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Items by Dr Salman Abu Sitta
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The barbarians are back
On 27 November, 1095, almost one thousand years ago, Pope Urban II exhorted European kings, princes and dukes to drop their quarrels and wage a Crusader war to liberate the Holy Land from its mostly Muslim population. “Set out on the road to the Holy Sepulchre , take...
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UNRWA’s Western donors carry out the mission of David Ben Gurion
In July 1949, upon the complete destruction of Palestine and the expulsion of its people, David Ben Gurion addressed his officers, who were not sure that the emptiness of Palestine was permanent. He quipped, “the old will die and the young will forget”. He failed for most of 75...
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An open letter to Madame Ursula Von Der Leyen, President of the European Commission
On 29 April 2023 Your Excellency, You made a speech this week praising the establishment of Israel on its 75th anniversary. For someone in your position, it is surprising that it had so many errors of fact, misguided judgment, violation of international law, and deviation from basic norms of...
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Israel is the ugliest ever face of brutal colonialism
Israel has been at its most ugly for 27,060 days and counting, from the butchering of pregnant women in Deir Yassin by Zionist terror gangs in 1948 to the cold-blooded murder of Shireen Abu Akleh last week and the attack on the pall-bearers carrying her coffin. Israeli savagery knows...
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Deny you are Palestinian or perish
“Deny you are Palestinian or Perish.” That is the message presented by UNRWA to Palestinian refugees. It is an unbelievably shocking message, contrary to international law and contrary to UNRWA’s mandate itself. UNRWA succumbed to US blackmail on behalf of Israel; cutting its funds unless Palestine is erased from...
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Balfour's legacy: The destruction of Palestine
Author Salman Abu Sitta addressed the UK’s House of Lords on 28 March to discuss the Balfour Declaration and its consequences on the Palestinians. This year marks a century since the document was signed and the future of the State of Palestine was sealed. Below is the text from...
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Saving Palestine from its new enemies
Next year will mark 100 years of the Palestinians fighting to live a free and dignified life in their homeland. They are fighting the longest ongoing organised war against a defenceless nation. The enemy was and still is Western colonialism and the Zionist colonial settlement. The Palestinian leaders have...