| [East Jerusalem, Nov. 8, 2006]
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| | 1948, eleven men had a meeting in the Red
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| Dr. Ilan Pappe, is Israeli born and a
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| | House headed by Ben Gurion. The eleven
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| graduate of Hebrew University and Oxford
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| | decided to expel one million Palestinians
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| who is currently teaching at Haifa
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| | from historical Palestine. No minutes
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| University. He is a well known
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| | were taken, but many memoirs were written
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| revisionist or "post-Zionist" Israeli
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| | about that fateful meeting. A systematic
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| historian who has been both acclaimed and
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| | ethnic cleansing of Palestine began and
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| demonized. His most recent work is "A
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| | within seven months the Zionists managed
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| History of Modern Palestine: One Land,
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| | to expel one half of all the Palestinian
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| Two Peoples" which documents the
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| | people from their villages and towns.
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| expulsion of Palestinians as an
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| | "The New York Times followed Israeli
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| orchestrated crime of ethnic cleansing.
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| | troops and reported the truth of the
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| He spoke at the Notre Dame Conference
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| | expulsion and separation of men and
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| center in East Jerusalem to over 330
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| | women, and of the many massacres. The
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| International ecumenical Christians
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| | world was well informed in 1948, but a
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| during Sabeel's 6th International
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| | year later not a trace was reported in
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| Conference: The Forgotten Faithful: AKA
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| | the USA press or books. It was as if
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| Palestinian Christians.
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| | nothing ever happened.
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| His topic was the "Dynamics of
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| | "From March to October 1948 the USA State
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| Forgetting" and because of the "fierce
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| | Department stated what was happening was
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| urgency of now" [-Rev. MLK, Jr.] the
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| | a CRIME against humanity and ethnic
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| world is beginning to remember that once
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| | cleansing. When ever one ethnic group
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| there was a Red House, which birthed a
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| | expels another group they should be
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| most diabolical plan.
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| | treated as War Criminals and the victims
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| Dr. Pappe stated that, "The Red House in
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| | should be allowed to return. This is
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| Tel Aviv is gone now. It was a typical
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| | never mentioned in the USA about
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| building in Tel Aviv that had all the
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| | Palestine.
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| characteristics of Mediterranean homes
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| | "Israel is so successful in their ethnic
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| but with the local Palestinian
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| | cleansing because the world doesn't care!
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| architecture of the '20's. Today a USA
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| | The ethnic cleansing continues via the
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| Sheraton Hotel stands in its place. The
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| | apartheid policies of the Israeli
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| Red House was the home of the Hagganah; a
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| | government and because of the denial of
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| Jewish underground organization but
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| | the truth by the the USA media.
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| before 1948 it was the home of a
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| | "To claim Israel is the only democracy in
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| socialist movement, from which it
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| | the Middle East is bullshit! The Six Day
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| received its name.
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| | War of 1967 escalated the ethnic
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| Haganah is Hebrew for "The Defense" and
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| | cleansing and today in Jerusalem every
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| was a Jewish paramilitary organization
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| | Palestinian who fails to pay taxes, or
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| formed in what was then the British
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| | has a minor infraction will loose their
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| Mandate for Palestine from 1920 to 1948.
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| | citizenship.
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| It began as a small group of "Jewish
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| | "In 1948 the mechanism of denial and
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| immigrants who guarded settlements for an
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| | ethnic cleansing as an IDEOLOGY, not a
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| annual fee. At no time did the group have
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| | policy but a formula began. When Zionism
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| more than 100 members until after the
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| | began in the 19th century it was meant to
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| Arab riots of 1920 and 1921. The Jewish
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| | be a safe haven for Jews and to help
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| leadership in Palestine believed that the
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| | redefine Judaism as a national movement,
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| British, whom the League of Nations had
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| | not just a religion. Nothing wrong with
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| given the Mandate of Palestine in 1920,
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| | either of those goals!
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| had no desire to confront the Arabs about
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| | "But by the late 19th Century it was
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| attacks on the Palestinian Jews, and thus
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| | decided the only way these goals could be
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| created the Haganah to protect their
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| | achieved was by ridding the indigenous
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| farmers and settlements. The initial role
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| | population and it became an evil
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| of the Haganah was to guard the Jewish
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| | ideology.
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| Kibbutzim and farms, and to warn the
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| | "Israeli Jewish life will never be
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| residents of and repel attacks by
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| | simple, good, or worth living while this
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| Palestinian Arabs.
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| | ideology of domination, exclusiveness and
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| "In the period between 1920 to 1929, the
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| | superiority is allowed to continue. The
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| Haganah lacked a strong central authority
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| | mind set today is that unless Israel is
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| or coordination. Haganah "units" were
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| | an exclusive Jewish State, Palestinians
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| very localized and poorly armed: they
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| | will continue to be obstacles. However,
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| consisted mainly of Jewish farmers who
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| | there has always been a small vocal
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| took turns guarding their farms or their
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| | minority challenging this.
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| kibbutzim. Following the Arab 1929 Hebron
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| | "The only thing that can save
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| massacre that led to the ethnic cleansing
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| | Palestinians is for the world to say
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| by the British authorities of all Jews
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| | "ENOUGH is ENOUGH!" The way to challenge
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| from the city of Hebron, the Haganah's
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| | and change the ethnic cleansing is to
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| role changed dramatically. It became a
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| | pursue true democracy and the use of
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| much larger organization encompassing
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| | sanctions and divestment, for money
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| nearly all the youth and adults in the
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| | talks."[end Dr. Pappe]
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| Jewish settlements, as well as thousands
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| | "America's $84.8 billion in aid to Israel
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| of members from the cities. It also
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| | from fiscal years 1949 through 1998, and
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| acquired foreign arms and began to
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| | the interest the U.S. paid to borrow this
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| develop workshops to create hand grenades
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| | money, has cost U.S. taxpayers $134.8
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| and simple military equipment. It went
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| | billion, not adjusted for inflation. Or,
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| from being an untrained militia to a
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| | put another way, the nearly $14,630 every
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| capable army." -wikipedia
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| | one of 5.8 million Israelis received from
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| The British did not officially recognize
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| | the U.S. government by Oct. 31, 1997 has
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| the Haganah,but the British security
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| | cost American taxpayers $23,240 per
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| forces cooperated with it by forming the
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| | Israeli."[IfAmericansknew]
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| Jewish Settlement Police, Jewish
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| | "The Israeli government and military
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| Auxiliary Forces and Special Night
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| | receive $15,139,178.00 from the USA every
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| Squads. By 1931, the most right-wing
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| | day while NGO's working to feed and care
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| elements of Haganah branched off and
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| | for the poor in Palestine receive
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| formed Irgun Tsva'i-Leumi (the National
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| | $232,290.00 from the USA per day." [Ibid]
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| Military Organization), better known as
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| | In June 2005, I visited Rev. Naim Ateek
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| "Irgun" (or by its Hebrew acronym,
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| | at his Jerusalem Sabeel office. I had
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| pronounced "HaEtsel"). They were
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| | been reading the Sabeel Documents about
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| discontented with the policy of restraint
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| | the divestment issue especially in
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| when faced with British and Arab pressure
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| | regards to Sabeel's position on morally
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| and "terrorists" in their own right.
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| | responsible investment as a nonviolent
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| Irgun later split in 1940, and their
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| | response to the occupation. I commented
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| off-shoot became known as the "Lehi"
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| | then that is exactly the issue American
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| (Hebrew acronym of Lochamei Herut Israel,
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| | Christians should be discussing and not
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| standing for Freedom Fighters of Israel,
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| | the continuing debate over the mystery of
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| and also known by the British as the
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| | love and marriage in regards to gays and
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| "Stern Gang" after its leader, Abraham
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| | lesbians and the ordination of the first
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| Stern).
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| | HONEST gay Bishop Gene Robinson.
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| Because the British severely restricted
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| | "The fierce urgency of now"[Rev. MLK,
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| Jewish immigration to Palestine, in 1939
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| | Jr.] should compel all USA citizens to
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| the Haganah created the Palmach - the
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| | seriously consider, debate and take
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| Haganah's strike force, which also
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| | action on where we lay down our money,
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| organized illegal Jewish immigration of
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| | what we invest in and how our government
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| over 100,000 Jews to Palestine.
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| | spends our hard earned tax dollars. To
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| In 1944, in response to the assassination
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| | continue to support corporations that
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| of Lord Moyne (the British Minister of
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| | support occupation and fuel the fire of
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| State for the Middle East) by members of
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| | terrorism should be morally repugnant to
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| the Jewish Lehi underground, the Haganah
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| | any one of good will as those actions are
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| worked with the British to round up,
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| | not democratic. Rev. Ateek has been
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| interrogate, and, in some cases, deport
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| | demonized as an anti-Semite because of
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| Irgun members. This action was called the
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| | his outspoken and firm stand for justice
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| Saison (or hunting season), and seriously
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| | and only justice as the way to peace and
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| demoralized the Irgun and reduced its
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| | security for all the people in the Holy
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| activities.
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| | Land.
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| The Saison could not stop the Irgun,
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| | Money talks and the USA should only
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| Haganah and the Stern Group from working
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| | support democracies that are true to that
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| together. The three groups had different
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| | name, for a democracy quarantees,
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| functions, which served to move the
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| | delivers and protects all people with
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| British out of Palestine, and to make
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| | equal human rights.
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| Palestine a Jewish state rather than
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| | "In the long run, there is no justice
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| created a Jewish home in Palestine.
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| | without FREEDOM. There can be no human
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| Menachem Begin, an Irgun commander,
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| | rights without LIBERTY. All who live in
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| stated in a 1944 meeting: "In fact, there
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| | tyranny and hopelessness can know the
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| is a division of roles; One organisation
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| | United States will not ignore your
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| advocates individual terrorism (the
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| | oppression or excuse your oppressors.
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| Lehi), the other conducts sporadic
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| | When you stand for liberty, we stand with
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| military operations (the Irgun) and there
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| | you."-President George W. Bush, Second
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| is a third organisation which prepares
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| | Inaugural Address
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| itself to throw its final weight in the
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| | "The fierce urgency of now" should compel
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| decisive war."-wikipedia.
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| | all USA citizens to demand President Bush
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| According to Dr. Pappe, "On March 10,
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| | honor that vow.
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