Here’s an excerpt from a new article by British journalist Alan Hart: I find myself wondering how many of our present day leaders, President Obama in particular, are aware of what happened in Palestine that became Israel on 10 March 65 years ago today. On that day in 1948, two months before Israel’s unilateral declaration [...]
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The text that follows was submitted to Deir Yassin Remembered by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. It is presented here for your consideration and discussion. Foreword to Model Palestinian Declaration of Independence The chances for a Palestinian state seem to be evaporating, yet things aren’t hopeless. “Facts on the ground” are not immutable unless [...]
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Cambridge Scholars Publishing is releasing a new book entitled Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists. The book is edited by DYR Director Avigail Abarbanel and has an official publication date of January 2012. You can read the publisher’s dust jacket book description below. More information can be found on Avigail’s web site. [...]
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Below are all three parts of Rochester Indymedia’s video of a talk by Gilad Atzmon in a presentation by Atzmon and Rich Siegel on June 29, 2010 at the “The Flying Squirrel Community Center” in Rochester, NY. You can also watch the videos on Rochester Indymedia’s Indy TV channel on blip.tv. Part 1 Part 2 [...]
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Exposing Another Zionist in the Peace Movement The following section is offered as a case study in how to distinguish those activists who support a Jewish state from those who recognize that deadly symptoms of Zionism are connected at the root, and that it is this root of the conflict that must be eliminated, not [...]
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The subject of the Palestine Center’s inaugural book review is Jewish Terrorism in Israel by Ami Pedahzur and Arie Perliger (Columbia UP, 2009). You can read the entire review here. Below is a relevant excerpt from the review concerning the book authors’ omission of the Deir Yassin massacre. Reading through the book, it becomes evident [...]
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*Dissident Voice has a new article about Deir Yassin Remembered Board Member Mordechai Vanunu. Click here to read “What Americans Need to Know about Mordechai Vanunu” by Eileen Fleming. *Please sign the petition, co-sponsored by Deir Yassin Remembered, to “Investigate Possible Israeli War Crimes” stemming from allegations that Israelis have stolen organs from the bodies [...]
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