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24 January 2009 – BBC/Gaza Rally. Tony Benn’s Speech outside the BBC
Embargo: 1.30 pm, Saturday 24 January 2009 Press Release THE RT HON TONY BENN SPEAKING AT A MEETING OUTSIDE THE BBC BROADCASTING HOUSE, PORTLAND PLACE, SAID THIS AFTERNOON [SAT JAN 24]: “The decision of the BBC to refuse to broadcast a national humanitarian appeal for Gaza, which has left aid agencies with a potential shortfall of millions of pounds in donations, is a betrayal of the obligation which it owes as a public service.… Read the rest
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2 February 09 Media Workers Against the War Rally. “Gaza – Failed by the Media”
RALLY: GAZA – FAILED BY THE MEDIA With speakers: Seumas Milne, The Guardian Sir Gerald Kaufman MP A Palestinian journalist (tbc) Jane Shallice, Stop the War Coalition Richard Horton, The Lancet Lauren Booth, Press TV Jeremy Dear, general secretary, NUJ Monday February 2 7pm Old Cinema lecture theatre Westminster University 309 Regent Street London W1B 2UW Nearest tube: Oxford Circus More info: info@mwaw.net… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 Fredi Kanoute and a goal for Gaza
A GOAL FOR GAZA Star footballer Fredi Kanoute, now playing in Spain but formerly of Tottenham Hotspur, celebrated scoring a goal last Saturday by lifting his shirt to reveal a T-shirt with the word Palestine blazoned across it. He was booked by the referee and fined 3000 Euros.… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 – Student Occupations for gaza
WAVE OF STUDENT OCCUPATIONS FOR GAZA There has been an extraordinary wave of student occupations in solidarity with Gaza in universities and colleges across Britain — in London, Oxford, Sussex, Warwick, Kingston and elsewhere. (See Guardian report here: http://tinyurl.com/d6r8u4) Among the students’ demands are a call for aid to be organised for Gaza and for colleges to disinvest in arm companies which supply Israel.… Read the rest
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23 January 2009 ISM Update
BODY {font-family=”Arial”} TT {font-family=”Courier New”} BLOCKQUOTE.CITE {padding-left:0.5em; margin-left:0; margin-right:0; margin-top:0; margin-bottom:0; border-left:”solid 2″;} SPAN.TABOOHEADER {display=none} Ground Zero Tuesday 20th January, 2009 Earlier this week, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, residents returned to some of the areas which had become no-go zones during the attacks, such as Jabalia just outside Gaza City.… Read the rest
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23 January 09 BBC Blocks Aid to Gaza Appeal Update. The Government complains to the BBC and you should too
URGENT REQUEST TO ALL STOP THE WAR’S SUPPORTERS GOVERNMENT COMPLAINS TO BBC FOR BLOCKING GAZA APPEAL JOIN THE GOVERNMENT’S PROTEST: COMPLAIN NOW TO THE BBC Stop the War understands that the government has contacted the BBC to complain about its decision to refuse the broadcasting of a humanitarian appeal for Gaza.… Read the rest
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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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National Demonstration SATURDAY 24 JANUARY (note the change of start venue) and other things
DEMONSTRATE FOR GAZA END THE BLOCKADE: STOP ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL: FREE PALESTINE BRING THE WAR CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE SATURDAY 24 JANUARY ASSEMBLE 2.00PM There will be a rally with speakers in Portland Place from 2pm before the demonstration sets off.… 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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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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PCHR Condemns IOF Use of Unidentified Incinerating Bombs Against Civilians, Causing Horrific Burns
14th January 2009 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) utterly condemns the mass killing of civilians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) during its ongoing military operation in the Gaza Strip. The current death toll stands at 983, including at least 673 civilians, of whom approximately 225 are children.… 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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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
