A Brown-haired Young Man

MY HERO of the year (for now) is a young brown-haired Palestinian refugee living in Syria called Hassan Hijazi. He was one of hundreds of refugees who held the demonstration on the Syrian side of the Golan border fence, to commemorate the Naqba – “Disaster” – the exodus of more than half the Palestinian people from the territory conquered by Israel in the war of 1948. Some of the protesters ran down to the fence, crossing a minefield. Luckily, none of the mines exploded – perhaps they were just too old.

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RACHEL

I HAD the unqualified blessing of living with Rachel Avnery for 58 years. Last Saturday I took leave of her body.

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Rubber Man

I COULD not restrain myself. Though I was alone in the room, I burst out laughing. I was reading a newspaper report about the latest poll. People were asked to evaluate the nation’s leaders.

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„Rejoice Not…“

“REJOICE NOT when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth, / Lest the Lord see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.”. This is one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible (Proverbs 24:17-18), and indeed in the Hebrew language. It is beautiful in other languages , too, though no translation comes close to the beauty of the original. Of course, it is natural to be glad when one’s enemy is defeated, and the thirst for revenge is a human trait. But gloating – schadenfreude – is…

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Angryindian Radyo – 04.26.20011 Analysis: UK

Series: Aboriginal Press News Service Public Radio (APNSPR) Summary: Intelligent Aboriginal Radyo speaks with Sister Selin, editor of the ‘The Long Walk to Freedom’ opinion blog about a range of important issues including: ‘Police-Kettling’ and its effect on UK activism, the popular social revolutions that are occurring around the world and the role of women and women’s issues in the new information war. This is a great conversation that raises many serious issues and questions not discussed in mainstream corporate talk radio.

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