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Why Are There Suicide Bombers?
Suicide bombers are not only morally and ethically reprehensible, they are a drastically counter-productive policy for the Palestinians. But they spring from the reality of life under Israeli occupation. The following tells of life in the Gaza Strip, but the situation in the West Bank is no different.: “The Gaza Strip seems trapped in human […]
When China’s Christians Wish They Were In Prison
An Examination of the Eastern Lightning Cult in China By Paul Hattaway Director of Asia Harvest Please note: This article may be freely distributed, reprinted, sent by email, and posted on websites, as long as proper accreditation is given (i.e. everything written as above this note, including website details), and the reproduction of this article […]
The Boy Who Kissed The Soldier
Here is a powerfully poignant and revealing story you must read. Jewish-American activist and writer Starhawk (this is the only name she gives herself) recalls her recent experiences in Balata refugee camp with two other Jewish women. Clearly they were there as members of the International Solidarity Movement that is supporting Palestinians during the Israeli […]
Slandering Private Shlomo
by David D. Perlmutter* TNA News with Commentary No. 340, June 2002 I’m taught a class this semester on the history of war images and my students and I are often struck by how unreal the reality of war often seems. Take a famous scene from Saving Private Ryan. At Normandy beach American troops knock […]
Testimony Of A Bulldozer Driver From The Attack On Jenin
The following frightening and revealing account of Israeli actions in the attack on Jenin last March-April comes from one of the Israeli soldiers known as “seruvnikim, ‘refuseniks’,” who have refused to serve in the Israeli army in the Occupied Territories. It is the testimony of a soldier who called himself Duby Al-Kurdi (Kurdish bear cub), […]
Pray For Cuba
Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 173 – Wed 19 Jun 2002 —————————————- CUBA: CASTRO MOVES TO ENTRENCH COMMUNISM —————————————- The Church in Cuba has grown in spite of suffering under Communist oppression. Government regulations make it virtually impossible for churches to get building permits, so house-churches have mushroomed and blossomed. For several years, the […]
North Korea
Religious Liberty Prayer List – No. 172 – Wed 12 Jun 2002 ————————————— CHINA: HUNTING DEFECTORS AND PROTECTORS ————————————— North Korea is in the grip of severe famine. The suffering of the people is intensified by the harsh living conditions, made worse by fuel and power shortages as well as drastic political and religious oppression […]
News From Bethlehem
Rev. Dr. Mitri Raheb says: Salaam from Bethlehem. Please find below the link to one of my recent articles published in the July issue of The Lutheran magazine under the title: “Winning the enemy: A Palestinian Lutheran Pastor Outlines the Way to Peace”. There are two other excellent pieces: An article by Rabbi Michael Lerner […]
Harsh Words Trample Palestinians’ Hopes
The following article was printed in yesterday’s”Sunspot.net News, Maryland’s Online Community,” a production of the Baltimore Sun Newspaper. It documents the extreme prejudice against the Palestinians and their cause extant in most of Israel and America. http://www.sunspot.net/bal-op.palestinians17jun17.story By Ahmed Bouzid June 17, 2002 WAYNE, Pa. — What should Palestinians think when they read, as reported […]
People Fly Planes Into Buildings Because….
US global power and its track record of military interventions (currently over 400) give the IMF and the World Bank immense power over indebted countries. Developing countries are forced to divert funds to debt repayments and focus their economies on industries that can earn foreign exchange, primarily resource extraction. Western standards of living are consequently […]
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