Category Archives: Gaza
When truth hurts
Sometimes learning the truth is very painful, especially when it has to do with a country that you love, a people that you love, and/or truths that you cherish and believe are unquestionable. Faced with this kind of situation, we … Continue reading
When is a child not a child? To Benjamin Netanyahu, it’s when the child is Palestinian
Jerusalem (AFP) – Under a photo of a glowering Benjamin Netanyahu, “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday vowed harsh retribution against Hamas, the Islamist rulers of Gaza, after a mortar round fired from the Palestinian territory killed an Israeli … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gaza, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace
Tagged chilren, commentary, George Polley, Israel, moral values, Opinion, Palestine, Palestinian people
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For a Liveable Future To Be Possible: First in a series
“We, with our knowledge of conflict and human history; of the consequences of trauma in our lives, watch children cry, and wonder how, out of sight of some new skyscraper, now the tallest building on the planet, we manage with … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gaza, Golden Rule, humanism, humanity, Israel, Palestinian people, Peace
Tagged commentary, George Polley, Israel, resentful victim, Sam Harris, Successful Living, victimhood, victims, Zionism
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Rise of the ultra-right in the Jewish State of Israel
From the top, Knesset member Moshe Feiglin, Israeli students, Gaza, Knesset member Ayalet Shaked. Photos, in the same order: Wikipedia, Press TV. The Independent (UK). The Independent (UK). * * * Reading the news that pours in from Gaza and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gaza, Israel, Palestinian people
Tagged George Polley, Israel, justice, moral values, Opinion
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Are The Israelis Serious? That depends, and The Time May Be Now
“The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” —Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963) In a speech to the UN General Assembly on November 29, 2012, Israel’s UN Ambassador Ron … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace, Zionism
Tagged Israel, justice, Palestinian people, Zionism
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A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict. Interview with Richard Forer
In the interview, the interview Ruth Marjalizo, begins with this question: “You were a stalwart follower of Israel during your whole life, but nowadays you are not anymore – or not as much as before. Can you explain to us … Continue reading
Letters from Palestine, a review
Kenneth Ring, PhD and Ghassan Abdullah, editors: Letters from Palestine: Palestinians Speak Out about Their Lives, Their Country, and the Power of Nonviolence. Wheatmark, Tucson, Arizona, 2010. For Palestinians, 1948 was a catastrophe. When Israel was born, between 700,000 and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people
Tagged Book review, George Polley, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian people
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Gaza is already unliveable and Israel is making it worse, by Rana Alshami
This article, by young Gaza resident Rana Alshami, is published in Richard Forer’s blog, at http://www.richardforer.com/2014/06/gaza-is-already-unlivable-and-israel-is-making-it-even-worse/ Please read and pass it on to others. The situation in Gaza is ghastly, sadistic, and urgently in need of intervention by the international community. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace
Tagged Gaza, George Polley, Israel, justice, Opinion, Palestine, Richard Forer
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Musings by George Polley 
The Butcher of Tel Aviv
Photo on the right of bombed out home in Rafa, Gaza, dated Aug. 21, 2014, is by Wissam Nassar / The New York Times. The other day on Facebook I ran across a post calling Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu … Continue reading →