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April 5, 2002
Alexander
Cockburn
Sharon's
Wars: How the
News Gets Through
April 4, 2002
Ray Hanania
Sharon's Latest Lie About the Church
of the Nativity
Mike Leon
Rightwing
Assault on Madison Progressives Misfires
Tom Turnipseed
Stop the Killing Now!
Nancy
Stohlman
An
American Under Siege in a West Bank Refugee Camp
Christopher Reilly
Kissinger, Chile and Justice
at Long Last?
M. Shahid
Alam
The
Lies of Thomas Friedman
April 3, 2002
Don Henley
Dear Loathsome Trade Hacks
Bernard
Weiner
An
American Jew Talks
About His Shame
David Vest
Sting of Stings
Tzaporah
Ryter
Under
Fire: an American Student in Ramallah
Gabriel Ash
America's Bravest
John Chuckman
Of
War, Islam and Israel
Robert Fisk
The Siege of Bethlehem
Alexander
Cockburn
The
Sins of the Church
April 2, 2002
Uri Avnery
Murdering Arafat?
Jeff Chang
Is
Protest Music Dead?
Lev Grinberg
Israel's State Terrorism
Norman
Madarasz
Bullying
Brazil
Robert Fisk
Farce and Terror
in Ramallah
Steve
Perry
Let's
Roll! ®:
The Marketing of Lisa Beamer
April 1, 2002
Stanton / Madsen
America's War Inc.
Rep. Dennis
Kucinich
Peace
and Nuclear Disarmament: a Call to Action
Bahour / Dahan
Bloodshed in Palestine:
A Way Out
Molly
Secours
Tennessee's
Kangaroo Court
Phyllis Pollack
The Making of Exile
on Main Street
Dave Marsh
DeskScan:
This Week's
Top 10 CDs
Francis Boyle
The Big Lie:
Palestine, Palestinians
and International Law
March 31, 2002
Jordan
Flaherty
Last
Night the Israeli
Military Tried to Kill Me
Kristen Schurr
Live from Bethlehem
Maha Sbitani
The
Israeli Army Took Over My House
Robert Fisk
Lies Leaders Tell When
They Want to Go to War
March 24/30, 2002
Alexander Cockburn
The Year
of the Yellow Notepad:
Plagiarism and History
Rep. Ron Paul
Slavery and the Draft
Fidel
Castro
A
Better World is Possible
Edward Said
What Price Oslo?
José
Saramago
Justice
and Democracy Denied
Azmi Bishara
Talking to Tanks
Jeffrey
St. Clair
Clearcutting
Montana
Alexander Cockburn
50 Years of James Bond
Wilhelm
Reich
Gethsemane
Claud Cockburn
The Horror of It All
Dave Marsh
What's
Playing at My Houe
David Vest
Remembering Tammy Wynette
Jeffrey
St. Clair
Waylon
Jennings:
an Honest Outlaw
March 23, 2002
Mokhiber/Weissman
A
Corporate Lawyer
Speaks Out
Saeed Vaseghi
The US and Iran's Quest
for Democracy
Brian
J. Foley
Does
Pedophilia Scandal Spell an Opportunity for Catholics?
Sheperd Bliss
American Soul and Empire
James
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Occupation
and Terror:
Politics from a Gun Barrel
M. Shahid Alam
A New International Division
of Labor
T.W. Croft
Enron's
Attack on Our
Economic Security
March 22, 2002
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Corporate Power is a
Threat to Democracy
Tommy
Ates
The
Future of Black Academia
Rep. Ron Paul
Why are We in Ukraine?
March 21, 2002
McQuinn,
Munson, & Wheeler
Stars
and Stripes:
Killing for the Flag?
John Chuckman
How Change is Wrought
David
Vest
Hail
to the Chaff
March 20, 2002
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Censorship at Angelfire
Robert
Jensen
The
Politics of Pain
and Pleasure
Sheperd Bliss
Notes from Hawai'i:
Trouble in Paradise
Rick Giambetti
Prozac
and Suicide:
an Interview with
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April 5, 2002
The Siege of Bethlehem
"What Do You Mean
God is Punishing Me? "
By Beth Daoud
Each time I come to Palestine I leave behind another
piece of my heart. I am torn between whether to stay in Palestine
indefinitely or to go back home when my ticket tells me it's
time to go. America is my home, Palestine is my heart. I am touched
deeply by the strength and character the Palestinians have and
by the dignity Palestinians have as a people no matter how the
Israelis beat them down.
I arrived in Tel Aviv full of hope and
optimism. I have an undying belief that truth will always win
through in the end no matter how twisted and incorrect the portrayal
of the Palestinians is to the world, the truth is what is happening
and can not be remained hidden forever.
The last couple of days at the Bethlehem
Star Hotel have been difficult. It's been difficult in that we've
been confined to the hotel while outside there is gunfire and
loud explosions. I feel helpless because I am unable to help
or protect the Palestinians at this time. Two days ago in Manger
Square many Palestinians were shot and killed by the Israeli
soldiers. Even now many of the Palestinians are lying in the
streets injured and dying while the soldiers are denying ambulances
and doctors to these people. An Israeli soldiers told a person
from ISM that they were not going to leave Manger square until
every Palestinian was dead. How does one human being become so
cold and callous towards another human being? If this is what
religion does to people I want no part of it.
I want to bolt out the front door of
the hotel to reach the Palestinians not only in Manger Square
but also the Church of the Nativity. I can only imagine the terror
these 200 Palestinians are feeling trapped inside the church
surrounded by tanks and Israeli soldiers. No one can get within
two blocks of the Church of the Nativity, not even the press.
This terrifies me because there are no witnesses to see what
is happening. I am terrified for these innocent Palestinians.
This morning, with a group from the press,
several of us attempted to get close to the church. We walked
down a very narrow street which felt more like an alley. We made
our way passed crushed bullet-ridden cars, destroyed store-fronts,
broken water pipes spraying water everywhere and thousands of
empty bullet casings under foot.
A young Palestinian man risked his life
as he stepped from his front door on the second floor and waved
us inside. He wanted to show us the bullet holes throughout the
house. I went up to his house and he led me inside. The walls,
windows and even the TV screen had bullet holes in them. As I
bent down to comfort a small child of around a year and a half
a commotion began outside. I peaked out the window and saw Israeli
soldiers rushing at the press with their guns aimed. The soldiers
hadn't seen me go into the house so I considered whether to stay
with the family or leave with the press. I didn't have a phone
or camera so I thought it would be best if I left.
As I was coming out of the house and
starting down the stairs I locked eyes with an Israeli soldier.
My eyes told his"I know what you're doing to the Palestinians.
I am not afraid of you and will do everything within my power
to stop <you.' Just as I had finished telling him off with
my eyes I fell down the stairs. That was graceful. I really put
an exclamation point on that exchange! Oh well. I got up and
continued to stare the soldier down, and he said, "see,
god is punishing you.'
After he said that I came within a couple
feet of him and I said,"What do you mean "God is punishing
me?'' The soldier wouldn't answer the question and told me to
get out of there, motioning with his gun to get out of there.
So we started walking away and then a couple of the reporters
stopped and took another picture and the soldiers got real angry
and started pointing their guns at us and I noticed one of the
soldiers had a canister of something. The press then began running
out of there real fast and the soldiers then threw what appeared
to be a green-colored-smoke bomb. The soldiers then retreated
behind the smoke.
Beth Daoud
is one of four Coloradans currently in Palestine as part of a
larger international presence acting as human shields in Palestinians
refugee camps, accompanying ambulances and getting the word out
to the world. More of their experience can be found at http://www.ccmep.org/palestine.html
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