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Where is the Church Now?The Black church isn't what it used to be. Mega-churches preach "prosperity" to their multi-thousand congregations, but often ignore the plight of the larger Black community. In the author's Washington-southern Maryland-northern Virginia region, only two small churches were willing to host rallies to coincide with massive protests in Jena, Louisiana. The social gospel that gave so much aid and succor to a previous Movement is largely depleted in the current era, as preachers harangue congregations to chase dollars rather than justice. This is the legacy of Rev. Ike, not Martin Luther King.
Source : topix.net | 08-Jan-2009 01:53
Black Caucus Caves to Corporate Power
" A mere 13 out of 40 voting CBC members in the House summoned the courage to buck the tide of corporate cash" The independence of black American leadership is under assault by a tsunami of cash.
In response to a flood of cable and phone company propaganda and millions in campaign and charitable donations, two thirds of the Congressional Black Caucus vote to redline broadband deployment in their own communities and kill the relatively open and free internet. Is it time to re-evaluate the Black Caucus?Source : topix.net | 08-Jan-2009 01:44
BET's Bob Johnson & the "Secret Black Summit"
This item was originally published on February 24, 2005 in Black Commentator. "Of the eight Johnson 'questions' listed, all but three implicitly urge collaboration with the GOP or a boycott of Democrats".
With great cynicism but little guile, Johnson taps into the near-universal desire among Blacks for actions that will lead to greater operational unity and effectiveness - and attempts to channel these aspirations in Republican directions. Of the eight Johnson "questions" listed below, all but three implicitly urge collaboration with the GOP or a boycott of Democrats. The remainder - on forming a Black political party, running "favorite son" candidates, and fundraising over the Internet - are window dressing to create the impression of a broader agenda.Source : topix.net | 08-Jan-2009 01:40
Burris Rejected By Senate: Circus atmosphere greets Blago's replacement for Obama's senate seat.
*Roland Burris was nearly run over by the media outside of Capitol Hill Tuesday when he showed up as Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to replace Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, and was promptly rejected - as expected. Secretary of the Senate Nancy Erickson denied his certification, saying it lacked Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White's signature and the state seal.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 15:22
EUR This N That | Bush Gives Obama Middle Finger On Housing
Is there any other way to explain the fiasco that is the Obama's housing situation? Did Bush not know that he was coming to Washington? The only way that Bush could cover his tracks of refusing the President-elect housing was to put someone in the "119-room" Presidential guest house after the Obama's request in December. Rachel Maddow reported on her show Tuesday night that there were no overnight guests scheduled to be in Blair House when he initially requested his stay in December. But now, the Washington Post has found that the former prime minister of Australia will stay there starting January 12.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 15:20
So Blacks Were NOT to Blame for Prop 8?
A new report was just released by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force revealing that blacks voted only 57-59% in favor of the proposition, a stark contrast from the oft-repeated 70% figure. The study further found that "party affiliation, political ideology, frequency of attending worship services, and age" were the primary determining factors, not race, in whether a voter supported or opposed the measure. What? Ya think?
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 09:17
The Inescapable Tasks Africa's Leaders Try to Ignore
"The continent will be unable to address its many problems and take its place in the world as long as it is broken into 53 little pieces." "Rampant xenophobic attacks have reportedly caused thousands of immigrants from Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and other neighboring states to flee South Africa." "A so-called 'free market' permits foreigners to make mischief, facilitates the loss of Africans' control of their natural resources, and encourages heads of state to feed their greed."
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 02:12
A Martin Luther King - Malcolm X Community Revitalization Initiative
here needs to be a movement, so let's begin one. The first step is an analysis - followed by action - of the state of apartheid in the U.S. The catastrophe called Katrina told the story, and we must find the solution. To do so, we must dig deep into our own history of resistance to racial and economic exploitation, and summon all our strengths to go once again into battle. Dr. Daniels lays out the beginnings of a plan that tackles gentrification - the dispersal of our people - and how the racist juggernaut can be stopped. Transformation can only come from mobilization. So let's get moving. In his classic work Dark Ghetto, noted Sociologist Dr. Kenneth B. Clark described America's urban inner-city areas, largely inhabited by African Americans, as virtual domestic colonies controlled, manipulated and exploited by external interests, to the detriment of the residents. Much has changed in the half century since Dr. Clark offered his damning indictments about the affects of institutional racism on Blacks in urban America. As a consequence of the Black Freedom Struggle, the Black middle class has expanded dramatically. Black mayors now occupy the city halls of numerous urban centers across the country and the ranks of Black elected officials have swelled to thousands, including forty-three members of the House of Representatives, a U.S. Senator and Governor of a State. An African American sits on the Supreme Court and two Blacks have been appointed to the office of Secretary of State. High profile athletes now earn millions of dollars as a dominant force on the sports scene and Black men head four of America's most wealthy and prestigious corporations. Much has changed in the last half century.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 01:46
Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador
Venezuela has expelled the Israeli ambassador to protest against the country's assault on Gaza, after the Venezuelan president described it as a "holocaust". The move on Tuesday came hours after 40 Palestinians were killed at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter amid the offensive. "The Holocaust, that is what is happening right now in Gaza," Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, said in televised comments. "The president of Israel at this moment should be taken to the International Criminal Court together with the president of the United States."
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 01:38
Middle East - Jordan 'reconsidering Israel ties'
Jordan's prime minister has said his country may review its diplomatic ties with Israel in the wake of the offensive in Gaza. "Jordan will look into all options, including reconsidering relations with Israel," Nader Dahabi told legislators on Sunday. "There is no way we would remain silent when this threat affects the security of the entire region." Jordan and Egypt are the only two Arab states to have normalised relations with Israel. Amman also has strong ties with the US.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 01:32
Video of California police shooting spurs investigation
A New Year's Day shooting in which a subway police officer fired a deadly shot into the back of an unarmed man has the San Francisco Bay Area demanding answers as authorities appeal for patience.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 01:09
Internet database links African Americans to ancestors' voyages
In a major advance in genealogical research, African Americans will be able to trace the routes of slave ships that transported 12.5 million of their ancestors from Africa as early as the 16th century.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 00:33
Author Michael Dyson to help SVSU celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
A popular author and leading scholar on black America will help Saginaw Valley State University celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.
Source : topix.net | 07-Jan-2009 00:26
Blacks lead both houses, a first for nation | Today's Drum
The two Coloradans are about to make history as the first blacks to preside over both houses of a state legislature in the same session.
Terrance Carroll, House speaker and Peter C. Groff, Senate president, are Legislature's only black members.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 12:53
The New Black Panthers head man, takes Obama to task over Israel and Gaza and more.
*"Right now, Obama is between a rock and a hard place. He pledged support to Israel in the election process; now he is in a position to get politically burned by that because Israel does not share his vision of reconciliation and justice. "Ehud Barak, the defense minister of Israel and presidential candidate, is using Obama's previous statements as partial justifications for his current vicious and errant actions. So, as Israel continues to illegally pound and invade Gaza, we are not premature in calling on Obama to take the right position." -- Dr. Malik Zulu Shabazz
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 09:38
EUR This N That | California's Finest Is At It Again
We recently reported on black on black crime resurfacing at a higher rate than recent years. But, it appears that the real story that we can all agree on is that the police force in almost every urban center has consistently maintained corruption. In Oakland, Ca., a young black male just lost his life in a senseless run-in between himself and, not other black men, but the police. The boy was not resisting arrest or restraint and was shot and killed while in their custody. They claimed the boys were fighting on the train and they were holding them.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 09:34
Inauguration Day 2009 - Schedule of Events | Today's Drum
As specified by the U.S. Constitution , presidential terms of office begin and end at 12:00 noon on January 20.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 05:04
Mind-Blowing Poisoning Of US By American 'Industry' - 24 BILLION Pounds Yearly
A new report release Thursday finds that U.S. industry releases enough neurological and developmental toxins to fill railroad cars stretching from New York City to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Every year, U.S. industry releases about 24 billion pounds of toxic substances that are believed to cause developmental and neurological problems in children. That amount could fill a string of railroad cars stretching from New York City to Albuquerque, New Mexico, and yet there are no emissions standards for these harmful chemicals.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 03:55
Partners in Permanent Aggression
Israel is taking measure of the incoming Obama administration's sensibilities to the spilling of Palestinian blood in the besieged enclave of Gaza." Just before the U.S. elections, Senator Joe Biden shot off his mouth about the certainty that Barack Obama would be "tested" early in his presidency. "Watch," said the blathering vice-presidential candidate. "We're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy." Biden didn't predict where the test would come from. Then, a week before Christmas, a senior Bush State Department official filled in the blanks. Obama's "mettle" would be tested by the Russians, over U.S. anti-missile systems in Eastern Europe. The truth is, nobody on the planet wants to "test" any American president. Everyone knows the Americans are crazy, always looking for a fight, the "greatest purveyors of violence in the world," as Dr. Martin Luther King said back in 1967. There is only one other nation whose appetite for violence is comparable to the United States: Israel, America's junior partner in aggression.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jan-2009 03:42
US-built wartime road in Burma, built by black soldiers, finds new life
It was a road some said could not be built. Most of the men ordered to make it happen were black soldiers sorted into Army units by the color of their skin.
The road had cost 1,133 American lives, a man a mile.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 11:57
Ann Coulter Goes Hates On Michelle Obama: Right winger labels her a Jackie O imitator in new book.
*Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter has turned her right wing hot air toward the incoming First Lady, calling Michelle Obama a Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wannabe in a book to be published next week.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 09:18
EUR This N That | Black Women: Do You Feel Shorter?
By a show of hands ladies, who out there is taller than their grandma? Everybody right? It's a bone loss or osteoporosis issue that occurs as people get older that makes them shorter than they were in their heyday, but now it appears that black women are not getting any height to begin with. Recent research reported by ABC News, has shown that young black women born after the 60s with low to middle income are shorter than past generations. The height differential appears to be linked to an "overall well-being." Safer surroundings, more exercise, and better nutrition, are all factors that play a part in a person growing properly.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 09:17
Statue Of Liberty, A Black Woman? By, John M.Pinto.
The Statue of Liberty was originally a Black woman, but, as memory serves, it was because the model was Black. The original statue which is in France, is that of a "Black Woman".. Documents of Proof: 1) You may visit Click~~>http://www.mcny.org/Research/libstud.htm There, people can see an image of the terracotta model and find links to other sites. 2) Check with the N.Y Times magazine, part II_May 18, 1986. Read the article by Laboulaye. 3) The dark original face of the Statue of Liberty can be seen in the N.Y Post, June 17, 1986, also the Post stated the reason for the broken chains at her feet. 4) Finally, you may check with the French Mission or the French Embassy at the UN or in Washington, DC and ask for some original French material on the Statue of Liberty, including the Bartholdi original model.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 05:22
World woes due to rejection of God: Ahmadinejad
The world's troubles are rooted in a rejection of God and if Jesus Christ lived today he would stand up against bullying powers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will tell Britons on Christmas Day. "The crises in society, the family, morality, politics, security and the economy ... have come about because the prophets have been forgotten, the Almighty has been forgotten and some leaders are estranged from God," Ahmadinejad said, according to a translation of his message. "If Christ were on earth today, undoubtedly he would stand with the people in opposition to bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers."
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 04:45
This is not the Promise Land
Thank God for and congratulations to Barak Obama. America has gone to the extreme to prove that racism does not exist and that everything is racially equal and Blacks have no more reason to complain, speak of slavery, or cry discrimination. However, their desperate attempt to make themselves and the world believe this is true, will never work. The mere suggestion of current headlines, articles, and newscasters that everything is alright is embarrassing because no one in their right mind is stupid enough to believe that. We have NOT reached the promise land, King's dream has NOT been fulfilled, and everything is NOT ok.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 04:38
Barak Obama and America's Black Men
Black men petition God on this day; January 3, 2009. If Barak Obama ignores or persecutes Black men during his term, his just reward will be white betrayal. This message has spiritual implications because the plight of Black men in this country has been a sordid one and is now come upon the throne of God's judgment. Barak Obama is in a very precarious situation because if he ignores the persecution of Black men to satisfy white demand, he risks the swift hand of God's correction; yet if he adheres to Gods request - to alleviate white fear of Black men - he risk his political base of white support. Golly gee, what will he do?
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 04:27
How America Creates Poverty
The argument for the strength of America's opportunistic system continually neglects to include government paternalism, which is the foremost cause of poverty in America. Whenever the government intrudes into the private lives of its citizens with no clear-cut plan to eliminate poverty, but only as a means to address a crisis, the result is usually poverty for the victim. The government bureaucracies involved in family and individual lives are the ones that contribute to poverty in the country. Family law courts, the welfare system, the social services system, and the child support system, are all bureaucracies that take on the responsibility of regulating a household instead of the family itself having complete control.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 04:12
The Break with the African Background
n studying any phase of the character and development of the social and cultural life of the Negro in the United States, one must recognize from the beginning that because of the manner in which the Negroes were captured in Africa and enslaved, they were particularly stripped of their social heritage. Although the area in west Africa from which the majority of the slaves were drawn exhibits a high degree of cultural homogeneity, the capture of many of the slaves in intertribal wars and their selection for the slave markets tended to reduce to a minimum the possibility of the retention and the transmission of African culture.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 03:54
Plight of the Australian Aboriginals
The plight of the Australian Aborigines testify to the challenges people of color around the world face against the powers of Western and European imperialism. Like many other cultures subjugated to genocidal methods of the West, the Aborigines confront their oppressors voicing many of the same concerns as Black Americans, Indians, and Africans. Below is a recent account of their struggle and afterward a history of the Aborigine culture.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 03:51
Cyber Hate Anonymous: How the Internet Revealed the Depths of White Hatred and Racism
Why Black America believes Republicans only are the party of racial hatred is puzzling when the Internet has proven this wrong. Race hatred spreads across all political, economic, and social lines. We are not talking about white supremacists group websites or conservative talk show host and think tanks, but race hatred is most scary coming from universities, major corporations, and the prominent groups of people we once thought were intellectually above it all. Before the super highway of information opened the roads of communication among people, the public could only glean traces of public sentiment from television news, magazines, local newspapers and radio programs, which are designed to rosy the racial atmosphere. We had an unction that racism was real but our view of it was limited to a certain group of people based on stereotypes and faces on billboards, so to speak. It was once more difficult to prove but now has become easier.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 03:47
Save the Children: What About Our Children?
You have seen the commercials and infomercials about "Saving the Children" in poor countries such as some African countries, and the pictures they show of impoverished children and villages that lack food. And you have heard the sponsor's cry for 40 - 80 cents a day (the cost of a cup of coffee) to send and support these villages and children, and many people actually wonder if the money ever gets to the people in those villages, or how much can your small cents do for the people. This is the perception of a channel-clicking view. But have you ever thought deeply about this humanitarian campaign? First, if you have ever asked the age-old profound question why does God let children suffer, the answer has been revealed with a profound answer, which is, God does not allow children to suffer, man does. The people in these villages are mainly in African countries in which Africa, being on the American hit list for modern day under-development, has suffered at the hands of Western Imperialism for centuries.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 03:41
The White Media's Profound Infatuation with Blacks
A new phase of racial adoration has begun in the US toward Black Americans by the mainstream media and university scholars of the passion-starved white elite. And once again in error, reactionary Black organizations and activist are taking to the blog sphere and web-columns in a desperate attempt to save Black America from itself. One question though: Why is the study of Blacks such an embraced theme among the white media? They have a never ending fascination with the habits and lifestyles of Blacks - especially Black males - as if they were a pride of African lions. Afterward they report to American society their findings in a very sophisticated stream of propaganda to incite the wanting minds of those awaiting the defeat of Blacks and Black males. This fascination in itself should be studied and psychoanalyzed by someone seeking to unravel the manic minds of the white media who find the existence of Blacks psychologically seductive.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 03:15
io9: Why This Doctor Disappoints
Now that the dust has started to settle on the news that Matt Smith will be the new Doctor Who, I have to ask: Am I the only one who feels a little... well, cheated?
This was the regeneration where names like Patterson Joseph and Chiwetel Ejiofor were not only raised as possibilities but named by the BBC themselves as frontrunners for the role, with the Corporation also happily teasing that it was also very possible that a woman might be taking over the Tardis this time around.Source : topix.net | 05-Jan-2009 03:11
114-year-old U.S. woman to be world's oldest
Gertrude Baines, a 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world's oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jan-2009 20:57
Sentencing Law and Policy: Noticing different legislative reactions to meth and crack
The June 5th edition of Congressional Quarterly Weekly (which is not available on-line) includes a terrific cover story by Seth Stern entitled "Meth vs. Crack: Different Legislative Approaches." As the title suggests, the article explores the noticeable difference between the legislative reaction to the "crack epidemic" 20 years ago and the "meth epidemic" today. Here are just a few snippets of a long and very informative article When Rep. Elijah E. Cummings visits rural communities in the Midwest that have been ravaged by methamphetamine use, he hears stories of despair and damage not unlike those he heard during the crack epidemic of the 1980s.... The similarities exist despite fundamental differences between the populations affected by the two drugs. Meth is used mostly by white people in rural areas, while the epicenters of the crack epidemic were the African-American communities of the inner cities. "If you were to close your eyes and listen to how they talk about the effect on communities, how it breaks up families and drives down property values, you would swear they were in any urban community" during crack's heyday, Cummings says.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jan-2009 17:45
Gay is not the New Black Part I By Irene Monroe
EnochSpeaks said in the African-American Forum:
If you are African American and gay, and fighting alongside your white brothers and sisters for queer civil rights, the notion that "Gay is the new black" is not only absurdly arrogant, it is also dangerously divisive. In a presumably "post-racial" era with the country's first African American president-elect, it's easy for some to assume that race doesn't matter. But when critiquing the dominant white gay community's ongoing efforts to gain marriage equality and its treatment of blacks as their second-class allies in the struggle a reality check happens -- both straight and queer African American communities bond together against their strategy for marriage equality. Why? Because race does matter! Case in point: Proposition 8 and blaming the black community for its win at the ballot box. The Proposition 8 debate has brought much consternation and polarization between white gay community and African Americans. And with the expectation of a dominantly white Marriage Equality movement pushing forward a single -- issue agenda, the movement arrogantly ignores vital ways for coalition -- building within black communities, and honorable ways of connecting their struggle to those of African Americans. But there's an example that defused the tension in much of the heterosexual African American community when it was publicly arguing that same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue. In commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Loving v. Virginia in the June 12, 1967 historic Supreme Court decision that advanced racial and marriage equality in this country, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., marked the anniversary by stating the following: "It is undeniable that the experience of African Americans differs in many important ways from that of gay men and lesbians; among other things, the legacy of slavery and segregation is profound. But differences in historical experiences should not preclude the application of constitutional provisions to gay men and lesbians who are denied the fight to marry the person of their choice." End of Part I
Source : topix.net | 04-Jan-2009 04:34
African American Network captures spirit of Kwanzaa in S-burg library
"Harari Gani" guests entering the community room at the Hughes Public Library on Dec.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jan-2009 19:09
the election of barack obama
Linda Sue Grimes Jan 3, 2009 On November 4, 2008, during the U.S.A. presidential election, American voters cast their ballots for the end of racial stigmatization.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jan-2009 19:08
Obama's win brings firsts for black press
Barack Obama's election as president is prompting major changes in the nation's black press, ushering in a series of firsts that editors say will reshape print, Internet, radio and television coverage aimed at African-American audiences. Essence, the top selling magazine among black women, will have a full-time White House reporter for the first time. Ebony magazine will add a White House reporter, either full-time or as needed. Its sister publication, Jet magazine, will have a weekly two-page Washington report in every issue.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jan-2009 15:39
POV/ Yasuko Takezawa: Can Obama unite racially divided America?
This passage in particular defined his core message: "There's not a liberal America and a conservative America: There's the United States of America. There's not a black America and white America and Latino America and Asian America: There's the United States of America." Why did these words strike such a strong chord among Americans? The background behind why many Americans have developed a strong sense of crisis about the country's deep racial divisions is not well-known, unlike that behind America's political split. The United States has long held to the "one-drop rule"--people with any trace of African ancestry (one drop of black blood) are basically considered black. Thus, no African-Americans, not even the best and brightest like Obama, can escape racial discrimination.
Source : topix.net | 03-Jan-2009 15:24
Liberal Whites' Ignorance and lack of Action Against White Racist the Real Problem to Race Relations
One of the main problems with race relations is not racist whites but 'liberal' whites that are ignorant of and underestimate how ingrained racism is among their people. The presidential race and victory of President Elect Barack Obama has brought the sickness of white supremacy to the forefront. From conservative white radio host to white elected officials to their own FAUX News network; the hatred, fear and ignorance of white America is once again rearing it's ugly head. Question is, do whites have the desire to face their demons and the fortitude to destroy them or, in this age of economic hard-times, give into their demons...
Source : topix.net | 03-Jan-2009 01:19
Actor John Travolta's 16-year-Old Son Dies Today
The 16-year-old Jett Travolta has died after hitting his head in the bathtub earlier today. The incident happened in The Bahamas where the family is vacationing. There have been reports that Jett was autistic, though Travolta has denied it, saying he suffers from Kawasaki Syndrome, a condition which often leads to heart disease.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jan-2009 23:32
White community adapts to Obama reality
Worried by racial tensions churned up by the U.S. presidential election, teachers at one U.S. high school braced for the worst in their majority white community the morning after Barack Obama was elected the country's first black president.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jan-2009 17:18
Philip Morris' Legal Smoke Screen
In the Supreme Court on Wednesday, Philip Morris, America's largest cigarette company, compared itself to the NAACP. And to a South Carolina death row inmate illegally denied due process. And to indigent criminal defendants not afforded adequate legal representation. And it did so to win a case against an elderly African American woman named Mayola Williams whose husband died from lung cancer in 1997, after smoking three packs of Marlboros a day for more than 40 years.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jan-2009 16:34
Katrina's Hidden Race War
Facing an influx of refugees, the residents of Algiers Point could have pulled together food, water and medical supplies for the flood victims. Instead, a group of white residents, convinced that crime would arrive with the human exodus, sought to seal off the area, blocking the roads in and out of the neighborhood by dragging lumber and downed trees into the streets. They stockpiled handguns, assault rifles, shotguns and at least one Uzi and began patrolling the streets in pickup trucks and SUVs. The newly formed militia, a loose band of about fifteen to thirty residents, most of them men, all of them white, was looking for thieves, outlaws or, as one member put it, anyone who simply "didn't belong."
Source : topix.net | 02-Jan-2009 16:16
Israel gets a free pass to commit genocide
Make no mistake, if the tables were turned and the Palestinians were the dominate power and bombing the Israelis,killing over 300 innocent citizens, the 'white' western world would be bombing the Palestinians back to the dark ages and the leaders of Palestine would either be killed or captured for war crimes.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jan-2009 16:07