Category Archives: Palestine

Israeli Defense Minister Threatens Palestinians with ‘Holocaust’

Posted on March 1, 2008 by iPouya

Deputy Israeli Defence Minister Matan Vilnai said today the Palestinians would bring on themselves a “bigger holocaust” by stepping up rocket attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip. Israeli air strikes on the coastal territory, controlled by Hamas, have killed … Continue reading →

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George Habash

Posted on February 2, 2008 by iPouya

Professor AbuKhalil’s ode to history.

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Def Poetry Jam

Posted on January 15, 2008 by iPouya

Suheir Hammad

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Just a friendly reminder…

Posted on January 13, 2008 by iPouya

that this blog is still against the occupation in Palestine.

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Annapolis

Posted on December 1, 2007 by iPouya

So rejectionists like Benyamin Netanyahu and his right wing cheerleading bloggers have decided that the new conference is just another forum where Israel will offer one-sided concessions only to have them rejected by the warmongering Palestinians; that Israel offered the … Continue reading →

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Excerpt

Posted on October 21, 2007 by iPouya

A personal account from Sara Roy’s Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: “One story that my aunt Frania has always insisted on telling me took place when she and my mother were in the Auschowitz concentration camp: ‘Where I … Continue reading →

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Recent Read…

Posted on October 19, 2007 by iPouya

I’ve been reading relevant chapters of Sara Roy’s Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and I’m convinced it’s one of the best books out there on the conflict. Dr. Roy is a Jew herself whose parents are Holocaust survivors … Continue reading →

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Recent reads…

Posted on October 6, 2007 by iPouya

I just got done reading Juan Cole’s Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East, and I thought it was very interesting that Napoleon invaded Egypt under the premise that he was going to liberate Egypt from the tyranny of the Ottoman … Continue reading →

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Occupation 101

Posted on October 4, 2007 by iPouya

I first saw the trailer to this documentary film in the spring of 2002. I have been waiting for its release ever since. I finally saw it tonight at the Harvard Law School.  I’ve seen many documentaries on the military … Continue reading →

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The Right of Return… not for the Palestinians…

Posted on September 12, 2007 by iPouya

You like how closet Russian neo-Nazis can become Israeli citizens because of a distant familial connection to Judaism, but Palestinians whose ancestry dates back centuries in Palestine and were expelled in 1948 cannot come back to what is now Israel … Continue reading →

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West Bank Village Hails Victory

Posted on September 6, 2007 by iPouya

BBC: The Bilin Popular Committee meets on Wednesday night to plan the next step in a campaign that turned this Palestinian farming community into a symbol of unarmed resistance against the Israeli occupation. Thousands of Palestinian, Israeli and foreign activists … Continue reading →

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