Palestine
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GazaFriends: Dignitaries on the DIGNITY
6 November, 2008 For Immediate Release Larnaca: Tomorrow afternoon at 5:00 pm, the DIGNITY leaves for the third time for the shores of Gaza. This time, eleven past and current members of the European Parliament are on board, along with journalists from Al Jazeera English and The Independent. These dignitaries were among the 53 Parliamentarians… Continue reading
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GazaFriends On the Sea Again
On Friday, November 7, the SS DIGNITY leaves at 5:00 pm from Larnaca to Gaza. This time, thirteen members of the European Parliament from the England, Ireland, Italy, Turkey, Wales, Switzerland, and Scotland are on board. Continue reading
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Media Lens: CHILDREN IN THE CROSSHAIRS
3 November, 2008 Media Silent On Evidence Of Israeli Targeting Of Youngsters <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media On the afternoon of Thursday 28 February, 2008, a group of <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Palestinian boys were playing football on some open ground near their homes in the <strong class=’StrictlyAutoTagBold’>Gaza Strip. At around… Continue reading
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Ramzy Baroud – A Third Palestinian Intifada in the Making
A ‘third Intifada’ would imply that the second has already ended. But has it? Or did it simply lose momentum, sense of focus and direction, or were its energies squandered – as a popular uprising – on factional disputes and internal division? Continue reading
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The lying woman of Washington: Khalid Amayreh in Occupied Jerusalem
1 November, 2008 It is true that Condoleezza Rice is smarter than her conspicuously ignorant boss, President George Bush. However, in terms of moral character, it is amply clear that Rice is at least as dishonest and mendacious as her boss is. After all, we are talking about a woman who knows little or no… Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: SS Dignity arrives home safe
The SS DIGNITY arrived at 6:30 this morning as the sun was just splitting the waters of the Mediterranean. I watched the boat come around the corner of the quay, its Palestinian flag flying from one of the masts. Waiting up most of the night worrying about whether they were OK and answering worried callers… Continue reading
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GHASSAN KHATIB: Israel’s underlying societal rift was exposed in Acre
31 Oct 2008 The recent clashes in Acre between Israeli Jews and those of Palestinian origin brought to the surface a very thorny issue, the uncomfortable coexistence in Israeli society between the Palestinian minority and Jewish majority. The Palestinian minority in Israel constitutes roughly one-fifth of the population and represents the indigenous people that Israel… Continue reading
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Kawther Salam – Jewish Terrorist attacks Church of the Holy Sepulcher
In the night of Wednesday, October 29, an extremist orthodox Jew – chosen by God, invaded the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in the old city of Jerusalem. The Jewish terrorist tried to harm three monks who were worshiping God in the church. The monks saw the terrorist Jew and escaped from his attack, but… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: 31 October, 2008 Palestinian Fishing Boats Attacked by Israeli gunboats
For Immediate Release For More Information, Please Contact: Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 / iristulip@gmail.com Osama Qashoo (Cyprus) +44 (0)78 3338 1660 / osamaqashoo@gmail.com Angela Godfrey Goldstein (Jerusalem) +972 (0)54 736 6393 / angela@icahd.org At 10:00 am Cyprus time, three Israeli gunboats attacked Palestinian fishing boats in the territorial waters of Gaza. Eleven… Continue reading
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Oct. 29th, 1948 in history: Massacres in Palestine
Today in history is another black day in the Palestinian history. 1. On October 29, 1948, when Israeli brigades captured the village of Safsaf. The known details of the massacre come to us via several contemporary second-hand Zionist reports and via Arab oral history. Yosef Nachmani, a senior officer in the Haganah (and later the… Continue reading
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Ramzi Kysia: GazaFriends “Nam, Nehnu Nastatyeh!” is Arabic for “Yes, We Can!” 29 October 2008 13:33:27 GMT
This morning I arrived in Gaza aboard the SS Dignity, part of a Free Gaza Movement delegation of twenty seven doctors, lawyers, teachers, and human rights activists from across the world, including Mairead Maguire – the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Continue reading
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GazaFriends Update 29 October, 2008, 06:15:06 GMT: We’ve done it again! SS Dignity arrives in Gaza
[These are the latest releases from SS. Dignity which has now arrived in Gaza apparently without incident. Ed] For Immediate Release October 29, 2008 For More Information, Please Contact: Greta Berlin (Cyprus) +357 99 081 767 / iristulip@gmail.com Osama Qashoo (Cyprus) +44 (0)78 3338 1660 / osamaqashoo@gmail.com Angela Godfrey Goldstein (Jerusalem) +972 (0)54 736 6393… Continue reading
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GazaFriends Update 28 October, 2008: A ship called dignity
Several times over the past week, people had said that Israel was looking for the Free Gaza, asking port authorities where it was and when we were going. So today was another triumph for the human spirit. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Israel Threatens to Forcibly Stop Us
For Immediate Release October 28, 2008 Contact: Greta Berlin, Cyprus: +357 99 08 17 67 Angela Godfrey Goldstein, Jerusalem: +972 547 366 393 Huwaida Arraf (on boat): +357 96 723 999 /SS Dignity: +357 967 80 329 Osama Qashoo, +447833381660 This morning, the Free Gaza Movement was informed through the media that the Israeli Navy… Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: YES, WE ARE COMING
As part of the message, we invited Aharon Abramovitz, Minister of Foreign Affairs and/or Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense, to join the voyage to witness first hand the devastating effects of Israel’s illegal policies on the occupied civilian population of the Gaza Strip (Please leave your weapons at home, we are nonviolent). Continue reading
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Tariq A. Al-Maeena: ‘US supporting Israeli-sponsored terrorism’
Hart expressed his alarm at the absolute lack of veracity of the spin machines of the western media when it came to reporting on Israeli ambitions and atrocities. Continue reading
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Sameh Habeeb – The Children of Gaza: Weaned on Fear and Trauma
Gaza Strip, Palestine – Severe terror and traumas are de facto storms for children in the occupied territories, especially those who exist in the Gaza Strip. The ongoing Israeli military operations and violent retaliation induce psychological maladies and wretched conditions. The recent CEASEFIRE in Gaza allows a temporary rest but not the cure for their… Continue reading
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Locked in the Hebron Ghetto 18 October, 2008
Israeli soldiers in Hebron refuse to let Palestinians return to their homes. Volunteers with the Christian Peacemaker Team try to intervene, but they and the Palestinians are threatened with arrest. An Israeli soldier loads and cocks his automatic weapon to threaten unarmed civilians. Continue reading
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Yousef Abudayyeh – It Was Never About Borders
The Palestinian-Zionist conflict is not about disputed borders, it’s about the very existence of the indigenous inhabitants of Palestine. The Zionist invaders came to Palestine because according to the Zionists, Palestine was a land with no people and needed to be filled with “people who have no land.” Unless the whole world and especially the… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS: INTELLECTUAL CLEANSING: PART 1 – Keeping The Media Safe For Big Business
MEDIA LENS: Correcting for the distorted vision of the corporate media October 2, 2008 Martin Tierney is one of a tiny number of mainstream journalists willing to review our book, ‘Guardians of Power’. In June 2006, he published an accurate outline of our argument in the Herald, commenting: “It stands up to scrutiny.” He added… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 