A taboo on telling the truth about Palestine

[polly7]

By James M. Wall, Wallwritings
Wallwritings
Sunday, Dec 28, 2014

This cannot continue. The time has come when the intimidation and fear must end. Pilger writes,
“For many people, the truth is out now. At last, they know. Those once intimidated into silence can’t look away now. Staring at them from their TV, laptop, phone, is proof of the barbarism of the Israeli state and the great destructive force of its mentor and provider, the United States, the cowardice of European governments, and the collusion of others, such as Canada and Australia, in this epic crime.”

Pilger reminds us that Nelson Mandela called the struggle of Palestine “the greatest moral issue of our time”.


Pilger denounces the “mass murder” in Gaza this past summer, as an act “sponsored by the same godfather in Washington that answered the cries of children in Gaza with more ammunition to kill them”.

The psalmist instructs us that we will remain in bondage to an “epic crime” so long as continue to honor the taboo against telling the truth about Palestine.


John Pilger’s documentary film, Palestine is Still the Issue, is distributed in two parts, the first in 1974, the second in 2002. They are both still relevant. Part two is below. It runs 52 minutes.

http://wallwritings.me/2014/12/16/a-taboo-on-telling-the-truth-about-palestine/

About wallwritings
James M. Wall is currently a Contributing Editor of The Christian Century magazine, based in Chicago, Illinois. From 1972 through 1999, he was editor and publisher of the Christian Century magazine. Jim launched this new personal blog April 24, 2008. If you would like to receive Wall Writings alerts when new postings are added to this site, send a note, saying, Please Add Me, to [e-mail] Biography: Journalism was Jim's undergraduate college major at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. He has earned two MA degrees, one from Emory, and one from the University of Chicago, both in religion. He is an ordained United Methodist clergy person. He served for two years in the US Air Force, and three additional years in the USAF reserve. While serving on active duty with the Alaskan Command, he reached the rank of first lieutenant. He has worked as a sports writer for both the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, was editor of the United Methodist magazine, Christian Advocate for ten years, and editor and publisher of the Christian Century magazine for 27 years.

[Mosby]

1. Going to double down I see.

Good luck.

[polly7]

2. How do you double down on truth?

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That's a very strange way of looking at things. But I'll quadruple down on it if I have to.

My apologies .... thank you for the good luck wishes. I'm encouraged by your kindness.

[grossproffit]

4. Your "truth" is an opinion and not a fact.

[polly7]

8. Nah ............ anyone who's been paying any attention at all has known

the 'truth' of the struggles of Palestinian people for decades. Where ya been, Rumpelstiltskin?

[COLGATE4]

3. More breast-beating about the Palestinian 'struggle'. nt

[greiner3]

5. I just wanted to comment on your post;

Before the OP gets locked for a post on the DU taboo subject of Israel and Palestine;

[oberliner]

7. This is the Israel/Palestine forum

All the posts here are on that subject.

[King_David]

11. LOL

[polly7]

10. It's hard to know what sites are acceptable here or not, as I've

seen them used many times at DU with no problem.

Maybe all of those who love to derail topics commenting on life-and-death struggles (of human beings they obviously don't consider worthwhile discussing) could supply a list of acceptable sources from which to get information. You know .... we don't want our precious minds bothered by things that shouldn't concern us.

LIST PLEASE?

(not you geiner3, those who believe in censoring and controlling the thoughts of others).

[grossproffit]

6. And an encore of an already locked post.

[polly7]

9. Yes, apparently the site was not accepted here.

I re-posted from the site it was originally posted on. Thank you very much for your concern though.