Today in History, January 26, 1856 – First Battle of Seattle. Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers. Later, Chief Leschi .. leader of the Indians fighting for their survival, was tried because a marine had been killed in the battle. [...]
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January 26th, 2016 - 10:47 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Massacres in Indian Country .. same as the West Bank?
A few says ago, an Israeli woman was viciously killed in her home in a settlement at Beit Horon. This map makes me think of similar stories from the American frontier of Comanche, Apache, Lakota, Puyallup massacres of American pioneers. Even here in Seattle, Chief Leschi was tried in absentia a[...]
A Hebrew Republic
Should Abdulla Ibn Hussieni and Charlotte Clinton-Mezinsky Grow up Speaking Hebrew? based on a book review by Philologos at the Forward Norman Berdichevsky’s “Modern Hebrew: The Past and Future of a Revitalized Language,” has a chapter called “From Jewish State Toward a Hebrew Republic?” [...]
January 21st, 2016 - 1:56 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Zionist Alternative to Eternal War
Dear Stephen, “Do not oppress the stranger, for you know the soul of the stranger, having yourselves been strangers in the land of Egypt” (Exodus 23:9) Ameinu, as committed progressive Zionists, are deeply engaged with Israeli NGOs and political leaders to help build an Israeli society th[...]
Real Zionism
“When you read Kerry’s words, you see immediately that he accepted a significant number of Israel’s demands, first and foremost the demand that any future peace agreement include Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state. Kerry also stated that a solution to the refugee problem[...]
January 5th, 2016 - 4:33 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Israel’s deputy foreign minister: ‘This land is ours. All of it is ours’
“We need to return to the basic truth of our rights to this country. “This land is ours. All of it is ours. We did not come here to apologize for that. We expect as a matter of principle of the international community to recognize Israel’s right to build homes for Jews in their homeland, ever[...]
December 28th, 2015 - 5:04 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
How to Destroy Israel
Israel warns Brazil faces diplomatic downgrade unless it accepts settler as ambassador false THEGUARDIAN.COM[...]
Cheredi Hatred
Haaretz has published a video showing Orthodox youths at a Jerusalem wedding singing songs of revenge and dancing with IDF guns. The guns were passed around to children while others brandished knives and a firebomb. A photo of a toddler was shown being stabbed. The baby, Ali Dawabsheh, wa[...]
December 15th, 2015 - 5:59 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Terror Strikes a Baby
Documenting Anti-Semitism He Is just a baby, he didn’t do anything bad to anyone. But from yesterday he is crippled His leg was taken from him because of bloody Arab terrorist who decided to murder him of being a Jew. He will not crawl for the first time, there will not be the first step [&hel[...]
December 9th, 2015 - 8:32 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Are American contributions to the Israeli settlers tax deductible?
Who pays for Israel’s settlements? It could be you – Opinion Funneling monies to settlements is the most successful sustained smuggling operation in Israel’s history. The Haaretz probe of tax deductible private U.S.… HAARETZ.COM[...]