Category Archives: Gaza

Hundreds in Oakland protest Gaza blockade

[This is just a stepping stone… watch and see how activists from around the world begin to mobilize against Israeli interests. The massacre of the Freedom Flotilla was the last straw and I believe that people are just fed up … Continue reading

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Israel Derangement Syndrome

Andrew Sullivan: To read Charles Krauthammer today is to enter a twilight zone of an alternate reality. A country permanently occupying and colonizing a neighboring region, and treating its original inhabitants as dangerous interlopers, is the victim. An elite commando … Continue reading

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Red Cross: Gaza blockade illegal

Excerpt: But the ICRC – a neutral organisation – said the meagre list of goods allowed into Gaza doesn’t meet the needs of the territory’s 1.5 million inhabitants. The shortages are particularly dire in Gaza’s health care system, where the … Continue reading

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Jewish flotilla to break Gaza siege

YNet News: The German-Jewish organization Jewish Voice for Peace in the Middle East is preparing a Jewish flotilla to the Gaza Strip. “We intend to leave around July,” a member of the organization, Kate Leitrer, said to Ynet. “We have … Continue reading

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Flotilla activists “shot 30 times”

So much for Netanyahu’s claim that the assaulting Israeli soldiers used minimal force: al Jazeera - Two men were shot four times, and five of the victims were shot either in the back of the head or in the back, Buyuk told … Continue reading

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Anger continues in Turkish street

See the al Jazeera video here.

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There’s at least one journalist left in DC willing to do her job…

and that’s Helen Thomas. See her grill the White House spokesperson here.

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Gaza Petition

Avaaz.org – Nearly 400,000 have signed in less than a week: “We call for an immediate, independent investigation into the flotilla assault, full accountability for those responsible, and the lifting of the Gaza blockade.”

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Lowkey on the flotilla massacre…

Again, Lowkey, puts it down passionately and effectively. See the video here.

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Keith Olbermann and Ed Peck on the flotilla massacre

and they, especially Peck, speak with razor sharp rationale. See the video here.

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Ecuador & South Africa also recall their ambassadors to Israel over massacre

Palestine Telegraph: The President Correa said: “The ambassador should leave Tel Aviv immediately, in protest against the attack on the fleet of freedom, which led to the killing and wounding of civilians. Nicaragua decided on Wednesday to freeze the diplomatic … Continue reading

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Nicaragua suspends diplomatic ties with Israel

The fall out continues: “The Nicaraguan government Tuesday suspended the country’s diplomatic ties with Israel in protest of the Jewish state’s deadly raid on the Gaza-bound international aid flotilla on Monday… The Nicaraguan government ’emphasized the illegal nature of the … Continue reading

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Of course, they were asking for it

Razor Sharp: It’s time the Israeli government’s PR team made the most of its talents, and became available for hire. Then whenever a nutcase marched into a shopping mall in somewhere like Wisconsin and gunned down a selection of passers-by, … Continue reading

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‘Our ship turned into lake of blood’

I got my blog up and running again just in time to comment on Israel’s most recent savagery… But before I do, I want to remind the blog’s viewers that this blog though experiencing some technical difficulties at the moment, … Continue reading

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Chomsky denied entry into Gaza by Israel

The so-called “only democracy in the Middle East,” did not allow Professor Chomsky to enter the besieged Gaza Strip because accordingly, “Israel does not like what you [Chomsky] say”. See the al Jazeera video here. Read about it here.

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