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2020 Choice: “In Your Face” or “Weasel Words”
Posted on July 7, 2019 by wallwritings by James M. Wall On Sunday, June 16, leaders of the nationalist bromance between Israel and the Trump government took one small step for tyranny and one huge step for “in your face” diplomacy. In … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Donald Trump, Israel, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Palestinians
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Samia Khoury and Trump’s Deal of the Century
By James M. Wall Samia Khoury has been my friend since before the first Intifada. My first of 20 trips to Palestine and Israel, always as a journalist, was in 1973. All too slowly, since that first trip, I grew … Continue reading
Posted in Donald Trump, Human Rights, Israel, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Uncategorized
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“Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere”
by James M. Wall “Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere”, launches the poem, “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882). Those opening words came to memory as I read the … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Judiasm, Middle East, Palestinians, Religious Faith
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Children and IDF are Israeli Occupation Pawns
By James M. Wall There are times when one picture says it all. This picture at right shows a terrified Palestinian child between two Israeli soldiers who, from my perspective, are ashamed of what they are doing. Ponder that picture … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Middle East, Palestinians
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Why MLK Would Back Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
by James M. Wall Juan Cole’s column, published today on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, links King to 29-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), the youngest woman ever elected to the U.S. Congress. This nation honors King on each third Monday of January, … Continue reading Continue reading
Israel’s Uri Avnery Dies Too Soon at 94
by James M. Wall Uri Avnery died at age 94 on August 20, 2018, two weeks after a stroke sent him to a Tel Aviv hospital. He died too soon. Israel, Palestine, and the world, still need his passionate voice … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Media, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, Palestinians, Uncategorized
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Ramzy Baroud: “My people will never accept this.”
1. The joint Israeli-American “‘vision” for the Palestinians basically means the imposition of apartheid.
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Posted in Gaza, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Palestinians, Trump, United Nations
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Trump and the Repackaged Oslo Accord
by James M. Wall We live in a world saturated by the manifestation of evil. Genesis tells the origin story. The story starts with Adam succumbing to the temptation of desire for the forbidden. The Creator surely knew the decision to allow … Continue reading
Posted in Donald Trump, Israel, Middle East, Palestinians
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Ahed Tamimi Completes High School in Prison
by James M. Wall Ahed Tamimi (right) and her mother Nariman were released from an Israel prison Sunday. They had served dual eight-months sentences. Ahed, a 17-year-old teenager, left her cell and found a wild reception from friends, family and … Continue reading Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Middle East, Palestinians
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Living Through a Nightmare “With a Little Help from My Friends”
by James M. Wall A close friend took note of the scarcity of recent Wall Writings. I told him I was living in a nightmare in which two world figures hold the power to plunge us into an even darker … Continue reading
Posted in Israel, Jimmy Carter, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Netanyahu, The Human Condition, Trump, USA
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