Kent Klich is a Swedish photographer. He just spent three weeks in Gaza where he has been working with the fact finders from PCHR. The result is the “Gaza Photoalbum” about the private interiors of the apartments shelled and shot at during the attack on Gaza from 27 of December til 18 of January:
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How to love being a victim
Israel getting a bad rap internationally? Two good reasons here and here. How to solve the problem, according to the former Yesha Council chairman? Form an Israeli PR ministry: Today, it is clear that a country that embarks on war, or any other dramatic step needed to secure its existence, must create public legitimacy both…
Petition of Jews who immediately renounce the 1950 Israeli law of return
The following statement is released by Ned Curthoys and John Docker of the Committee for the Dismantling of Zionism: We the undersigned submit that the 1950 Israeli Law of Return for Jews, which gives Jews alone the right to migrate to Israel and obtain citizenship, is a racist law and an affront to a just,…
Australian academic boycott of Israel: global BDS day 30 March 2009
The following statement is released by Ned Curthoys and John Docker of the Committee for the Dismantling of Zionism: Responding to the CALL of Palestinian civil society to join the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, we are an Australian campaign focused specifically on a boycott of Israeli academic and cultural institutions, as…
Occupation will only bring war
This headline in today’s Australian newspaper speaks for itself: Netanyahu talks Palestinian peace, but settlements to grow
Police state 2009
And to think we hope China will save us from economic ruin (though shame about the authoritarianism): Addressing the National Peoples Congress, China’s leaders attempted to put the best possible face on the deepening economic crisis. Wen assured delegates that 8 percent growth was achievable, promoted the regime’s stimulus measures and announced new social welfare…
The real Muslim dissident
Obama = Bush? Although it has made a break with many of George Bush’s controversial, self-declared war on terror policies and has promised to reach out to Muslims, the Obama administration has decided to back a Bush decision to deny one of Europe’s leading Muslim intellectuals entry. “Consular decisions are not subject to litigation,” Assistant…
And most Jews remain silent
Every day, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank worsens. The Western media barely registers this reality. News such as this: The Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Hebron issued a press release on Monday accusing Israeli soldiers of not living up to their responsibility towards Palestinian civilians in the occupied south Hebron hills in the…
When sympathy is the wrong emotion
Jerusalem Post correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh – a man who says what the neo-cons want to hear – feels sorry for the poor Jewish state: What is happening on the U.S. campuses is not about supporting the Palestinians as much as it is about promoting hatred for the Jewish state. It is not really about…