Press Release”Stop the Massacre in Gaza – Boycott Israel Now!”Occupied Ramallah, Palestine – 27 December 2008: Today, the Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre in Gaza, causing the death and injury of hundreds of Palestinian civilians, including a yet unknown number of school children who were headed home from school when the first Israeli…
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Poem by Michael RosenIn Gaza , children,you learn that the sky killsand that houses hurt.You learn that your blanket is smokeand breakfast is dirt.You learn that cars do somersaultsclothes turn red,friends become statues,bakers don’t sell bread. You learn that the night is a gun,that toys burnbreath can stop,it could be your turn.You learn:if they send…
Sports & politics hit fever pitch in Turkeyby NYDaily News, 16 January 2009 Bnei Hasharon, an Israeli basketball team that was scheduled to play a Jan. 6 Eurocup game in Ankara, fled just before tip-off after 3,000 fist-pumping Turkish fans stormed the court to protest Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Bnei Hasharon was supposed to…
Diplomats: Gaza op causing long-term harm to Israel’s image By Barak Ravid A few days ago, I met a European ambassador stationed in Israel. The man, a great friend of Israel, launched an emotional monologue and spoke from the bottom of his heart. “Make no mistake,” he said. “I understand why you embarked on the…
by John Pilger, 8 January 2009 Writing in the New Statesman, John Pilger calls on 40 years of reporting the Middle East to describe the ‘why’ of Israel’s bloody onslaught on the besieged people of Gaza – an attack that has little to do with Hamas or Israel’s right to exist. “When the truth is…
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‘Palestinians are teaching humanity at large how to join their noble cause.’ Hamid Dabashi By Hamid Dabashi “The triumph of Palestinians over the military might of Israel has a crucial lesson for their supporters around the globe – millions of ordinary people who feel frustrated and helpless in the face of this barefaced barbarity. Precisely…