Category Archives: Palestinian people

President-elect Trump and Israel

Posted on December 29, 2016 by gwpj

If President-elect Donald Trump wanted to put himself, his family and the rest of the United States in IS’s terrorist sights, he could hardly have found a better way than sending Jewish attorney David Friedman to Israel as his Ambassador. … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Palestinian people, Settler colonialism, Uncategorized, War | Tagged , , | 6 Comments

Comments on an Israeli propaganda video

Posted on December 17, 2016 by gwpj

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 →

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Does Israel have a future?

Posted on July 27, 2016 by gwpj

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 →

Posted in George Polley, Indigenous people, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace, Settler colonialism, Settler Societies, Zionism | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

When reality stares us in the face, face it

Posted on August 4, 2015 by gwpj

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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When truth hurts

Posted on April 19, 2015 by gwpj

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 →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Current Events, Gaza, humanity, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Settler Societies, US history | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Butcher of Tel Aviv

Posted on August 25, 2014 by gwpj

      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 →

Posted in Children, Current Events, Gaza, Gaza Strip, humanity, Israel, Palestinian people, Peace, Zionism | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

When is a child not a child? To Benjamin Netanyahu, it’s when the child is Palestinian

Posted on August 23, 2014 by gwpj

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 →

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For a Liveable Future To Be Possible: First in a series

Posted on August 9, 2014 by gwpj

“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 , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Rise of the ultra-right in the Jewish State of Israel

Posted on July 21, 2014 by gwpj

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 →

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An Old Man and a Young Man in Gaza – A Poem by Heathcote Williams

Posted on July 13, 2014 by gwpj

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 →

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