Jerusalem – 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 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 commentThe following conversation took place between me, myself and I; three people I happen to know quite well: What is your answer for the Middle East? I would use Arab and Western capital and know how to build a Green …
Posted in Economy, Foreign Affairs, Middle East, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues | 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 …
Posted in Current Events, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | Leave a comment* Introduction I think that currently is the most time when the peoples need peace activists. With the Palestinians applying for a full membership in the United Nations, and the intensification of the conflict between both sides, the Palestinians and …
Posted in Palestine/Israel | Tagged Israel, Maikel Nabil, Palestine | 1 CommentEvery day brings some good news on the shaking of the status quo in a positive direction. In my last book and in my writings elsewhere, I predicted that the next intifada (uprising) would be global. The Arab spring in …
Posted in Palestine, Palestine/Israel, USA | Tagged BDS, Israel, Palestine | Leave a commentIn his first speech at the UN, President Obama stated that he prohibited torture and ordered Guantanamou prisons closed. He also said he will work to cut the nuclear arsenal of the US and Russia and move towards a world …
Posted in Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 1 Comment