Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre
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A beautiful gift from the BBC by Ken O’Keefe
18 August, 2010 — Uprooted Palestinians Uprooted Palestinians are at the heart of the conflict in the M.E Palestinians uprooted by force of arms. Yet faced immense difficulties have survived, kept alive their history and culture, passed keys of family homes in occupied Palestine from one generation to the next. If you haven’t seen it, Continue reading
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Action Alert – Panorama ‘Death on the Med’ – Contact the BBC
On the 16 August, 2010, the BBC broadcast a Panorama programme entitled ‘Death on the Med’. It claimed to reveal ‘what really happened’ when Israeli commandoes boarded the Mavi Marmara on 31 May 2010. The programme was extremely biased, portraying the activists on board as violent terrorists who set out to kill Israeli soldiers. Continue reading
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Israel’s Palestinian Minority Thrown into a Maelstrom by Jonathan Cook
The flotilla, which was attacked more than 60 miles off Israel’s coast early in the morning, was not the first to bear aid for Gaza, but it was the first to include a delegation of Palestinian leaders from inside Israel. Palestinians are roughly one fifth of Israel’s population. Most of the main Israeli-Palestinian political factions… 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