Items in today’s post: Video of the event today at Al-Walaja (three arrested but subsequently released), Comments on the just concluded Herzliya conference, action item to do for Brussels Air, Youth Conference in Palestine in July, and more. 1) Video: …
Posted in Israel, Palestine | Tagged Palestine | 1 CommentI very often remember the wonderful Egyptian joke in which an Egyptian person asks a cleric of a mosque, “If we conquered Tel Aviv, would it be permissible for us to penetrate Israeli females?”, then the cleric answers him, “If …
Posted in Freedom of Speech, Israel, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Israel, Maikel Nabil, non-violence, Palestine, peace | Leave a commentBen Lynfield in Jerusalem – Israel’s supreme court has upheld a controversial law that prevents Arab citizens from living with their Palestinian spouses in the Jewish state, a move that impacts thousands of people and is raising concern over a …
Posted in Civil Rights, Israel, Palestine, Racism | Tagged Palestine | 4 CommentsDecember in Palestinian history is replete with important events*: – December 1908: Palestinian villagers of Kafr Kama (near Tiberias) tried to reclaim land taken unfairly by the “Jewish Colonisation Association” (yes that was its actual name). – 9 December 1917, …
Posted in Civil Rights, History, Israel, Palestine | Tagged Palestine | Leave a commentBetween December 3 and 10, Israeli Gay Youth (IGY) plan to hold a World LGBTQ Youth Leaders Summit in Tel Aviv, sponsored by the Municipality of Tel Aviv, the Israeli Ministry of Education, and the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, …
Posted in Israel | Tagged BDS, Israel | 1 CommentI was finally released. Israeli soldiers abducted me while filming an attack on villagers of Al-Walaja. The attack started with dynamiting their village lands near their houses, a process that already shook and cracked houses and injured some residents before. …
Posted in Activism, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Photos, Videos | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 2 CommentsThe nuclear power has been innovated by the father of nuclear physics Ernest Rutherford in 1919. And the first nuclear power plant has been made in Obninsk in 1954 which generate electricity for a power grid, and produced around 5 megawatts of electric power. Also …
Posted in Foreign Affairs, Iran, Israel, Politics, Terrorism, War | Tagged Iran, Israel, Nuclear | 1 CommentMideast Youth is one of many prominent organizations endorsing a statement recently released by the group Pinkwatching Israel that addresses a trip to Palestine/Israel organized under the banner of interfaith dialog and LGBT solidarity. The three organizations involved in the …
Posted in Homosexuality, Israel | Tagged gay rights, Interfaith, Palestine, queer | 1 CommentIsrael is mobilizing their US funded and equipped army and navy to deal with peace activists on the boats trying to visit Gaza and will likely attack them Friday morning. See this LA Times story. Some of us scheduled to …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Current Events, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | Leave a commentMy friend, Sagi Melamed, wrote this article. As you read it, ask yourself this: How do you promote the cause of peace, when both sides to a conflict believe they’re right? You’re Also Right Sagi Melamed There is a well-known …
Posted in Awareness, Current Events, Israel, Nationalism, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues | Tagged Israel, Palestine | Leave a comment