Embarrassing History: Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine 

By Arnaud de Borchgrave 

United Press International

 http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Emerging_Threats/Analysis/2007/08/06/com    mentary_embarrassing_history/1248/ 

The Palestinians call Israel's 1948 war of independence their nakba, or catastrophic ethnic cleansing, or forced exile. The Israelis, for their part, have steadfastly rejected any suggestion of ethnic cleansing as calumny in all its anti-Semitic horror. Historic revisionism is now under way... 

Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian and Haifa University lecturer, whose ninth book is titled "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine," documents how Israel was born with lands forcibly seized from its Palestinian inhabitants who had lived there for hundreds of years.

Dankof's show today and the de Borchgrave post on Palestine

Ilan Pappe has been a past guest on my show with RBN. . . . 

I used this de Borchgrave piece in my discussion today with Charlie Jackson of Texans for Peace 

( http://www.texansforpeace.org ). 

Mark Dankof

Protest against deportation of Nawaz Sharif

Dear Mr. High Commissioner,

I would like to register my strong protest against the abduction and deportation of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

I feel very embarrassed and ashamed because of the irresponsible actions of the law enforcement agencies at Islamabad airport in violations of the orders of the Supreme Court of Pakistan. If the civil servants of Pakistan don't heed the court orders, they do not deserve to be kept on the pay rolls of the state.

By using the public servants to deport Nawaz Sharif, General Pervez Musharraf has once again proved that he has no regard for the laws and constitution of Pakistan. He needs to be brought to his real place i.e. a cell for the condemned prisoners and not the presidency which he is occupying at the gun point.

It will be appreciated if you convey my concerns to the Government of Pakistan.

Sincerely,

Majid Qazi 

Toronto, Ontario

Documentary Film Trailer "Remembering Aref"

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZpJ75HPzaE

 

 

 

Former President Abdul Rahman Aref

1916 Baghdad - August 24, 07 Amman

 

President of IRAQ

Between April 1966 and July 1968

 

 

President Aref (middle), King Faisal Al Saoud (left)

and president Jamal Abdul Naser (right) in 1967

 

 

Aref's Presidential Achievements

A Partial List 

 

# Opened the doors for negotiations with the Kurds to ensure a democratic solution two months after resuming his presidential duties.

 

 

 # Lead the negotiations with the Russians to provide weapons for the 

Syrian and Egyptian armies

 

# Visited France and met with President Charles DeGaul, which led to the improvement of relationship with France and the contracting of (and not partnering or owning) Iraqi oil

 

# Implemented the plant to extract sulfur from the natural gas in Kirkuk in 1966

# Implemented the dry-gas pipeline, which transferred gas from Kirkuk to Baghdad to provide power plants, oil refineries and large factories with fuel in 1967

# Implemented the transport pipeline to transfer crude liquid gases from Kirkuk to Taji Oil Gas Factory in 1967

# Signed the contract for the export of crude oil from Iraq to Turkey in March 1968

# Signed a protocol allowing the export of piped natural gas from Iraq to Turkey on April 6, 1967

 

Announcement

The Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS) is

pleased to announce the production of a short documetary film

about the former IRAQI president Abdul Rahman Aref

Coming Soon on DVD

 

Footage of the former president, his son and grandson is available for the media

 

 

 

Institute of Near Eastern & African Studies (INEAS)

P.O. Box 425125

Cambridge, MA. 02142 USA

Website: http://www.INEAS.org

 

INEAS is an independent, tax-exempt, educational and cultural organization geared

to educate the public and inform the media on issues related to Asia & Africa.

INEAS was founded in 1994

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