Shoah Museum of Na’alin

A quite remarkable story about the establishment of a holocaust museum in the Palestinian village of Na’alin. Na’alin has been the centre of the struggle against the Apartheid Wall. But then it has always been the case that it is the oppressed who are able to reach out and understand and the oppressor who can…

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“Israel is an apartheid state.” Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd

Ronnie Kassrils was the only Jewish member of the last South African government and its most ardent anti-Zionist. This is an address he gave for “Israel Apartheid Week”Ronnie Kasrils fought for decades against apartheid in his South African homeland, and with victory served in the governments of Nelson Mandela, and later Thabo Mbeki. He is…

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US interrogators may have killed

US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say By John ByrneRaw Story, May 6, 2009 United States interrogators killed nearly four dozen detainees during or after their interrogations, according a report published by a human rights researcher based on a Human Rights First report and followup investigations. In all, 98…

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Sick Nazi-style Video Posted by Israeli Border Guards

Israel’s notorious Border Guards, posted a number of videos some months ago on U-Tube. They have only just come to light. The one below shows a Palestinian being forced to hit himself as the border guards enjoy his humiliation. The image that comes to mind is that of Vienna’s Jews being forced to sweep the…

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UNISON REAFFIRMS BOYCOTT

For the second time in 3 years, the National Conference of UNISON, Britain’s second largest trade union, has voted to support a Boycott of Israel, as well as demanding a removal of all settlements and the demolition of the Apartheid Wall. The salient parts of the motion are below: ‘Conference reiterates its belief that a…

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Iran – the Revolution in Waiting

Below is an interesting analysis, from the perspective of the Israeli secret service, into what is happening in Iran. My own take on what is not dissimilar. The question is whether the present, youthful, student demonstrations can trigger a response in the Iranian working class and the poor. If that is the case then we…

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The Torture of Palestinian Children

Is there anything more abhorrent than the torture of children? Yet this Nazi-like practice is now adopted by Israel, with its ‘independent’ judicial system turning its usual blind eye to what is happening. Of course if this was happening to Jewish children then they would intervene immediately and world leaders would queue up to condemn…

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The Political Death of a Hideous Creature

New Labours Death Agony Twelve years ago, I wrote a pamphlet ‘The Noble Sayings of Lord Bassam’. Lord Bassam was a minor star in the New Labour firmament, one of those people who were willing to junk all they had professed to believe in for the same of personal advancement. Principle was not a word…

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