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Archive for the ‘Israel/Palestine’ Category
HANNUKAH: Can Israel Survive Trump?
An Israel Based on Saudi Barbarism Will Fall Israel, under Netanyahu and Trump, has enthusiastically entered an alliance with the worst thugs of the Muslim world .. the Saudis and Sisi. As a result Israel’s survival may be dependent on Trump’s incompetence. From its beginnings in 1948 th[...]
Is Israel Complicit in an Axis of Evil?
WasKashoggi’s Murder Kosher? Since November of 2016, Netanyahu, Kushner, and Trump have cooked up an evil axis that undermines Israel’s most important defense .. its morality. Whether Israel did not did not play an active role in the gruesome assassination, the image here is even wor[...]
October 15th, 2018 - 10:40 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Defending free speech doesn’t make me an anti-Semite
A Facebook friend, “Ru Man” has gone full Trumpie, accusing me of being an antisemite because I oppose Netanyahu and defend the free speech of academics who criticize Israel. For the record, 1. I oppose BDS. They are antisemtic. 2. As a Zionist, I despise Netanyahu. The Netaynahu g[...]
Fourth Night of Hanukkah: A call for a true telling of the stories of Israel and Palestine
Just as the history of Hanukkah itself is distorted to make it into something between the Fourth of July and Christmas, the histories of modern Israel, Palestine and the Weimar Republic need to be understood if there is to be peace. Eran Spiro FACEBOOK: Just because the British Mandate of Pales[...]
October 15th, 2017 - 12:33 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
What is a Nakba and When Was The First Nakba in Palestine?
Nakba Day is generally commemorated by Fatah, Hamas, and pro Palestinan groups like PCS. It occurs on 15 May, the day after the Gregorian calendar date for Israeli Independence Day. For the Palestinians it is an annual day of commemoration of the displacement that preceded and followed the Israeli[...]
July 21st, 2017 - 8:27 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Israel/Palestine: What Might Have Been
The Arabs’ Historic Mistakes in Their Interactions with Israel by Fred Maroun We Arabs managed our relationship with Israel atrociously, but the worst of all is the ongoing situation of the Palestinians. Our worst mistake was in not accepting the United Nations partition plan of 1947. Perhaps [...]
June 24th, 2017 - 5:31 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
Kushner Lights Fires Under Israeli:Palestinian Conflict
Abbas was supposedly furious with the president’s son-in-law after Kushner relayed Netanyahu’s demands with no movement on new settlements in illegal areas of the West Bank but the immediate halt of payments to terrorists and their families. Abbas angrily accused Kushner and Trump̵[...]