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257 days ago
By Jonathan Cook 10 March, 2009 Countercurrents.org Canada Park: As spring sets in early, Israelis have been pouring into one of the country’s most popular leisure spots. Visitors to Canada Park, a few kilometres north-west of Jerusalem, enjoy its spectacular panaromas, woodland paths, mountain-bike trails, caves and idyllic picnic areas. A series of signs describe the historical significance of the landscape, as well as that of a handful of ancient buildings, in terms of their Biblical, Roman, Hellenic and Ottoman pasts. Few, if any, visitors take notice of the stone blocks that litter sections of the park. But Eitan Bronstein, director of Zochrot (Remembering), is committed to educating Israelis and foreign visitors about the park’s hidden past – its Palestinian history. “In fact, though you would never realise it, none of this park is even in Israel,” he told a group of 40 Italians on a guided tour this past weekend. “This is part of the West Bank captured by Israel ...
272 days ago
By Ghali Hassan 19 February, 2009 Countercurrents.org The establishment in 1948 of a Zionist state on Palestinian land is often seen as constituting the greatest danger to world peace. Yet, Western powers led by the U.S. continue to support and defend Israel’s militarism and war crimes in Palestine. What has changed is the nakedness of Israeli war crimes and Western endorsement of Israeli’s Zionfascism. Imagine an open-air prison with 1.5 million defenceless Palestinian refugees was attacked from the air, the land and the sea by a powerful army using missiles, artillery shells, cluster bombs and white phosphorus delivered by U.S.-supplied F-16s war planes, Apache helicopter gunships and tanks. Just after Christmas 2008, the Israeli Zionfascist army embarked on a three-week deliberate and indiscriminate bombardment of Gaza Concentration Camp in occupied Palestine. The extent of Israel’s premeditated aggression was a war crime for the world to see. The so-called “International ...
272 days ago
By Franklin Lamb 19 February, 2009 Countercurrents.org "Whatever will happen in the future, we shall not repeat the mistakes we made in leaving Gaza," Shimon Peres to members of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations 2/18/09 "You take my water. Burn my Olive Trees. Destroy my house. Take my job. Steal my Land. Imprison my Mother. Bomb my country. Starve us all. Humiliate us all. But I am to blame: I shot a rocket back". Sign carried near Hyde Park Corner during a demonstration in London on 2/15/09 by a Member of the British Parliament Ain el Helwe Palestinian Refugee Camp,Sidon, Lebanon: : Israeli President Shimon Peres has participated in shaping the policies of Israel for most of its existence. His Washington Post Op-Ed last week billed as 'a peacepartners prod' to the Obama administration, evidences a major disconnect within the government of Israel concerning what is urgently required for that country's ...
287 days ago
Challenges the entire official version of September 11 attacks. Book Details: Author : Thierry Meyssan Publisher : Carnot USA Language : english Paperback 240 pages ISBN : 1592090265 Dimensions (en cm) : 2 x 15 x 24 Book description: In The Big Lie, Thierry Meyssan sheds new light on the 9/11 Pentagon and WTC crashes. - The New York Fire Dept. has asked for an independent enquiry, owing to the fact that Tower 7 did not collapse because of the plane crashes, and explosions were heard. - In Washington, the façade of the Pentagon was damaged along 19 meters, but a Boeing’s wingspan is at least 38 meters. Yet, no debris were found on the Pentagon’s lawn. These, along with many other findings, challenge the entire official version of the Sept. 11 attacks. Supported by independent aeronautical experts, Thierry Meyssan’s inquiry into the events of Sept. 11 sheds new light on the overlooked evidence, the contradictory testimonies, and the Pentagon’s ...
