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Palestinian youths confront Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on 6 October.Muhannad SaleemActiveStills - Courtesy The Electronic Intifada
 

Lia Tarachansky’s heart-wrenching documentary, On the Side of the Road, reveals the Big Lie at the heart of the myth of the creation of Israel.

Israeli soldiers escort blindfolded Palestinian women to the Kissufim Israeli army base,after they were detained during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2008.(AP Photo/Yehuda Lahiani)
 
 

The Palestinian society is exposed daily to Israeli occupation repressive measures, including the kidnapping and detention of more than 800,000 Palestinians since 1967, including over 15,000 women.

 

The Palestinian enclave known as Gaza is approximately 25 miles long by 5 miles wide. It is about the same area as the East Bay from Oakland in the north to Fremont in the south. To the west is open water; to the east are the hills (heavily-reinforced razor wire fence for Gaza).
What would life be like if the East Bay of San Francisco was Gaza?

 Image above: A Palestinian man carries his wounded daughter into the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on July 9, 2014 following an Israeli air strike. 
 
 

Facebook Censorship Strikes Again! This is actually an update, since most of this article was originally published on March 10, 2014, then updated March 31, 2014 and again today, April 14, 2914, considering we were censored again this morning. I feel…Read more →

By Lillian Rosengarten
Dedicated to the memory of Paul Celan.

 
By Paul Balles
 
In August 2004 Richard Hugus, critic of progressive injustice, wrote an article called “Lies of the Israeli peace movement”.
Richard Hugus
What Hugus wrote almost 10 years ago has as much forgotten or neglected relevance today.

Former French Foreign Minister: The War against Syria was Planned Two years before “The Arab Spring”

Israel’s support for Al Qaeda militants in Syria has even been admitted by the mainstream press. For example, Germany’s Die Welt newspaper published a report on June 12th on Israel’s medical treatment of the Al Qaeda fighters.
By Gearóid Ó Colmáin

Barack Obama’ Turkey: A “Model Democracy”?!