December 30, 2008
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GazaFriends: – Israeli Gunboats Came out of the Darkness and Rammed us Three Times
The Dignity, on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, was attacked by the Israeli Navy at approximately 6am (UST) in international waters, roughly 90 miles off the coast of Gaza. Several Israeli warships surrounded the small, human rights boat, firing live ammunition around it, then intentionally ramming it three times. According to ship’s captain… Continue reading
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Damaged Gaza aid boat docks in southern Lebanon
A boat carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza has arrived in Lebanon after being turned back by the Israeli navy. The Dignity set off from Cyprus on Monday carrying three tons of emergency and medical aid to the Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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Gaza: The Killing Zone – Israel/Palestine
May 2003 Background: Life in Gaza is a constant gauntlet of Israeli sniper fire, military rockets and army bulldozers. No one is safe. http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1916650 more about “Gaza: The Killing Zone – Israel/Pales…“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Ran HaCohen: Pacifying Gaza
30 December, 2008 Defense Minister Ehud Barak (the Hebrew surname means “lightning,” German “Blitz”) did it again: a historic record of over 200 Palestinians killed in a single Sabbath’s blitz (Dec. 27). Polls now predict five additional Knesset seats for his Labor Party in the coming February general election. That’s 40 Palestinian corpses per seat. Continue reading
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Join the protests across the UK and take action to stop the massacre in Gaza!
PSC thanks the thousands of people who came out to demonstrate outside the Israeli embassy in London and across the UK, to call for an end to the killing and an end to the siege of the people of Gaza. Continue reading
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Mustafa Barghouti – Palestine’s Guernica and the Myths of Israeli Victimhood
Israel cannot and would not act against the will of its economic allies in Europe or its military allies in the US. Israel may be pulling the trigger ending hundreds, perhaps even thousands of lives this week, but it is the apathy of the world and the inhumane tolerance of Palestinian suffering which allows this… Continue reading
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PCHR: 251 Palestinians, Mostly Civilians, Including 20 Children and 9 Women, Killed and 584 Others, Including 130 Children and 28 Women, Wounded
PCHR believes that this declared war target Palestinian civilians and their property, and statements of Israeli political and military officials herald a humanitarian catastrophe and a persistent war at all levels. Continue reading
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Gaza Emergency Appeal from Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Since the beginning of attacks in Gaza three days ago, over 300 people have been reported dead, more than 1000 wounded, and many hundreds more are in need of immediate medical attention. With a medical system already on the verge of collapse as a result of the ongoing closure, 1.4 million civilians are in desperate… Continue reading
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Take Action – (USA) Palestinians in Gaza are bleeding
Write letters to members of Congress and the State Department, demonstrate at the White House and Israeli Embassies and consulates, write letters to the editor and op-eds for every news outlet, call radio talk shows, protest the U.S. representatives at the UN and their protection of Israeli crimes. Continue reading
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Dan Freeman-Maloy: Israeli Slaughter, International Culpability
There is every reason to be outraged. But despite the severity of Israeli atrocities in Gaza, we have little right to act surprised. Whatever else can be said, Israel has made it abundantly clear that until its actions are met with credible international sanctions, it will subject Palestinians (and very likely others in the region)… Continue reading
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Gaza media blackout
The blockade of Gaza has now been extended to the media In this week’s News Divide we turn our attention to the Israeli blockade of Gaza, which has now been extended to the media, creating a news blackout that has severely restricted the reporting of the suffering in Gaza to the outside world. In the Continue reading
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Gaza Attack: Please sign petition
We have started a 1000 letter campaign to the U.S. Foreign Affairs committee, a phone/fax/email campaign to the Egyptian embassy, White House and various other political leaders. Continue reading
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Ha’aretz: Pro-Palestinian activists say Navy fired on protest boat off Gaza shore
An Israel Navy ship clashed on Tuesday with a small boat carrying international activists with aid destined for Gaza, an Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Israeli Navy attacks and wounds Dignity in International Waters
On Tuesday, December 30, at 5 a.m., several Israeli gunboats intercepted the Dignity as she was heading on a mission of mercy to Gaza. One gunboat rammed into the boat on the port bow side, heavily damaging her. The reports from the passengers and journalists on board is that she is taking on water and… Continue reading
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SS Dignity badly damaged by Israeli Navy fire
The boat is badly damaged, and it is, in fact, heading toward Lebanon Continue reading
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News Update from Gaza: Day 3
Victims toll of Israeli military operation reached 350 while wounded up to 1500 people. Continue reading
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URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY!
The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are firing live ammunition around the Dignity, and one of the warships has rammed the civilian craft causing an… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 