The Birth of a Nation
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This week Palestinians are moving beyond the Israel- and US-dominated peace process and appealing directly to the world. They are asking the United Nations to formally recognize Palestine as an independent, sovereign state within its 1967 borders.
There is a profound symbolic significance to this move.
It was with a vote in the General Assembly in November 1947 that the state of Israel first achieved recognition through a resolution calling for mutually occupied land to be divided into two states. Israel and most of the nations of the world have long viewed that vote as the source of Israel’s legitimacy as a nation.
If the United Nations General Assembly created the state of Israel sixty years ago, it can create a Palestinian state now.
A bold stroke of poetic justice like that could breathe new life into the whole region and beyond.
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Anonymous
No, this was just a really really poor choice of title for this article. Adbusters is a Canadian company, so they may not be familiar with "The Birth of a Nation" and it's significance in the revival of the KKK movement.
Anonymous
No, this was just a really really poor choice of title for this article. Adbusters is a Canadian company, so they may not be familiar with "The Birth of a Nation" and it's significance in the revival of the KKK movement.
Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation
Anonymous
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation
Anonymous
Not to be a pretentious prick or anything, but "The Birth of A Nation" was actually made by D.W. Griffiths, who also made "Intolerance" (made in response to the controversy surrounding "The Birth of A Nation"). These films were made a decade before Cecil B. DeMIlle ever got involved in filmmaking.
Your point still stands.
Anonymous
Not to be a pretentious prick or anything, but "The Birth of A Nation" was actually made by D.W. Griffiths, who also made "Intolerance" (made in response to the controversy surrounding "The Birth of A Nation"). These films were made a decade before Cecil B. DeMIlle ever got involved in filmmaking.
Your point still stands.
Anonymous
Birth of a Nation was a famous silent film by D.W. Griffith, not Cecile B. DeMille.
Anonymous
Birth of a Nation was a famous silent film by D.W. Griffith, not Cecile B. DeMille.
Anonymous
Land belongs to the Jews. We must help them rebuild the temple so that the end of the world can happen.
Anonymous
Land belongs to the Jews. We must help them rebuild the temple so that the end of the world can happen.
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