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Just Peace for Palestine

The underground voice in politics -- poems, and news about Palestine, the Middle East and more.

Location: Middle East
Members: 24
Latest Activity: Feb 15

I Speak of Palestine

I speak of your insistence
on believing what you’re told
to be so blind:
you must have learned
what not to know
to be so cold that you can say
“These people do belong
inside this tomb.”
They cannot move
or live
or eat
And, yes,
I speak of Palestine.

You cannot hold
its fate is just
and not be part
of grinding up
their bones and blood
to mix with desert earth
and olive oil
to build your state, your jail;
a wall surrounds
their place, like this:
a torture room
a starving field
a stolen home
a human shield
a bullet for a child
and poison gas on village streets
their food, their food!
Their food is gone
you cleanse
and push
and punish
taking what you want
to have for you alone.

We know it’s rape,
and though the world records
your names and deeds,
the future courts and trials
will not revive
the dead, displaced and missing.

And yes, I speak of Palestine.


- By Robert L. Green, VTJP, 2006

Discussion Forum

Owen Jones said it a decade ago!...

Started by Rosmarie Heusser Feb 15. 0 Replies

Hello World! Greetings from Palestine

Started by Nada Jung. Last reply by Nada Jung Aug 14, 2020. 1 Reply

A True Story

Started by Eva Libre Jun 11, 2020. 0 Replies

Turning waste to gold in Gaza

Started by Nada Jung. Last reply by Nada Jung Dec 18, 2019. 1 Reply

Peace Heroes - Tareq Promo

Started by Eva Libre. Last reply by Eva Annemarie Jul 17, 2019. 1 Reply

Palestine's Nelson Mandela

Started by Rosmarie Heusser Jun 5, 2017. 0 Replies

SULEIMAN MANSOUR - Palestinian Artist

Started by Nada Jung Apr 25, 2015. 0 Replies

This is Palestine - Suleiman Mansour

Started by Nada Jung Apr 25, 2015. 0 Replies

Life in Gaza

Started by Nada Jung Jun 15, 2014. 0 Replies

AND WE LOVE LIFE

Started by Eva Libre Dec 24, 2013. 0 Replies

The power of love

Started by Eva Libre Sep 13, 2013. 0 Replies

Palestine - a state?

Started by Nada Jung Sep 25, 2011. 0 Replies

Turkey downgrades ties with Israel

Started by Nada Jung Sep 3, 2011. 0 Replies

Martin Luther King Jr. In Palestine

Started by Eva Libre. Last reply by Eva Libre Apr 24, 2015. 3 Replies

If Arabs Were Germans and Israel's Frontiers Were the Berlin Wall

Started by Eva Libre. Last reply by Béatrice LATEUR LACROIX Jun 14, 2011. 2 Replies

What is the Alnakba ?

Started by Eva Libre. Last reply by Béatrice LATEUR LACROIX May 25, 2011. 1 Reply

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Comment by Rosmarie Heusser on December 4, 2023 at 8:58pm

Awesome!

Comment by Eva Libre on December 4, 2023 at 12:28pm

"Hope"
by Sliman Mansour

#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour

Comment by Eva Libre on December 11, 2022 at 5:35pm

Prisoner (أسير), mud on wood, 1989.

During the first Intifada (1987 – 1993), Palestinians boycotted Israeli goods as a form of resistance. Artists in their turn boycotted Israeli art supplies. Four Palestinian artists Vera Tamari, Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat and myself formed a group and called it the “New Visions” group. Artists turned towards their environment and used materials such as wood, leather, mud, henna, natural dies and found objects. This new approach helped to develop Palestinian art and formed a link between Palestinian art produced for several decades after Alnakbah and the contemporary art produced by young Palestinian artists.
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خلال الانتفاضة الأولى (1987-1993) قاطع الفلسطينيون البضائع الإسرائيلية كشكل من أشكال المقاومة. وقاطع الفنانون بدورهم المواد الفنية الإسرائيلية. شكلت أنا وثلاثة فنانين فلسطينيين هم فيرا تماري ونبيل عناني وتيسير بركات مجموعة أطلقنا عليها اسم "رؤية جديدة". اتجه الفنانون نحو بيئتهم واستخدموا المواد مثل الخشب والجلد والطين والحناء والألوان الطبيعية. ساعد هذا النهج الجديد في تطوير الفن الفلسطيني وشكل حلقة وصل بين الفن الفلسطيني الذي أنتج لعدة عقود بعد النكبة والفن المعاصر الذي ينتجه فنانين فلسطينيين شباب

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#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour

Comment by Eva Libre on February 12, 2022 at 5:48pm
Comment by Eva Libre on January 19, 2022 at 5:06pm

A woman figure (إمرأة), mud on wood, 1990.

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During the first Intifada (1987 – 1993), Palestinians boycotted Israeli goods as a form of resistance. Artists in their turn boycotted Israeli art supplies. Four Palestinian artists Vera Tamari, Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat and myself formed a group and called it the “New Visions” group. Artists turned towards their environment and used materials such as wood, leather, mud, henna, natural dies and found objects. This new approach helped to develop Palestinian art and formed a link between Palestinian art produced for several decades after Alnakbah and the contemporary art produced by young Palestinian artists.

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خلال الانتفاضة الأولى (1987-1993) قاطع الفلسطينيون البضائع الإسرائيلية كشكل من أشكال المقاومة. وقاطع الفنانون بدورهم المواد الفنية الإسرائيلية. شكلت أنا وثلاثة فنانين فلسطينيين هم فيرا تماري ونبيل عناني وتيسير بركات مجموعة أطلقنا عليها اسم "رؤية جديدة". اتجه الفنانون نحو بيئتهم واستخدموا المواد مثل الخشب والجلد والطين والحناء والألوان الطبيعية. ساعد هذا النهج الجديد في تطوير الفن الفلسطيني وشكل حلقة وصل بين الفن الفلسطيني الذي أنتج لعدة عقود بعد النكبة والفن المعاصر الذي ينتجه فنانين فلسطينيين شباب.

- Sliman Mansour

Comment by Eva Libre on December 19, 2021 at 5:17pm

The way to Bethlehem (الطريق الى بيت لحم), acrylic on canvas, circa 1990’s

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#slimanmansour #suleimanmansour #art #artist #palestine🇵🇸 #gaza #savepalestine #bethlehem

Comment by Rosmarie Heusser on December 8, 2021 at 8:59pm

Thank You for sharing these great pictures, Eva!

Comment by Eva Libre on December 8, 2021 at 5:34pm
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Comment by Eva Libre on December 1, 2021 at 5:38pm
 

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