[news] The Chorus of Slander on Palestine

[Mostly Water - "Canadian" and International alternative news feed]

There is a mountain of literature and documentation regarding the basic history of the Palestine-Israel conflict, and where scholars may disagree one would need a magnifying glass to examine the dispute. However, the level of "controversy" surrounding the subject in the United States seems to remain steady, if not increase. What allows this, and therefore the conflict, to continue can be viewed as the function of three basic factors: lack of information (on the part of the population), silence (on the part of academics and the media), and intimidation (on the part of supporters of US-Israeli state power)...It must be emphasized that Palestine-Israel is not mystical, obscure, or even...entirely unique. Quite the contrary, it's a conflict that can be easily understood...and solved. So why all the contention when there's little to contest?  


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