Palestine
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Hamas releases animated clip depicting captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit
Hamas released an animated cartoon on Sunday showing abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been captive in Gaza for nearly four years, returning to Israel in a coffin. The three-minute 3D animation [is] shown on the website of Hamas’ armed wing. Continue reading
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Earth Day in Israel: Apartheid Showing Through the Greenwash By Stephanie Westbrook
On April 22, as part of the global Earth Day celebrations, homes, offices and public buildings in 14 Israeli cities turned out the lights for one hour in an effort to “increase awareness of the vital need to reduce energy consumption.” The irony was not lost on the 1.5 million residents of Gaza who have… Continue reading
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Support James from MAP in the London Marathon
In the Gaza Strip there is an ongoing chronic emergency situation and MAP’s work is more focussed on strengthening emergency services. Running the 26.2 miles in the London marathon is a bigger distance than the entire length of Gaza. During the run I’ll know that all my efforts go into helping ensure that MAP can provide… Continue reading
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Book Review: THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF ZIONISM By Israel Shamir
A more accurate title for this book might be“ The Psychopathology of Zionism.” In the bulk of its 299 pages, Kovel meticulously deconstructs Zionism’s deranged psychology, and the reader very soon appreciates that this author’s long years of education in psychiatry and psychoanalysis were not spent in vain! Continue reading
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UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA 20 April, 2010
In an open letter to musician Gil Scott-Heron, The Electronic Intifada’s Matthew Cassel urges him to cancel his upcoming concert in Tel Aviv. Continue reading
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A Nonviolent Che Guevara in Gaza By Ashely Bates
Bil’in is one of the few places in the Palestinian territories where protesters have won victories in the Israeli courts. In September of 2007, the Israeli Supreme Court decided that the wall created “undue hardship” in Bil’in and must be rerouted. The IDF began carrying out the court’s demands last month, but declared Bil’in a… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Introducting the MV Rachel Corrie
The 1200-ton cargo ship had been abandoned in July 2009, off the coast of Ireland. She was then impounded after an inspection by the International Transport Federation (ITF) discovered her owners had exploited their Lithuanian crew-members – not paying their wages and subjecting them to humiliating treatment, and they had been left with just one… Continue reading
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Remembering Bassem (Pheel) Abu Rahma By Rebecca Vilkomerson
Exactly one year ago, Bassem Abu Rahma (who everyone called Pheel, which means ‘elephant’), was killed by Israeli forces. Pheel, as he did every Friday, was demonstrating at the Wall which cuts off Bil’in from its own lands. His last words were to ask the soldiers not to shoot because an Israeli had been injured.… Continue reading
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Goldstone banned from grandson’s bar-mitzvah in South Africa By Ran Greenstein
THE AFTER-SHOCKS of the Goldstone Commission into the Gaza conflict continue, this time reaching into the heart of a family simcha. Mr. Justice Richard Goldstone is effectively being barred from attending his grandson’s bar mitzvah, due to be held in Johannesburg early next month. Following negotiations between the South African Zionist Federation (SAZF) and the… Continue reading
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Did Banned Media Report Foretell of Gaza War Crimes? By Jonathan Cook
Shraga Elam, an award-winning Israeli reporter, said Mr Blau’s suppressed article might also have revealed the aims of a widely mentioned but unspecified “third phase” of the Gaza attack, following the initial air strikes and a limited ground invasion, that was not implemented. He suspected the plans involved pushing some of Gaza’s population into Egypt… Continue reading
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A Bailout For Arms Dealers: US Aid and the Israeli Budget By Rela Mazali and Jesse Bacon
The US Congress has shamefully abdicated its oversight role in US foreign policy and has become an apologist for the worst policies of the Israeli Government, all the while sending Israel billions of dollars in aid. Fortunately activists are not waiting for the US Congress to act. They are staging their own investigation, a first… Continue reading
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Yousef Munayyer – Ethnic Cleansing by any other name
In October of 2009, amendments were made to military orders governing the legitimate presence of persons in Occupied Palestinian Territory. The changes, effective six months after the signing of the orders, are beginning to take effect. It is important to note that Palestinians are not in control of the Palestinian population registry. Israel maintains strict… Continue reading
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Israel’s Declining Sperm Quality Tied To Depleted Uranium Exposure By Tim King
Israel’s population is facing a dire threat: a drastic depopulation, from the use of weapons that leave behind Depleted Uranium (DU). Depleted Uranium leads to the word Omnicidal, as DU kills everything in the food chain, everywhere the wind blows. Experts say the dramatic drop in Israel’s sperm count could eliminate their ability to reproduce. Continue reading
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Racism in Israel: There’s something seriously wrong By Stephen Lendman
The 2008 Knesset introduced 12 discriminatory bills, and the Supreme Court failed to disqualify the 2003 temporary Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law, renewed every six months. It makes West Bank and Gaza Palestinians ineligible for residency permits if they marry an Israeli citizen, a measure harmful to thousands of families yearly. Continue reading
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Ethnic Cleansing
Latuff cartoon on ethnic cleansing in Palestine/Israel Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: Cementing our Solidarity with the People of Gaza
Normally we don’t ask for donations for specific items, since all donations to our tax-exempt accounts in Cyprus or the U.S. are used to buy the boats or for operating costs However, we are sending out this special appeal to the hundreds of you who have said, “But can’t I contribute to something specific, something… Continue reading
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On the border By Michel Warschawski
Settlements around Jerusalem intended to make it a Jewish city Continue reading
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Israeli soldiers Fire “the skunk” into Houses in Nabi Salih By Joseph Dana
The weekly protest against the stealing of farm land took place once again yesterday in Nabi Salih. The IDF escalated its repression of the protest by firing a highly toxic chemical called the “skunk” into several houses in the village of Nabi Salih in an effort to break the resistance that is forming. The skunk… Continue reading
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Medical Aid for Palestinians Newsletter No.18
12 April 2010 — MAP NEWS MAP at the Palestinian film festival Medical Aid for Palestinians is pleased to announce the UK premiere of Fatenah, at the London Palestine Film Festival on 2 May. Fatenah will be shown alongside two short films, highlighting the impact of closures on the West Bank, and the blockade of Gaza.… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 