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Paris massacre: thoughts and questions – by Penjihad
This article is copied from website of the American Muslim blogger Penjihad: penjihad.wordpress.com. Well, in spite of my prayers that these murderers should not be Muslims, it soon transpired that they were indeed, Muslim. How does one react to such … Continue reading
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The borders of Palestine
This is a preliminary version of an academic article which, by examining the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict and associated documents, shows that Palestine is entitled to territorial compensation for territory seized by Israel in the 1948-49 war.
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British Government statement on the end of the Palestine Mandate
The British Government issued the following statement when it ended its Mandate to govern Palestine. It gives a very good summary of the aims of the Mandate, its achievements, and the reasons for its eventual failure and the government’s decision … Continue reading
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Letter to Al-Baghadi: summary
This is the executive summary of the letter sent by Muslim scholars to Dr. Ibrahim Awwad Al-Badri, alias Abu Bakr Al-Baghadi, ‘Caliph’ of the ‘Islamic State’ on 19 September 2014 CE.
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Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them
The phrase “Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them” appears more than once in the Qu’ran. Many critics of Islam, and a few Muslim extremists, taking this phrase out of context, conclude that the Qu’ran encourages Muslim violence towards non-Muslims. … Continue reading
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Composing Israel’s Declaration: Extracts from the book Three Days by Zeev Sharef.
The three days of the title are May 12, 13 and 14, 1948, when the Zionist leaders were meeting in Tel Aviv in the run-up to the end of the British Mandate over Palestine, preparing for the establishment of the … Continue reading
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Genesis, by John B. Judis
Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli conflict by John B. Judis Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 2014 | ISBN 978037416109-5 (hardback) Publisher’s Description A probing look at one of the most incendiary subjects of our time—the … Continue reading
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Australian Recognition of Israel
The Australian Government formally recognized the State of Israel on 28 January, 1949. This transcript is taken from the government statement as reported in the Australian newspaper The Advertiser the next day and available on the web at http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/43802115
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Truman’s secret Note to Ben-Gurion
On May 28, 1949, President Truman of the USA wrote a strongly worded but secret Note to David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel, protesting the rigid Israeli attitude at the Lausanne Conference, which was then in progress under the auspices … Continue reading
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The hidden documents that reveal the true borders of Israel and Palestine
The following article was published on Modoweiss.net on 23 October 2014. (I have not yet added the links.) I once believed that Israel has never defined its borders. It was one of those things that “everyone knows”. I was corrected … Continue reading
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