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 CommentJerusalem – The Arab Spring and its aftermath are shaking even the Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist movement Hamas, and there are now indications it may soon change its leader. Hamas, in an official statement, confirmed over the weekend that long-time leader …
Posted in Palestine | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | Leave a commentJerusalem – An assault on a human rights activist after he voiced extraordinarily blunt criticism of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has heightened concern about the safety of independent voices in the troubled coastal enclave. The stabbing by three masked men …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 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 CommentsBelow is a program of selected activities in the Bethlehem area starting tomorrow and over the Holidays (your participation if around would be appreciated). I also included a link to the best and most detailed account of the colonial destruction …
Posted in Awareness, Culture, Events, Palestine | Tagged Palestine | 2 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 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 CommentsIsrael 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 commentAn apartheid “judge” just allowed the Israeli occupation authorities to keep our friend Ashraf AbuRahmah in jail pending trials. Ashraf was shot deliberately while handcuffed and blindfolded in an incident that was captured on video embarrassing the occupation forces. Ashraf …
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