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Français: Palestine: Cynthia McKinney a vécu pour raconter cette histoire...

The Free Gaza Movement posts this article by American Green Party nominee for the US Presidential elections Cynthia McKinney, who is in Lebanon, after the boat she was in along with supporters and aid to Gaza was rammed by Israeli ships.

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  • Green Ferret

    The US government squanders hundreds of billions of dollars each year on militaristic policies that are not making anyone safer. True security comes from living peacefully, within the Earth’s limits, and ensuring that everyone’s basic needs are met.
    Sign the petition for a Secure Green Future from GreenChange.org. We’re telling President Obama to cut military spending at least 70% and invest the money saved in education, health care, preventing home foreclosures and developing green energy. http://tinyurl.com/7hywk3

    # 2009-01-7 at 8:14 am
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  • Laya

    What is going on in Palestine is a continuation of the onging NAKBA –

    David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, was asked by a general, Yigal Allon, “What shall we do with the Arabs?” Ben-Gurion, reported the Israeli historian Benny Morris, “made a dismissive, energetic gesture with his hand and said, ‘Expel them’.

    # 2009-01-8 at 13:28 pm
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