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Choosing Occupation Over Security
For as long as Israel’s military occupation continues, Israelis and Palestinians will continue to die, the latter in significantly higher numbers. Israelis have to choose between the military occupation and security. They simply cannot have both, naturally.
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Israeli “Justice”
When an Israeli kills a Palestinian, he gets a slap on the wrist. When a Palestinian kills an Israeli, all Palestinians are made to suffer.
Finkelstein on Palestine
I posted this quote from the fearless Normal Finkelstein a couple years ago. Unfortunately, it still rings true: “In war parents bury their kids. In peace kids bury their parents. In Gaza, Israel buries whole families under the rubble.”
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One Palestinian child has been killed by Israel every 3 days for the past 13 years
Middle East Monitor: Official statistics from the Ministry of Information in Ramallah have revealed that 1,518 Palestinian children were killed by Israel’s occupation forces from the outbreak of the second Intifada in September 2000 up to April 2013. That’s the … Continue reading
Video: Israeli Settlements Explained
Here is an awesomely made informative short video on illegal Israeli settlements in the remainder of Palestine.
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VOA Interview regarding “The Saudi Roots of Today’s Shi’ite-Sunni War”
Here’s a very brief interview regarding my article “The Saudi Roots of Today’s Shi’ite-Sunni War” at Voice of America. Please excuse the accent.
The Saudi Roots of Today’s Shi’ite-Sunni War
My latest piece at The Huffington Post: The rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and its fervent anti-Shi’ite worldview has once again sparked the debate about the “age-old” conflict between Shi’ites and Sunnis with countless “experts” … Continue reading
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AbuKhalil: The US and the Iraq question: Let the blame fall on one man, provided he is not an American
Al-Akhbar English: It is rather stunning to watch pundits in the US analyze the situation in Iraq. Imperial hubris prevails in all the discourse by Democrats and Republicans alike. The answer to the problems of Iraq has been simple: Nouri … Continue reading
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Neocons are Back!
Have you noticed that all those neo con leaders (Wolfowitz, McCain, Kristol, etc) who led us to war in Iraq in ’03–a war based on lies that ultimately laid the foundation for ISIS–are now back on TV screens offering their … Continue reading
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Tony Blair’s and ISIS’s Roots
ISIS has announced with pride the execution of 1700 Iraqis, presumably most or all Shi’ites. Reports indicate that those Sunni soldiers captured were released. Ayatollah Sistani, the highest ranking Shi’ite cleric in the world, has issued a call to arms … Continue reading
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s March
There is much to say about the recent news from Iraq but perhaps the most mind-blowing aspect of ISIL/ISIS and its recent gains in Iraq is the group’s declaration that the Sykes-Picot agreement is null and void. The Sykes-Picot agreement … Continue reading
CNN Video: 2 Palestinian boys shot dead
The recent shooting death of 2 Palestinian boys is not the exception, but the norm in the Occupied Territories where there’s a supposed “ceasefire” in place. The meaning of a ceasefire for the Palestinians under occupation effectively means that Israel … Continue reading
The Twisted Logic of Occupation
“We [Palestinians] are the only people on Earth asked to guarantee the security of our occupier… while Israel is the only country that calls for defense from its victims…” It’s funny because I can already read the response of Zionists … Continue reading
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Learning to Fight Like an American at the FSA Training Camp in Jordan
Here’s the article I mentioned a couple days ago: “I do not want to mention my name,†said a 20-year-old Free Syrian Army fighter, “because the camp we practiced in was highly classified.†So classified, in fact, that the CIA—which … Continue reading
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