Middle East Post

Recently Israel decided to prevent any activity which Palestinians plan to hold in Jerusalem as a part of the “Jerusalem a capital of Arab Culture” in the Palestinian territories. The Israeli government decided to prevent the activities, imprisoned more than twenty two Palestinians in East Jerusalem, and commanded the Police to do anything needed in order to prevent the cultural activities which were planned to be held. Read more…

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“I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.”

This is what Mahatma Gandhi once said about violence. Today the spreading culture is working upon half of this statement which is to deny violence and call those who act using it terrorists. I wonder what is said about occupation, and right of liberty. Read more…

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In the last post “The Way to Peace…or War…” I mentioned that the truth is that the people in the Middle East and specially those who live the Israeli Arabic conflict are not concerned in peace as it looks in the Media. What proves this is the way Israelis and Palestinians acted in the last few years. The Israelis elected Ariel Sharon even though they knew that the kind of peace Read more…

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