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Israel's 60th Independence Day

                   
washingtonpost.com: In his speech to the Knesset on Thursday, President Bush vowed to be always by Israel's side. On Sunday, he spoke forcefully about the Palestinian cause. washingtonpost.com

Two Audiences, Two Speeches

washingtonpost.com
19-May-2008 183 related
        

SHARM-EL-SHEIKH, Egypt The adage that all politics is local never seemed as true as it did last week, when President Bush spent five days dashing through the Middle East. A voyage that, from the White House point of view, was aimed largely at celebrating ties with two different but venerable...

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Parade on Parkway Celebrates Israel's 60th Anniversary

kyw1060.com
19-May-2008 2 related
        

by KYW’s Ian Bush More than three thousand people took to the Ben Franklin Parkway on Sunday afternoon to mark the 60th anniversary of the state of Israel. They celebrate a faith and a culture. Len Barrack chairs the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia: "Philadelphia in particular has a...

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Celebrating independence

courier-journal.com
19-May-2008 11 related
        

Jewish Community Center event honors Israel It was a tight fit, but the Jewish Community Federation of Louisville managed yesterday to squeeze the state of Israel behind the Jewish Community Center on Dutchmans Lane. On one side of the small, parklike grounds was Jerusalem, with Tel Aviv,...

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Paramilitary Police Attack Al-Nakba March

fanonite.org
18-May-2008 4 related
        

Jonathan Cook describes how a Nakba memorial procession was blocked by a small number of Zionist protestors and then attacked by armed police. This attack was most likely planned as Israel views commemoration of the Naba as deeply subversive. In fact, Israel’s Public Security Minister Avi Dichter...

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Peres: When Hamas fires rockets, it hurts itself

ynet.co.il
18-May-2008
        

President Shimon Peres met with US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi who arrived in Israel for the 60th Independence Day celebrations. During the meeting Peres said, “we left Gaza, we evacuated all Israeli settlements and Hamas is still firing at us. When Hamas fires rockets from...

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Pope Benedict, please support Palestinian Christians!

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18-May-2008
        

By Mary Rizzo • May 17th, 2008 Pope Benedict described Israel’s 60th Independence Day as a sign of God’s beneficence toward the Jews. “I would like to congratulate the State of Israel on its 60th Independence Day,” Yediot Achronot quoted Benedict as telling Motti Levy, the new Israeli ambassador...

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On Independence Day, Israeli Arabs Reminded of Their Place

indymedia.org.uk
17-May-2008 25 related
        

On Independence Day, Israeli Arabs Reminded of Their Place by Jonathan Cook It has been a week of adulation from world leaders, ostentatious displays of military prowess, and street parties. Far from being a historical event, Israel's "independence" – and the ever greater toll it is inflicting on...

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Remembering Al Nakba in the Occupied Territories

palestinechronicle.com
17-May-2008 9 related
        

By Kim BullimoreThis year marks the 60th anniversary of Al Nakba, the catastrophe, which saw the destruction of Palestinian society and the ethnic cleansing of more than 700,000 indigenous Palestinians from their historic homeland.It has now been more than 21,915 days since the Palestinian people...

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With good intentions Bush ambushes Israel

rediff.com
16-May-2008 28 related
        

As many analysts have pointed out, by excessively identifying with Israeli policies, Bush has actually worked against Israel's long-term interests. Indeed, the Jewish State has become more unsure now than in it was in January 2001 when Bush became president.

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Paramilitary Police Attack Al-Nakba March

mathaba.net
16-May-2008 16 related
        

The Yassam, effectively a hit squad known for striking out first and asking questions later, attacked Palestinians, injuring dozens of marchers, including women and children. Far from being a historical event, Israel’s “independence” -- and the ever greater toll it is inflicting on the...

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