Commentary: Iran's pawns move

                   
spacewar.com     May 15, 2008            

Washington (UPI) May 13, 2008 - Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain, with an assist from Sen. Joe Lieberman, competed in freshly minted assurances of allegiance to Israel as it embarked on a weeklong 60th birthday party. Neocons have hinted darkly that Obama, whose middle name is Hussein, was... [read full story]                

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Paradox on paradox -- don't expect solutions here either

es.wordpress.com     May 15, 2008          

Israel at 60 I have just been watching George Bush's address to the Israeli Presidential Conference Facing Tomorrow 2008, having heard snatches of it on the radio overnight. However, there is no denying that the establishment of the State of Israel involved a massive injustice to the...                

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Palestinians mourn as Bush fetes Israel's 60th year

michaelmoore.com     May 15, 2008          

2008-05-14PALESTINIANS MOURN AS BUSH FETES ISRAEL'S 60TH YEAR By Nidal al-Mughrabi / Reuters JABALYA, Gaza Strip - As U.S. President George W. Bush celebrated Israel's birth on Wednesday, Ahmed Abdallah was marking a milestone of his own -- 60 years since Jewish forces killed his relatives and...                

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Israel arrests 12 Palestinians in West Bank

people.com.cn     May 14, 2008          

Israeli army arrested 12 Palestinians in various West Bank cities early Wednesday, Palestinian security sources said. About 15 Israeli military vehicles stormed the city of Nablus and broked into tens of houses, arresting at least 10 residents before withdrawing in the morning, the sources said....                

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Rethinking Israel after sixty years

mediamonitors.net     May 15, 2008          

"The expansion of Israel's Matrix of Control throughout the Occupied Territories, coupled with an absolute American refusal to allow international pressures on Israel to meaningfully withdraw, has rendered a viable Palestinian state unattainable - and thus the two-state solution, unless we Jews,...                

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On armies, war and an aging Israel

salon.com     May 15, 2008          

As the country turns 60, a novelist reconsiders Zionism amid revealing encounters with the Israeli military. By Arnon Grunberg Reuters/Mahfouz Abu Turk An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas canister at Palestinian stone throwers during a protest against Israel's controversial barrier near the West...                

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Palestinians mark their 1948 uprooting with sirens, rallies, launch of black balloons

iht.com     May 15, 2008          

Palestinians marked the 60th anniversary of their displacement Thursday — an annual ritual of mourning that turned even darker this year because of crippling internal divisions, diminishing independence hopes and the stark contrast to Israel's all-out birthday bash.                

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Demand progress for Palestinians

chicagotribune.com     May 15, 2008          

While Israelis and their supporters around the world celebrate three score years as a thriving economic engine in the Middle East, Palestinians have yet to celebrate a single year or even a single day as a nation. While a million Palestinians suffer in unbearable squalor imposed upon them by...                

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Palestinians set to mark anniversary of 1948 Arab-Israeli war

earthtimes.org     May 15, 2008          

Ramallah - Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip were set Thursday to take to the streets with rallies and marches and a two-minute siren at noon to mark 60 years since creation of Israel and the subsequent dispersion of hundreds of thousands ...                

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60

andfaraway.net     May 15, 2008          

It’s been 60 years since the Palestinian Nakbeh. That means around four generations of Palestinians. Of course, in these past 60 years, life for Palestinians for those still living in Palestine and the ones living in exodus have changed drastically. Thanks to ethnic cleansing, injustice,...                

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60th Anniversary of Palestinians' displacement

sabcnews.com     May 15, 2008          

Peroshni Govender Palestinians are marking the 60th anniversary of their displacement today with a mass demonstration, which they call ‘Nakba’ or ‘Catastrophe’. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were expelled from their land when the state of Israel was created. In negotiations with Israel,...                

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