tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post8054179660427675710..comments2023-10-09T05:28:35.705-07:00Comments on Creekside: A Merry Banksy ChristmasAlisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-48818311645497650142013-12-21T01:50:20.531-08:002013-12-21T01:50:20.531-08:00Thank you, Anons.
Yeah, I remember those plant a ...Thank you, Anons.<br /><br />Yeah, I remember those plant a tree campaigns too - supported through Canadian elementary schools, IIRC. Had no clue. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/titles/9780006547747/from-the-holy-mountain-william-dalrymple" rel="nofollow">From the Holy Mountain</a> by William Dalrymple, published 1998<br /><br />"a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of Eastern Christianity", Dalrymple also retraced a journey from the Bosphorus to Egypt<br />Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09811694143714068436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-61645555688006706662013-12-21T01:01:26.737-08:002013-12-21T01:01:26.737-08:00'The site of the village is now a National Par...'The site of the village is now a National Park,' said Fr. Suleiman. 'At the entrance to it they have put up a sign saying that "Bar'am Antiquities" date from the Second Temple Period. [...]<br />'We've been edited out of history,' said the old teacher. 'They don't admit to our existence. Or to the existence of our fathers and grandfathers and great-grandfathers.'<br />'I and my father dug a well,' said Wadeer. 'Now there is a sign there saying that it was built by someone called Yohanan of Bar'am at the time of the Romans.' <br />'Who is Yohanan of Bar'am?'<br />'Apparently a leader of the Jewish Revolt in 66 a.d.,' said the teacher. 'Though we in the village had never heard of him until the park was built.'<br />'They've made it as if my well is part of ancient Jewish history,' said Wadeer. 'But I dug that well with my own labour!'<br />From the Holy Mountain William DalrympleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-85012076227534669322013-12-20T20:51:14.086-08:002013-12-20T20:51:14.086-08:00I grew up donating to campaigns to 'plant a tr...I grew up donating to campaigns to 'plant a tree in Israel', thinking it was about reforesting the desert, and all the time it was really about creating parks on top of bulldozed Palestinian villages.<br /><br /><a href="http://ijvcanada.org/2011/what-is-the-jewish-national-fund/" rel="nofollow">Independent Jewish Voices</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-6564986994060083302013-12-20T09:54:33.481-08:002013-12-20T09:54:33.481-08:00Another sacred site, eh? At least it doesn't a...Another sacred site, eh? At least it doesn't appear to be covering up some Palestinian village, unlike Canada Park.<br /><br />http://goo.gl/maps/hJdE6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-37065950880228577842013-12-18T22:46:16.335-08:002013-12-18T22:46:16.335-08:00It was announced at the yearly Negev Gala in Toron...<i>It was announced at the yearly Negev Gala in Toronto earlier this month.</i> <br /><br />Hmmm.<br /><br />I thought stevie <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/politics/federalelection/2008/09/24/ordinary_folks_dont_care_about_arts_harper.html" rel="nofollow">frowned on "rich galas."</a> Funny how times change in reformaTory-Land, isn't it?<br /><br />Guess he figured no one would remember that comment, huh?<br /><br />Wrong . . . .West End Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04899808253017644309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17909993.post-21183242617959262002013-12-18T13:51:52.387-08:002013-12-18T13:51:52.387-08:00Israel levels Catholic Church property Nov 2013
S...<a href="http://rt.com/news/israel-palestinian-homes-demolish-323/" rel="nofollow">Israel levels Catholic Church property</a> Nov 2013<br /><br />Steve doesn't pay much attention to Israeli persecution of Christians, does he? <br /><br />"Israeli security forces arrived with bulldozers at a piece of property owned by the Catholic Church in east Jerusalem, close to the West Bank city of Bethlehem. They said it had been built without a permit and proceeded to destroy it. The property had been standing since before Israel annexed the area after the 1967 Six-Day War."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com