Avnery reflects on May 1948 and Israel at 60

Syndicated from From Occupied Palestine on Sun, 2008-05-04

"...namely the State of Israel"
URI AVNERY
3 May 2008

EVERY TIME I hear the voice of David Ben-Gurion uttering the words "Therefore we are gathered here..." I think of Issar Barsky, a charming youngster, the little brother of a girl-friend of mine.

The last time we met was in front of the dining hall of Kibbutz Hulda, on Friday, May 14, 1948.

"We Are Tired"

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Wed, 2008-03-19

Fate of Liberian refugees uncertain

Abdelkader Belaouni still in sanctuary...

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Sun, 2008-01-20

By Stefan Christoff
Hour

Algerian refugee Abdelkader Belaouni has spent the past two years in sanctuary at St-Gabriel's Church in Pointe St-Charles. On Jan. 1, 2005, Belaouni took sanctuary in open defiance of a deportation ordered by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.