Tag Archives: Palestinian people
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
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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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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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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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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Israel, Moral Values, and the Future
Israel, Moral Values, and The Future More than anything else, the issue of Israel’s future is a moral one. Prior to the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948, a date that Palestinians call “The Nakba” (Catastrophe), Israel’s … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Justice, Palestinian people, Peace
Tagged commentary, George Polley, moral values, Morality, Palestine, Palestinian people
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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 →