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U.S.-Led World Community Fails
Palestinians on the Brink of Explosion
By NICOLA NASSER

"In the absence of all hope, we cry out our cry of hope,” Palestinian Christian leaders, representing churches and church-related organizations, meeting in Bethlehem on December 11, concluded in their 13-page document titled “Kairos Palestine – 2009: A Moment of Truth,” enlisting Christians worldwide in proactive efforts to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Their “cry” symbolizes the popu… Continue

The Old Testament and the War Crime in Gaza by Gilad Atzmon
Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 10:37AM Gilad Atzmon

To mark one year to the Israeli Christmas Massacre I re-post a text I wrote in early January 2009.

Published originally on Jan 8 2009 as:

'The Old Testament and the Genocide in Gaza'


"You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you. Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall by the swo… Continue

Stunning Statistics About the War That Everyone Should Know
By JEREMY SCAHILL

A hearing in Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Contract Oversightsubcommittee on contracting in Afghanistan has highlighted some important statistics that provide a window into the extent to which the Obama administration has picked up the Bush-era war privatization baton and sprinted with it. Overall, contractors now comprise a whopping 69% of the Department of Defense’s total workforce, “the highest ratio of contractors to mi… Continue

Auschwitz yet Again by Gilad Atzmon
Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 11:07AM Gilad Atzmon
Early on Friday the famous "Arbeit Macht Frei" (Work Sets You Free) sign that hung over the entrance gate to the Auschwitz camp, was stolen.

Commenting to the BBC on the theft of the Auschwitz sign, Rabbi Andrew Baker, the Director of the International Jewish Affairs of the rabid Zionist American Jewish Committee maintained that there should be no replicas to substitute the entrance monument. “There can be no… Continue

By Luisa Morgantini, former Vice President of the European Parliament

On November 9th 2009, the world celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Deplored by millions, the wall became a symbol of violence and separation that over time found its cement bricks decorated in images of freedom and resistance.

Whilst we rejoiced one wall’s ruin a shameful silence prevailed regarding a wall that stands today, dividing Palestine. 9 metres high this apartheid Wall violates inte… Continue