Australians for Palestine public advocate Michael Shaik publishes the following in the Australian: Nine months since the end of the offensive, Gazans continue to live in plastic tents alongside the ruins off their homes because Israel refuses to allow building materials into Gaza. … The Israeli government reasons that, by inflicting such punishment on Gaza’s…
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We are keeping the Gazan people alive, barely
A strong New York Times story about the Gaza tunnels that keep the people there alive: Dusty sacks filled with cans of Coca-Cola were being loaded onto trucks by young boys, headed for supermarkets in Gaza City. Thousands of motorcycles were lined up on display in a nearby stadium, ranging in price from $2,000 to…
Rapping the Palestinian streets in Australia
Ramallah Underground, a Palestinian hip-hop group that talks about life under Israeli occupation, are in Melbourne now:
Provoking trouble on the Lebanese side
Israel continues to meddle inside Lebanese territory, a violation of international law: The detonation of Israeli surveillance devices near the southern village of Houla represent a success for Israel against archenemy Hizbullah, while also raising pressure on the Shiite group and further eroding the security situation in south Lebanon, a number of analysts told The…
Perhaps tea can be used to kill Jews
Collective punishment, pure and simple: Israel has decided to allow coffee and tea into the besieged Gaza Strip starting on Thursday, a Palestinian official said. Nasser As-Sarraj, undersecretary of the Ministry of National Economy said that Palestinian authorities received word from Israel of the change in policy, which apparently removes coffee and tea from a…
J Street Jews are bad people, repeat after me
Next week’s J Street conference in Washington DC (controversy abounds, so I can’t wait to be there to experience it up close) continues to draw the wrath of hardline Zionists. Here’s Isi Leibler, recently calling for the ex-communication of dissident Jews: This weekend J Street is launching its first major convention at which it claims…
Amira Hass; a beacon to us all
One of Israel’s finest journalists, Amira Hass, has won the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour described Hass as “one of the greatest truth-seekers of them all.” This is her acceptance speech: Allow me to start with a correction. “Ah, how impolite,” you’d rightly think. But anyway, we…
Palestinian education stunted by our backing
The Zionist, collective punishment of an entire people: Some 838 students formally offered places and/or enrolled at foreign universities are unable to leave Gaza, according to the Palestinian interior ministry and Gisha, an NGO campaigning for freedom of movement. Of the 1,983 Gazan students in this position, only 1,145 have been able to leave Gaza…
Kuwait has more freedoms than Israel?
Reporters Without Borders 2009 Freedom Index finds Israel in “free fall” over its rights and responsibilities towards journalists and the media: Operation Cast Lead, Israel’s military offensive against the Gaza Strip, had an impact on the press. As regards its internal situation, Israel sank 47 places in the index to 93rd position. This nose-dive means…
Israeli isolation causes the state to act with typical arrogance
We learn that Israel is determined to change the boundaries of international law to essentially allow states to bomb civilians if they’re “terrorists”: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed his government on Tuesday to draw up proposals to amend the international laws of war after a damning UN report on its war in Gaza. The…