Palestine
Palestine is currently occupied by Israel. Various articles I've written and eventually the articles that were published in the Green Left Weekly and Morning Star (assuming I can find the original documents!)
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ISM Digest January 15, 2009
1) Israeli snipers using new ammunition in Ni’lin 2) Free Gaza Movement stopped in international waters by Israeli navy 3) Israeli snipers shooting at families seeking refuge in Al-Quds hospital 4) Voices from Tel al Huwa, Gaza City 5) Boycott, Divestment, Ssanctions: A Call from Gaza ———- Israeli snipers using new ammunition in Ni’lin On Friday the 9th of January at 11.30am the weekly prayer demonstration was carried out in Ni’lin.… Read the rest
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15 Jan 09: ISM Gaza Report
“It was the hardest day of our lives” Wednesday 14th January, 2009 In an escalation of the ground offensive in the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces terrorised the population of Khoza’a, a small rural community east of Khan Younis.… Read the rest
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Stressful Equivalence. Gaza vs Sderot
I keep getting a lot of comments on my various postings about how stressful it has been to live in Sderot down the last few years. They get around 10 of the home made rockets fired into their town each day.… Read the rest
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15 Jan 09 Spirit of Humanity Update: Israel Threatens to Shoot Unarmed Civilians aboard Mercy Ship
Thursday, 15 January 2009 09:26 Written by Free Gaza Movement FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.FreeGaza.org For more information, please contact: (Cyprus) Lubna Masarwa, +357 97 625 828 (Cyprus) Mary Hughes, +357 99 081 767 (Gaza) Ewa Jasiewicz, +972 598 700 497 (Mediterranean Sea, 15 January 2009) – The Israeli navy today threatened to kill unarmed civilians aboard a mercy ship on its way to deliver medical supplies and doctors to besieged Gaza.… Read the rest
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You’ve got to love the BBC and their “unbiased” reporting
This has just been published on the BBC website. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7829912.stm I’ll quote some salient points Speaking to reporters on the Israel-Gaza border, Unrwa spokesman Christopher Gunness said three of the agency’s employees were hurt in the attack. He said the compound was hit by what Unrwa believed to be three white phosphorus shells, which are incendiary weapons used as a smoke screen.… Read the rest
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Gaza: Let’s Get Some Context Here
Israel has admitted it broke the ceasefire and has been planning this for months. They were afraid the change of government in the US may constrain their actions so timed the attack to occur in the final days of Bush’s tenure.… Read the rest
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Free Gaza Movement: The Spirit of Humanity Has Set Sail
Sailing for Humanity At 10:30 this morning, under bright blue Mediterranean skies, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY sailed from the port of Larnaca. Undeterred by Israeli threats of interception at sea, 21 passengers and crew waved to friends and press on shore, committed to our mission of delivering doctors, journalists, human rights observers and a shipment of medical supplies to assist the civilian population of Gaza during this emergency.… Read the rest
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Day 19 – Gaza Update from PSC and info on the next demonstration – 17 January 2pm London
1000 Dead and Nothing Said – End the Slaughter of Gaza National Day of Protest PSC, along with the British Muslim Initiative and Stop the War will be holding a national day of protest against the continuing slaughter in Gaza on Saturday 17th January.… Read the rest
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PSC Update 14 January. Israel Admits Breaking the Ceasefire.
ISRAEL ADMITS BREAKING THE CEASEFIRE For 18 days the Israeli Government has justified to the world that their decision to unleash a massive military campaign against the people of Gaza was as a direct result of Hamas’ breach of the ceasefire brokered by the Egyptian Government.… Read the rest
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Day 18 – Gaza Update from Palestine Solidarity Campaign
Palestine Solidarity Campaign Box BM PSA London WC1N 3XX Tel: 020 7700 6192 Fax: 020 7609 7779 Email: info@palestinecampaign.org Web: www.palestinecampaign.org ~~~~~~~~~ 917 dead – 3056 injured ~~~~~~~~~~ News from the Front Line PSC has obtained detailed evidence of the war crimes being committed by the Israeli Defence force.… Read the rest
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ISM Media Update 13 January 09
from: http://www.palsolidarity.org European MEPs enter Gaza (Gaza, January 11, 2009) Luisa Morgantini, Vice President of the European Parliament, and the MEPs delegation entered to Gaza Strip, today 11th January 2009, through Rafah border crossing. The delegation composed by 8 MEPs belonging to different political groups and by one Member of the Italian Senate – will stay in Gaza from Saturday 10 to Tuesday 13 January, when the MEPs will come back to Strasbourg to report back about the situation to the Plenary session of the EU Parliament and they will hold a press conference.… Read the rest
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London Demo 10 January 09. Collective Punishment in the UK. We’re All Palestinians Now
“Collective punishment is the punishment of a group of people as a result of the behaviour of one or more other individuals or groups. The punished group may often have no direct association with the other individuals or groups, or direct control over their actions.”… Read the rest
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London Demo 10 Jan 09: Part 1. The beginning of the protest
I started to write this last night – I didn’t get home from the demonstration until around 10.30pm, thanks to some heavy handed policing that meant I got to relive the not-so-joys of collective punishment, only this time UK style. Everything hurt and my ankles, knees, hips and back had all seized up from being forced to stand in the bitter cold for 4 hours.… Read the rest
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The Demolition of Rafah
1) The Demolition of Rafah (Gaza, 7th January 2009) Jenny Linnel a British ISM volunteer in Rafah said following escalated Israeli attacks in Rafah, “Shortly before midnight on the 6th of January, missiles began raining down on Rafah in one of the heaviest Israeli air strikes since the current atrocities began.… Read the rest
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Free Gaza Movement: News Release. Emergency Boat to Leave Cyprus for Gaza.
Free Gaza Movement: We are coming back, and we are putting Israel on notice FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Larnaca, Cyprus, January 7, 2009) Today the Free Gaza Movement put Israel on notice that we are sending another emergency boat to Gaza. .… Read the rest
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Gaza Demonstration London 10 January 09 – Speaker List and other things
The speaker list has now been finalised. STOP THE WAR COALITION UPDATE 09 January 2009 Email office@stopwar.org.uk T: 020 7278 6694 Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk 1) BE AN INSTANT NEWS MAKER If you are a marcher at the demonstration on Saturday 10 January who has a mobile phone with internet access, you can be an instant news maker.… Read the rest
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Palestine Latest: 9 January 2009
To my friends in Gaza, our thoughts are with you in this terrible time. We can’t be there with you, but we’re doing what we can to try and stop this. Please stay strong. To everyone else, please support us in our quest to end this invasion of Gaza and help us bring peace and justice to the Palestinians.… Read the rest