NVN Monday: THE FALLEN WARRIOR OF JIHAD AND ZIONISM
by George Salamon
"To understand the Israel-Hamas war, you have to understand how we got here." —Vox, October 19, 2023
Historian Rashid Khalidi: Palestinians “Living Under Incredible Oppression, … It Had to Explode” —Democracy Now, October 9, 2023
“The Decolonization Narrative Is Dangerous and False.” —Simon Sebag Montefiore, The Atlantic, October 27, 2023
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His corpse lies all over town, in all streets, all courtyards, all rooms drained out from his blood. Air raid sirens yawn aloud and roar, boom a hollow scream all over village or city. A shimmer of light falls on the corpse, bounces off his glassy teeth and a smile forms around his lips.
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George Salamon talked years ago to a young Palestinian recently released from an Israeli prison for throwing stones at Israeli soldiers. "I just want to have a life," he said. I wonder if he is among the fallen now. Also years ago a "revisionist" Israeli historian said "there is sympathy for both sides." All sides have failed the "Holy Land," and it is now a Bloodland.