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Gaza DonationsThe BBC says the risk of compromising confidence in its fairness, coupled with ‘question marks’ about aid getting through, had led to its decision not to broadcast the Gaza appeal. Because of this decision Sky and ITV are not allowed to make the appeal either.
Perhaps the real reason is that the broadcast would have [...]

A few days ago I received a mail from IPCRI – the Israeli/Palestinian Center for Research and Information about this issue. I hadn’t heard about it in our main media – although I’ve seen that articles appeared in foreign newspapers and their web-sites.
Here below I’ll post the mail as I received it, but there [...]

Dear friends and supporters of peace,
For as long as anyone can remember, the Kurdish people have been abused and denied basic human rights by oppressive governments who seek to eradicate the Kurdish identity from the Middle East. Just yesterday the Syrian police shot and killed three young Kurds and wounded several others for merely celebrating [...]

Nice, Atleast it didnt go unnoticed here
From Rasha’s Post
“International women’s day passed unnoticed here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Almost all the women I talked to didn’t even know that the 8th of March was a day to celebrate women’s accomplishments.”

She is one of the leaders of the movement to overturn the ban on woman driving [...]

“Ours is what we bring upon ourselves” or az maast keh bar maast or از ماست که بر ماست
A famous Persian saying (poetry, actually), even though somewhat pessimistic, I can’t help but think
that it stands true for the fate of us Iranians living under the Islamic “Republic”. Living in Iran, on some
days, I would find [...]

A group of young people from all over the Middle East have decided to join forces with their Kurdish brethren in order to fight for their basic human rights. We have made a petition and urge anyone in support of human rights to sign it. Our first target is the media which is necessary for [...]

Another much-needed campaign from Avaaz:
The Iraqi Parliament will soon vote on a US-backed law that could hand too much oil revenue and control to foreign corporations.
A Sunni, Shia and Kurd Parliamentarian are planning to stand together and present this petition to the Iraqi Parliament. They want us to help them show that the world supports [...]

The wonderful Avaaz team have just launched a new creative campaign to set a date for “real Middle East talks” -
Arab leaders are making a serious peace offer, and the world supports them. Ordinary Israelis want negotiations too, but their leaders risk losing this rare chance. Talks just about security will never bring peace.
Tell Israeli, [...]

“The personal story of an Israeli’s quest to find her Palestinian caregiver”:
Watch the film trailer below:

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We’d like to take this opportunity to thank Andrew Sullivan for providing a link to our campaign and encouraging people to sign the petition. We really appreciate all the support we’re getting and hope all of our readers will help us increase awareness regarding Kareem’s case.
And thank you, Tom Palmer, for directing more attention towards [...]