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August 1, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Violence upon the mind: The constantly present colonial
In Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and all the Arab and Muslim worlds we are facing re-colonization, death and destruction by design. I shared a video of a child’s rescue on my Facebook and a debate and some arguments ensued about the location and what country it was from. The debate and argument point to a…
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July 30, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Gaza: A Palestinian War of Independence
CAIRO’s Negotiations Should Focus on Freedom and Dignity for the Palestinians. The PLO announced the sending of unified delegation to Cairo to participate in intense negotiations with Israel through Egyptian intermediaries intended to institute a ceasefire in Gaza. Leading up to the PLO delegation announcement, PA President Mahmoud visited Saudi Arabia to coordinate and reaffirm…
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July 27, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
The topography of Israel’s power in America AIPAC 100 – Palestine 0
On the same night that Israel launched its ground offensive against Occupied Gaza, the US Senate by unanimous consent, which means 100 out of 100 senators voted to support Israel’s war on Gaza. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) introduced resolution 498, but ended up with 79…
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July 23, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
A license to kill: “Israel right to defend itself”
Western politicians’ repeated canard that “Israel has the right to defend itself” against the Occupied Palestinian population has to be understood as an open license to maim and kill anyone in range. Voices from across the political spectrum repeat this utterance, which I am sure is handed down to them from Israeli public relations outfits…
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July 21, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Western media: The clean-up crew for Israeli crimes
The New York Times (NYT) July 16th, 2014 coverage of Israeli military murder of 4 Palestinian kids playing on the Gaza beach leaves much to be desired and was a sophisticated media-speak piece whereby the actual event is reported but in the process the newspaper obfuscated and shifted responsibility away from Israel. From the title…
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July 18, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Gaza: A symbol of global dispossession
We are living at a time when Wall Street thieves are celebrated for being canny smart investors while bankrupting countries; when politicians who invade countries killing hundreds of thousands based on falsified or manufactured evidence are honored with libraries and buildings bearing their names; and when a professor who wrote torture memos is granted endowed…
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July 6, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
From Fast to Feast: Meaning of Ramadan and the Global Poverty Crisis
Every year the month of Ramadan arrives ushering in fasting and spiritual contemplations about our words and deeds in this world and aspiration for the hereafter. During Ramadan, Muslims from all walks of life fast, pray and give charity as an expression of commitment to their faith and an articulation of a sense of collective…
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July 1, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Israel and the Regional Strategic Landscape
Palestine throughout the 20th century has been subject to and effected by the stategic global and regional balance of power. From the end of WWI up to the present the stategic balance favored Israel and its allies. However and moving forward, the strategic balance in the region is not in Israel’s favor, thus not only the…
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June 22, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
Palestinian society and the Apartheid Wall
Through successive periods of intervention by the British, Jordanian and Israeli governments, Palestinians as a society, have been maintained in a predominantly dependent agriculture and agrarian economy. Family, clan and tribe closely identified with agriculture and land ownership has served as a stabilizing factor for the Occupied population. In more than one region in the…
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June 14, 2014 | Turkey Agenda
The ethical, moral economy and designing structural inequality
In his short tenure at the helm of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has managed to reshape conversations about wealth, economy and poverty calling on the UN to lead a worldwide “ethical mobilization” in solidarity with the poor. In a May 16, 2013 address to new Vatican ambassadors, Pope Francis described the current global economic…
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