Videos
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GazaFriends: Who Will Speak for the Palestinian Prisoners? Who will speak for the Children?
As survivors of Israel’s brutal attack in international waters begin their testimonies of murder and mayhem on the sea, every one of them reminds us that, although they were imprisoned and brutalized for three days, Palestinian prisoners have no voice, no public forum to tell their stories. Continue reading
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NOW AVAILABLE: Full 60-minute footage smuggled from Mavi Marmara
Despite the Israeli governments efforts to confiscate all of the footage taken during the attack, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE filmmaker Iara Lee was able to smuggle one hour of footage back to the United States and is releasing it raw to the public today. Continue reading
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VIDEO extravaganza: Highlights of Erdogan speech, Roger Waters song for Gaza, Reading Mark Regev’s Mind! By Mary Rizzo
Three videos to savour. The first, highlights of the landmark speech of Erdogan following the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre, with musical accompaniment. The last, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters sings We Shall Overcome for the people of Palestine. If you loved “The Wall”, this is its natural continuation. Waters was born to do this and we… Continue reading
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Haitham Sabbah – Israel and the World Cup: Always Scores High
Congratulations to all football lovers, the countdown has finally come to end and now we can all watch the new edition of the World Cup. Football was always one of the few things that brings the world together. Well, everyone but Israel. It seems that Israel has an allergy to sports, joy and good times,… Continue reading
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13 Year Old Arrested in Bil’in–Update
A few days ago, I posted a video of a young child in Bil’in being arrested while working in his olive groves with his family. In the follow up video below, the child, Fadi Al-Khatib, talks about what happened after the last video left off, including being left blindfolded with his hands tied behind his… Continue reading
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The Banality of Occupation
While the world has been rightfully focused on the Gaza Flotilla, the banality of occupation goes on. In this video (originally posted on Coteret), a twelve year old boy is arrested in Bil’in. An international activist and the boy’s mother plead with the soldiers to release him, but the soldiers ignore them completely, with the… Continue reading
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Israel hasbara fails again: Photos show Mavi Marmara passengers protecting, aiding Israeli soldiers
First, it is clear that the passengers would have had ample time and opportunity to seriously harm or kill the Israeli soldiers if that had been their intention. While at least 9 flotilla passengers were killed by the Israelis, no Israeli was killed even though it appears at least two and up to four were… Continue reading
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Free Gaza: We shall overcome
Thousands of words have already been written about the Freedom Flotilla, Israel is out with its talking heads trying to justify murdering nine human rights workers, brutally hijacking our boats and hauling us all into Israel, a country none of us wanted to visit. But we have to remember why we care and why we… Continue reading
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Images of Victims after the Israeli Attack on the Turkish Gaza Aid Ship, Published for the First Time
The videos below show images of the passengers on the Turkish Gaza aid ship Mavi Marmara immediately after the Israeli attack, published for the first time by TV Net today. Continue reading
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Rick Wolff, “Economic Crisis, Greek Theater, Our Drama”
Political theater now grips Greece. As with ancient Greek plays, today’s drama also reaches and touches everyone else. We sense Greece’s dilemmas becoming our own. Her rulers declare that a crisis now threatens Greece. They blame it on the masses. To overcome it, they must impose great suffering on the masses. The rulers’ chorus intones… Continue reading
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Bruce. E. Wilson, “Israel’s ‘Operation Make the World Hate Us’ Enters Bold New Phase as Jerusalem Post Editor Releases Video Mocking Dead Flotilla Activists”
It’s not just an Israeli government initiative. Operation Make The World Hate Us has another valuable asset — the Deputy Managing Editor of the Jerusalem Post Caroline Glick, who under the auspices of the US-based Center for Security Policy has just released one of the most gratuitously offensive (and on so many levels, it’s quite… Continue reading
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“We were unarmed and didn’t provoke anybody” – aid flotilla member
Youssef Benderbal: First of all, you should understand that all the ships that were taking part in that action had gathered in one place in international waters. I am insisting that they were in international waters because, in accordance with the free access principle, a presence in international waters doesn’t require permission from any country.… Continue reading
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Israel fighting on cyber battleground
When the flotilla disaster struck, they posted a footage filmed from an Israeli naval boat alongside the ship. It shows passengers beating up Israeli troops. The footage was filmed from a chopper above and shows the commandos on board. Nearly two million people watched the videos making them the two most popular hits on You… Continue reading
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Gaza aid ship Rachel Corrie seized, towed to Israeli port
Israel’s navy has towed the humanitarian aid ship ‘Rachel Corrie’, sailing under an Irish flag, to the port city of Ashdod. It had earlier been boarded by Israeli troops off the blockaded coast of Gaza. Nevertheless, international aid activists have vowed to send more ships to try and break through the Israeli blockade of Gaza… Continue reading
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British maritime law expert on flotilla attack
Douglas Guilfoyle, a maritime legal expert at the University College of London, discusses whether Israel’s raid on the Gaza aid flotilla – and it’s blockade of Gaza – are legal under international law Continue reading
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How Israel planned the Flotilla attack
The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky investigates how Israel prepared for the Flotilla attack, and how the media repeatedly portrayed a connection between the activists and terrorism. After the attack, Israel went on the offensive to prove there was indeed a connection to terrorism. The IDF published a press release saying the activists on board the… Continue reading
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Proof emerges IDF audio of radio communication with Mavi Marmara is fabricated
Today, Israel released what it claimed to be the audio of a conversation between Israeli naval vessels and the Turkish-owned ship Mavi Marmara which occurred prior to the Israeli assault that killed at least 9 passengers and injured dozens more in the early hours of 31 May in international waters in the eastern Mediterranean. This… Continue reading
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“It is very clear who is the aggressor here”
‘Israel is held to a standard no one else is held to,’ Regev observed, while Shaath recalled that Israel was fully informed that there were no weapons onboard the Gaza flotilla and yet the Israeli army attacked the ship in international waters. Continue reading
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Bilderberg plays into conspiracy theory by keeping silent
The Bilderberg Group is an unofficial conference of around 150 invitation-only guests who are insiders in politics, banking, business, the military and the media. The group’s meetings are held in secret and are closed to the public; activities supposedly range from strategizing world affairs to playing golf. The current conference is being held at a… Continue reading