NAOMI KLEIN SPEAKS ON ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK

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CBS ON ISRAEL-PALESTINE

Apartheid and Israel in the same sentence.


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This report appeared on one of the most-watched Sunday evening programs and is groundbreaking for "respected" US television journalism. However, it is flawed. It portrays Livni as a moderate (she is more interested in removing Arabs from Israel then Israelis from the the West Bank). The report fails to mention the illegality of the settlements and that half a million settlers are in East Jerusalem.

HELEN SUZMAN 1917-2009

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Helen Gavronsky, politician: born Germiston, South Africa 7 November 1917; Lecturer in Economic History, University of Witwatersrand 1944-52; MP (United Party) for Houghton, Republic of South Africa 1953-61, (Progressive Party, later Progressive Reform Party and Progressive Federal Party) for Houghton 1961-89; Honorary Fellow, St Hugh's College, Oxford 1973; Honorary Fellow, London School of Economics 1975; Honorary DBE 1999; Honorary Fellow, New Hall, Cambridge 1990; President, South African Institute of Race Relations 1991-93; Member, South African Human Rights Commission 1996-98; married 1937 Dr Moses Suzman (died 1994; two daughters); died Johannesburg, South Africa 1 January 2009.

'TEAR DOWN THIS WALL'

No, not this one, but this one.

CHRISTIAN AVARD writes

Barack Obama's trip was all about Israel, "its needs" and "its security." He even made a trip to the Western Wall that's making headlines around the world. Except he forgot to visit the other one. One that symbolizes oppression and a violation of human rights.

As much as he admires Reagan, you did not hear Obama demand, "tear down this wall," did you?