“There are things we South Africans recognize in the Palestinian struggle for national self- determination and human rights. The repressed are demonized as terrorists to justify ever-greater violations of their rights. We have the absurdity that the victims are blamed for the violence meted out against them. Both apartheid and Israel are prime examples of…
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Sunday September 16, 2007 The Observer The man once regarded as the world’s most powerful banker has bluntly declared that the Iraq war was ‘largely’ about oil. Appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 and retired last year after serving four presidents, Alan Greenspan has been the leading Republican economist for a generation and his utterings…
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Independent: 24 November 2007 So where do we go from here? I am talking into blackness because there is no electricity in Beirut. And everyone, of course, is frightened. A president was supposed to be elected today. He was not elected. The corniche outside my home is empty. No one wants to walk beside the sea.…
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Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti Apartheid Wall Campaign, December 8th, 2007 Nine families from around Bethlehem are to be made homeless after Occupation forces this week issued them with notice that their homes are to be demolished. The Occupation also announced the construction of 307 units in the nearby Har Homa settlement, which pushes up…
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“The Defense Ministry on Thursday started setting up a special passage into Bethlehem to be used by Christian pilgrims before and during Christmas, following an official request made by Tony Blair, the Quartet’s special envoy to the Middle East. Blair raised the issue during his last meeting with Defense Minister Ehud Barak. He said that…
“We don’t think we need a lot of changes.” Tony Blair, spokesman for the Quartet On his personal website, Tony Blair has urged more people to support the Palestinian economy by visiting the sites of the Holy Land and staying in cities like Bethlehem. “Bethlehem is safe and a great place to visit. Everyone who…
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