Samidoun writes:

In 1985, Ali traveled to Israel in an attempt to secure the release of Lebanese and Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in occupied Southern Lebanon. This followed on his visits to Palestinian refugee camps in 1974, when he declared in Beirut that "the United States is the stronghold of Zionism and imperialism." While visiting Palestinian refugee camps in South Lebanon, he declared:

"In my name and the name of all Muslims in America, I declare support for the Palestinian struggle to liberate their homeland and oust the Zionist invaders."

The mainstream media has no problem celebrating Ali's heroic resistance to the Vietnam war. We've all heard about that.

So why won't they even mention the Champ's equally heroic stand on behalf of the Palestinian people?

In mainstream media circles, it's OK to side with the Viet Cong against the US government. That's actually kind of fashionable.

But to side with Hamas and Hezbullah and Islamic Jihad against the genocidal entity occupying Palestine … now THAT is absolutely taboo.