A friend asked how activists keep going when so many people engage in corruption, stealing, lying, cheating, and harming others. Here in Palestine, there are plenty of people who do these things and they are both Israelis and Palestinians. Occasionally …
Posted in Activism, Ethics, Israel, Palestine, Palestine/Israel, Regional Issues | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | 1 CommentIt’s tragic when some people gain from a human rights violation to further a political agenda, but it happens every day. And not just here. This is actually common practice for the governments of the USA and Israel, and elsewhere …
Posted in Awareness, Civil Rights, Current Events, Democracy, Foreign Affairs, Iran, Islamophobia, Israel, Media, Politics, Saudi Arabia | Tagged Iran, Palestine, Saudi Arabia | 4 CommentsItems 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 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 commentDear Friends of Kurdistan, I have set up an e-petition urging the British Government to recognize the Genocide inflicted upon the Kurdish population by the former regime of Saddam Hussein. If we get 100,000 signatures than they will debate this …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, Arab, Arabs, Barack Obama, Egypt, Environment, Green Prophet, help, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jews, Jordan, Kurdish Human Rights, kurdish rights, Kurdish Youth, kurdish youth festival, Kurdistan, Kurds, Lebanon, Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial, Palestine, peace, petition, Politics, Religion, revolution, Saudi Arabia, Women | 1 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 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 Comments