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January 06, 2009
15:33
israeli terrorists kill hamas cat: maybe now israeli terrorists will be tried for war crimes?
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i just got back from all of the hoop jumping one must go through if you happen to have a passport that allows you to go to palestine and lebanon. loving people in both places means you need two passports. but i had to jump through an extra hoop today because i had my jordanian [...]
January 03, 2009
19:40
should it matter that there are no gas ovens in gaza?
» ‎ Body on the Line

so there are no gas ovens in gaza. but really, does it matter. they are trapped in a concentration camp and they are being slaughtered by the minute. here is the definition from the oxford english dictionary of a concentration camp: a place where large numbers of people, esp. political prisoners or members of persecuted minorities, [...]
January 02, 2009
0:28
trying to find the words for gaza…
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i feel like i can only write. and write only about gaza. i’ve been doing this for six days. not just here, but rania and i have been writing op-eds together, trying to place them in american newspapers and have yet to find success. it seems like others do not want to read the words [...]
December 29, 2008
0:48
10 bombs fall on islamic university in gaza
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if there was ever any doubt about why there should be an academic boycott of the zionist, terrorist, colonialist regime those doubts should be removed. this is nothing new, of course, but i ask you: how is a university (like a mosque or a hospital or a house) a military target? how is it showing [...]
November 27, 2008
21:26
oslo-izing iraq & celebrating genocide
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In Mumbai this morning people woke up in a state of shock. People are mourning. And it’s not over yet. In the U.S. Americans woke up to a day off, a day when most “celebrate” a holiday called Thanksgiving. In theory, if this were merely a holiday where people had a day off to give [...]
November 26, 2008
0:16
a dribble
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today was supposed to be ahmad sa’adat’s day in court. although his trial has been postponed before, it seemed as if it might actually take place today but it has been postponed yet again. maybe they are still fabricating evidence. not that they need any. the zionist state will do what it wants to. it [...]
November 15, 2008
12:13
it’s like watching a train wreck
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Rumor after rumor, decision after decision: it’s like watching a train wreck. The latest news? That Hillary Rodham Clinton may be Obama’s Secretary of State. For a candidate who wanted change, for a candidate who ran on a platform that was purported to be anti-war–at least against the occupation of Iraq–this further signals Obama’s desire [...]
November 14, 2008
8:11
Tell Oxford not to create lecture series in Peres’ honor
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Appeal, Badil, 13 November 2008 Oxford University’s Balliol College has decided to honor Shimon Peres and the apartheid state of Israel by inviting him to speak in Oxford, and by planning to establish a lecture series in his name. Peres will deliver his lecture on Tuesday, 18 November 2008 under the title “The Globalization of [...]
November 08, 2008
22:43
israeli institutionalized racism
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i just received this email. there are links below to sign a petition below. yet another example of how institutionalized israeli racism is. Dear friends, We ask for your urgent support in the case of Ali Baher. Ali is a student at the Hebrew University, who has been kicked out from his dorm room, and [...]
November 02, 2008
19:33
what moderate looks like
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Anyone who wonders about the influence of the Israel lobby on American media or on U.S. foreign policy needs to watch the documentary Peace, Propaganda, and the Promised Land. It’s an older film, but unfortunately still applies. I’m posting it here for people who want to watch it to see what happens in the [...]
October 27, 2008
1:28
kissing and palestine
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It is interesting how various aspects of my work life converge at particular moments. For the past few months I have been thinking a lot about censorship. Initially this was related to a chapter of my book that I recently finished in which I compare the U.S. laws making it illegal for slaves to read [...]
September 11, 2008
11:28
what if israelis stole knafe, too?
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This week in my conversation classes I used class time to discuss the boycott of Israeli products. One of the readings in the textbook is about “price and value” so I introduced into the discussion what one thinks about when one goes shopping. Very few, if any, of my students ask shopkeepers about where products [...]
September 10, 2008
13:43
Statement from Dr. Al-Arian to Supporters
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Expresses gratitude for support; “Freedom restores dignity and humanity” Northern Virginia - September 9, 2008 - Dr. Sami Al-Arian has given his first public statement since being released on bond, thanking his supporters for everything they have done, and calling on them to keep bearing witness to justice all over the world. [Statement from Dr. Al-Arian:] “The price [...]
August 19, 2008
11:44
you do the math
» ‎ Body on the Line

Before I begin my post on my first few days at An Najah National University, I must just comment a bit on this photograph here, which is very hard to see and even harder to read the writing on the building, but it deserves a comment. I had to go back to Ramallah the other [...]
June 30, 2008
11:15
Bush Justice Department Indicts Dr. Sami Al-Arian
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Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace June 27, 2008 Bush Justice Department Indicts Dr. Sami Al-Arian: The Injustice Continues ALEXANDRIA – The Bush Administration’s persecution of Dr. Sami Al Arian reached new heights on Thursday when prosecutors in the Eastern District of Virginia brought charges against him, entering a new phase in the politically-motivated campaign of the past five years. [...]
June 07, 2008
7:46
gaza fulbrighters
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About a week ago there was an article in the New York Times stating that the U.S. State Department rescinded its Fulbright scholarships to 7 Palestinians living in Gaza. The Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural and Academic Boycott of Israel issued a petition trying to reinstate these scholarships and a blog emerged agitating [...]

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