Middle East

  • Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.” This poem by Martin Niemöller, he wrote thinking about what happened in the 19th and 20th century in Europe. However, reflecting on Syria,…

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  • War is not a football game, even shortly after the Brazilian World Cup It is not for you to choose one team or another, and incite violence in one or the other direction. The only job you have, if you are not a Palestinian or Israeli, or have family there or even if you are

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  • This was translated and posted by me, modified and introduced for teh German market,  on behalf of MEND, Palestine in December 2006 to a variety of German recipients I had researched as relevant to MEND’s interests.  MEND is a non violence Peace charity for Palestinians.  ———————————————————————————————————————- Bitte helfen Sie eine Ausbreitung der Gewalt im Mittleren

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  • This was my first published interview in Schlaglichter 3-4990, a Socialist political magazine.  I was still vary of the consequences of publishing and used the pseudonym Zvi vom Sylvenstein, close enough I thought to my real name Daniel Zwi Zylbersztajn.  This interview was made in Israel with Esther Korn who was the foreign policy spokes person of the Israeli civil rights party

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