Four Pictures Worth Many Thousand Words
A Vancouver group is targeting the public conscience with an ad campaign to show what has happened to the Palestinian homeland. Unless you’re a Zionist, it’s a pretty disturbing but…
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The U.S. war against democracy in the Middle East
The CIA’s recent public admission that it masterminded the 1953 military coup against Iran’s democratically elected government reminded me once again of the fickle U.S. support for democracy in the…
Nigel Kennedy ‘apartheid’ reference to be censored by BBC: Palestine Strings at the Proms
On August 8 the BBC Proms featured the Palestine Strings in company with world renowned violinist, Nigel Kennedy, and members of his Orchestra of Life. Palestine Strings is made up…
Alice Walker Disinvited By Top US University Over Israel Criticism
The University of Michigan has disinvited Pulitzer-prize winning African-American author Alice Walker as punishment for her progressive views on Israel. The post Alice Walker Disinvited By Top US University Over…
Quebec Mayor Stephane Gendron Hates Israel, Hippies, And Kittens
This time around its his cat hate getting him into trouble: According to reports, Huntingdon, Que., Mayor Stephane Gendron said that he tries to kill stray cats while driving his…
Ehud Olmert called ‘war criminal’ and ‘murderer’ during speech at Woodrow Wilson Center
Former Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert, who authorized operation Cast Lead against the people of Gaza, had his speech interrupted earlier this month at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC.…
George Galloway warns against western intervention in Syria: speech on video
In this speech George Galloway is in top rhetorical form. He takes a few well aimed shots at western hypocrisy, pointing out that while the U.S. et al are allied…
Israeli soldiers testify: powerful new Breaking the Silence videos featuring female ex-soldiers
I’ve posted before about the work of a remarkable site called Breaking the Silence. It features candid video testimonials by former Israeli soldiers about the experience of being the uniformed…
Boycott Apartheid ft M1 (Dead Prez) and Lowkey
The faces in this powerful video represent the millions around the world who are united against Israeli apartheid. The faces represent all of us… the eyes, the ears, the collective…
Stephen Hawking withdraws from Jerusalem conference – backs boycott of Israel
Reknowned British physicist, Stephen Hawking, has withdrawn from a conference scheduled to be held in Jerusalem in June. The conference – Facing Tomorrow – is to be hosted by Israeli…
Google upgrades to ‘Palestine’: on another note – Schmidty sings Israel’s praises oh and Jerusalem Israel’s ‘capital’ according to GoogleMaps
Google has changed the tagline on its homepage in the occupied territories from “Palestinian Territories” to “Palestine.” A Google spokesperson informed BBC that the company had consulted sources and authorities…
Ilan Pappé exposes Zionist mythologies surrounding the creation of Israel: Australian Press Club address
Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian – born in Haifa, son of German-Jewish parents who fled Nazi persecution. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International…
Show us your moxy
The newest agit-POP video from the folks at the Albino Squirrel Vimeo Channel asks Morgan Freeman and CBC Radio host Jian Ghomeshi to stand with Palestinians and consider cancelling an…
Bostonians once supported NorAid and civil rights in N. Ireland: Americans should oppose disastrous US foreign policy
The Irish-Americans of Boston were once a source of support and inspiration for nationalists in the north of Ireland during the dark days of The Troubles. During the hunger strikes…
Israel and Peace in the Middle East
What is the biggest threat to stability and peace in the Middle East? It is not Iran, Iraq, or Syria… it’s Israel. The government of Israel – especially prime ministers…
Groundbreaking genome research explodes ‘one people’ myth of Jewish history
Eran Elhaik, an Israeli-American geneticist working out of Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, recently had his research published in the prestigious journal Genome Biology Evolution. The groundbreaking study –…
Veterans for Peace: Please Don’t Iraq Iran or Any Other Nation
By: Veterans for Peace | Press Release: WASHINGTON – April 1, 2013 – Veterans for Peace has released the following statement: With the 10-year anniversary of the invasion of Iraq…
Rashid Khalidi’s ‘Brokers of Deceit’: how the U.S. has undermined the peace process
In Jerusalem at the start of his current visit to Israel, Obama went over-the-top with superlatives in a speech that employed high flown rhetoric and symbolism. He painted the US/Israel…
Rachel Corrie’s parents speak on 10th anniversary of her death (VIDEO)
By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in the Gaza Strip as she tried to block the demolition…