The 4 December press release: The Gaza Freedom March that will take place in Gaza on 31 December is an historic initiative to break the siege that has imprisoned the 1.5 million people who live there. Conceived in the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and nonviolent resistance to injustice worldwide, the march will gather…
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Gaza remains an isolated entity
While Israel has imposed an unofficial block on foreign officials entering Gaza – “There is no ban, but we feel at this point that Gaza is a territory being controlled by terrorists and should not be visited by foreign ministers or any high-ranking dignitaries” – let’s not think the Egyptians are any better: Egyptian security…
Bombing and starving Gaza is the only way forward (says settler group)
Pro-settler group Women in Green have a few ideas for Israel to become even more internationally isolated: Dear Friends, Interestingly, the freezing decrees against the Jews in Judea and Samaria came exactly at a time when, in Israel, one should have a huge outcry against the upcoming release of a 1000 terrorists in exchange for…
The Australian government has no idea what’s happening in Palestine
Michael Shaik, from Australians for Palestine, on Australia’s slavish support for Israel: Just last week, at a Sydney lunch for a delegation, led by Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom, Rudd asserted “the Australian people’s deep and high regard for the modern state of Israel”. And on Sunday night, Shalom was hosted at a “gala…
The IDF can lie and cheat (and most Israelis won’t care)
One of the finest new blogs on the block is Coteret from Israel, news and views rarely heard anywhere else. A recent post highlights comments by Ofer Shelah, Maariv’s defense analyst, on the culture at the IDF. The most moral army in the world? Hardly: Would the IDF chief of staff lie?”¦It is unlikely that…
Stop 30 billion dollars in “aid” to Israel
Muzzlewatch on the brave souls in the US fighting America’s slavish relationship with the Jewish state: Back in April, after gaining approval for text and design, anti-occupation activists in New Mexico signed a contract with Lamar Advertising to display 10 billboards (pictured at left) for 8 weeks. But after only 3 weeks, and a pressure…
This is how the IDF fights
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel released the following statement this week: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) released today [2 December 2009] a new report which exposes the shifts in Israel’s combat doctrine as evidenced in the prosecution of operation “Cast Lead” and from numerous public oral and written statements made…
Israel, the world really loves you, you better believe it
Zionist propagandists, don’t feel alone. Israel has a job for you. One truly wonders whether Israel is stupid or just overly optimistic. Better PR and more use of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook isn’t going to change the woeful international image of the Jewish state. Ending the occupation will help but there ain’t no chance of…
Pleasing colonists who used to terrorise Gaza
Holding those to account in Israel? Not if you’re a radical settler: Even as concern grows about civil resistance to new government construction limits in the West Bank, a Knesset committee has approved a bill to scrub clean the records of right-wingers arrested during violent protests against Israel’s 2005 disengagement from Gaza. Under the bill,…
All you need to know about Israeli and Hamas war crimes
A comprehensive website about the UN Goldstone report on Gaza.