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Volume
33
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5
What struck me most about the biblical narrative was that the divine promise of land was integrally linked with the mandate to exterminate the indigenous peoples, and I had to wrestle with my perception that those traditions were inherently oppressive and morally reprehensible.
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Volume
33
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4
Writes Link author James M. Wall: “As I continue to make my own personal journal, I will work to make the Palestinian cause at least as well known as the Israeli position. I don’t expect that to be achieved in my lifetime, but I intend to pursue it. It is, after all, my government, whose elected officials I have served, who have had such a major role in maintaining the imbalance between Israel and Palestine. The legacy of injustices between conquerors and conquered – catalogued at Camp David II as borders, refugees, settlements and Jerusalem – must sooner or later be morally and legally confronted, confessed and corrected.”
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Volume
33
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3
On July 12 [1948] Ramle and Lydda were occupied by Zionist forces and a curfew was imposed. At 11:30 a.m., many Lydda inhabitants, shut up in their houses, took fright at the sudden outbreak of shooting outside.… Some rushed into the streets, only to be cut down by Israeli fire...In the confusion, many unarmed detainees in the detention areas in the center of town – in the mosque and church compounds – were shot and killed.… At 13:30 hours, July 12, before the shooting had completely died down, Operation Dani HQ issued the following order to Yiftah Brigade: “The inhabitants of Lydda must be expelled quickly without attention to age.” --Israeli historian Benny Morris, “The Middle East Journal”, vol. 40, No. 1, Winter 1986, pp. 86-87
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Volume
33
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2
Writes Link author Bashar Tarabieh: “Disenfranchised communities, whether under occupation or not, utilize the little power they have to resist the injustice inflicted upon them. The form of resistance usually emerges from their lived reality and their available resources. Given its small size, armed resistance was not an option. Hence, throughout the occupation, communal resistance has been non-violent.”
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Volume
33
, Issue
1
Writes Link author Nihad Awad: “Discrimination and stereotypes were once stumbling blocks for the American Muslim community. Their negative impact was one of the driving reasons behind the founding of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). We did not want our children to feel that they had to hide their Muslim identities or change their names to survive.”
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