Category Archives: George Polley
Does Israel have a future?
Israel is a settler nation, a nation created from cleansing the natives from the territory they sought to occupy. Israel became a nation in 1948, a homeland for Jews in the ancient land of Israel, a land where they could … Continue reading
Denial and the inconvenience of reality
Denial is the refusal to acknowledge an unacceptable truth or emotion or to admit it into consciousness. We use it to defend ourselves from knowing what we do not want to know. If pushed, we may respond with anger, until … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Current Events, George Polley, Israel, Peace, US history, War
Tagged commentary, denial, George Polley, Israel, peace, reality, United States
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How not to build peace
It’s simple: Divide everyone into “Us” and “Them”, link the two with the word “versus” (“against”), and there you have it: the opposite of “you” will always be “them,” and “they” are always the enemy. Simple, isn’t it? It’s also … Continue reading
Posted in change, Commentary, Current Events, George Polley
Tagged children, chilren, future, Jr., Martin Luther King, peace
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Creating peace
For a viable future to be possible we must, as Martin Luther King, Jr. said many years ago, learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools. The reason why is clear: the destructive power of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Commentary, Current Events, George Polley, Golden Rule, humanity, Peace, War
Tagged addiction, Ben Jansson, building peace, children, chilren, commentary, George Polley, Golden Rule, military industrial complex, peace, war, war industry
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Musings by George Polley 
When reality stares us in the face, face it
On March 14, 2014 journalist Alison Weir published a book “Against Our Better Judgment: The hidden history of how the US was used to create Israel.” To date it has received 289 reviews, 79% of them 5-star reviews. One reader … Continue reading →