Tag Archives: Israel
President-elect Trump and Israel
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 Israel, Opinion, Trump Administration
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, a book review and commentary
From the time of modern Israel’s birth in 1948, the message from Israel to the world was a simple one: For the first time in over a thousand years, Jews have a home where they can live free of the … Continue reading
Posted in book review, Commentary, Israel, Uncategorized, Zionism
Tagged Book review, commentary, Israel, Opinion
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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
Posted in Commentary, Current Events, George Polley, Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace
Tagged building peace, commentary, denial, future, George Polley, Israel, justice, Palestine, Palestinian people
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How Not to Win Friends and Influence People: ignore them and talk about yourself
In April of this year, Rabbi Alissa Wise of Jewish Voice for Peace gave a talk at a Christian pro-Palestine conference, Friends of Sabeel North America (FOSNA), held in Vancouver, BC. FOSNA’s goals are (1) to promote awareness and understanding of … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Current Events, Gaza Strip
Tagged FOSNA, Gaza, George Polley, Israel, justice, Palestine, Palestinian people, peace
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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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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
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
Posted in Children, Current Events, Gaza, Gaza Strip, humanity, Israel, Palestinian people, Peace, Zionism
Tagged children, commentary, Gaza, George Polley, Israel, Palestine, Palestinian people
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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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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 →