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Aug 18, 2026

The Map: The Story of Palestinian Nationhood Thwarted
Juan Cole, Informed Comment, March 16, 2010
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Netanyahu defies U.S. over Jerusalem settlement
Jeffrey Heller, Reuters, 15 March 2010 JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday rejected…
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Mike Murray: Baldwin displays compassion for Gaza
Mike Murray, Capital Times, Jan 8, 2010
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Lee Brown: The U.S. should stop blindly supporting Israel
Lee Brown, Cap Times, November 6, 2009
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Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: the Goldstone Report
Decision an Insult to the Victims Al Mezan Center For Human Rights, 3 October 2009…
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An Interview with Simone Bitton on Her New Movie Rachel
“I think they had a pro-Palestinian agenda, and I don’t think that having a pro-Palestinian…
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Truth and Consequences Under the Israeli Occupation
A Palestinian journalist’s life and work shed light on the violence in Israel’s “dual” society…
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Summit’s Goal: Perpetuate Repression of Palestinians
Barb Olson, The Capital Times, December 07, 2007 “After meeting their own low expectations for…
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Israeli army orders confiscation of Palestinian land in West Bank
· Seizure would allow huge expansion of settlements · Move seen as rush to make…
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Beneath the Hideous Veneer of ‘Security’
Jennifer Loewenstein, CounterPunch, 23 september, 2007
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Brothers in Arms: The Triumph of U.S.-Israeli Policy in Palestine
Jennifer Loewenstein, The Progressive, June 26, 2007
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Bush badly botches Mideast conflict [the progressive view]
John Nichols, Capital Times, June 20, 2007 The tragedy of Washington’s narrow “debate” about the…
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SIX DAYS OF WAR, 40 YEARS OF OCCUPATION
MIKE MURRAY, Cap Times, Jun 9, 2007 This week marks the 40th anniversary of the…
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Nightmares – How Gaza offends us all
Jennifer Loewenstein, Islamic Human Rights Commission, 06 June 2007 Jennifer Loewenstein brilliantly illustrates the horrors…
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2007.04.12-05.03: “A Bitter Harvest” Speaker and Film Series
Palestine, Israel and Lebanon 40 Years after 1967 “Hizbullah, Israel and Lebanon: The Summer War,…
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Soros and Media Heavyweights Attack Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on U.S. Policy
Nathan Guttman, Forward, March 23, 2007 Washington – The simmering debate over American policy toward…
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Brandeis Donors Exact Revenge for Carter Visit
Major Givers Reportedly withholding Funds from School, Sparking Fierce Free-Speech Debate on Massachusetts Campus Larry…
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Elliott Abram’s Uncivil War
Is the Bush administration violating the law to provoke a Palestinian civil war? Conflicts Forum,…
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The Ludicrous Attacks on Jimmy Carter’s Book
NORMAN FINKELSTEIN, Truthdig, DECEMBER 28, 2006
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Worse Than Apartheid
Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Dec 18, 2006
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