Category Archives: Justice
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
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
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Tagged building peace, commentary, denial, future, George Polley, Israel, justice, Palestine, Palestinian people
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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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An Old Man and a Young Man in Gaza – A Poem by Heathcote Williams
Rest in Peace Mohammed Abu Khadr This magnificent poem by English poet, actor and awards-winning playwright Heathcote Williams is a stunning revelation of the evil that lies at the heart of modern Israel and the Zionism from which its founders sprang. … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace process, Zionism
Tagged Israel, justice, Palestine, Palestine Chronicle, Palestinian people, Zionism
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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
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Tagged Book review, George Polley, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian people
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The Presbyterian divestment vote, preamble to Part Two
Will divestment work? Robert Naiman, in his article in Truthout, believes that it will, and gives some good reasons why. http://truth-out.org/news/item/24561-presbyterians-divest-from-the-israeli-occupation-the-end-of-the-beginning
Posted in Current Events, Israel, Justice, Peace
Tagged commentary, George Polley, Israel, justice, Robert Naiman
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Musings by George Polley 
Comments on an Israeli propaganda video
Israel has one response to critics like historian Ilan Pappe, author of “The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine,” attack the book and its author as frauds, the object being to kill the book and destroy its author. That is the only purpose … Continue reading →