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Palestine Today 16 12 2013

16-12-2013 19:35

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Monday December 16, 2013.

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Palestine Today 12 12 2013

12-12-2013 18:38

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Thursday December 12, 2013.

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Palestine Today 11 12 2013

11-12-2013 19:25

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday December 11, 2013.

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Kerry’s Coup from Mediator to Antagonist

11-12-2013 11:25

Kerry’s shuttle diplomacy during his current trip seems more aimed at controlling the damage his “ideas - proposal” caused than at facilitating the deadlocked Palestinian – Israeli bilateral talks.

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Does Israel Have a Right to Exist?

06-12-2013 19:00

This question has been asked many times, and more often than not in a merely selective interest rather than from an absolute position. By its own definition Israel is a state entity and therefore it cannot have any of the qualities of a natural person. Material constructs do not bear absolute rights. These are singular to the natural being – nature has a right to exist – and can only be lost but not gained by force – no conqueror of nature can obtain them by taking them away from it. The wording of the question is expressing a conceptual aberration on the matter of hierarchy analysis and it should be rephrased according to the situation in which it might appear. But that it is being asked in this specific form indicates a distortion of meaning within the concept of statehood: There are states which are nothing but functions of other states. The false totality bites itself. Certainly this is a historical footnote on the absurdity of trying to avoid Anarchy. In the misguiding ideology the planet is expected to burden itself with the failing hierarchies of the state, even if they would break it. Does Israel have a purpose on the way out of this capitalist misery or is it no better than the false totality statehood brought about?

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Syria, Egypt Reveal Erdogan’s ‘Hidden Agenda’

20-11-2013 09:51

Erdogan obviously is seeking to recruit Muslims as merely “soldiers” who will fight not for Islam per se, but for his neo-Ottomanism ambitions. Early enough in December 1997, he was given a 10-month prison sentence for voicing a poem that read: “The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers;” the poem was considered a violation of Kemalism by the secular judiciary.

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Say “No” to the Israeli sponsored film festival

06-11-2013 13:24

On Saturday evening 2 November, protestors gathered outside as the Tricycle opened an Israeli-sponsored Jewish film festival.

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Drying up Ideological Wellsprings of Arab – Israeli Conflict

30-10-2013 10:07

The “wellsprings” of “perpetual wars” and “extremism” in the Middle East during most of the past twentieth century until now could easily be detected in the unholy combination of real politics and the “radical ideology” of the secular - turned - religious Zionism.

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Bedouin As Well As Palestinians Suffer Under Netanyahu's Rule

18-10-2013 19:16

Israeli creation of homelessness
thousands deported, homes bulldozed, villages 'disappeared'

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Me, Gilad Atzmon and the'Truth'

26-09-2013 13:00

Roy Bard and Gilad Atzmon - London 25/9/13

Housekeeping: This article is by an IMCista. It does not easily fit the Indymedia uk guidelines, but we did discuss it as a collective, and agreed it could be posted. I have put much thinking into its writing, and I am clearly identifiable as a result of putting so much of myself into it. It will make some people very uncomfortable and it is likely to generate some hostile responses and trolling. If people choose to troll or attack anonymously, they should expect their posts to be hidden. If people are disrespectful they should expect the same.

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Whilst thinking about the issues in this article, I also discussed it with some people. One person noted in a discussion that:

Feeling that you are set apart by historical experiences and by a sacred text can allow for that defensive feeling to seem justified.

It isn't a big step from realising that to realising that:

Understanding that you are set aside by historical experiences and by a sacred text can allow for that defensive feeling to be overcome.

I thank them for that, and ask that you think about this whilst trying to understand the points I have struggled to express here.

This piece could also have been called "We need to talk about (and with) Gilad."

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Palestine Today 23 09 2013

23-09-2013 18:15

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Monday, September 23, 2013

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Murder and resistance in Palestine

22-09-2013 15:57

21/09/2013 - IDF soldiers carry the body of the Israeli soldier recently killed.
A look at an article published by Amos Harel of the Israeli news paper, Haaretz. And the significance of describing the killing of an Israeli soldier as a crime bordering on terror.

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This Week in Palestine Week 38 2013

20-09-2013 17:05

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Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for September 14th to the 20th, 2013.

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Egypt: The Junta helps strangle Gaza.

20-09-2013 13:17

The opposition in Egypt are not the only ones to suffer from the recent military take-over in Egypt. The citizens of Gaza are now a targetted victim of the Egyptial military elite.

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Palestine Today 19 09 2013

19-09-2013 17:47

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media CenteR, www.imemc.org, for Thursday, September 19, 2013

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Palestine Today 18 09 2013

18-09-2013 18:43

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, September 18, 2013

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Palestine Today 17092013

17-09-2013 18:14

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Centre, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, September 17, 2013.
Israeli soldiers invaded various areas in the occupied West Bank, killed one Palestinian and broke into dozens of homes, and searched them, and kidnapped nine Palestinians, the details are coming up, stay tuned.

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The world has forgotten Gaza

04-09-2013 23:18

Walking the streets of Gaza that has become absolutely empty except for the scenes of destruction, empty shops and shortage in fuel that needed for electricity and transportation . The Gaza Strip is a small and congested area but known for its active business and its peaceful and ambitious people.

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Who Are The Chickenhawks and Henhawks Attempting to Draw the US into War With Sy

30-08-2013 19:25

George Bush Operative Karl Rove
Perhaps the British Parliament can inspire some in the US Congress to have the courage
to stand up to the cartels pushing for war with Syria

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Resist the attack on Syria - Smash the arms trade - demonstrate 3rd Sept at EDO

30-08-2013 10:41

DEMONSTRATE Tues 3rd September - 4-6pm, EDO Arms Factory, Home Farm Rd, Brighton