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In the 1920’s, under British mandated power, the Palestinians delivered countless  petition to the British administration to conduct democratic elections for municipal and the Parliament, as did the French mandated power in Syria and Lebanon. The  Zionist Jews, in Palestine and their lobbies in England and the USA, blo cked any election process, on the ground that since they are in the minority (one Jew to 10 Palestinians), the election would be at their disadvantage. As England refused to institute democratic laws and representation in Palestine, the Palestinians realized that the man...

Any Means, All Fronts: Netanyahu's Shadow War On Iran An effigy of Israeli PM Netanyahu at a Feb. protest in Iran - Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/ZUMA       The Israeli Prime Minister has taken his cue from a bold predecessor, Menachem Begin, to curb Islamic Iran's regional presence and nuclear threat by any means necessary. -Analysis- LONDON — Israel's suspected strike against the Natanz nuclear plant in Iran has taken its shadow war with the Islamic Republic to a new high. It is a battle that began in the 1980s with Iran creating the Hezbollah militia in Leban...

Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners assume any responsibility for them. Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Many of my fellow Baby Boomers – and the Millennial children who grew up listening to their parents’ great music – are probably familiar with the Paul Simon hit “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover,” a song in which “Rhymin’ Simon” enumerates, in his unique, jocular fashion, the many a...

THE assault on free speech within Britain’s Labour Party speaks like a ghost from my past. I was banned from public speaking in apartheid South Africa almost 60 years ago. My crime, aged 23, was advocating votes for all. The apartheid government accused those like me of undermining the safety of whites. When all avenues of peaceful change were blocked, we had no option but to turn to armed struggle. We argued that there was no equivalence between the state violence of the oppressor and the resistance of the oppressed. International solidarity helped bring about the demise of the apartheid ...