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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 [...] 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. [...] 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. 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 [...] 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, [...] “I’m convinced more than ever that Israeli security will never be fully assured without the birth of a second state, a Palestinian state” 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 [...] 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 [...] From Josh Marshall of TPM In case you missed it, I want to commend to your attention Jeffrey Goldberg’s article in the Sunday Times: “Israel’s ‘American Problem“. The premise will be a familiar one to anyone who’s thought seriously and sanely about Israel’s future and America’s relationship with Israel. The breadth of acceptable opinion about [...] Carter said on Monday that Hamas leaders told him they would accept a negotiated peace agreement, if voted for by the Palestinian people. “The problem is that Israel and the United States refuse to meet with someone who must be involved.” There can be no peace there until Palestinians have a place to [...] |  | ||||
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