are very pleased to announce their new site,
Palestine Think Tank. It is a site containing news,
analysis, art and more to further the cause of
justice for Palestinians. It concentrates on many
aspects of the resistance, but also focuses on the
issues affecting the entire Middle East. Please
visit us at www.palestinethinktank.com, share
this news with those who might be interested,
and if you have a blog or site, consider linking to
us. We also have a forum for those interested
in interactive communication.
Together with us are some of the most insightful and
talented writers, activists and artists around.
Contributors include Khalid Amayreh, Ramzy Baroud,
Adib Kawar, Ernesto Paramo, Wael Al Saad,
Nadia Hasan, Iqbal Tamimi, Richard Jones,
Nahida Izzat, Razan Al Ghazzawi, Khaled Islaih,
Steve Amsel, Ben Heine and many more.
www.palestinethinktank.com contains both original
material and material from other sources that we
believe deserves to be considered.
We are people from different backgrounds who live in
different countries. We speak different languages and
believe in different religions, or even believe in no
religion at all.
These differences are not a problem to any of us.
Differences are what makes the world a wonderful place
because everyone is unique. It allows us the possibility to
learn more about the world and gain insights we would
never have access to otherwise.
Celebrating our differences, we understand that there is a
belief that unites us and unites all the people involved in
creating this website. It is the belief that Zionism is wrong.
Zionism is racism. For Zionism to happen, it means the
ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of the land of
Palestine. We accept nothing about Zionism as being
positive, yet we believe there are some people who
don't know exactly what Zionism is, and therefore
assume it is something different than an ideology,
and therefore, is beyond criticism.
We wish to educate those who don't know what Zionism
is so that they are able to see how damaging it is and
how it is a just cause to stop it. We hope
www.palestinethinktank.com will be a space for free
discussion and wide-ranging analysis.
We believe that the just struggle of the Palestinian people is
the greatest liberation struggle of our times, and we aim to
render service to their cause through presenting as many
aspects of their history, culture and struggle as we can.
We intend to give space to many Arab voices as well,
since the full realisation of the potential of people in the
entire Arab world has been hindered for far too long by
the "International Community". It is far easier to promote
an idea of "the Arab" that cleanses Israel and the West
from all responsibility for the instability and lack of
progress that in some cases is evident than to listen to the
complex arguments and reasoning that people from these
countries and who understand the history of the Arab World
are able to present.
We hope to be able to provide a site full of valid content that
is at the service of the Palestinian people especially. Their
steadfastness is an inspiration to all mankind, and to those
of us in particular who feel close to their cause or are
Palestinian, it is a message of love, hope and humanity that
we hope we are worthy of.
Content of www.palestinethinktank.com is intellectual
property of the authors. All material that does not appear
in this site as the original source will always be credited
for authors and source.
The material here may be reproduced elsewhere, but we
request that you kindly cite our source and post a link
to the page on www.palestinethinktank.com from where
it was taken. We will also build up our links and
community as time develops, so that we can all
work towards our goal with the energy and imagination
required.
www.palestinethinktank.com contains a forum, which is a
space to discuss arguments related to the Middle East.
We hope that it will allow all of us to broaden our horizons,
engage in constructive debate and present a social
network that will be useful to all of us.
www.palestinethinktank.com will be in two languages,
in English predominantly, and Arabic.
We accept original articles as well as suggestions for
material published elsewhere.
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