Filasteen http://filasteen.wordpress.com The struggle against coercion into supporting the Occupation of Palestine Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:49:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/56e5e6793cea327fbdc8fc81316d1e38?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Filasteen http://filasteen.wordpress.com Iran: Protests have moved to another level http://filasteen.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/iran-protests-have-moved-to-another-level/ http://filasteen.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/iran-protests-have-moved-to-another-level/#comments Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:40:07 +0000 ed~ http://filasteen.wordpress.com/?p=4559 ]]>

“This is no longer about election fraud and Ahmadinejad’s incompetence; this is a direct challenge to the concept of Velayat-e Faghih.”

More here, here, and here.

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[Launched in November by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East.]

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WHOA! Not that this is news, but reading such material from a mainstream paper is startling to say the least. One wonders what the CNI will make of that.

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[Via Desert Peace]

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O wine-bearer brighten my cup with the wine,
O minstrel say good fortune is now mine.
The face of my Beloved is reflected in my cup,
Little you know why with wine, I always myself align.
Eternal is the one whose heart has awakened to Love,
This is how Eternal Records my life define.

Yet another fallen. More here.

Windows on Iran

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[via Mondoweiss]

Also of import, his interview with Ha’aretz [unpublished].

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“I find it very difficult to believe that at a time when the majority of the international community is calling for investigations into what happened during Israel’s invasion of Gaza, our leaders are arguing over which party is more blindly supportive of Israel.” – Thomas Woodley [link added by me]

Also covered @ Mondoweiss

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Full text

More here.

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[via Ibn Ezra]

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From the latest issue of Journal of Palestine Studies

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