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Arab Dissident`s Strange Bedfellows

“I really don’t care what happens to Iran. I am for Israel” - Sheldon Adelson

(OSAKA, Japan) - If it’s true that, as Shakespeare famously put it, “Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows,” then pro-democracy Arab dissidents must be very miserable indeed.

CyberDissidents.org is a project created in 2008 “to research and focus attention on the online activities of democracy advocates and dissidents in the Middle East, in the hope of empowering them at home and raising awareness of their plight abroad.”

Cultures of Resistance Movie Debuts

As an activist, Iara has collaborated with numerous grassroots efforts

(NEW YORK) - The Cultures of Resistance feature documentary is rolling out this month across the United States, with premiere screenings in New York, Chicago, Boston, and LA.

Does each gesture really make a difference? Can music and dance be weapons of peace? In 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, director Iara Lee embarked on a journey to better understand a world increasingly embroiled in conflict and, as she saw it, heading for self-destruction.

Grazie Vik Arrigoni: Italy Buries Gaza Peace Activist With Great Honor

They say he really isn't gone; that a person of his status does not simply go away, instead Vik remains in countless ways.

(SALEM / ROME) - Thousands gathered to say goodbye today, to one of the most powerful and successful peace activists in history. Vittorio 'Vik' Arrigoni is responsible for bringing the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) back to Gaza to document and reveal Israel's constant human rights violations against the Palestinian people.

All who knew Vik loved him. His death, which allegedly came at the hands of terrorists in Palestine, is one that makes no sense for anyone who knows anything about Gaza.

Easter in Palestine

Israeli Chief Rabbi of Israel threatens the President of the United States.

(BETHLEHEM) - On Easter, Palestinian Christians and Muslims from the West Bank are still forbidden from entering Jerusalem (except holders of special permits, I am not one of those few).

In Bethlehem, we still hold the religious observances but it is not a festive occasion since the economy is still devastated by the colonial occupation (Israeli apartheid system) and what is left of the tourism business is controlled by Israeli Zionists.

Israel to Christians: Christ is a Monkey on a Cross

Show host to monkey depicting Jesus on the cross - "You are a Nazi, Yeshu (Jesus), you are a Nazi".

(SALEM) - So, a slutty Israeli TV show features a chick in a skimpy bikini mocking Jesus Christ by showing him as a stupid looking monkey hanging on a cross.

Then using the 'f' word, she proceeds to tell Jewish viewers that Christians, we 'goyam', are 'dangerous' toward Jews. From there, it gets much worse.

To Helen Thomas CC: MSM, US-Israeli Governments

I have tried since the summer of 2005 to wake up clueless US Christians about the true facts of the so called Holy Land.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - I am the founder of one of 100 organizations who have endorsed Move Over AIPAC, but I didn’t commit to attend until I learned Helen Thomas was going to speak.

However, a dream died today when I learned that Ms. Thomas has now declined to take part in the Move Over AIPAC conference, fearing she was becoming the focus

Robert Bangor Discusses New Book

"...the author spices the adventure with touches of humor, irony, and surprises, plus an adroit manipulation of the characters from crisis to crises" - Agron Belica, author of The Crucifixion: Mistaken Identity?

(SALEM) - Dr. Robert Bangor, a Ph.D in Persian literature, is the author of the newly published novel, The Burnt City.

He was an eyewitness to the sweeping change that the people of Iran experienced during the revolution that took place three decades ago. His voice reflects a true picture from one of the world's most ancient societies.

Kremastics

For the last half century or more the American people have been damned fools. It may be too late to do anything about it; in fact it almost certainly is too late.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Many, if not most, Americans are in serious denial. The country they know and love is almost finished. As Lincoln famously said: “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” and America has never been so divided.

The Democrats hate and fear the Republicans, and the Republicans hate and fear the Democrats.

International Silence over the Middle East Felonies

Is it because the US and its European friends cannot turn a blind eye to the countless barrels of oil in Libya?

(TEHRAN) - The world watched the massacre of pro-freedom demonstrators in Libya, Bahrain and Yemen by the merciless dictators of the Persian Gulf region.

Now, Libya is entangled in a state of civil war and nobody can predict the future of popular uprising in this African country.

No Politician with an `Anti-Zionist Mindset` Could Ever Dream of Living in the White House

Special interview with Naseer Aruri.

(TEHRAN) - Naseer Aruri is Chancellor Professor (emeritus) of Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Prof. Aruri is a contributor to the book "Iraq Under Siege: The Deadly Impact of Sanctions and War" and wrote "Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return".