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Israel's celebration remains a Palestinian catastrophe by Ahmad Samih Khalidi
annies-letters.blogspot.com May 12, 2008
Israel at 60 Israel's celebration remains a Palestinian catastrophe Neither side will ever agree on the narrative of the conflict, and the prospects for peace in the Middle East are slim Ahmad Samih Khalidi The Guardian, Monday May 12 2008 As Israel celebrates the 60th...
World › Bush, Olmert stand against Iran's nuclear threat
japantoday.com yesterday
Thursday 15th May, 05:07 AM JST JERUSALEM — U.S. President George W Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert agreed Wednesday they will cooperate in preventing Iran from going nuclear. His national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe blamed the attack on the Islamist Hamas movement which has...
In 2008 as in 1948, only conflict looms
dailystar.com.lb yesterday
The catastrophe of 1948 was, is and will continue to be the sine qua non of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It represents the historic injustice visited upon the Palestinian people to which everything else - the 1967 occupation, the 1973 war, the 1987 intifada, the 1993 Oslo Accords and the...
Israel at 60, and a resolution further away than ever
dailystar.com.lb yesterday
As the state of Israel celebrates its 60th birthday, Palestinians remember the naqba, or "catastrophe" - their story of dispossession, occupation, and statelessness. But, for both sides, as well as external powers, the events of 1948 and what has followed - the occupation since June 1967 of the...
Palestinians decry one-sided marking of 1948 Nakba
dailystar.com.lb yesterday
Palestinians expressed outrage on Wednesday as US President George W. Bush began a visit to Israel on the eve of their commemoration of the Nakba ("catastrophe") that followed the birth of the Jewish state. Bush will address Israel's Knesset on Thursday, the day Palestinians commemorate the Nakba...
Israel welcomes Bush with deadly attack in Gaza
dailystar.com.lb yesterday
Visiting US President George W. Bush on Wednesday hailed Israel as a democracy challenged by "terrorists" just before a rocket slammed into a shopping mall in the south of the country after Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip killed four Palestinians. "It is also an interesting time because here we...
Palestinians march to Israeli border to denounce 60 years of dispossession
dailystar.com.lb yesterday
By Agence France Presse (AFP) MARWAHIN: Hundreds of Palestinian refugees headed to Lebanon's southern border with Israel on Wednesday marking 60 years since the creation of the Jewish state and exile from what was once Palestine. "We want to return to our country. We desperately miss our...
Courage of the mad
almendron.com yesterday
By Samir El-youssef, the author of the forthcoming A Treaty of Love (THE GUARDIAN, 14/05/08): In the first chapter of Amos Oz's novel My Michael, the protagonist Hannah recalls her childhood friends, Khalil and Aziz, two Palestinians who in 1948 disappeared along with 800,000 of their people. In...
MSNBC: As Israelis celebrate, Palestinians mourn
annies-letters.blogspot.com yesterday
(as always if possible please go to the link to read the story- thanks!)http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/14/1016772.aspx As Israelis celebrate, Palestinians mourn Posted: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 8:35 AM Filed Under: Tel Aviv, Israel Petra Cahill -- And they are their last...
Sixty Years of Dispossession, Humiliation, and Oppression in the Middle East by Susan Abulhawa
annies-letters.blogspot.com yesterday
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/05/14/02348.html Sixty Years of Dispossession, Humiliation, and Oppression in the Middle East by Susan Abulhawa We watch these celebrations with an ineffable collective loss and grief, and an equally deep vow never to give up our basic rights...
Abbas: Palestinian People Won’t Forget ‘Right of Return’,Fayyad: Israelis ‘Have No Cause to...
annies-letters.blogspot.com yesterday
http://www.palestine-pmc.com/details.asp?cat=1&id=1714 Abbas: Palestinian People Won’t Forget ‘Right of Return’Fayyad: Israelis ‘Have No Cause to Celebrate’ 14/05/2008 Marking the 60th anniversary of the "Nakba", or "catastrophe," Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that the issue of...