Five Reasons Why 2014 was a Game Changer in Palestine | Ramzy Baroud

[Tace]

Last edited Wed Dec 24, 2014, 03:32 PM - Edit history (2)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust

Dec. 23, 2014

In terms of losses in human lives, 2014 has been a horrific year for Palestinians, surpassing the horrors of both 2008 and 2009, when an Israeli war against the Gaza Strip killed and wounded thousands.

While some aspects of the conflict are stagnating between a corrupt, ineffectual Palestinian Authority (PA), and the criminality of Israeli wars and occupation, it would also be fair to argue that 2014 was also a game changer to some degree -- and it is not all bad news.

To an extent, 2014 has been a year of clarity for those keen to understand the reality of the "Palestinian-Israeli conflict" but were sincerely confused by the contrasting narratives.

Here are some reasons that support the argument that things are changing:

http://worldnewstrust.com/five-reasons-why-2014-was-a-game-changer-in-palestine-ramzy-baroud

Edit: Fixing garbled headline, wrong link

[oberliner]

1. Boy, he sure doesn't like the Palestinian Authority

I wonder which Palestinian leaders he would support if not the ones they elected.

[King_David]

2. Well to be fair there hasn't been an election in so long

It's no longer possible to call Hamas or Abbas democratically elected.

Except for some in this group who consider King Abdullah of Jordan to be
hereditary-democratically appointed.

[Mosby]

3. the link goes to an admin log on

You just basically outed yourself, you forgot to log out before c/p the link.

How's business over at world news trust?


http://worldnewstrust.com/administrator/index.php?option=com_flexicontent&task=items.edit&cid=11854

[King_David]

4. I get an admin login too when I follow the link

Our OP maybe is a "Journalist " there or the author ?

There must be a better way of posting "selfies" onto the net than DU / IP group ?

[oberliner]

6. The poster of the OP has identified himself in the past

As one of the founders of that website (and a current contributor).

[King_David]

7. Aaah that makes sense

But never posts anything in this group besides those particular articles.

[Tace]

8. Hi King_David

Ramzy Baroud's articles are required by DU's rules to be posted here, because of the topic of Israel-Palestine. They have been pretty much the only articles from WNT appropriate for DU on the topic of Israel-Palestine, since WNT is a general interest news site not focused on the Middle East. Baroud seems to have a unique viewpoint, since he grew up in the Gaza Strip. --Tace : )

[King_David]

9. Yes I understand that

Are you Palestinian too?

[Tace]

5. Link And Headline Fixed

I was rushing out and didn't check the post. Sorry about that. --Tace

[Calista241]

10. We're they any different in 2013? N/t