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Yuram writes perspectives on Islam, social justice, economics and politics from the viewpoint of an American convert to Shia Islam, focusing on the deleterious role played by the U.S. in the Middle East and elsewhere.  A dissenting voice from the “Belly of the
Beast”, he lives in Denver, Colorado and can be reached at yuram@sahafa.com. 

The Age of Wrong
29 January, 2012

“This is the age of Wrong and the followers of Right have passed away...  Do you not see that the Divine Commands are neglected and what is forbidden is practiced with relish?” - Imam Husain (A.S.)[1]

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Breaking the Stranglehold
23 October, 2010

 “The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ (PCHR) longstanding experience has resulted in the conclusion that Israel is genuinely unwilling to fulfil its international legal obligations, and to investigate –and if appropriate prosecute – all those suspected of committing serious violations of international law,”[i] declares the PCHR in its report. (More)

Mediterranean Massacre
14 June, 2010

“History has shown that as long as Israel is allowed to act with impunity, it will continue to violate international law. It is innocent Palestinian civilians who continue to suffer the horrific consequences,” stated the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.[i] (More)

Parallels in Palestine
02 March, 2010

“One of the greatest crimes against humanity occurred right here in the United States of America. Support for the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People is a start to right this great wrong,” declared the American Indian Movement in a press release on 24 September 2009.[i] (More)

A Revolution of Hope
04 February, 2009

 

“Islam wishes to bring all humanity under the umbrella of justice...It does not take the sword to export this ideology.” - Imam Khomeini.[i]

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Shabbat Shalom!
02 January, 2009

The traditional Saturday greeting among Jews of all varieties from secular to religious, “Shabbat Shalom” literally means “A Sabbath of peace.”  However, on Saturday, 27 December 2008, there was no Sabbath of peace in Gaza, as US-financed Israeli F-16 warplanes[1] unloaded their lethal cargos of US manufactured GB-39 bunker buster bombs[2] on innocent Palestinians.  (More)

‘Tis the Season
09 December, 2008

“Happy, happy Thanksgiving.  May each of you return to work 5 lbs. (2.4 kg.) heavier on Monday,” an anonymous American manager wrote to employees on the day before the holiday.  Contrast the words of this present-day manager to the words of Imam Ali (A.S.) who once said,  “I want to eat the kind of food which the poorest of this realm can afford…I want to live, feel and suffer like them.”[i] (More)

Quantum Change or Short Changed?
26 November, 2008

“In 2008, as in previous election years, serious candidates for the highest office in the land will go to considerable lengths to express their deep personal commitment to one foreign country—Israel—as well as their determination to maintain unyielding U.S. support for the Jewish state,” conjectured John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen M. Walt of Harvard in 2007.[i] (More)

A Special Relationship: The US and Israel
30 June, 2008

“The Special relationship between the United States and Israel is as strong as it is because of your (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s) fidelity to the partnership.” – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).[i] (More)

Merchants for the Angel of Death
07 May, 2008

“You are on test in this world and have to render account for it.  Certainly this world is a dirty watering place and a muddy source of drinking.” – Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib[i]

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Insanity Is
06 March, 2008

“Insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

– Albert Einstein.

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Gaza...And the Siege Goes On
25 January, 2008
“The closure of the Gaza power plant, in addition to Israel's continuing tightened siege of the Gaza Strip, will have a catastrophic effect on the 1.5 million residents of Gaza, who are already suffering chronic shortages of fuel, medicine and some basic food stuffs. The Director of Gaza's main Shiffa hospital describes the current situation as "Potentially disastrous."”[1]   (More)
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The Final Solution
30 May, 2007

I was really surprised and somewhat honored to have been listed on the Masada 2000 website along with Melodye Feldman, Norman Finklstein, Noam Chomsky  and other critics of the policies of the Israeli Government who are striving for peace and justice in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.  To suggest that a man of my age (59) and very limited financial resources could be considered a threat to Israel is beyond absurd, yet someone out there considered my participation in protests last summer against Israel’s invasion of Lebanon to be threatening enough to take my picture and post contact information about me.

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Massacre at Beit Hanoun
20 November, 2006

During the week of 2 to 8 November, while people in the US were preoccupied with the mid-term elections, a massacre took place in Gaza, with 86 human beings killed by Israeli forces.  This massacre, as well as the continuing Israeli assault on Gaza seems to go largely unnoticed by the mainstream US media. 

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Asymmetrical Warfare
03 July, 2006
It is hypocrisy for the US to provide Israel with foreign military assistance funding, allowing them to carry out daily attacks on Occupied Palestinian Lands and at the same time to deny recognition of and funding to the democratically elected government of Palestine. Not only is this US policy self-defeating to US interests by creating animosity in the Arab world and elsewhere, but also it is causing a humanitarian crisis in the Occupied Territories. (More)
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