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Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish dead at 67 - International Herald Tribune: Aug 9, 4:38pm 1 review literature, poetry, israel, palestine
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/08/09/africa/ME-Obit-Darwish.php; And death shall have no dominion I have defeated you, death All the beautiful arts have defeated you The songs of Mesopotamia, the obelisks of Egypt, the carved tombs of the pharaohs on the altar have defeated you, and you are vanquished. [Mahmoud Darwish] Mahmoud Darwish, the greatest Palestinian poet who gave a poignant voice to the Palestinian experience of exile, occupation and civl war, has died in Houston, Texas. He was 67. I met and spoke with Mahmoud twice, once in Brussels at a conference, and once in Ramallah for an interview, and wrote several columns about him. I greatly admired his simple, homely poetry. His death is a deep blow and a immense sadness. Many of his poems have been put into music and have become anthems for at least two generations of Arabs. Darwish had an astonishing ability to condense the Palestinian narrative into simple, evocative language, breaking away from the more traditional heavy, emotive, rhythmic verse of Arab poets. Darwish wrote the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, read by the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat when he unilaterally declared statehood from Algiers. His influence was keenly felt among Palestinians and he was a powerful voice for many of their more pragmatic leaders. "He started out as a poet of resistance and then he became a poet of conscience," said Palestinian parliamentarian Hanan Ashrawi. "He embodied the best in Palestinians, with fame he never lost his sense of humanity. We have lost part of our essence, the essence of the Palestinian being." Eight years ago Yossi Sarid, who was then Israeli education minister (the best person ever to hold this job), proposed teaching Darwish's works in Israel's public school curriculum. The idea was shot down by the country's racist religious right-wing parties who forced a no-confidence vote in the government. Sarid is retired, and Darwish is dead. The regressive retards may celebrate. The rest of us feel we have lost something great.

Why did they treat me like that?: Jul 16, 11:42am 0 review israel, journalism, human-rights, torture
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/999330.html

From triumph to torture: John Pilger on Mohammed Omer's treatment by Israel: Jul 16, 11:22am 0 review israel, journalism, human-rights, torture, palestinian
http://rinf.com/alt-news/surveillance-big-brother/from-triumph-to-torture-joh...

Sample Chapter for Rose, J.: The Question of Zion.: Mar 26, 10:06am 0 review psychology, israel, zionism, neurosis
http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/s7927.html

Robert Fisk: How Ireland exorcised the ghost of empire - Robert Fisk, News - Ind…: Mar 23, 5:15am 0 review ireland, israel, international, war
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/fisk/robert-fisk-how-ireland-exorcised-the-...

Economist.com - Cities Guide: Feb 3, 3:00am 0 review travel, israel, cities, tel-aviv
http://www.economist.com/cities/citiesmain.cfm?city_id=TLV

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395520,00.html: May 3, 2007 2:43pm 1 review politics, israel, peace, war, protest
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3395520,00.html; 'Throw the bastards out' I spent the evening at one of my favourite sporting events as a journalist (and one and only sporting activity) - protest rallies, power of the people and all that. This one tonight was in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, where a colossal crowd of 150,000 people noisily demanded that their lousy government resign en masse. This is because of the scorching Winograd Commission report, which this week found the political and military leaders guilty of incompetence in launching (and losing) a brutal and pointless war in Lebanon last summer. (See the "Wimps of Zion" post and link below). So far Oily Ehud Olmert and his lot are staying put, whining about their "duty to implement the recommendations of the report." The more pertinent recommendation of the people at the rally, chanted over and over again, was "Go home, you idiots; and stay home." Olmert set a new record for political leaders a couple of days ago with a public popularity rating of zero. (It could actually be in negative digits, given the plus-minus margin of error in polls). Someone said to me today, "Hey he's saying there's a new poll out and his popularity has doubled." Chuckles all round [PICTURE: It's nice to see young, old and in-between at huge political protests like this. You just know the people are right, and the politicians are disgusting warmongering liars sacrificing the nation's children.]

Israels post-heroic disaster Thomas ODwyer - openDemocracy: May 1, 2007 1:53pm 2 reviews middle-east, israel, war, winograd
http://www.opendemocracy.net/conflict-middle_east_politics/winograd_report_45...; The wimps of Zion "No one starts a war, or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so, without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by that war and how he intends to conduct it." - [Karl von Clausewitz] Judge Eliyahu Winograd's interim report yesterday on Israel's disastrous war in Lebanon last summer is an astonishing tirade of harsh condemnation, exasperating narrative, and grim conclusions. It's all aimed at the top three clowns responsible for the conflict - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defence Minister Amir Peretz and Chief of Staff Dan Halutz. Worse - beyond the committee's criticism of Israel's incompetent warmongering political and military leadership, Winograd lays bare their grand failure to formulate clear objectives and an exit strategy from the Lebanon campaign. Beware Iraq war planners and liars - the exact same curse of history is also lying in wait for you - and that means you, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Blair. [PICTURE: Long gone are the Lions of Zion. What Israel is left with are the corrupt Wimps of Olmert.]