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Cardoza Law School Ignores Dershowitz To Honor Jimmy Carter

Law School’s decision to honor former President Jimmy Carter generated a lot of bluster and outrage from the reactionary wing of the Jewish community.

(CHICAGO) - Despite vicious opposition from Alan Dershowitz, Cardoza Law School honored former President Jimmy Carter this week for his career of work on peace and conflict resolution.

The International Advocate for Peace award was given to Carter by the student-run Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution.

To Throw or Not to Throw a Stone

The people of Deir Yassin did not go gently into that good night; they, like their Jewish brothers and sisters in Warsaw, fought valiantly against terrible odds, against a systematic brutality...

(REDLANDS, CA) - A debate rages in Israel today on the truth of Amira Hass’s words:

“Throwing a stone is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance”

Human Rights: Education and Healthcare

This past week and even as we commemorated the tragedy of the massacre at Deir Yassin, my wife and I had the honor to be invited to two openings in Palestine symbolizing sacrifice and progress.

(BETHLEHEM) - In any society, Education and Healthcare are pillars of progress.

In any society, war, suffering, and lack of progress are associated with ignorance, greed, and apathy.

When Yarmouk Camp Fled to Shatila

UNHCR’s official policy of not including Palestinian refugees in its mandate should be immediately changed.

(YARMOUK PALESTINE CAMP, Damascus) - History is nothing if not interesting. And that it most definitely is.

Today, Palestinian refugees are being severely punished in Lebanon and deprived of their most elementary civil right to work or to even own a home.

Anonymous Launches Massive Cyber Assault on Israel

Anonymous pointed out on Saturday night that they had shut down several government sites...

(MOSCOW RT) - Hacktivist group Anonymous has launched a second massive cyber-attack against Israel, dubbed #OpIsrael.

While the hackers claim to have caused multi-billion dollar damage, Israel declares there haven’t been any major disruptions.

Confronting the `Moral Bankruptcy` of Iraq War`s Liberal Supporters

The liberal class fueled a rabid, irrational hatred of all war critics.

(CHICAGO) - Prior to the start of the Iraq War on March 19, 2003, New York Times journalist Chris Hedges occupied a lonely perch among major media journalists. He opposed the war.

Today, Hedges, a Pulitzer Prize winner and now a columnist for the website Truthdig, continues to write with the passion of a man set free from corporate control.

Is Terror an Option for the Occupied and Oppressed Palestinians?

In theory it is only the occupied and oppressed Palestinians who could cause Israel to bleed and hurt by resorting to a well planned and sustained campaign of terror.

(LONDON) - My answer is “No” but I think the question needs to be asked. It was provoked in my mind by a recent Ynet op-ed article by Ziv Lenchner, described as a left-leaning, Jewish Israeli artist.

The headline over his piece was Israelis to Obama - we don’t care, don’t bother us.

Henry Herskovitz: Max Blumenthal Shows His Stripes

The Liberate Palestine movement seems to be firmly in the hands of members of the very ethnic/religious group that it opposes.

(LONDON) - Five members of Jewish Witnesses for Peace and Friends attended a panel presentation which showcased Ben White and Max Blumenthal, both signatories to an on-line document which attempts to marginalize and silence Gilad Atzmon.

This document is entitled "Not Quite 'Ordinary Human Beings'—Anti-imperialism and the anti-humanist rhetoric of Gilad Atzmon"...

Spring of Our Despair

“My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And to tell you the truth, there is hardly any difference.”
- President Harry S Truman

(LONDON) - Today is April 1st when traditionally, if you tell a white lie or fabricate a harmless tale you will be forgiven and simply called ‘an April Fool’.

What is not funny, acceptable or forgivable is the continuation and perpetuation of the myth of an Arab Spring.

A Day After in Palestine: the Rights of a People

As years of conflict have ensued, ‘Palestine Land Day’ has been a yearly reminder of the intentions that were so clearly exposed in 1976.

(LONDON) - Thirty-seven years ago the Israeli Housing Minister stated: “If you want to develop an area you have to confiscate some lands. We have done this very slowly with extreme consideration and much patience.”

It is doubtful that the average Palestinian was aware of these reassuring words, reported by the Associated Press on 31 March 1976.