occupation
Oct 7 2010, Marco Villa

I bash Israel and the Israeli public left and right, but I always know that not all Israelis, of course, are bad and racist people.

A majority of Israeli support wars against the Palestinians and have an obnoxious self-righteous complex: no matter...

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In the Arab Inter-parliamentary Union (AIPU) that took place in Amman, the final statement of the Executive Committee meeting said that Spain should start a direct...
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This morning something had been heard of a soldier accused of killing of an Afghan civilian during a military ride there. From which country this info came unsure, I...
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Incognito, Atlanta
Iran has been one of the major champions of the Palestinian people and detractors of Israel, clamouring on about the Israeli occupation of Palestine. And yet, it seems...
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Israel must recognize that the world will not put up with decades more of Israeli rule over the Palestinian people, the country’s defense minister said in...
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China has sentenced a Tibetan Buddhist lama to more than eight years in jail for illegal possession of ammunition and embezzlement. The monk, Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche,...
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Marco Villa, Connecticut
This is how apartheid works in Israel: Since 1967 - when Israel first occupied the West Bank (and Gaza, and the Golan Heights) - the Jewish state has built numerous...
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The people of Sderot, Israel have been the target of Hamas crude rockets for several years. Most of the $50 rockets fail to kill or injury anyone of anything;...
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Israeli propagandists like to force all foreign visitors to Israel to visit a “missile” museum in the southern Israeli town of Sderot -...
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In that self-described “light onto the nations” torture against the Palestinians is a routine part of Israeli [Occupation] IDF training. Israel has tortured...
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The Israeli army is more religious today than it has ever been. And for many soldiers, the illegal settlements of the West Bank and East Jerusalem are not just a...
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There will be a day when it will longer be necessary to write such reviews, because Palestine will be liberated. Until then... The violence continues: Three...
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“The cause of dying is not at all the dead’s cause... Its the cause of the others” In American discourse - cultural and political - the Palestinians...
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It is that time again: A Review of Events in Occupied Palestine otherwise known as The Racist Usurping Entity of Israel. Let them eat the walls! Nothing stops the...
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Nahum Y, Gaza
Within minutes of our arrival in Tuwani, in the south Hebron hills of the West Bank, an army Jeep rolled into the village and shattered the mid-morning tranquillity....
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After months of U.S. pressure, Israeli prime minister Benyamin Netanyahu has agreed to a “pause” in illegal Israeli settlements. The United States wanted an...
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Welcome to Israel. If you are an Arab/Muslim/human rights worker/UN official/supporter of the Palestinians will be hounded through costumes. I recently spoke with a...
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Mounting discontent over the building ban, announced at the end of November, has already manifested itself in a series of scuffles between egg-throwing settlers and...
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Nahum Y, Gaza
On the face of it, the project sounds innocent enough: Since the early 1990s, the Israeli organization Elad has been rehabilitating the City of David, a once neglected...
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One writing about extremism, intolerance and genocidal rhetoric in Israel one should always note that this is the Zionist norm. Such discourse has dominated not only...
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American liberals often self-righteous state that if only the Palestinians would be non-violent more Americans would be sympathetic to their cause. In their efforts to...
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“No one suffered more than us.” This is the Israeli/Zionist rhetorical device to shield Israel from criticism. Whenever Westerns and others condemn Israeli...
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Palestinian Christians: Mourning the crucified Christ while awaiting the miracle of resurrection, worshippers at Saint Savior Catholic Church attend Holy Saturday...
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Zionist Hoodlums never sleep and are always on the alert to intimidate any critics of Israel, to apply whatever thuggish tactics (defamation, censorship, and even...
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It has long been a tactic of Zionist hoodlums to censor all criticism, no matter how timid, of Israel. Zionists in America are not content with having a powerful lobby...
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Jack, Los Angeles
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced today his cabinet’s decision, “To suspend new construction in Judea and Samaria.” (Yes, they still call it...
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Michael Davison, Raanana
Like many of Mr. Villa’s articles, the one he posted about the Gilo neighborhood has been seeded with misconceptions, half-truths and whole lies. Gilo is not a...
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Incognito, Atlanta
Until Turkey invaded Cyprus in 1974 Greek Orthodox Cypriots had access to the many Christian religious sites in the northern part of the island. Many of them,...
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First, the charming American Zionists: And this is how the “liberal” Zionists in America behave: We’ve been following J Street’s attempts to...
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Yinon, Jerusalem
The terrorist walked up the quiet alleyway, police say, and went down nine steps and found himself hidden from view in the stone vestibule outside the famous Holocaust...
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Israel: Busy Ethnic Cleansing Muslims and Christians from Holy Jerusalem Here’s the list that Obama administration calls a success in the Middle East - Israel...
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Tonight - November 9, 2009 - Israeli prime minister Netanyahu met with U.S. president Obama in a meeting that was off-limits to the press. The timing - 7pm - was also...
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Week In Review In Occupied Palestine First, an inspiring photo: A Palestinian protestor climbs up Israel’s Apartheid Wall after Palestinians started to knock...
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No Zionist cause is too extreme and violent for mainstream support in America. Generic pro-Israel fundraisers are one thing, but support for illegal Israeli settlers on...
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President Barack Obama came to office with great enthusiasm to finally end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and bring about a two-state solution: Peace. The...
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Mouad, Rabat
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged Arabs and Israelis to set aside their historical differences, avoid inflammatory rhetoric and recommit...
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he Obama administration’s drive for Middle East peace risked a major setback as Arab nations warned of “failure” after a surprise U.S. shift away from...
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Nahum Y, Gaza
For a quarter of a century, the 73 year-old who goes by the nickname, Abu Samir, has stubbornly refused to abandon his home, despite Israel’s efforts to make him...
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Met American-born, Israeli West Bank [illegal] settler Yaakov “Jack” Teitel: “Jack” is just a typical Israeli settler that the Israelis...
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One of the biggest propaganda lines of Zionism is that Israel is the little defense nation in a sea of hostility. Granted, Israel exists in a hostile region. But it is...
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