Operation Cast Lead
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Viva Palestina: Flotilla to break Gaza siege
On May 15th, an international flotilla of cargo and passenger ships will depart from various European ports and set sail for Gaza. 3 cargo ships will carry over 5,000 tonnes of medical and building supplies, and 5 passenger boats will carry over 600 people. 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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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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Gaza Friends: One last plea before we sail
We are hard at work collecting the cargo… cement, books for children and universities, paper for printing books, water filtration equipment, and medical equipment, all being denied the people of Gaza by Israel’s brutal blockade. So we ask one last time for a $25.00-$100.00 donation from each of you, a donation that will be used… Continue reading
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Israel has Breached Peremptory Norms of Humanitarian Law By Kawther Salam
Phil Shiner, Supervisor of Public Interest Lawyers, United Kingdom, said during the panel discussion on the Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People that the Advisory Opinion was extremely helpful as it had identified three different pre-empting norms Israel had breached, explaining that peremptory norms or jus cogens norms were actions recognized in international law… Continue reading
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The detection of phosphorus in the tissue of bomb victims in Gaza
One of the authors went on a fact finding mission to Gaza immediately after the termination of the Israeli invasion. One of the allegations towards the invading Israeli army was the use of phosphorus bombs. The author was able to take samples of tissue from burn victims. Attempts were made to demonstrate the presence of… Continue reading
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Disturbing findings of toxic uranium levels in Gaza
Studies conducted by a group of Italian researchers have revealed the presence of dangerous levels of toxins in the bodies of Palestinian victims of Israeli bombings during operation Cast Lead in 2008-2009. The results of tests conducted on a sample of 15 dead and wounded victims of the war on Gaza, in addition to another… Continue reading
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Israel’s new strategic arm: Cyberwarfare
Amid swelling tension across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for a new kind of conflict: cyberwarfare. Amid swelling tension across the Middle East, Israel is preparing for a new kind of conflict: cyberwarfare. Continue reading
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URGENT: MEPs to discuss Goldstone Report on 10 March – please email your Members of European Parliament
The European Parliament is due to vote on its attitude to the Goldstone Report on March 10. Please URGENTLY email your MEPs – if possible by the end of today 8/3/10. Continue reading
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Russell tribunal says sanction Israel
Russell Tribunal on Palestine concludes the EU should sanction Israel until violations stop Continue reading
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Press Release: EDO DECOMMISSIONERS WAR CRIMES DEFENCE RULED ADMISSIBLE
An attempt by the Crown Prosecution Service to deny a prevention of war crimes defence to the EDO Decommissioners was defeated yesterday (Tuesday 1st March). The trial which is due to begin on May 15th at Lewes Crown Court centres around six activists who broke into Brighton-based arms manufacturers EDO ITT during the Israeli assault… Continue reading
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Tzipi Livni: “the ONLY targets are Military targets” A Video by Shadi Nassar
A truly outstanding video by Shadi Nassar that shows clips of Tzipi Livni and others, during the Israeli wanton destruction of Gaza known as “Operation Cast Lead”. Her words contradict the actions of her government and army. Continue reading
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War Propaganda: Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara By Ramzy Baroud
With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the Middle East looming, Israeli propaganda machine is likely to go into full gear. Continue reading
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Video: Gaza in Plain Language
It really is time that the story of what is being done to the oppressed people of Gaza gets as wide a coverage as possible, in these days of overt and blatant mainstream-media bias for Zionist Israel. If it arouses your anger and compassion as much as it did mine, when reading Joe Mowrey’s fine… Continue reading
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In the Wake of War: Gaza One Year On
This film is based on interviews and filming we did in December in Gaza, in the run up to the anniversary of Operation Cast Lead. In the Wake of War is testimony-based, telling but some of the stories of survival, tragedy, and ongoing hardship in Gaza – with no effective action to end the blockade,… Continue reading
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Gaza: Our Guernica – A series of events to commemorate Gaza one year after Israel’s attack
Gaza: Our Guernica organized by the Palestine Societies at SOAS University College London Imperial College Kings College Goldsmiths University of Westminster Continue reading
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What say you, BBC?
It has been a year since Israel’s savage assault on Gaza that killed more than 1400 civilians. For the duration of the attack the BBC did not have a single man or a woman inside Gaza to cover it. This would be understandable if there weren’t any means available to get a journalist into Gaza.… Continue reading
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It’s a long march to freedom By Mohamad Kharsa
Just one year ago, Gaza and its people were subject to the ultimate crime, victims (both living and dead) of the genocide of the Palestinian people. It is a genocide that began 61 years ago, and it’s had moments of escalation, the peak of which was reached with the attempted destruction of part of Palestine;… Continue reading
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Video: Who lives in Gaza?
A year after the war, the people in Gaza are the only people in the world still living under such a brutal siege, simply because they resist occupation, tyranny and racism. Is it acceptable in the 21st century for the world to be blind about the intolerable situation imposed by the Israeli regime on Gaza.… Continue reading
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Statement by SA Palestine Solidarity Movement and COSATU
We salute the gallant and heroic actions of over 1,400 people from around the world – especially the South African delegation – who went to Cairo to embark on the historic Gaza Freedom March (GFM). The South African delegation truly represented the revolutionary and humanitarian character of our country even when faced with the harassment… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 