Gaza
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Gaza flotilla drives Israel into a sea of stupidity By Gideon Levy
The Israeli propaganda machine has reached new highs its hopeless frenzy. It has distributed menus from Gaza restaurants, along with false information. It embarrassed itself by entering a futile public relations battle, which it might have been better off never starting. They want to maintain the ineffective, illegal and unethical siege on Gaza and not… Continue reading
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LATEST NEWS ON THE GAZA AID FLOTILLA – FROM VIVA PALESTINA’S CREW MEMBER KEVIN OVENDEN
At 08.50 am today we are awaiting the arrival of the European parliamentarians, who begin to shuttle from Northern Cyprus to our staging ground in international waters to the south of the island where they will board the lead ship. The decision by the Greek Cypriot government not only not to allow the flotilla to… Continue reading
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KEVIN OVENDEN REPORTING LIVE FROM THE GAZA FLOTILLA!!!
The level of support for the international flotilla is growing by the day. There are now expressions of either support for allowing the ships in or calling for Israel to be restrained in its actions from Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Italy, Russia and from the EU foreign affairs chief Cathy Ashton. At the same… Continue reading
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Gourmet in Gaza By Jesse Bacon
As a food snob, I immediately think what restaurants are nearby when planning any excursion. Even if its to a beseiged war zone that Israel forbids from rebuilding. So it’s good to hear from the Israeli government that if by some chance they let me into Gaza there would be a gourmet restaurant waiting for… 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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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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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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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 May, 2010: Israeli nuclear whistleblower returned to prison for 3-month sentence
23 May 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli nuclear whistleblower returned to prison for 3-month sentence IMEMC – 23 May 2010 – Mordechai Vanunu, Israel’s nuclear whistleblower who served 18 years in prison for exposing Israel’s secret nuclear weapons production facility in Dimona, was taken back to prison Sunday after requesting… 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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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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MEDIA LENS ALERT: PROJECTILE DYSFUNCTION – IRON DOME, ISRAEL, TRIDENT, AND THE MEDIA
Last week, the BBC reported Barack Obama’s request to Congress for $200 million in military aid to assist Israel’s construction of a short-range rocket defence system, Iron Dome. The funding will be in addition to the $3 billion in military aid the US annually sends to Israel. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 May, 2010: 154,000 Palestinians of Jerusalem Isolated From The City
154.000 Palestinians OF Jerusalem Isolated From The City / Israel Obstructs Entry Of Medicine, Medical Equipment To Gaza / House okays $200m in Israel arms aid / Israeli settlers attack old Palestinian woman and her grandson / Gaza Cancer Patient Dies Due to the Siege / Persecution of Palestinian citizens recalls S. Africa apartheid repression Continue reading