A charming example of the Israeli government’s global PR in action: Interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today program about Israel’s economic blockade of Gaza, the Israeli ambassador to Britain, Ron Prosor, brushed aside claims that Israel bears responsibility for the cruel privations that the people of Gaza are suffering. What is often overlooked, he observed,…
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Neturei Karta pop up in Gaza and celebrate Sabbath
Being a deeply religious Jew and opposed to Zionism is a rare combination. These lads are the masters of the art: A small group of ultra-Orthodox Jews were preparing Friday to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath in Gaza, in an unlikely show of support for Palestinians in the Hamas-run coastal territory. Bearded and wearing black hats…
How the Red Cross was barred by Israel in Gaza to do its job
Iyad Nasr of the International Committee of the Red Cross describing what was happening during the three-week military assault by Israel on Gaza a year ago: ICRC was not allowed to reach the victims. No place in Gaza was safe. Ambulances, ICRC, we could not move without a green light from the Israeli authorities. And…
Stopping for just a minute and wondering about Gaza
When reports out of Gaza continue to show the desperation and trauma there, it’s refreshing to hear an Israeli voice such as Larry Derfner writing in the Jerusalem Post: There’s a question we Israelis won’t ask ourselves about the Palestinians, especially not about Gaza. The question is taboo. Not only won’t anyone ask it out…
Not in our name: Americans speak out for Palestine
Yesterday in the US, protests took place to commemorate the devastating conflict in Gaza and demand the siege be lifted. This report is on Russian satellite television (would it appear on mainstream American TV?):
CNN covers regional protests over Gaza
When establishment media outlets such as CNN cover the Gaza Freedom March, I’m convinced of the importance of this week’s actions in Cairo. Breaking the silence happens one step at a time: In Gaza, approximately 100 international activists were joined by several hundred Palestinians in a march to the border, while some 300 Israeli, international…
Caring about Palestine makes you a terrorist, didn’t you know?
A comment on an Haaretz article about the various protests in Israel and Palestine today over Gaza reminds us that any solidarity with the Palestinian people causes supposedly rational people to spit bile: These ‘protesters’ are nothing short of terrorists: supporting a group who yearns for the complete and total destruction of a sovereign nation…
Breaking through American blindness over Gaza
The New York Times covers today’s protests in Israel and Palestine over the Gaza crisis: Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on both sides of the Israeli-Gazan border on Thursday to mark a year since Israel’s three-week war in Gaza, and to call for an end to the blockade of the area imposed by Israel and Egypt.…
Press release: Protesters are being brutalized in Tahir Square right now – 500+ protesters violently forced into pens, others barricaded in their hotels
From a Gaza Freedom March press release: Members of the Gaza Freedom March are being forcibly detained in hotels around town (Lotus, Liala) as well as violently forced into pens in Tahir Square by Egyptian police and additional security forces. Reports of police brutality are flooding a delegate legal hotline faster than the legal support…
BBC covers our protests in Cairo over Gaza
From the BBC: Several hundred people have joined demonstrations on the Israel-Gaza border to protest against the Israeli blockade of the territory. The demonstrators, who marched to the Erez crossing point from both sides of the border, included dozens of international activists. The Egyptian authorities have allowed about 80 protesters to cross into the Gaza…