Palestine
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Israel to block massive aid shipment to Gaza
Israel is set to block eight ships carrying 10,000 tons of aid and 800 activists and politicians on its way to Gaza. Organizers behind the flotilla are hoping to send a message to the world that Israel has no right to starve 1.5 million Palestinians. The Free Gaza movement has organized several other aid ships… Continue reading
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“Jews who themselves suffered are now causing suffering to Palestinians”
‘I didn’t know anything about Palestinians. I wasn’t even thinking about this issue until I read by chance about what happened in the Palestinian refugee camps in Sabra and Shatila. This was 2 years after they had been killed there. I was really stricken when I realized this was performed by Jews. I started reading… Continue reading
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Gaza flotilla ship pays tribute to fallen activist
The MV Rachel Corrie, a cargo ship named for the American activist who was killed in the Gaza Strip in 2003, is one of eight ships poised to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza. Continue reading
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Palestine: Harrowing Update from Family of Ameer Makhoul
Ameer Makhoul, Director of Ittijah, a coalition of Palestinian Israeli Community Organizations, was arrested three weeks ago from his home in Haifa. Makhoul was unable to see his lawyer for the first weeks of his arrest and now his lawyers and his family, having seen him, assert that he has been tortured. Continue reading
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Israel threatens the Freedom Flotilla… extracts from the Hebrew press
A roundup of events surrounding the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Continue reading
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Biggest Boycotter of them All?
While Israel and its supporters become wildly hysterical over calls by Jews and non-Jews alike to boycott, divest and impose sanctions on Israel for its continued and well-documented human rights abuses, rampant discrimination even within its borders, and alleged commission of war crimes in Gaza and elsewhere — calling these calls anti-Semitic, Israel and its… Continue reading
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The Unspoken Alliance: Military and Nuclear Ties between Israel and Apartheid South Africa Sasha Polakow-Suransky Interviewed by Amy Goodman
Israeli President Shimon Peres has denied reports that he offered to sell nuclear weapons to apartheid South Africa when he was defense minister in the ’70s. On Sunday, the Guardian newspaper of London published top-secret South African documents revealing that a secret meeting between then-defense minister Shimon Peres and his South African counterpart, P.W. Botha,… Continue reading
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Freedom flotilla ready to break the Gaza Strip blockade – RT Top Stories
Nine ships fitted from the UK, Ireland, Greece, Turkey, Kuwait and Algeria are gathering in the Mediterranean to put an end to the 3-year Gaza Strip blockade. They are to bring medications, medical equipment, construction materials and house parts to the 1.5 million Palestinian residents who have been punished collectively for three years – something… Continue reading
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Who says Jews and racism don’t go together? By Akiva Eldar
The “sexy” story of the nuclear dealings between Israel and South Africa, as told in a new book by Sasha Polakow-Suransky (“The Unspoken Alliance: Israel’s Secret Relationship With Apartheid South Africa” ), diverted attention from the book’s other revelations about the intimate relations between the Jewish state and the racist regime. Continue reading
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The US should force Israel into nuclear disarmament – peace activist
Israeli human rights and peace activist Gideon Spiro does not doubt the fact that Israel has nuclear weapons. However, according to Spiro, the US has the power to make Israel get rid of its nuclear arsenal. Continue reading
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Israel denies South African nuclear weapons agreement
The Guardian news website, citing the work of an American academic, has reported that declassified South African documents reveal that Israel offered to sell nuclear weapons to the apartheid regime in 1975. The office of Israeli President Shimon Peres, who was defense minister at the time of the alleged agreement, has vehemently denied the claims. Continue reading
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Israel’s complicity in apartheid crimes undermines its attack on Goldstone By Gary Younge
On 5 January 2009 the Israeli army rounded up around 65 Palestinians (including 11 women and 11 children under the age of 14) in Gaza, several of whom were waving white flags. After handcuffing the men and stripping them to their underwear, the soldiers marched their captives 2km north to al-Atatra and ordered them to… Continue reading
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Ship-to-Gaza Live Video Stream
23 May, 2010 Watch live streaming video from shiptogaza at livestream.com http://cdn.livestream.com/grid/LSPlayer.swf?channel=shiptogaza&autoPlay=false Continue reading
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Israeli Think Tank Calls for Sabotaging “Delegitimizers” of Israel By JAMES MARC LEAS
While a report by an Israeli think tank has been widely condemned(1) for advocating that the Israeli government use its intelligence services to attack and sabotage non-violent human rights advocates, the report is worth detailed study because it is chock full of admissions of illegitimate features of the Israeli government it desperately seeks to protect. Continue reading
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Members of Swedish Parliament demand security for Ship to Gaza
On Wednesday, Helén Pettersson, Social Democratic member of the Swedish Parliament, submitted a written inquiry to Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, asking what measures the government intends to take in order to protect Ship to Gaza’s peaceful, lawful, humanitarian initiative. The reason for the inquiry is that Ship to Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla—the coalition in… Continue reading
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Who’s Who of Banned Visitors to Palestine
Banned from the right to enter Israel. At this point, you could have quite the dinner party with the folks Israel leaves out! How do I get on that guest list? Continue reading
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What’s So Funny ‘Bout Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions: Elvis Costello’s Beautiful Message By Jesse Bacon
Elvis Costello has perfectly demonstrated how one can use eloquence to illuminate, instead of to obscure. In a refreshingly straightforward piece, he has described why he answered the call not to play in Israel. While other musicians such as Gil Scott-Heron, Roger Waters, and Carlos Santana have also honored the boycott I don’t believe anyone… Continue reading
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Chomsky Denied Entry to Israel
17 May, 2010 — The Only Democracy? Well, it seems the fact that it was Noam Chomsky (who is on JVP’s advisory board) who got denied entry to the West Bank because of his politics, the story has broken through to the mainstream media. Yet again, we have to say: “the only democracy in the… Continue reading
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Dogs for Jews by Gilad Atzmon By Gilad Atzmon
The Israelis indeed internalised the Shoa experience. Very much like notorious Ivan the Terrible from Treblinka who reportedly unleashed his dog against camp inmates, the IDF Border Guard employs dogs against Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli political opposition. Continue reading
