Viva Palestina, an aid convoy destined for the Gaza Strip, have clashed with Egyptian riot police in the town of El-Arish. The resistance of Egyptian authorites to simply allow an humanitarian mission to Gaza is deeply revealing:
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Followers of Jesus threaten Israel
Two members of the Christian Peacemaker Teams have been refused entry into Israel, and deported by Israeli authorities. One of them told the IMEMC that she was scheduled to be part of a Christian Peacemaker delegation to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank, which was planning to meet with Palestinian civil society groups and Christian leaders…
Gaza’s suffering is Israel’s shame
My following article is published today by the Sydney Morning Herald/The Age: The 85-year-old Jewish, anti-Zionist, Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein is a sturdy looking woman. Her slightly hunched frame hides the determination to continue a life-long dedication to social justice. This week in Cairo she joined close to 1400 international delegates on the Gaza Freedom…
Haunted faces in the ruins of Gaza, one year on
Guardian films on the one-year anniversary of the Gaza conflict, families whose lives have been shattered by US-made weapons. Such images are sadly familiar. I saw similiar scenes in Gaza in July and nothing has changed.
US helps Cairo isolate the Gaza Strip
A photoessay on the wall Egypt is building on its border with Gaza, cutting off the Strip even more from the outside world.
Why BDS is growing, realistic and necessary
The issue of BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) against Israel is growing. The Gaza Freedom March released Cairo Declaration is just the latest step. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel has its first newsletter to outline the future: The Year 2009 has proved to be a watershed in the growth…
What South Africa taught today’s Israeli state
Akiva Eldar in Haaretz discusses the tragic reality of what Zionism has created in the occupied territories: One of the myths among whites in South Africa was that “blacks want to throw us into the sea.” Many of apartheid’s practices were formally based on security, mostly those involving restrictions on movement. Thus, for example, at…
The few Israelis who won’t forget Gaza
Resistance within Israel itself… to the sheer inhumanity and illegality of the Jewish state’s blockade of Gaza is small but noisy. A group protested a few days ago on the Israeli side of the border and this report, from Australian Kim Bullimore, explains the energy and despair on that day. Here’s a video of proceedings.
Obama hates Israel and all that she stands for, says hardline Zionist
The settler organisation Women in Green hosted an evening recently with Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick. Two believers in the concept of Greater Israel and disliking Arabs. A match made in heaven, really. Here’s the Women in Green report of that peace-loving event: “Obama and Israel” was the topic of Caroline Glick’s talk on Friday…
Jewish women are clearly inferior to the men
What kind of state would even consider implementing gender apartheid? Will Tiberias be the next city to offer segregated buses for the haredi population? On Sunday, Haaretz reported that haredi representatives in the city sent a letter to Veolia Transportation asking the company to operate a special line for the haredi population. The legality of…