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    23 January 2009 BBC Blocks Aid to Gaza Appeal

    BBC BLOCKS AID TO GAZA: PROTEST 24 JANUARY ********************************************** BBC BLOCKS AID TO GAZA: PROTEST 24 JANUARY BRING DOLLS TO LAY OUTSIDE THE BBC BRING SHOES WITH A MESSAGE FOR GORDON BROWN If the BBC was not tarnished enough by its coverage of Israel’s attack on Gaza — in the words of Tony Benn, “often looking like a propaganda wing of the Zionist lobby” — its decision yesterday to block an appeal for emergency aid to Gaza would be reason enough for making the BBC a focus of our demonstration on Saturday 24 January.… Read the rest

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    A Lifeline from Britain to Gaza – The Viva Palestina aid convoy

    A LIFELINE FROM BRITAIN TO GAZA A Lifeline for Gaza aid convoy will leave Britain on Saturday 14 February 2009. It has been initiated by George Galloway MP, who writes: We will not look away. The Palestinians in Gaza need our help now, just as they did when Israel’s bombs and illegal weapons were dropping.… Read the rest

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    Israel Claims It Has Met It’s War Aims And The Result Is…

    Israel called a ceasefire on Saturday, saying it had met its war aims Anonymous Israeli officials, quoted by AP news agency, said the withdrawal would be completed before US President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration on Tuesday. UN official John Ging said half a million people had been without water since the conflict began, and huge numbers of people were without power.… Read the rest

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    19 Jan 09. PSC Update: Day 22 + 23 Gaza weekend Update and Write to your MP

    Reading the front pages and watching the news you’d think that the conflict in Gaza is over. Well Israel may have stopped their onslaught against the Gazan people but their war against them is still ongoing. Israel’s so called ceasefire simply means that they will have presently agreed to stop bombing United Nations buildings where thousands of innocent people are have been sheltering from the daily bombardment.… Read the rest

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    Unbridled grief

    baby child gaza israel father man Originally uploaded by shd.online This comes from a repost flickr site and the image haunts me.

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    london demo 17 january 09 – photos

        all pics here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/34264483@N03/ The diversity of the crowd was amazing – yet again.  There’s another demo next weekend.  If you can make it please do.  We have to keep the pressure up.  The ceasefire is just the beginning of the next phase.  … Read the rest

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    17 January 2009 – UK Rallies this weekend

    Saturday 17th January   LONDON 2pm Rally in Trafalgar Square There will be a large rally in Trafalgar Square from 2.00pm followed by a dignified march to Downing Street by women and children.   WALES 1pm Demonstration in Castle Square, Swansea City Centre meet at the end of the pedestrianised zone of oxford street and the top of wind street.… Read the rest

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    16 Jan 09 Free Gaza: The Spirit of Humanity

    As you may know, The Spirit of Humanity was surrounded by Israeli warships in international waters.  The Israeli navy threated to shoot these unarmed civillians unless they returned to port.  This of course is against international law, but that never stops Israel.… Read the rest

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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