Gaza Freedom Flotilla
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Register now for Viva Palestina 5 – a global lifeline to Gaza
Registration for the new convoy, Viva Palestina 5 – a Global Lifeline to Gaza, is now live. The VP team has put a lot of work into reviewing everyone’s feedback from the previous three successful convoys, and from the Freedom Flotilla, in order to make this next convoy even more effective. Continue reading
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Register now for Viva Palestina 5 – a global lifeline to Gaza
Registration for the new convoy, Viva Palestina 5 – a Global Lifeline to Gaza, is now live. The VP team has put a lot of work into reviewing everyone’s feedback from the previous three successful convoys, and from the Freedom Flotilla, in order to make this next convoy even more effective. Continue reading
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Intifada – Exclusive Interview with Iara Lee – Outrageous Brutality by Israeli Commandos By Elias Harb in Mexico
Culturesofresistanc.org director Iara Lee was aboard the besieged ship and has since returned home safely. Despite the Israeli government’s thorough efforts to confiscate all footage taken during the attack, Iara Lee and Director of Photography Srdjan Stojiljkovic were able to retain some of the video they captured. Iara Lee recently gave this exclusive phone interview… Continue reading
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IHH Report on the Killings on board the Mavi Marmara
On May 31, 2010, the six ships reached 75 miles away from the coast of Israel. We constantly reiterated that we were traveling in peace and carrying nothing but humanitarian and construction aid to the people of Gaza. At around 3:00 am, the battleships were still following us along with nearly 30 zodiacs that surrounded… Continue reading
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Israel: A History of Impunity By Yousef Munayyer
Last week the government of Israel announced the launch of an investigation into the events surrounding the deadly Memorial Day flotilla raid which left nine activists dead. Many international bodies including the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU), as well as human rights groups like Amnesty International, are calling for an independent and… Continue reading
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Shooting and Sobbing by Gilad Atzmon
Hold your breath. This in not a joke, this is not a satire. It is real almost as much as it is pathetic. Israeli Ynet just reported that the images of captured Israeli commandos published in Turkish papers opened ‘…old wounds among those Israeli commandos involved in similar circumstances. Thus far, at least four combat… Continue reading
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Merging with Rachel Corrie – A Dedication to Non-violence By Matthias Chang
Sailing on MV Rachel Corrie has changed my life and my perspective on many issues that I hold dear. I am humbled by the experience and have learned so much from everyone on board the ship. Continue reading
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Co-Author of Universal Declaration of Human Rights endorses BDS
Israel’s illegal and immoral attack on the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid convoy, which left at least nine dead and dozens injured, has rightfully stunned the world. The all-civilian convoy of 6 ships carried over 10,000 tons of critically-needed humanitarian aid and nearly 700 citizens from 40 countries. The Flotilla was an ambitious attempt to break… Continue reading
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There Is a Method to Israel’s Madness By Pepe Escobar
A new Middle East is being born – and there seems to be only one place for Israel: isolation. With that comes an inevitable, somewhat crazed approach to diplomacy. Continue reading
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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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Project for Pitiless Centuries By Felicity Arbuthnot
In 1990, in arguably some of the most chilling lines written in recent history, Gary Clyde Hufbauer, et al., wrote, regarding embargoes, in an advisory document for the George H.W. Bush Administration: ‘ … we present our short list of ‘do’s and don’ts’ for the architects of a sanctions policy designed to change the politics… Continue reading
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Exclusive Interview with Lubna Masarwa, Mavi Marmara survivor By Jesse Bacon
Lubna Masarwa has written about her experience aboard the Mavi Marmara, the Gaza Flotilla ship where 9 people were killed by the Israeli navy. But this is the first time she has spoken extensively about it. Listen to her story here. Continue reading
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The Other Fateful Triangle: Israel, Iran and Turkey By Sungur Savran
The thunderous events set in motion by Israel’s storming of the Mavi Marmara, the lead ship in the peace flotilla challenging the blockade of Gaza, have thrown important light on the overall situation in the Middle East. Turkey has emerged as the major protagonist among the forces that support the Palestinian cause. This is extremely… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: HEADSHOT – PROPAGANDA, STATE RELIGION AND THE ATTACK ON THE GAZA PEACE FLOTILLA – PART 2
As discussed in Part 1, media coverage of the non-violent Iranian capture of 15 British sailors (in Iranian waters) focused on the humiliating failure of the sailors to open fire in self-defence. Journalists took a very different view of the May 31 Israeli attack on the ship Mavi Marmara carrying human rights activists and supplies… Continue reading
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State Terrorism and the New World Order. “Man’s Stupidity has no Bounds” By Felicity Arbuthnot
No matter how Israel attempts to dress up piracy on the high seas, in international waters – described by legal experts and politicians as state terrorism, resulting in nine confirmed deaths, claims of more, and up to sixty reportedly injured; the abduction and hostage taking of the passengers on six vessels – an act from… 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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Letter of complaint to the BBC re its coverage of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre
We, the undersigned, wish to submit a complaint in respect of the BBCs coverage of Israels attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and its murder of at least 9 activists on 31st May 2010. The BBCs coverage of Israels attack on the Mavi Marmora [MM] was even worse than its coverage of Israels attack on… Continue reading
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The Assault on the Mavi Marmara and International Law By Susil Gupta
There is only one rule of International Law applicable to Israel, a rule established by the persistent, deliberate and knowing customary practice of Nations, and backed by an endless succession of lawyers: the rule that Israel is exempt from international law. No other State is so authorised to argue entirely opposite principles of law in… Continue reading
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Media Advisory: Pundits in Denial on Gaza Plight
The May 31 Israeli attack on the Free Gaza humanitarian flotilla has returned some media attention to the humanitarian crisis faced by 1.5 million Palestinians living under Israeli blockade in the Gaza Strip. But some media figures have sought to deny the existence of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza at all. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 