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<P style="LETTER-SPACING: 1px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Jonathan
Cook</SPAN>, Nazareth-based reporter, discusses his book <EM>'Blood and
Religion: Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State'</EM>.
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<P>Despite attempts to portray itself as a democratic and peace-loving
state, Israel's policies are driven by the fear of an imminent Palestinian
majority that will spell the end of the Jewish State. </P>
<P>Jonathan Cook's dispatches from Israel have described attempts at
creating a Palestinian-free 'Greater Israel', built on military, economic,
political and cultural suppression of Palestinian populations, both within
the state of Israel and the Occupied Territories. </P>
<P>The author discusses the impact of land grabs and manipulations of the
Green Line, human rights abuses, and the entrenchment of racism across
Israel's political and social spectrum in the wake of the Second Intifada,
arguing that a new wave of Palestinian resistance is drawing closer.
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Cook's website: <A
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<P><STRONG style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Date: </STRONG>13th February
<BR><STRONG style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Time: </STRONG>6 - 7pm </P>
<P><STRONG style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Place: </STRONG><BR>Khalili Lecture
Theatre (Between SOAS main buildings) <BR>School of Oriental and African
Studies,<BR>University of London,<BR>Thornhaugh Street,<BR>Russell
Square,<BR>London WC1H 0XG </P>
<P>Nearest Tube: Russell Square </P>
<P><STRONG style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Entry: </STRONG><BR>Entry is FREE but
please reserve a place by emailing your name to: <STRONG><A
href="mailto:ruhul@blink.org.uk?subject=BOOKING- THE MASK OF DEMOCRACY">ruhul@blink.org.uk</A>
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<P>For enquiries call: <STRONG>07908 750 748 </STRONG></P></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Israeli Apartheid Week</STRONG> </DIV>
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<P>This event forms part of Israeli Apartheid Week organised by SOAS
Palestine Society. </P>
<P>There will be events held each day at the SOAS Campus from February 12
to February 15. </P><A
href="http://www.blink.org.uk/event.asp?key=13904&grp=13">Click here
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