Just 3 Years After The Liberation Of Auschwitz Posted: 07 Aug 2010 11:25 AM PDT You may learn also about freedom of speech and freedom of expression in the so-called 'only democracy' in the Middle East.

Missing the forest Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:17 AM PDT Sometimes you really can't see the forest for the trees. The forest of political, governmental and institutional racism in Israel is dark and deep. One particular tree in that forest happens to have Israelis all riled up: The state's handling of the children of migrant workers. In the shade of a nearby tree is the state's handling of these children's parents, but this excites the Israelis somewhat less. And there are many other poisonous trees in the forest: Citizenship laws, loyalty laws, conversion laws, the razing of Bedouin villages in the Negev and even the story of the Arab delivery man who was convicted of rape for pretending to be a Jew. Each one galvanized parts of society into action, and this is well and good; but few see the big picture, and the big picture is several times worse than the sum of its components.

International solidarity under attack Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:13 AM PDT From small beginnings and with few resources, the international movement in solidarity with the Palestinians has grown into a force that Israel perceives as a major threat. The assault on the Gaza aid flotilla was a lethal escalation in what has become an increasingly bitter campaign against that movement, whose constituents now range from dockworkers in South Africa refusing to offload Israeli goods to students at Berkeley demanding divestment.

South Africa's lessons for Gaza Posted: 07 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT The Palestinian national movement has overlooked this question: does the Gaza Strip resemble the racist Bantustans of apartheid South Africa? During the apartheid era, South Africa's black population was kept in isolation and without political and civil rights. Is Gaza similar? The answer is yes and no. What is apartheid? As defined by the 1973 United Nations convention, apartheid is a policy of racial or ethnic segregation founded on a set of discriminatory practices that favor a specific group in order to ensure its racial supremacy over another group ("International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the crime of Apartheid," 30 November 1973). In Israel, institutionalized racial discrimination is unequivocally founded on ensuring the primacy of a group of Jewish settlers over the Palestinian Arabs. When comparing the applications of the apartheid policy, it is difficult to identify any differences between white rule in South Africa and its Israeli counterpart in Palestine in terms of the segregation and designation of certain areas to Israeli Jews and others to the Arabs, the delineation of certain laws and privileges for Jews and a discriminatory set of laws that apply only to Palestinians.

Oliver Stone Apologizes for Truth Posted: 07 Aug 2010 09:23 AM PDT Oliver Stone is forced to apologize for telling the truth about the Jewish domination of the media and the foreign policy of the United States.The fact that Jewish media moguls like Haim Saban have mounted a campaign against him is just one more verification that what he said was absolutely true.

Israeli rabbi preaches slaughter of non-Jews Posted: 07 Aug 2010 09:02 AM PDT A rabbi from one of the most violent settlements in the West Bank was questioned on suspicion of incitement last week as Israeli police stepped up their investigation into a book in which he sanctions the killing of non-Jews, including children and babies. Rabbi Yitzhak Shapira is one of the leading ideologues of the extreme wing of the religious settler movement. He is known to be a champion of the "price-tag" policy of reprisal attacks on Palestinians, including punishing them for attempts by officials to enforce Israeli law against the settlements.

Hamas "morality" campaign restricts civil liberties in Gaza Posted: 07 Aug 2010 08:55 AM PDT Gazans are caught between a rock and a hard place. While Israel continues to apply a crippling siege on the coastal territory, Gaza's Hamas government is cracking down on civil and political liberties in what appears to be a campaign to slowly Islamicize Gaza. Last week detectives from Gaza's de facto Hamas government raided several stores and seized clothing which they alleged bore "immoral words." Cotton shirts produced in Gaza City with the slogan "Porn Man Clothing" emblazoned on were confiscated.

Al-Quds University flouts own academic boycott Posted: 07 Aug 2010 08:22 AM PDT Al-Quds University is maintaining a joint Israeli-Palestinian master's degree program with Haifa, Hebrew and Tel Aviv universities, despite a decision taken by its own University Council in February 2009 to distance itself from Israeli academic institutions. "[The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, PACBI] views this joint Palestinian-Israeli academic project as a clear violation of the Palestinian criteria for the academic boycott of Israel, which are widely supported by Palestinian civil society," Omar Barghouti, a founding member of PACBI and the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign, told The Electronic Intifada.

Expose Senator Schumer and Israeli Terrorism! Posted: 07 Aug 2010 08:08 AM PDT Dr. David Duke exposes Senator Chuck Schumer's support of Israeli terrorism. David Duke shows how Sen. Schumer is clearly guilty of violation of the Patriot Act and should be indicted under its provisions. The former member of the House of Representatives in Louisiana also shows how the extremist Zionists have so much power in American media and politics Israel can practically get away with anything. Murdering thousands of men, women and children, mass torture, ethnic cleansing, massacres such as Sabra and Shatilla, shooting down a civilian airliner, the peace flotilla murders, and even terrorist acts against the United States!

Race is More than Skin Color! Posted: 07 Aug 2010 07:01 AM PDT Dr. David Duke explains the scientific evidence that shows there are indeed real differences among races that are far deeper than the color of skin. He says these differences should be celebrated and ignoring them and pretending their are no difference leads to human conflict and hatreds rather than peace and understanding.

"Protocols of Zion" – Damage Control Posted: 07 Aug 2010 07:00 AM PDT Mankind is slipping into a permanent coma according to a diabolical plan that has been public knowledge for over a century. When The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" were leaked in the 1890's, Masonic Jewish bankers did effective damage control. They tricked the gullible goyim into believing it was a "forgery" written by "anti-Semites."

Activists work to stop tax-exempt donations to Israeli settlements Posted: 07 Aug 2010 06:48 AM PDT As Israel's illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank continues to be a strain on US-Israel relations, an unflattering light is being shone on US private donations towards the development of the settlements that are increasingly encroaching on Palestinian land. Most of the construction work in the settlements is in the hands of American, Canadian and European developers. Much of the money needed for settlement development comes from private American donations. It is estimated that tens of millions of dollars reach the settlements in the form of charity, contributions that by virtue of their philanthropic nature enjoy tax-exempt status under the US' Internal Revenue Code.

Truth, History and Integrity Posted: 07 Aug 2010 06:22 AM PDT Back in 2007 the notorious American Jewish right-wing organization, the ADL (Anti-Defamation League) announced that it recognised the events in which an estimated 1.5 million Armenians were massacred as "genocide." The ADL's national director, Abraham Foxman, insisted that he made the decision after discussing the matter with 'historians'. For some reason he failed to mention who the historians were, nor did he refer to their credibility or field of scholarship. However, Foxman also consulted with one holocaust survivor who supported the decision.  It was Elie Wiesel, not known for being a leading world expert on the Armenian ordeal.

US tax-exempt donations fund Israeli settlements Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:58 AM PDT Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the US are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the occupied Palestinian West Bank -- in flagrant violation of international law. This is happening under the nose of the US administration despite its claims of support for a two-state solution and criticism of Israel's continued settlement building.

Saturday: 46 Iraqis Killed, 213 Wounded Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:58 AM PDT Explosions from an unknown source left casualties in Basra where police were already expecting large demonstrations. At least 46 Iraqis were killed and 213 more were wounded there and elsewhere. Meanwhile, U.S. forces have officially handed over control of combat operations to their Iraqi counterparts. Also, British special forces are under investigation prisoner abuse. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki admitted his reluctance to give up the premiership is part of the deadlock preventing the formation of the new government.

HAARP: Secret Weapon Used For Weather Modification, Electromagnetic Warfare – Videos Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:27 AM PDT HAARP (High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is a little-known, yet critically important U.S. military defense program which has generated quite a bit of controversy over the years in certain circles. Though denied by HAARP officials, some respected researchers allege that secret electromagnetic warfare capabilities of HAARP are designed to forward the US military's stated goal of achieving full-spectrum dominance by the year 2020. Others go so far as to claim that HAARP can and has been used for weather modification, to cause earthquakes and tsunamis, to disrupt global communications systems, and more.

'Major George' Accused of Running Israel's Abu Ghraib Posted: 07 Aug 2010 05:04 AM PDT A police officer known as 'Major George' who is accused of torturing Arab prisoners in his previous role as chief interrogator in a secret military jail has been appointed to oversee relations with Jerusalem's Palestinian population, it has emerged. The decision has been greeted with stunned disbelief from human rights groups, who say unresolved allegations against Major George that he brutally abused Arab prisoners for many years should disqualify him from such a sensitive post.

Scientists Deeply Concerned About BP Disaster's Long-Term Impact Posted: 07 Aug 2010 04:52 AM PDT Contrary to recent media reports of a quick recovery in the Gulf of Mexico, scientists and biologists are "deeply concerned" about impacts that will likely span "several decades." "My prediction is that we will be dealing with the impacts of this spill for several decades to come and it will outlive me," Dr. Ed Cake, a Biological Oceanographer, as well as a Marine and Oyster Biologist, told IPS, "I won't be here to see the recovery."

Gulf Residents Likely Face Decades of Psychological Impact From BP's Oil Disaster Posted: 07 Aug 2010 04:34 AM PDT While the devastating ecological impacts of BP's oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico are obvious, the less visible but also long-lasting psychological, community and personal impacts could be worse, according to social scientists, psychologists and psychiatrists. "People are becoming more and more hopeless and feeling helpless," Dr. Arwen Podesta, a psychiatrist at Tulane University in New Orleans told Truthout. "They are feeling frantic and overwhelmed. This is worse than [Hurricane] Katrina. There is already more post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and more problems with domestic violence, threats of suicide and alcohol and drugs."

Affirmative Action is Racist !! Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:16 AM PDT Affirmative action IS racist! This video proves that affirmative action is nothing more than a nice-sounding word for massive racial discrimination against White people. Dr. Duke exposes the media for its own racism and discriminatory practices. He shows how the top universities in America discriminate against Whites.

Civil Rights for White People? Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:12 AM PDT Dr. David Duke shows in this video how White people have lost their rights in the United States." Affirmative Action" and "Diversity Programs" are nothing more than nice sounding monikers for racial discrimination. Dr. Duke also shows how Slavery is used to used to justify discrimination against White people when the historical fact is that less than 1 percent of White people every had slaves. There is actually more likelihood of an African American have direct ancestors who owned Black slaves than a White person having a direct ancestor who owned slaves. Dr. Duke shows how racially discrimination programs against better-qualified Whites represent the REAL RACISM going on in America, and it is against European Americans.

Zionist Racist Rachel Maddow and Rand Paul Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:05 AM PDT The disgusting hypocrisy of the Zionist media in America that attacks and condemns European Americans for ethnic discrimination, and then supports ethnic cleansing, mass murder of terrorism against their enemies. Also, covered here is the craven weakness of politicians such as Rand Paul who doesn't dare to expose this double standard.

The Racial Supremacist State of Israel Posted: 07 Aug 2010 03:04 AM PDT Are the Jews a Race or a Religion? Leading Jews actually define themselves as a race, and mainstream Jewish as well as Israeli authorities say that they are a distinct people with a distinct genetic character. This video exposes the Racial Supremacist State of Israel in their own words and laws, and it also exposes the media coverup of Israeli racism in both America and Europe!

Probe into flotilla killings met with skepticism Posted: 07 Aug 2010 01:33 AM PDT Despite initial misgivings, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon received the tacit approval of the Israeli government to establish an international panel to probe the widely-condemned killings of nine Turkish civilians onboard a flotilla of ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza last May. "This is an unprecedented development," Ban said Monday, virtually patting himself on the back.

Why is Obama moving to fund Israel's Iron Dome project? Posted: 06 Aug 2010 11:15 PM PDT On 16 July 2010, US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro laid out the Obama Administration's policy on strategic cooperation between the US and Israel in a speech at the Brookings Institution's Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington. Shapiro, referring to the "rocket threats from Hizballah and Hamas" that represent a "daily concern for ordinary Israelis living in border towns such as Sderot," noted that earlier this year, President Obama "asked Congress to authorize $205 million to support the production of an Israeli-developed short range rocket defense system called Iron Dome."

Who will take out the garbage if our courts of justice won't punish war crimes? Posted: 06 Aug 2010 07:51 PM PDT But somebody called "Ellie" writing on Medialens has put a damper on this happy prospect. She explained the difficulties in bringing the scum to book. One of the things the British government wants to do, she said, is "stop the possibility of private prosecutions for (international) crimes committed by foreign nationals, so that friendly war criminals can continue to sup tea in Buckingham Palace".

Nuke U Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:00 PM PDT On my way to the Los Alamos National Laboratory a few years ago, I found it listed in a New Mexico phone book — under "University of California." Since the early 1940s, UC has managed the nation's top laboratories for designing nuclear bombs. Today, California's public university system is still immersed in the nuclear weapons business.

The Sorrow of Empire Posted: 06 Aug 2010 06:00 PM PDT "In the decade following the end of the Cold War," wrote Chalmers Johnson in his 2000 book Blowback , "the United States largely abandoned a reliance on diplomacy, economic aid, international law, and multilateral institutions in carrying out its foreign policies and resorted much of the time to bluster, military force, and financial manipulation." They were certain to produce consequences, Johnson claimed. And so they did, on a September morning a year later, when jihadists previously sponsored by the U.S. in Afghanistan and Bosnia turned their sights on America. Long before Rahm Emanuel, governments knew how to use a crisis to seize more power . September 11 was followed by an explosive growth of bureaucracy at home, and increased belligerence abroad. Afghanistan was originally invaded to capture Osama bin Laden; though he hasn't been seen in years , American and NATO troops are still here, and the Taliban — once believed defeated — is back and stronger than ever. The invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent occupation was sold to the American public as a pre-emptive attack against a government in possession of weapons of mass destruction and willing to share them with terrorists. When it became obvious that the WMD story was one colossal hoax, the Emperor's only reaction was a shrug and "So what?"

Uribe's appointment to flotilla probe guarantees its failure Posted: 06 Aug 2010 12:34 PM PDT At the beginning of this month the Israeli government announced it would cooperate with one out of two international UN-sponsored investigation commissions into the 31 May Gaza Freedom Flotilla massacre, a move which UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon claimed was "unprecedented." However, the details of this commission and who will take part in it -- particularly the notorious outgoing president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez -- cast doubt over its impartiality.

Sean Penn Doesn't Trust Wyclef, Ms. O's Trip to Spain, and Jen Flatters Babs Posted: 06 Aug 2010 07:21 AM PDT August is in full swing and it's the Hottest Summer on record, Ever, so anyone who's anyone is either on a boat, up in the air, or two feet from a beach. The First Lady is no exception—she's been vacationing in Spain this week with nine-year-old daughter Sasha. Not everyone welcomed America's first lady to Marbella with open arms, however, as some residents were complaining over special treatment for the Obamas and their 70 Secret Service agents. Apparently, roads were paved and one local beach closed to the public in case Michelle and Sasha wanted to take a swim. Also seen out in Spain this week were Princess Letizia and daughters Leonor and Sofia. The adorable trio were spotted in Mallorca before visiting Crown Prince Felipe during his yachting competition. Somehow, reading about others' vacations isn't as depressing when they look so happy. Is it too much to ask for a play date with the Obamas?

Friday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 29 Wounded Posted: 06 Aug 2010 05:52 AM PDT A rash of attacks in Baghdad today highlighted a trend towards attacking vulnerable traffic policemen. At least seven Iraqis were killed and 29 more were wounded in those and other attacks In Baghdad. Meanwhile, al-Qaeda is offering to pay Sunnis to return fighting alongside them against the government. Also, the U.N. is reporting that 25 percent of Iraqis live below the poverty line and 30 percent are unemployed.

Under Siege: On Emma Williams Posted: 05 Aug 2010 04:00 PM PDT In October 2000 most of the children invited by Dr. Emma Williams to her son Archie's seventh birthday party failed to turn up. Distance was not the issue, given that her house was only twenty minutes from the French lycée where her two boys were studying. The problem was location. In Jerusalem, living anywhere is a political statement with safety implications. Although Williams had found her rented house by chance when acquaintances moved abroad, her modern two-story villa lay just to the east of the "seam" between Arab and Jewish Jerusalem. The eastern half of Jerusalem was occupied territory, inhabited by Palestinian Arabs and Israeli Jewish settlers. The west side was Israel, where most of her friends and her husband's colleagues lived. When only two parents of the many children in Archie's class allowed their kids to attend his birthday, a journalist whose children stayed away explained to Williams, "You just happen to live on the wrong side of the reality."

Book review: Palestine brought to life in "Behind the Wall" Posted: 05 Aug 2010 11:03 AM PDT Anyone familiar with the work of the Palestinian youth center Lajee in Aida refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem has probably encountered photographer Rich Wiles' work. Wiles' foray into publishing began with a series of books (Dreams of Home, Flying Home, and Our Eyes) produced by the youth of Aida camp, collaborative projects that he facilitated. Behind the Wall: Life, Love, and Struggle in Palestine is his first book published as a solo venture, or at least that is how the book may appear at first glance. However, true to Wiles' collaborative methodology, this is not about his story of living and working in Palestine, but a story about the lives of people he has encountered over the course of the last seven years living in Palestine.

Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh: Bridge Experience Posted: 05 Aug 2010 10:19 AM PDT Not a single day pass without some bad news from Israel...

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