Message from America to the Israeli government: Friends don’t let friends drive drunk. And right now, you’re driving drunk. You think you can embarrass your only true ally in the world, to satisfy some domestic political need, with no consequences? You have lost total contact with reality. Call us when you’re serious. We need to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Palestine’
Heart of Jenin. Palestinian father of son killed by Israeli troops donated his organs to Israeli children
Andy Carling tells about the documentary film, Heart of Jenin.
One year later, [the father, Ismael Khatib] toured round Israel in the company of German film maker, Marcus Vetter, and visited five of the children who had received transplants. Asked why, Khatib said, “It’s not about politics, about Jews or Arabs, it’s about human beings. I [...]
Jimmy Carter: Palestinians treated ‘like animals’
“The starving of 1.5 million human beings of the necessities of life — never before in history has a large community like this been savaged by bombs and missiles and then denied the means to repair itself,” Carter said at a UN school graduation ceremony in Gaza City.
Israeli troops describe shooting Gaza civilians
From The Guardian, citing Israeli newspaper reports
Striking testimony has emerged from Israeli soldiers involved in the recent Gaza war, in which they describe shooting unarmed civilians, sometimes under orders from their officers.
Factsheet about Israel’s war on Gaza
Adam Sheets at Creative-i has a comprehensive history of the events leading up to the current hostilities between Hamas and Israel. While sympathetic to Palestinians, the report is unbiased and culled mainly from news reports.
The precipitating event this time was the usual cat-and-mouse provocations that both sides do. This time, it led to major violence. [...]
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
Photo of Tuesday’s violence in Gaza protest: anthonysanfrancisco
SFist compares a recent anti-Israel protest sign in SF with the dimbulb who put a giant “F*ck Mormons” banner on his home after Prop 8 passed.
Not since these tools have we seen somebody with such an astounding lack of clarity and overwhelming sense of privilege make a statement [...]
Slaughter in Gaza
Israel has unleashed hell on Gaza. At time of writing 200 men, women, and children are known to have been slaughtered in airstrikes using US supplied fighter aircraft. Over 300 are known to be injured, many of whom will undoubtedly die as a direct consequence of Israel’s ongoing siege, responsible for creating a dire shortage [...]
Free Gaza boats arrive in Gaza
Thankfully, Israel did nothing to stop them, a move both ethically and tactically wise. The blockade has now been broken. May other boats follow.
“We recognize that we’re two, humble boats, but what we’ve accomplished is to show that average people from around the world can mobilize to create change. We do not have to stay [...]
Free Gaza sets sail from Cyprus to Gaza
Their intention is to break the blockade. Israel has called them pirates. European legislators have endorsed and are participating.
They should reach Gaza sometime today. The only question is, what will Israel do?
Tikun Olam has excellent continuing coverage. Free Gaza has boat updates and streaming video.
Israel threatens Free Gaza ship
Free Gaza plans to sail two ships from Cyprus to Gaza in defiance of the Israeli blockade. Israel now says they may use force to stop them.
The ships sail soon.
Obama dumps Muslim advisor
From Steve Clemons at Washington Note.
Will anyone notice? Barack Obama’s team just threw its key Muslim advisor under the bus.
Is this because, as Clemons points out, Obama has been giving speeches running to the right of Bush on Israel?
I think that this is outrageous — and those on the left who appreciate Obama and what [...]
Can unarmed seaborne civilians break the siege of Gaza?
In August, unarmed Palestinians, Israelis and internationals will sail directly to Gaza without going through Israeli territory or seeking permission from Israeli authorities. They include an 81-year-old Catholic nun, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor, Palestinians from Gaza, 17 nationalities, four major religions and the international press (including Tony Blair’s journalist sister-in-law, Lauren Booth).
On Monday, August 4, [...]
Sarkozy: Palestinian state would secure Israel
“I’m convinced more than ever that Israeli security will never be fully assured without the birth of a second state, a Palestinian state”
Reader Jibril comments on our post “Obama on Israel”
Let me give my perspective on this. I am a Palestinian, born in the Galilee in “Israel,” forced with my family to leave the farm we had owned for five centuries (since we came to Palestine as refugees from the loss of Al-Andaus to Castilian Spain), and declared absentees who had no right to live [...]
Obama on Israel
It’s the same old same old. Lefti on the News has direct quotes from Obama interspersed with humorous, biting commentary.
“There are those who would lay all of the problems of the Middle East at the doorstep of Israel and its supporters, as if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the root of all trouble in the region.”
Yeah, [...]
