The book of Job is considered one of the most important of the 24 books of the Old Testament. Job was a righteous man who, like the Patriarch Abraham, had his faith in the Lord severely tested and like Abraham he came out of the test having proven that his faith and his love for [...]
Author: Miko Peled
Israel’s Invasion of US Justice, By Miko Peled
In an interview on Sixty Minutes with Bob Simon, Israel's ambassador to the US Michael Oren made a chilling remark, the significance of which must not be overlooked. The interview was shown at the end of a report by Bob Simon on the situation of Christians in the Holy Land. Apparently when the ambassador heard [...]
A Short Talk I was Privileged to Give at The People’s Agenda, Atlanta GA
The Coalition for the Peoples' Agenda (CPA) is a justice advocacy organization which is made up of representatives from all of the major civil rights/human rights/peace and jusice organizations, plus concerned people of conscience. It is convened by the revered Dr. Joseph E. Lowery. (Dr. Lowery was not present on the day i was there, he [...]
Seattle WA, October 2012
Shukri Abu Baker, on The General’s Son.
About a year ago I was invited to speak in Texas by a local branch of Students for Justice in Palestine. After my lecture I had the opportunity to speak to some of the student activists and it so happened that several of them were the daughters of the HLF 5. Five men who were [...]
Q&A at the end of a Great Event at L.A. Levantine Center
Another terrific event at The LA Levantine Center
Nabi Saleh, Summer 2012. By Miko Peled
This past summer I drove once again from Jerusalem to Nabi Saleh, a small village in the West Bank known for its ongoing resistance to Israel, and this time I noted the landmarks along the way: Ofer military Prison, built like a fortress, grey and menacing where countless Palestinian political prisoners are held because of [...]
September 4 Is a Sad Day.
September 4, 1997 was the day my niece Smadar was killed. For my family and I it will forever be a sad day, a day that brings bad tidings. It was September 4 when that phone call came from my mother telling me that there was an explosion in Jerusalem, even as I was watching [...]
Can Sparta be Stopped? By Miko Peled
A senior Israel government official, who is strongly believed to be Israel’s Defense Minister General Ehud Barak, was quoted in Haaretz saying “The blade that rests on our neck today is more dangerous than the blade that threatened us in 1967.” In spite of evidence that clearly proves Israel was not under any threat in [...]
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