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The dark face of jewish nationalism

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9/11 – The US Military Knows Israel Did It

By Dr Alan Sabrosky

(source: Information Clearing House)

"Redress" – -Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu once remarked to a Likud gathering that "Israel is not like other countries". Oddly enough for him, that time he was telling the truth, and nowhere is that more evident than with Jewish nationalism, whether or not one pins the "Zionist" label on it.

Nationalism in most countries and cultures can have both positive and negative aspects, unifying a people and sometimes leading them against their neighbours. Extremism can emerge, and often has, at least in part in almost every nationalist/independence movement I can recall (e.g. the French nationalist movement had The Terror, Kenya’s had the Mau Mau, etc.).

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Israels no renting to arabs policy

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Jewish couple lose court battle to help Bedouin friends

By Jonathan Cook

(source: Jonathan Cook’s ZSpace Page)

The Zakai and Tarabin families should be a picture of happy coexistence across the ethnic divide, a model for others to emulate in Israel.

But Natalie and Weisman Zakai say the past three years — since the Jewish couple offered to rent their home to Bedouin friends, Ahmed and Khalas Tarabin — have been a living hell.

“I have always loved Israel,” said Mrs Zakai, 43. “But to see the depth of the racism of our neighbours has made me question why we live in this country.”

Three of the couple’s six dogs have been mysteriously poisoned; Mrs Zakai’s car has been sprayed with the words ”Arab lover” and the windows smashed; her three children in school are regularly taunted and bullied by other pupils; and a collection of vintage cars in the family’s yard has been set on fire in what police say was an arson attack.

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El al saga an affront to south Africas dignity

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By Iqbal Jassat

(source: Media Monitors Network)

"The most troubling aspect of the investigation revealed that Israeli agents were carrying diplomatic passports and weapons licensed to the Israeli embassy. These facts encapsulate a key question that South African authorities have thus far failed to answer: Why did a foreign intelligence agency operate with impunity on sovereign soil?"

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Mention EL AL and OR Tambo in a single sentence and you are likely to conjure40of a spooky environment.

Perhaps more damning for South Africa, EL AL and OR Tambo may also symbolize the shaky grounds of a legacy inherited from the ghostly past of apartheid.

EL AL is Israel’s national airline. OR Tambo is South Africa’s international airport in Johannesburg, previously known as “Jan Smuts”. It is here that until recently most people in Nelson Mandela’s beloved “Rainbow” country remained blissfully ignorant of cloak and dagger operations all under the guise of “security”. Read More »El al saga an affront to south Africas dignity

Britain expels Isaraeli diplomat over dubai passport row

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(source: BBC News)

The UK is to expel an Israeli diplomat over 12 forged British passports used in the murder of Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai in January.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband told the Commons there were "compelling reasons" to believe Israel was responsible for the passport "misuse". He said: "The government takes this matter extremely seriously. Such misuse of British passports is intolerable." Israel’s ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, said he was "disappointed".

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