Progress on the Gaza front and access via the Egyptian border: Gaza Freedom March congratulates the Government of Egypt on its change of policy to allow international missions into Gaza during December with the decision to allow the Viva Palestina convoy to go into Gaza on December 27, 2009. Organizers of Gaza Freedom March were…
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Where capitalism and socialism collide in Israel
The kibbutz adapts to capitalism and re-defines the nature of a supposedly socialist Jewish state:
Israel looks to greater world isolation and doesn’t feel fine
Niva Lanir writes in Haaretz that global patience over Israel is withering: …The world has grown tired of us, and although it may be asleep, sometimes it kicks in its sleep. In the meantime, they should start checking how many and which Israeli companies are registered as suppliers of Marks & Spencer.
Palestinians in Jordan struggle with inequality
We should never forget that the Palestinian Diaspora remains in limbo across the Middle East, desperate to find normality in any land, long denied by Israel and the Arab states. Jordan is a key example.
Israel ignores while Gaza burns
The latest weekly edition of Gaza Gateway, the invaluable source of news about the Gaza Strip (written in Israel): The closure of the Gaza Strip is tight enough to make life difficult for residents, but fences and checkpoints don’t prevent viruses from passing through, as became apparent earlier this month. Despite predictions that the closure…
This is the way Israel deals with anti-occupation forces
Amira Hass in Haaretz on Israel’s fear of non-violent resistance to the occupation: There is an internal document that has not been leaked, or perhaps has not even been written, but all the forces are acting according to its inspiration: the Shin Bet, Israel Defense Forces, Border Police, police, and civil and military judges. They…
Life in Bethlehem is anything but blessed
Back in July, I visited the occupied city of Bethlehem and spent time at the world-renowned university there. Now, Br Peter Bray,Vice Chancellor of Bethlehem University (and from New Zealand),… has sent out an end of year missive outlining the reality of life in an occupied city. It may have a holy history, but in 2009…
Why this Jew is going on the Gaza Freedom March
Michael Ratner, president of the New York-based Centre for Constitutional Rights, a Jew and participant with his family of the Gaza Freedom March: I want to break the blockade, I want to see the damage done by the weapons from my tax dollars, and I want it understood: Israel does not kill in my name.…
Arab solidarity crucial for Gaza
The Viva Palestina movement into Gaza has been busy this year. Now, it’s returning: British Member of Parliament George Galloway has leveled strong criticism at Arabs over their inaction and failure to play a role in organizing aid convoys to the besieged Gaza Strip. “It is a shame that this convoy [Lifeline 3] is coming…
The occupation is a daily source of justified fury
Gideon Levy in Haaretz on the Jewish state’s uncanny ability to cause terrorism: It is not difficult to understand the agonizing decision facing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet ministers. It would be very hard to accept a negative decision on their part. Gilad Shalit must be freed at any cost, all the more…