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Arab-Americans: Making a Difference
By Casey Kasem
There are about 3
million Arab-Americans, as a community we've been demonstrating our
loyalty, inventiveness, and courage on behalf of the United States for
over 100 years. Here are just a few of the more famous ones: people you
may know! ........... more
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Uri Avnery:
12 Conventional Lies , 21.10.00
(1) Barak has turned
every stone to achieve peace.
Truth is, he has
turned every stone to build settlements. Since his first day in office,
he has accelerated the pace of setting up new settlements (in the guise
of ''enlarging'' existing ones), confiscating lands, demolishing
Palestinian homes and building ''by-pass roads'' (whose main purpose is
to add Palestinian ........... more
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For Israel, Land or Peace
By Jimmy Carter
Dear friends and
community activists, This article by President Jimmy Carter deserves
publicity. His name, his integrity, fairness, expertise and credibility
on this subject are unquestionable. The average American is more willing
to accept the facts stated in this article about the legality of 242 and
the illegality ........... more
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Why it all happened?
10 Things to Know about U.S. Policy in the Middle East.
Stephen Zunes,
Professor
University of San
Francisco. September 26, 2001
1. U.S. support for
Israel occupation forces has created enormous resentment throughout
the Middle East. The vast majority of
Middle Eastern states and their people have belatedly acknowledged that
Israel will continue to exist as part of the region as an independent Jewish state. However,
there is enormous resentment at ongoing U.S. diplomatic, financial and military
support for Israeli occupation forces and their ........... more
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IT’S
NOT ALL AMERICA’S FAULT
By Hazem Saghiyeh
(A columnist
for the Arabic newspaper al-Hayat in London.)
Millions of Arabs and
Muslims hold U.S. foreign policy responsible for the calamity of Sept.
11. Is it? The answer is yes, but also no. The yes has been widely
articulated. Yes, there was and is a deep sense of frustration because
of the bias shown by the U.S. to Israel and because of America’s cruel
insistence on continued sanctions against Iraq. Plus, for historical
reasons, Muslims ........... more
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Speech of British Member of Parliament Re Sharon
Full text of speech in House of Commons, April 16,
2002
Mr. Gerald Kaufman
(Manchester, Gorton): I became a friend of Israel when I was eight days
old, and I have the scar to prove it. [Laughter.] The confrontation
between Ariel Sharon's Government and the Palestinian terrorists has
become an international crisis, which, unless handled decisively, could
create a dangerous wider conflict and disrupt the economies of the
developed world. The suicide bombings ........... more
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It's the Jews, Stupid!!!
by Edgar J. Steele
Those who control the
present control the future. Those who control the future control the
past. -- George Orwell, 1984 (published in 1949). Jews are the problem.
Jews have been the problem since before they saw to the crucifixion of
Jesus Christ, in fact. Now they are bent upon World War III, just as
they fomented last century's wars. Books, indeed, libraries, have been
written on this topic ........... more
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How the West (Bank) was Won
by FRANK FUGATE,
CounterPunch,
January 4, 2003
The other day I was
set for some relaxation time watching on TV the 1963 movie, "How the
West Was Won," with a star-studded cast, including, Spencer Tracy and
Henry Fonda and partially directed by John Ford. Later I watched a
documentary on the History channel about the untold story of General
Custer's last stand ........... more
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U.S. Diplomat's Letter of Resignation.
New York Times - February 27, 2003
The following is the
text of John Brady Kiesling's letter of resignation to Secretary of
State Colin L. Powell. Mr. Kiesling is a career diplomat who has served
in United States embassies from Tel Aviv to Casablanca to Yerevan
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Just War - or a Just War?
By JIMMY CARTER ,
The
New York Times, March 9, 2003
ATLANTA - Profound
changes have been taking place in American foreign policy, reversing
consistent bipartisan commitments that for more than two centuries have
earned our nation greatness. These commitments have been predicated on
basic religious principles, respect for international law, and alliances
that resulted in wise decisions and mutual restraint. Our apparent
determination to launch a war against Iraq ............ more
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Who is in charge? A tiny, un-elected group,
supported by powerful, unrepresentative minorities, writes Edward Said
The Bush
administration's relentless unilateral march towards war is profoundly
disturbing for many reasons, but so far as American citizens are
concerned the whole grotesque show is a tremendous failure in democracy.
An immensely wealthy and powerful republic has been hijacked by a small
cabal of individuals, all of them un-elected and therefore unresponsive
to public pressure, and simply turned on its head ............ more
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Did You Know Those Facts On The Palestinian Issue?
* Did you know that
non-Jewish Israelis couldn’t buy or lease land in Israel? *Did you
know that Palestinian license plates in Israel are color coded to
distinguish Jews from non-Jews? *Did you know that the entire
world community, including the United States, considers Jerusalem, both
east and west, to be occupied territory ............ more
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THE OATH
President Emile Lahoud Speech of Oath in the
Lebanese Parliament:
I swear to mighty God
that I respect the Constitution of the Lebanese Nation and its Laws and
Guard the Independence of the Lebanese Country and the Safety of its
Territories. When you esteemed Parliament bestowed on me its invaluable
trust by electing me President of the Republic and against the backdrop
of reactions filled with expressions of hope and support for this trust,
feelings of appreciation mixed ............ more
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