Free Palestine video
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Saturday, August 12, 2006
STOP ISRAELI TERROR
Lebanese Australians march through the streets of Sydney, Australia, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006 holding an anti Israel banner. More than 2000 people peacefully march through Sydney in protest to the Israel Lebanon conflict. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
A member of the Palestinian community holds a Palestinian flag during a rally against Israel's military offensive in Lebanon and Gaza, in front of La Moneda Presidential Palace in downtown Santiago August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)
Turkish protesters wave Palestinian, Lebanese and red communist flags as they chant slogans during an anti-Israeli demonstration in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. Some 200 Turkish leftist gathered in an Istanbul square to protest Israeli offensive on Lebanon and the Palestinian authorities. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
People inspect the destroyed Zahrani bridge that links the southern Lebanese town of Nabatiyeh to Sidon, the south's capital. Israel sought to control a large swath of southern Lebanon ahead of a key cabinet meeting expected to endorse a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to the month-old war.(AFP/Anwar Amro)
Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese city of Tyre following an Israeli arstrike. Israel sought to control a large swath of southern Lebanon ahead of a key cabinet meeting expected to endorse a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to the month-old war.(AFP/Samuel Aranda)
Smoke billows from a destroyed clothing factory, following an Israeli air strike early Friday, in the Hezbollah stronghold suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
A Lebanese man recovers some of the goods from his shop that was destroyed, near the northern border with Syria, at the Arida crossing, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006, following Israeli airstrikes. Israeli warplanes fired missiles near Lebanon's northern border with Syria early Saturday, severing access to the last border crossing that had remained open through the monthlong war, security officials said. (AP Photo)
Lebanese civilians cross a destroyed road, targeted by Israeli forces air strikes earlier, near the southern town of Zahrani, south of the port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday Aug. 12, 2006. Israeli warplanes launched wide-ranging airstrikes and sent commandos into the Hezbollah heartland Saturday as officials raced to turn a U.N. cease-fire blueprint into action. The raids killed at least 15 people in one village and blasted a highway near the last open border crossing to Syria. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Lebanese soldiers help civilians to cross a destroyed road, targeted by Israeli forces airstrikes earlier, near the southern town of Zahrani, south of the port city of Saidon, Lebanon, Saturday Aug. 12, 2006. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Muhamed Sameer Moussa ,11, whose legs were amputated after he was injured in an Israeli air strike in al-Daheera, lies on a hospital bed in the port city of Tyre (Soure) in south Lebanon August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra (LEBANON)
Lebanese civilians, who fled from south Lebanon, watch Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speak on al-Manar television in a school in the port city of Sidon August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho (LEBANON)
A Syrian girl holds yellow baloons matching the Hezbollah flag color during a protest against the killing of children by Israeli forces during their assault on Lebanon, on Saturday Aug. 12, 2006 in Damascus. Some 2000 Syrian and Lebanese children joined the protest in a show of support for Hezbollah .(AP Photo Bassem Tellawi)
A Syrian boy holds picture of Hezbollah leader Shiekh Hassan Nasrallah during a protest against the killing of children by Israeli forces in Lebanon and Palestinian territories held on Saturday Aug. 12, 2006 in Damascus. Some 2000 Syrian and Lebanese children joined the protest in a show of support for Hezbollah against Israel assault on Lebanon. (AP Photo / Bassem Tellawi).
A boy holds a placard during a protest against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the Palestinian territories after afternoon prayers in Mumbai, August 12, 2006. REUTERS/Prashanth Vishwanathan (INDIA)
Palestinian girls hold Hezbollah flags during a demonstration against the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Lebanon in the West Bank town of Nablus Saturday Aug. 12, 2006. (AP Photo / Majdi Mohammed)
Lebanese citizens carry their suitcases while walking through a crater among the debris at a road between the Lebanese and the Syrian checkpoints, at the Masnaa crossing, in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006, following an Israeli bombardment. Lebanon's largest checkpoint to Syria has been closed since July 29, after repeated airstrikes there. (AP Photo/Samer Husseini)
Two International Commitee of the Red Cross (ICRC) cars cross the Litani river in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre. Israel prepared to launch a wider ground offensive in south Lebanon as diplomats at the United Nations agreed on the wording of a resolution to stop the fighting.(AFP/Hassan Ammar)
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To Carry the Cross
Rev. Werner Lange of Newton Falls, Ohio, carries the Lebanese and Palestinian flag as the White House is seen in the background during a rally in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House, condemning the policies of U.S and Israel, Saturday, Aug. 12, 2006, in Washington. AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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PUBLISHED letter
Vermont Guardian
for The Independent Mind
August 11, 2006
http://www.vermontguardian.com/commentary/082006/Aug11Letters.shtml
Israeli racism
I was delighted to see Riad Elsolh Hamad’s excellent letter “What they didn’t say” (July 28) concerning the crazy news coverage created by Israeli spin. I specifically appreciate that he mentioned the Palestinians’ legal and moral right to return — it really is the core of the conflict.
Israel is the displacer, free to keep making refugees, Palestinian and now Lebanese — millions of people displaced and pushed into poverty. It is not just a physical crime, it is an economic one, made even worse because political Zionism only invests in Jews. This is a very racist war.
Some one sent me photos of a protest march in New York objecting to Israeli crimes, and my favorite photo is of two gentle women in traditional Muslim dress (perhaps aware of the anti-war group Women in Pink, as they are both wearing delicate pink head scarves). The two women hold one sign that says “Free Palestinian children from Israeli Jails (Al Awda Right to Return Coalition).”
All of Palestine is a contorted series of Israeli-made prisons right now, some more punitively obvious than others. And all of Palestine’s children suffer, some more obviously, including those many children physically maimed for life by Israeli weaponry.
I used to think that making peace with Israel made sense, but now I am quite convinced that one simply should not negotiate with such cruelty, institutionalized bigotry, and blatant injustice. The Arabs of 1948 were right all along: Israel has no right to exist. I agree with Hamad: Racist Israel is doomed to fail.
Anne Selden Annab
Mechanicsburg, PA
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Free Palestinian children from Israeli jails
July 28, 2006
Photos of NYC Protest
FREE
Palestinian
children
from
Israeli jails
Al-Awda
Palestine Right to Return Coalition
Palestinian
children
from
Israeli jails
Al-Awda
Palestine Right to Return Coalition
Coast to Coast
day by day
word spreads as we stay true to the inalienable Right to Return
Press Release: San Diegans to Protest Israeli Aggression and War Crimes in
Lebanon and Palestine
August 11, 2006
For Immediate Release
San Diego, CA - A major demonstration to protest the ongoing aggression,
massacres, and genocide Israel is committing in Lebanon and Palestine will
take place this Saturday August 12, 2006 in San Diego. The protest, which
will begin at noon at the fountain in Balboa Park, is one of numerous
protests that will take place this Saturday in cities across the US
including Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta and Washington DC.
The key demands of the protests are an end to all US aid to Israel, the end
of Israeli aggression and all occupation, and the return of all Palestinian
and Lebanese refugees to their homes and lands.
The massive pre-meditated Israeli onslaught on the Palestinian and Lebanese
civilian populations coupled to the unabashed support this has received from
the Bush administration and Congress has outraged people around the world.
"The US media's complicity in covering up the billions of tax money that
Israel gets from the US every year and which it uses to kill innocent
civilians will sure outrage Americans many of whom can not afford health
insurance and medicine. US aid to Israel has to stop, and the US media has
to start reporting facts" said Yousef Abudayyeh of the San Diego Chapter of
the National Council of Arab Americans. "Palestinian and Lebanese refugees
must be able to exercise their inalienable human right to return to their
homes and lands from which they have been illegally displaced by Israel"
said Dr. Manal Swairjo of Al Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition.
The San Diego protest which was called for by the local chapters of The
National Council of Arab Americans and Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to
Return Coalition, has been co-sponsored by numerous other San Diego
organizations including The International Action Center (IAC), International
Socialist Organization (ISO), Middle East Cultural and Information Center
(MECIC), Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation (MSA Freedom
Foundation), Muslim Student Association West (MSA West), The Council on
American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and The Raza Rights Coalition. The
demonstration is expected to draw hundreds of protestors.
For further information and media interviews, call:
Yousef Abudayyeh - 619-980-0677
Dr. Manal Swairjo - 619-206-3864
Al-Awda San Diego
The Palestine Right to Return Coalition
PO Box 131352
Carlsbad, CA 92013, USA
Tel: 760-685-3243
Fax: 360-933-3568
Email: info@al-awdasandiego.org
WEB: http://al-awdasandiego.org
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Friday, August 11, 2006
annie's rainbow
annie's rainbow
of research...
8-11-2006
of research...
8-11-2006
NOTES
FYI... at least for now, for daily updated and highly relevant & revealing information it really is worth subscribing to Electronic Intifada's ei Weekday Press Picks Quick access to managing your EI news lists subscriptions. http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml
Photostory: Refugees forced from their homes by Israeli shelling Motasem A. Dalloul writing from northern Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 10 August 2006 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5485.shtml
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ADC Condemns UK Terror Plot, Commends UK Police http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=2921
ADC Philadelphia chapter's links page http://www.phillyadc.50megs.com/favorite_links.html
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End This Tragedy Now, Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law By Fouad Siniora Wednesday, August 9, 2006 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800990.html
Sad reflections on Jewish morality A chorus of apologists among Jewish intellectuals matches Israel's erasure of all distinctions between humanity and barbarism in war, writes Haim Bresheeth 10 - 16 August 2006 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/807/op113.htm
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Miri Eisen, Mother For Peace, Justifies Killing Arab Kids And Arab Bloggers See the Light
Jews and Arabs co-existed for centuries before the onslaught of political Zionism. So-called "moderate" Arab bloggers who pride themselves on forging on-line relationships with Israeli bloggers, many of them transplants from North America, are naively allowing themselves to be used to put a good face on Israel. Israel's barbarism in Lebanon has perhaps opened their eyes once and for all to the effects of political Zionism. No one should feel good about comparing hummus recipes with privileged Americans who transplant themselves to Israel to live in historic Palestine, ninety-two percent of which was usurped by Israel from its rightful owners, who were expelled by Israel in 1948 and now are bombed in their Lebanese refugee camps. ( August 11,2006 ) http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
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British Parlamentarian George Galloway tells it like it is to Sky News http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=508
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9071731896689197790&pr=goog-sl
Fox News - 911 The Israeli Connection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAoe26MaTew
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The unilateralism Israelis overwhelming voted for in the recent elections is based on the idea that security can somehow be achieved by erecting high cement walls. If anything, the barrage of rockets of all types, whether home-made or sophisticated, has shown the folly of such thinking. Although the West Bank has not seen the use of rockets against Israel, there is no reason why Palestinians will not resort to such weapons if the walls continue to be built deep inside their territories and the Israelis continue to act with arrogance and superiority toward them. Meanwhile in Palestine... By Daoud Kuttab August 09, 2006 http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=11097&CategoryId=5
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More Homes Destroyed In Gaza IMEMC & Agencies - Thursday, 10 August 2006 http://www.imemc.org/content/view/20712/1/
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Did Israel really need to savage the beauty of Beirut? by George E. Bisharat, USA Today, Aug 2, 2006 http://imeu.net/news/article002377.shtml
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Laying out the Qana calculation by Rana el-Khatib, Chicago Tribune, Aug 3, 2006 http://imeu.net/news/article002395.shtml
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So far, yet so close, to the tragedy by Margaret Zaknoen, San Jose Mercury News, Aug 1, 2006 http://imeu.net/news/article002362.shtml
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Peace Now drops its support for war (????!!!!) The Independent (Aug 11, 2006)
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It is Lebanon, not Israel, that faces a threat to its existence in this war Ahmad Samih Khalidi, The Guardian (Aug 10, 2006)
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Israel Kidnaps Palestinian Parliamentary Speaker http://www.palestine-pmc.com/
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600 Palestinians Taken Prisoner in JulyIMEC News
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Gaza Under Attack: Child deaths and injuries by date (Last Updated: 07 August 2006) http://www.dci-pal.org/english/Display.cfm?DocId=506&CategoryId=11
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25 Palestinians, including 6 children and an old man, were killed by IOF. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5481.shtml
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Nonviolent Resistance
Journalism as nonviolent resistance: Nasrallah is calling on media to cover Israeli crimes in Gaza
The Wall
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
Environment
Israeli settlers divert Nablus village water for their own use
Prisoners
Report: 2,650 Palestinian political prisoners in 5 Israeli jails in missile range as human shields
Settlements
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and kill Palestinian vegetable merchant and injure his son
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=14&Itemid=28
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The Case for Boycotting Israel Boycott Now! By Virginia Tilley, CounterPunch 5/6 August 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/tilley08052006.html
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Light A Candle For Palestinian and Lebanese Refugees http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
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The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: Bishop Riah on the current crisis in the Middle East -
Dear Friends,
For the past forty years we have been largely alone on this desert fighting a predator that not only has robbed us of all but a small piece of our historic homeland, but threatens the traditions and holy sites of Christianity. We are tired, weary, sick, and wounded. We need your help...... http://www.j-diocese.com/DiocesanNews/view.asp?selected=234#slbl234
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html
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Dead Again Video Poem http://poeticinjustice.net/
& http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2006/08/dead-again-video-poem.html
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CALL FOR ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL http://www.pacbi.org/
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While Israel is a signatory of international charters guaranteeing the rights of children in times of conflict, it has proven time and again that it easily forfeits its moral obligation towards these agreements in order to push its own agenda. In both southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip, this policy has been brutally exemplified, Israel’s expansionist and destructive policies leaving a blood-stained trail across both countries. Children of a Lesser God By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=11031&CategoryId=3
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The Right To Return IS a Basic Right Still Denied !!!
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/refugees.shtml
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Right-Of-Return/
http://imeu.net/news/background-briefings.shtml
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10241&CategoryId=4
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/israel-palestine/returnindex.htm
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ref-qumsiyeh.html
http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html
http://www.badil.org/index.html
http://www.al-awda.org/facts.html
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/687/region_ror.htm
and notice the trend that started more than 60 years ago is Israel terror squads making more and more refugees... Israeli forces render 100s of Gaza families homeless http://english.pnn.ps/
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Rest in Peace, Ismail Shammout – artist, historian, activist, advocate, compassionate humanist, and a Palestinian treasure. You will be missed, but your inspiring work will live on forever. Tawfiq Zayyad’s poem, “All I Have,” is a fitting tribute to end with:
ALL I HAVE
I never carried a rifle
On my shoulder
Or pulled a trigger.
All I have
Is a lute’s memory
A brush to paint my dreams,
A bottle of ink.
All I have
Is unshakeable faith
And an infinite love
For my people in pain.
For more information, please visit: www.shammout.com
Ismail Shamout (1930 – 2006) tribute by Haithem El-Zabri, July 4, 2006 http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/obituary.htm
Ismail Shammout was a refugee who lived the Palestinian experience fully, and went on to tell the story through art. Dispossession, exile, identity, suffering, perseverance, and struggle, are all predominant features of his brilliant oil paintings, and his remarkable way of advocating for his people's cause.
Shammout was born in 1930 in the Palestinian agricultural town of Lydda, son to a produce wholesale merchant. He remembered clearly how their world had turned upside down when they were driven out of their homes on July 12, 1948. The Israeli soldiers ordered them, at gunpoint, “Out! Out!” and the family of nine was instantly homeless.
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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.....
Article 13.
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FYI... at least for now, for daily updated and highly relevant & revealing information it really is worth subscribing to Electronic Intifada's ei Weekday Press Picks Quick access to managing your EI news lists subscriptions. http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml
Photostory: Refugees forced from their homes by Israeli shelling Motasem A. Dalloul writing from northern Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 10 August 2006 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5485.shtml
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ADC Condemns UK Terror Plot, Commends UK Police http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=2921
ADC Philadelphia chapter's links page http://www.phillyadc.50megs.com/favorite_links.html
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End This Tragedy Now, Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law By Fouad Siniora Wednesday, August 9, 2006 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800990.html
Sad reflections on Jewish morality A chorus of apologists among Jewish intellectuals matches Israel's erasure of all distinctions between humanity and barbarism in war, writes Haim Bresheeth 10 - 16 August 2006 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/807/op113.htm
**************************************************************************************
Miri Eisen, Mother For Peace, Justifies Killing Arab Kids And Arab Bloggers See the Light
Jews and Arabs co-existed for centuries before the onslaught of political Zionism. So-called "moderate" Arab bloggers who pride themselves on forging on-line relationships with Israeli bloggers, many of them transplants from North America, are naively allowing themselves to be used to put a good face on Israel. Israel's barbarism in Lebanon has perhaps opened their eyes once and for all to the effects of political Zionism. No one should feel good about comparing hummus recipes with privileged Americans who transplant themselves to Israel to live in historic Palestine, ninety-two percent of which was usurped by Israel from its rightful owners, who were expelled by Israel in 1948 and now are bombed in their Lebanese refugee camps. ( August 11,2006 ) http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/**************************************************************************************
British Parlamentarian George Galloway tells it like it is to Sky News http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=508
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9071731896689197790&pr=goog-sl
Fox News - 911 The Israeli Connection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAoe26MaTew
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The unilateralism Israelis overwhelming voted for in the recent elections is based on the idea that security can somehow be achieved by erecting high cement walls. If anything, the barrage of rockets of all types, whether home-made or sophisticated, has shown the folly of such thinking. Although the West Bank has not seen the use of rockets against Israel, there is no reason why Palestinians will not resort to such weapons if the walls continue to be built deep inside their territories and the Israelis continue to act with arrogance and superiority toward them. Meanwhile in Palestine... By Daoud Kuttab August 09, 2006 http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=11097&CategoryId=5
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Continuous protests unite Palestinians against the Zionist crimes in Palestine and Lebanon
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, August 9th, 2006 http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1262.shtml
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What do you say to a man whose family is buried under the rubble? Robert Fisk, independent.co.uk - Thursday, 10 August 2006 http://www.imemc.org/content/view/20710/1/
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Behind the media's Gazan blind spot Nigel Parry, The Electronic Intifada Continuous protests unite Palestinians against the Zionist crimes in Palestine and Lebanon
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, August 9th, 2006 http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1262.shtml
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What do you say to a man whose family is buried under the rubble? Robert Fisk, independent.co.uk - Thursday, 10 August 2006 http://www.imemc.org/content/view/20710/1/
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More Homes Destroyed In Gaza IMEMC & Agencies - Thursday, 10 August 2006 http://www.imemc.org/content/view/20712/1/
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Did Israel really need to savage the beauty of Beirut? by George E. Bisharat, USA Today, Aug 2, 2006 http://imeu.net/news/article002377.shtml
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Laying out the Qana calculation by Rana el-Khatib, Chicago Tribune, Aug 3, 2006 http://imeu.net/news/article002395.shtml
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So far, yet so close, to the tragedy by Margaret Zaknoen, San Jose Mercury News, Aug 1, 2006 http://imeu.net/news/article002362.shtml
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Peace Now drops its support for war (????!!!!) The Independent (Aug 11, 2006)
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It is Lebanon, not Israel, that faces a threat to its existence in this war Ahmad Samih Khalidi, The Guardian (Aug 10, 2006)
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Israel Kidnaps Palestinian Parliamentary Speaker http://www.palestine-pmc.com/
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600 Palestinians Taken Prisoner in JulyIMEC News
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Gaza Under Attack: Child deaths and injuries by date (Last Updated: 07 August 2006) http://www.dci-pal.org/english/Display.cfm?DocId=506&CategoryId=11
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25 Palestinians, including 6 children and an old man, were killed by IOF. http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article5481.shtml
****************************************************************************
Nonviolent Resistance
Journalism as nonviolent resistance: Nasrallah is calling on media to cover Israeli crimes in Gaza
The Wall
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
Environment
Israeli settlers divert Nablus village water for their own use
Prisoners
Report: 2,650 Palestinian political prisoners in 5 Israeli jails in missile range as human shields
Settlements
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and kill Palestinian vegetable merchant and injure his son
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=14&Itemid=28
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The Case for Boycotting Israel Boycott Now! By Virginia Tilley, CounterPunch 5/6 August 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/tilley08052006.html
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Light A Candle For Palestinian and Lebanese Refugees http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
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The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: Bishop Riah on the current crisis in the Middle East -
Dear Friends,
For the past forty years we have been largely alone on this desert fighting a predator that not only has robbed us of all but a small piece of our historic homeland, but threatens the traditions and holy sites of Christianity. We are tired, weary, sick, and wounded. We need your help...... http://www.j-diocese.com/DiocesanNews/view.asp?selected=234#slbl234
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html
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Dead Again Video Poem http://poeticinjustice.net/
& http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2006/08/dead-again-video-poem.html
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What's it like to have your home demolished by Israeli terror squads
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/home_demolished_video_01_19_03.htm
Palestinian refugees open camps to aid Lebanese 'We understand each other. the south and gaza are going through the same tragedy' By Rym Ghazal Daily Star staff Saturday, July 29, 2006
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=74344
Israel is seeking to cast itself as the victim even as it expels the people of Lebanon and Gaza from their homes :The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come by Karma Nabulsi http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1835247,00.html
Refugees overwhelm Lebanon http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0802/p01s04-wome.html
Hizbullah's attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0801/p09s02-coop.html
When Jews Behave Like Nazis, They Become Nazis by Khalid Amayreh July 30, 2006 http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
"Palestinian children and Childhood " By Saed Bannoura
http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=130&num=18344 concludes "Palestinian children, like all children in this world, are entitled to their rights to enjoy their childhood, to play and study, how can the new generation grow up on the principles of equality and coexistence when they see Jewish children, living in the other side of the same city, enjoying everything they need, enjoying their gardens, theaters and recreation facilities, while all what Palestinian children have is the street. When you plant discrimination you will definitely harvest hatred, yet the question which remains here is “what kind of democracy is this? What kind of equality exists?!"
US Housewife Affirms American Values in Denouncing Israel http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2006/08/us-housewife-affirms-american-values.html
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/home_demolished_video_01_19_03.htm
Palestinian refugees open camps to aid Lebanese 'We understand each other. the south and gaza are going through the same tragedy' By Rym Ghazal Daily Star staff Saturday, July 29, 2006
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=74344
Israel is seeking to cast itself as the victim even as it expels the people of Lebanon and Gaza from their homes :The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come by Karma Nabulsi http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1835247,00.html
Refugees overwhelm Lebanon http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0802/p01s04-wome.html
Hizbullah's attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0801/p09s02-coop.html
When Jews Behave Like Nazis, They Become Nazis by Khalid Amayreh July 30, 2006 http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
"Palestinian children and Childhood " By Saed Bannoura
http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=130&num=18344 concludes "Palestinian children, like all children in this world, are entitled to their rights to enjoy their childhood, to play and study, how can the new generation grow up on the principles of equality and coexistence when they see Jewish children, living in the other side of the same city, enjoying everything they need, enjoying their gardens, theaters and recreation facilities, while all what Palestinian children have is the street. When you plant discrimination you will definitely harvest hatred, yet the question which remains here is “what kind of democracy is this? What kind of equality exists?!"
US Housewife Affirms American Values in Denouncing Israel http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2006/08/us-housewife-affirms-american-values.html
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CALL FOR ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL http://www.pacbi.org/
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While Israel is a signatory of international charters guaranteeing the rights of children in times of conflict, it has proven time and again that it easily forfeits its moral obligation towards these agreements in order to push its own agenda. In both southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip, this policy has been brutally exemplified, Israel’s expansionist and destructive policies leaving a blood-stained trail across both countries. Children of a Lesser God By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=11031&CategoryId=3
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The Right To Return IS a Basic Right Still Denied !!!
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/refugees.shtml
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Right-Of-Return/
http://imeu.net/news/background-briefings.shtml
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10241&CategoryId=4
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/israel-palestine/returnindex.htm
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ref-qumsiyeh.html
http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html
http://www.badil.org/index.html
http://www.al-awda.org/facts.html
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/687/region_ror.htm
and notice the trend that started more than 60 years ago is Israel terror squads making more and more refugees... Israeli forces render 100s of Gaza families homeless http://english.pnn.ps/
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| Letters: Define terrorism | ||
| The Oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as "a policy intended to strike with terror those against whom it is adopted; the employment of methods of intimidation; the fact of terrorising or condition of being terrorised". Would this not include the Israeli bombing of Lebanese civilians ("War: who can stop it now?", 24 July) and the destruction of their infrastructure? Haris Aziz University of Warwick http://www.newstatesman.com/nsletters.htm | ||
Rest in Peace, Ismail Shammout – artist, historian, activist, advocate, compassionate humanist, and a Palestinian treasure. You will be missed, but your inspiring work will live on forever. Tawfiq Zayyad’s poem, “All I Have,” is a fitting tribute to end with:
ALL I HAVE
I never carried a rifle
On my shoulder
Or pulled a trigger.
All I have
Is a lute’s memory
A brush to paint my dreams,
A bottle of ink.
All I have
Is unshakeable faith
And an infinite love
For my people in pain.
For more information, please visit: www.shammout.com
Ismail Shamout (1930 – 2006) tribute by Haithem El-Zabri, July 4, 2006 http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/obituary.htm
Ismail Shammout was a refugee who lived the Palestinian experience fully, and went on to tell the story through art. Dispossession, exile, identity, suffering, perseverance, and struggle, are all predominant features of his brilliant oil paintings, and his remarkable way of advocating for his people's cause.
Shammout was born in 1930 in the Palestinian agricultural town of Lydda, son to a produce wholesale merchant. He remembered clearly how their world had turned upside down when they were driven out of their homes on July 12, 1948. The Israeli soldiers ordered them, at gunpoint, “Out! Out!” and the family of nine was instantly homeless.
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Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.....
Article 13.
- (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
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posted by annie at 6:16 AM
0 comments
Thursday, August 10, 2006
This is Zionism
This is Zionism. Raja' Abu Sha`ban, 4, killed by Israeli missiles in Gaza...posted by As'ad @ linkThe child's little foot in that photo on As'ad's blog really got to me- how many times have we bought shoes for our kids and stuck them on tiny feet and tied the shoelaces with double bowed knots or strapped them on with the Velcro straps or buckled up the maryjanes for church ... the little feet with the toes we kiss as babies as we dry them from their baths and dress them... how many tickles and kisses and giggles helped shape that little girl's world when she was a mere infant.
posted by annie at 9:11 PM
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Down With Israel
Protesters chant slogans during a protest against Israeli air strikes on Lebanon and Gaza infront of United Nations office in Islamabad August 10, 2006. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood(PAKISTAN)
Palestinians wait to cross from the Gaza Strip into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip which opened for several hours, Thursday Aug. 10, 2006. The Gaza-Egypt border was partially reopened Thursday, allowing hundreds of people stuck in Gaza to leave after weeks of closure during Israel's military offensive in the coastal strip, a spokeswoman for European border monitors said.(AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
A view of Khiam village during Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, August 10, 2006. (Karamallah Daher/Reuters)
A Lebanese flag flies amid the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israeli bombardment in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Israeli troops, backed by tank units, battled Hezbollah fighters in south Lebanon as the United Nations criticized both sides for blocking aid supplies to 120,000 stranded civilians.(AFP/Haitham Mussawi)
A Lebanese man, carrying his son, names not given, walks past the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings destroyed in Israeli forces' attack late Wednesday, in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006 (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Hezbollah volunteers fill food trays with rice before delivering them to some of the hundreds of thousands of refugees now living in schools across the capital, at a makeshift Hezbollah-run kitchen in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Aug. 10, 2006. Even now, despite crippling Israeli airstrikes that have destroyed most of Hezbollah offices across the country, the guerrilla group is actively assisting in relief efforts. Hezbollah runs a sophisticated network of schools, clinics and social services deeply rooted in the Shiite Muslim community.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A Palestinian woman cries in front of the remains of her house in southern Gaza strip, August 8, 2006. (Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
Demonstrators take part in a gathering under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Thursday Aug. 10, 2006, of a few hundred people asking for peace in Lebanon, thirty days after the start of the fighting between the Israeli army and Hezbollah fighters.(AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Pakistani Christian women light candles during a special prayer service for the Lebanese victims of Israeli air strikes, at St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006. (AP Photo)
Pakistani Christians hold candles during a peace rally in Multan August 10, 2006, to protest Israel's air strikes on Lebanon. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer (PAKISTAN)
A Jordanian boy holds a poster of a child killed in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, during an anti-Israeli demonstration, outside the UNICEF office in Amman August 10, 2006. REUTERS/Ali Jarekji (JORDAN)
A Jordanian boy holds a Palestinian flag and shouts anti-Israeli slogans during a protest organized by the Islamic action front against the Israeli attacks against Lebanon and Gaza, near the UNICEF offices in Amman, Jordan, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2006.(AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Ghosh)
posted by annie at 7:01 PM
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letters 8-10- 2006
RE: Israelis Authorize Expansion Of Combat by By Molly Moore and Jonathan Finer & the video "Standing Silently for Peace ( & A Price of Fighting (Israeli defined) Terrorism by David Bernstein)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080900449.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901517.html
Dear Editor,
Zionist Israel has been electing to expand combat for its entire existence in a multitude of large and small ways. It has been a land and rights grabbing war all along, with the vast majority of Palestinian men, women and children, many many children, right now either already impoverished refugees or on the brink of becoming impoverished refugees.
And while good and decent people such as those protesters in your video "Standing Silently for Peace" call for a ceasefire, I believe with all that I am, and all that I know- and all that I love... I believe we should be crying out for a CEASE ISRAEL. Dismantle and disarm the hate.... Stop the crime caused by political Zionism's constant investment in bigotry, injustice and war.
Cease Israel. End the toxic delusion it was ever the Jewish State. Let Palestine and all the refugees return in full to rebuild a beautiful home where all children are welcome and safe. To rebuild with dignity and recapture the true heritage of the Holy Land so sacred to all three Abrahamic faiths.
To rebuild a decent future for us all, no matter where we might reside : To create a beautiful and gentle reality where all homes, families and work are valued, and compassion combines with true justice for all, to usher in a new era, ringing in freedom every where for every one... Let Peace & Palestine return with full respect for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights & the Palestinian refugee's inalienable legal and moral right to return.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: " A 'family' at war " By Jon Medved
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-09-family-at-war_x.htm
Dear Editor,
Israel seems to be more like a cult than a country. Brainwashed immigrants smile and happily repeat Zionist lies and propaganda, selling them like roses for the cause.
The human family is hurting because of Israel, racist Israel's tribal war on us all. Political Zionism is a totally toxic ideology... Millions of Palestinian refugees, both Christian and Muslim, have been waiting all their lives to return, to go home to their rightful homes and property. But rather than respecting their basic human rights racist Israel methodically impoverishes and expels even more Arabs... and bombs their refugee camps and the roads they might use to escape.
How can Medved and other such Jewish immigrants be "fighting for their lives" when they have full freedoms, rights, peace and prosperity here in America ! The persecuted Palestinians, and now the Lebanese, have none anywhere- they are vilified and attacked over and over and over.
Israel should end- no one need die, but Jewish immigrants should pack up their dangerous delusions and return to the West where they belong. And Palestine should return in full with full and equal rights and respect for ALL !
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: letter Too late to question Israel's legitimacy by Nelson Goodman
The catchall solution: First blame the Jews op-ed by By David Mamet
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/letters/bal-ed.le.10aaug10,0,6853893.story?coll=bal-opinion-letters
Dear Editor,
Regarding the letter Too late to question Israel's legitimacy by Nelson Goodman & The catchall solution: First blame the Jews op-ed by David Mamet .... Both these misguided defenders of Israel forgot one crucial key that unlocks the truth of the story to reveal the core problem with modern man made Israel and the actual ugly reality shaped by political Zionism : Israel has spent its entire history wrecking Palestinian homes ( and now refugee camps) and refusing to respect international law and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - specifically the Palestinian refugees inalienable legal and moral right to return to their original homes and property.
That's genocide.
If Israel's survival depends on perpetuating genocide, economically and militarily decimating millions of innocent people, and then demonizing and attacking any who dare object to such blatant injustice- attacking relatively defenseless civilian populations again and again, then Israel has no right to exist and no right to survive in a modern world where we really do know better.
It is reasonable and it is right to just say NO Israel ! And it is never too late to do the right thing...
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Philip A. Downey 's excellent letter concerning "Local Jews heed call to fight for Israeli cause"
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15237539.htm
Dear Editor,
Bravo to Philip A. Downey for speaking up about a very important point many people refuse to verbalize because they have been so bullied by Zionists !
Israel is not America in any way shape or form, even though its many manipulative propagandists seek to make it seem like we are two peas in the pod- we are not.
America is of the people, for the people and by the people, regardless of race or religion. We are firmly rooted in the rule of fair and just laws- and equality. Israel is not. Israel is for Jewish privileges and pride- an cruel apartheid that punishes the Palestinians just for breathing and being, plus there are racist Israel's constant land and rights grabbing games including military invasions in an era when we really do know that such barbaric shenanigans are evil and wrong.
Frankly, for everyone's sake, I firmly believe that political Zionism and that insult called Israel should be totally dismantled and disarmed.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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annie's rainbow
of research...
8-10-2006
NOTES
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http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml
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Nonviolent Resistance
Journalism as nonviolent resistance: Nasrallah is calling on media to cover Israeli crimes in Gaza
The Wall
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
Environment
Israeli settlers divert Nablus village water for their own use
Prisoners
Report: 2,650 Palestinian political prisoners in 5 Israeli jails in missile range as human shields
Settlements
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and kill Palestinian vegetable merchant and injure his son
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=14&Itemid=28
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The Case for Boycotting Israel Boycott Now! By Virginia Tilley, CounterPunch 5/6 August 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/tilley08052006.html
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Light A Candle For Palestinian and Lebanese Refugees http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
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The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: Bishop Riah on the current crisis in the Middle East -
Dear Friends,
For the past forty years we have been largely alone on this desert fighting a predator that not only has robbed us of all but a small piece of our historic homeland, but threatens the traditions and holy sites of Christianity. We are tired, weary, sick, and wounded. We need your help......http://www.j-diocese.com/DiocesanNews/view.asp?selected=234#slbl234
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html
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Dead Again Video Poem http://poeticinjustice.net/
& http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2006/08/dead-again-video-poem.html
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CALL FOR ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL http://www.pacbi.org/
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While Israel is a signatory of international charters guaranteeing the rights of children in times of conflict, it has proven time and again that it easily forfeits its moral obligation towards these agreements in order to push its own agenda. In both southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip, this policy has been brutally exemplified, Israel’s expansionist and destructive policies leaving a blood-stained trail across both countries. Children of a Lesser God By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=11031&CategoryId=3
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The Right To Return IS a Basic Right Still Denied !!!
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/refugees.shtml
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Right-Of-Return/
http://imeu.net/news/background-briefings.shtml
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10241&CategoryId=4
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/israel-palestine/returnindex.htm
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ref-qumsiyeh.html
http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html
http://www.badil.org/index.html
http://www.al-awda.org/facts.html
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/687/region_ror.htm
and notice the trend that started more than 60 years ago is Israel terror squads making more and more refugees... Israeli forces render 100s of Gaza families homeless http://english.pnn.ps/
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Rest in Peace, Ismail Shammout – artist, historian, activist, advocate, compassionate humanist, and a Palestinian treasure. You will be missed, but your inspiring work will live on forever. Tawfiq Zayyad’s poem, “All I Have,” is a fitting tribute to end with:
ALL I HAVE
I never carried a rifle
On my shoulder
Or pulled a trigger.
All I have
Is a lute’s memory
A brush to paint my dreams,
A bottle of ink.
All I have
Is unshakeable faith
And an infinite love
For my people in pain.
For more information, please visit: www.shammout.com
Ismail Shamout (1930 – 2006) tribute by Haithem El-Zabri, July 4, 2006 http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/obituary.htm
Ismail Shammout was a refugee who lived the Palestinian experience fully, and went on to tell the story through art. Dispossession, exile, identity, suffering, perseverance, and struggle, are all predominant features of his brilliant oil paintings, and his remarkable way of advocating for his people's cause.
Shammout was born in 1930 in the Palestinian agricultural town of Lydda, son to a produce wholesale merchant. He remembered clearly how their world had turned upside down when they were driven out of their homes on July 12, 1948. The Israeli soldiers ordered them, at gunpoint, “Out! Out!” and the family of nine was instantly homeless.
**************************************************************************************
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.....
Article 13.
**************************************************************************************
FYI... at least for now, for daily updated and highly relevant & revealing information it really is worth subscribing to Electronic Intifada's ei Weekday Press Picks Quick access to managing your EI news lists subscriptions.
http://electronicintifada.net/new.shtml
****************************************************************************
Nonviolent Resistance
Journalism as nonviolent resistance: Nasrallah is calling on media to cover Israeli crimes in Gaza
The Wall
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
Environment
Israeli settlers divert Nablus village water for their own use
Prisoners
Report: 2,650 Palestinian political prisoners in 5 Israeli jails in missile range as human shields
Settlements
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and kill Palestinian vegetable merchant and injure his son
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=14&Itemid=28
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The Case for Boycotting Israel Boycott Now! By Virginia Tilley, CounterPunch 5/6 August 2006 http://www.counterpunch.org/tilley08052006.html
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Light A Candle For Palestinian and Lebanese Refugees http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
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The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem: Bishop Riah on the current crisis in the Middle East -
Dear Friends,
For the past forty years we have been largely alone on this desert fighting a predator that not only has robbed us of all but a small piece of our historic homeland, but threatens the traditions and holy sites of Christianity. We are tired, weary, sick, and wounded. We need your help......http://www.j-diocese.com/DiocesanNews/view.asp?selected=234#slbl234
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html
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Dead Again Video Poem http://poeticinjustice.net/
& http://annies-letters.blogspot.com/2006/08/dead-again-video-poem.html
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What's it like to have your home demolished by Israeli terror squads
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/home_demolished_video_01_19_03.htm
Palestinian refugees open camps to aid Lebanese 'We understand each other. the south and gaza are going through the same tragedy' By Rym Ghazal Daily Star staff Saturday, July 29, 2006
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=74344
Israel is seeking to cast itself as the victim even as it expels the people of Lebanon and Gaza from their homes :The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come by Karma Nabulsi http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1835247,00.html
Refugees overwhelm Lebanon http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0802/p01s04-wome.html
Hizbullah's attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0801/p09s02-coop.html
When Jews Behave Like Nazis, They Become Nazis by Khalid Amayreh July 30, 2006 http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
"Palestinian children and Childhood " By Saed Bannoura
http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=130&num=18344 concludes "Palestinian children, like all children in this world, are entitled to their rights to enjoy their childhood, to play and study, how can the new generation grow up on the principles of equality and coexistence when they see Jewish children, living in the other side of the same city, enjoying everything they need, enjoying their gardens, theaters and recreation facilities, while all what Palestinian children have is the street. When you plant discrimination you will definitely harvest hatred, yet the question which remains here is “what kind of democracy is this? What kind of equality exists?!"
US Housewife Affirms American Values in Denouncing Israel http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2006/08/us-housewife-affirms-american-values.html
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/home_demolished_video_01_19_03.htm
Palestinian refugees open camps to aid Lebanese 'We understand each other. the south and gaza are going through the same tragedy' By Rym Ghazal Daily Star staff Saturday, July 29, 2006
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=1&article_id=74344
Israel is seeking to cast itself as the victim even as it expels the people of Lebanon and Gaza from their homes :The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come by Karma Nabulsi http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1835247,00.html
Refugees overwhelm Lebanon http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0802/p01s04-wome.html
Hizbullah's attacks stem from Israeli incursions into Lebanon
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0801/p09s02-coop.html
When Jews Behave Like Nazis, They Become Nazis by Khalid Amayreh July 30, 2006 http://www.umkahlil.blogspot.com/
"Palestinian children and Childhood " By Saed Bannoura
http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=130&num=18344 concludes "Palestinian children, like all children in this world, are entitled to their rights to enjoy their childhood, to play and study, how can the new generation grow up on the principles of equality and coexistence when they see Jewish children, living in the other side of the same city, enjoying everything they need, enjoying their gardens, theaters and recreation facilities, while all what Palestinian children have is the street. When you plant discrimination you will definitely harvest hatred, yet the question which remains here is “what kind of democracy is this? What kind of equality exists?!"
US Housewife Affirms American Values in Denouncing Israel http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/2006/08/us-housewife-affirms-american-values.html
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CALL FOR ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL http://www.pacbi.org/
*********************************************************************
While Israel is a signatory of international charters guaranteeing the rights of children in times of conflict, it has proven time and again that it easily forfeits its moral obligation towards these agreements in order to push its own agenda. In both southern Lebanon and in the Gaza Strip, this policy has been brutally exemplified, Israel’s expansionist and destructive policies leaving a blood-stained trail across both countries. Children of a Lesser God By Joharah Baker for MIFTAH
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=11031&CategoryId=3
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The Right To Return IS a Basic Right Still Denied !!!
http://electronicintifada.net/bytopic/refugees.shtml
http://www.palestineremembered.com/Acre/Right-Of-Return/
http://imeu.net/news/background-briefings.shtml
http://www.miftah.org/Display.cfm?DocId=10241&CategoryId=4
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/israel-palestine/returnindex.htm
http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ref-qumsiyeh.html
http://www.un.org/unrwa/index.html
http://www.badil.org/index.html
http://www.al-awda.org/facts.html
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2004/687/region_ror.htm
and notice the trend that started more than 60 years ago is Israel terror squads making more and more refugees... Israeli forces render 100s of Gaza families homeless http://english.pnn.ps/
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| Letters: Define terrorism | ||
| The Oxford English Dictionary defines terrorism as "a policy intended to strike with terror those against whom it is adopted; the employment of methods of intimidation; the fact of terrorising or condition of being terrorised". Would this not include the Israeli bombing of Lebanese civilians ("War: who can stop it now?", 24 July) and the destruction of their infrastructure? Haris Aziz University of Warwick http://www.newstatesman.com/nsletters.htm | ||
Rest in Peace, Ismail Shammout – artist, historian, activist, advocate, compassionate humanist, and a Palestinian treasure. You will be missed, but your inspiring work will live on forever. Tawfiq Zayyad’s poem, “All I Have,” is a fitting tribute to end with:
ALL I HAVE
I never carried a rifle
On my shoulder
Or pulled a trigger.
All I have
Is a lute’s memory
A brush to paint my dreams,
A bottle of ink.
All I have
Is unshakeable faith
And an infinite love
For my people in pain.
For more information, please visit: www.shammout.com
Ismail Shamout (1930 – 2006) tribute by Haithem El-Zabri, July 4, 2006 http://www.palestineonlinestore.com/obituary.htm
Ismail Shammout was a refugee who lived the Palestinian experience fully, and went on to tell the story through art. Dispossession, exile, identity, suffering, perseverance, and struggle, are all predominant features of his brilliant oil paintings, and his remarkable way of advocating for his people's cause.
Shammout was born in 1930 in the Palestinian agricultural town of Lydda, son to a produce wholesale merchant. He remembered clearly how their world had turned upside down when they were driven out of their homes on July 12, 1948. The Israeli soldiers ordered them, at gunpoint, “Out! Out!” and the family of nine was instantly homeless.
**************************************************************************************
Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.....
Article 13.
- (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state.
(2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
**************************************************************************************
posted by annie at 9:29 AM
0 comments
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
STOP ISRAEL TERROR ...
Yes ... for the Struggle
No .... for the Terror
Pakistani baby girls wear headbands with quote from Muslims holy book Quran reading 'There is the only one God and Mohammad is his prophet', as they shout slogans during a rally to show their support with Hezbollah and condemn the ongoing Israeli air strikes against Lebanon and Palestinian territories, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistani children hold placards during a rally to show their support for Hezbollah and condemn the ongoing Israeli air strikes against Lebanon and Palestinian territories, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
A Lebanese man, bottom, who identified himself as Hassan Harissa, a 50-year-old carpenter, inspects the damage as he walks on the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings destroyed during the four-week Israeli forces offensive, in the Hezbollah stronghold of the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. Israel's security cabinet convened Wednesday to likely approve a broader ground offensive in Lebanon, with key ministers arguing that the military must deal more blows to Hezbollah and score quick battlefield victories before a Mideast cease-fire is imposed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Palestinian refugees inspect a house that was destroyed, in the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, following an Israeli strike. Israel's military struck Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp early Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding five, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Palestinians, in the West Bank town of Dura near Hebron, attend a demonstration against Israel's offensive in Lebanon August 9, 2006. Israeli troops thrust deeper into Lebanon on Wednesday and were reported to have lost four dead to Hizbollah rocket fire as Israel's inner cabinet debated whether to order a bigger advance before any U.N. move to end the war. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES)
No .... for the Terror
Pakistani baby girls wear headbands with quote from Muslims holy book Quran reading 'There is the only one God and Mohammad is his prophet', as they shout slogans during a rally to show their support with Hezbollah and condemn the ongoing Israeli air strikes against Lebanon and Palestinian territories, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Pakistani children hold placards during a rally to show their support for Hezbollah and condemn the ongoing Israeli air strikes against Lebanon and Palestinian territories, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006 in Karachi, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
A Lebanese man, bottom, who identified himself as Hassan Harissa, a 50-year-old carpenter, inspects the damage as he walks on the rubble of collapsed apartment buildings destroyed during the four-week Israeli forces offensive, in the Hezbollah stronghold of the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006. Israel's security cabinet convened Wednesday to likely approve a broader ground offensive in Lebanon, with key ministers arguing that the military must deal more blows to Hezbollah and score quick battlefield victories before a Mideast cease-fire is imposed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
Palestinian refugees inspect a house that was destroyed, in the Ein el-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2006, following an Israeli strike. Israel's military struck Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp early Wednesday, killing at least two people and wounding five, officials said. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
posted by annie at 7:15 PM
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Lighting Candles For Palestinian and Lebanese Refugees ... and the right to return
Sophia at St. Jacobs Church in Rothenburg ob der Tauber as we light candles in churches and pray for Palestinian and Lebanese refugees right to return to their homes.
Light A Candle For Palestinian and Lebanese Refugees
Mainzer Dom, Marienkapelle, August 8, 2006
Long refugees themselves, Palestinians now play host
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0808/p12s01-wome.htm
& from a letter from The Rt. Rev. Riah H. Abu El-Assal , Bishop The Diocese of Jerusalem "
posted on Umkahlil's http://umkahlil.blogspot.com/
"Arabic is one of two official languages of the State of Israel and I knew that it was my right in this “oasis of democracy” to make that official request. Because I refused to speak other than
Arabic, because I informed them that I am an Arab-Palestinian-Christian, and because down deep I knew that their behavior was designed to humiliate me, I insisted in conversing with
them in the language I master which is Arabic, my mother tongue."
'What Do You Imagine Happens To Others?'
posted by annie at 6:48 PM
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letters 8-9-2006
RE: The warriors of the Mideast
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-lew-soldiers9aug09,0,1497412.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Dear Editor,
Bravo to the letter writer, Paul Ciotti, for pointing out the obvious- there is nothing to celebrate when American Jews join Israel's army rather than electing to defend America- and our ideals of real democracy with real freedom and justice for ALL.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
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RE: Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/world/middleeast/09israel.html?ref=middleeast
Dear Editor,
Loved the headline "Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War" !!! But what a shame that you do not yet realize that there never has been an Israeli peace camp. There are however real heroes like Rabbi Weis who lives in America and recently braved speaking out on CNN about the evils of political Zionism.
Israel as the Jewish State is an investment in armed institutionalized bigotry, escalating injustice and unchecked state sponsored terror. Whereas Palestine was and will always be peace, no matter how tight the economic stranglehold and no matter how many bombs are dropped by the IDF.
The insult called Israel has the money and the military might- but the Palestinians have the beauty of truth on their side.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
******************************************************************
RE: From a safe room in Israel, a mother fears for her sons. by Diana Bletter
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15228980.htm
Dear Editor,
Bletter, an American, abandoned her true heritage the day she decided to move to Israel . Now writing pretty Zionist propaganda with an American accent she seeks to help arm and empower the institutionalized bigotry and hate that is Israel today.
Her sons have been raised to serve Israel's oppressive military occupation, clueless cogs and wheels of injustice that help keep racist Israel the home wrecking war machine going, while their mother does her gentle part by pretending Israel wants peace.
How is it an American Jew is so very free to go be a hero playing war and peace in the Holy Land, while millions and millions and millions of persecuted and impoverished Palestinians are demonized because they dare insist that the world respect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Palestinian refugees inalienable right to return.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
*******************************************************************
RE: Arabs caught in the middle By Joel Greenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0608090160aug09,1,7819430.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Dear Editor,
Greenberg does us a grave disservice by failing to notice that while there are token Arabs allowed to remain in the so-called Jewish State for now, over 5 million Palestinian refugees have been waiting 6 decades for Israel to respect their basic human rights including but not limited to their inalienable right of return.
Hezbollah and Hamas would not even exist but for racist Israeli crimes. Would there even be this nasty Israeli war leveling Lebanon right now but for Israel's epic ability to import and arm a population of bigoted fools and idiots who sincerely believe they have every right to imprison, persecute, and punish innocent Palestinians.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
*********************************************************************
RE: the responses to Nicholas Noor's letter Hold Jews responsible for these woes
http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/OPINION02/608080422/1080
Dear Editor,
It is no surprise to any one who has watched the Israel propaganda machine at work that Nicholas Noor's letter Hold Jews responsible for these woes from yesterday is quickly followed today by two letters of disgust.
However the hypocrisy of Zionists should be what really disgusts us, and but for their bully tactics I wager there would be a flurry of American letters firmly denouncing Israel.
Israel freely and frequently calls itself the Jewish State, welcomes "home" only Jewish immigrants, generously subsidizes Jewish privileges and pride, arms Jewish zealots and illegal settlements and only gives full and equal rights to Jews, BUT it attacks any who then complains about Jews.
Israel freely and frequently refers to the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust but it does not see that its own institutionalized bigotry and state sponsored terror are really just more of the same as millions of innocent people are impoverished, persecuted and attacked by the misnamed Jewish State.
Israel is a foreign country... it is also a racist crime against humanity. No loyal American should be supporting the state of hate named Israel.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
**************************************************************
RE: End This Tragedy Now
Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law By Fouad Siniora
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800990.html
Dear Editor,
Thank you for publishing " End This Tragedy Now Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law " By Fouad Siniora, the prime minister of Lebanon's impassioned plea for a just and lasting peace.
No words can possibly be strong enough to express what the imposition of Israel is and has been doing all along as its own self definition as "The Jewish State" creates a situation whereby generously subsidized Zionist bigots and armed immigrants perpetually attack, displace, impoverish, and demonize non-Jews.
Zionist Israel is a dangerous farce and an evil trend that will only get worse if not fully stopped. It is state sponsored terror and a scourge of toxic delusions that will only grow uglier with time. Scorning UN Resolution 194 from 1948, the Palestinian refugees inalienable right of return, racist Israel has built itself up into a monstrous home wrecking war machine of injustice and spite.
Racist Israel has chosen this course and made itself many enemies. It has also created a huge propaganda campaign to vilify resistance and righteous indignation. If it ever did have the right to exist- it no longer does. I do not think any one should be forced to compromise with such an obvious and cruel crime against humanity. All the world should be disgusted and repulsed by the armed institutionalized bigotry and barbaric brutality that is Israel today.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
*********************************
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/letters/la-lew-soldiers9aug09,0,1497412.story?coll=la-news-comment-letters
Dear Editor,
Bravo to the letter writer, Paul Ciotti, for pointing out the obvious- there is nothing to celebrate when American Jews join Israel's army rather than electing to defend America- and our ideals of real democracy with real freedom and justice for ALL.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
****************************************************************
RE: Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/09/world/middleeast/09israel.html?ref=middleeast
Dear Editor,
Loved the headline "Left or Right, Israelis Are Pro-War" !!! But what a shame that you do not yet realize that there never has been an Israeli peace camp. There are however real heroes like Rabbi Weis who lives in America and recently braved speaking out on CNN about the evils of political Zionism.
Israel as the Jewish State is an investment in armed institutionalized bigotry, escalating injustice and unchecked state sponsored terror. Whereas Palestine was and will always be peace, no matter how tight the economic stranglehold and no matter how many bombs are dropped by the IDF.
The insult called Israel has the money and the military might- but the Palestinians have the beauty of truth on their side.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
******************************************************************
RE: From a safe room in Israel, a mother fears for her sons. by Diana Bletter
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/editorial/15228980.htm
Dear Editor,
Bletter, an American, abandoned her true heritage the day she decided to move to Israel . Now writing pretty Zionist propaganda with an American accent she seeks to help arm and empower the institutionalized bigotry and hate that is Israel today.
Her sons have been raised to serve Israel's oppressive military occupation, clueless cogs and wheels of injustice that help keep racist Israel the home wrecking war machine going, while their mother does her gentle part by pretending Israel wants peace.
How is it an American Jew is so very free to go be a hero playing war and peace in the Holy Land, while millions and millions and millions of persecuted and impoverished Palestinians are demonized because they dare insist that the world respect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Palestinian refugees inalienable right to return.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
*******************************************************************
RE: Arabs caught in the middle By Joel Greenberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0608090160aug09,1,7819430.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed&ctrack=1&cset=true
Dear Editor,
Greenberg does us a grave disservice by failing to notice that while there are token Arabs allowed to remain in the so-called Jewish State for now, over 5 million Palestinian refugees have been waiting 6 decades for Israel to respect their basic human rights including but not limited to their inalienable right of return.
Hezbollah and Hamas would not even exist but for racist Israeli crimes. Would there even be this nasty Israeli war leveling Lebanon right now but for Israel's epic ability to import and arm a population of bigoted fools and idiots who sincerely believe they have every right to imprison, persecute, and punish innocent Palestinians.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
*********************************************************************
RE: the responses to Nicholas Noor's letter Hold Jews responsible for these woes
http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060808/OPINION02/608080422/1080
Dear Editor,
It is no surprise to any one who has watched the Israel propaganda machine at work that Nicholas Noor's letter Hold Jews responsible for these woes from yesterday is quickly followed today by two letters of disgust.
However the hypocrisy of Zionists should be what really disgusts us, and but for their bully tactics I wager there would be a flurry of American letters firmly denouncing Israel.
Israel freely and frequently calls itself the Jewish State, welcomes "home" only Jewish immigrants, generously subsidizes Jewish privileges and pride, arms Jewish zealots and illegal settlements and only gives full and equal rights to Jews, BUT it attacks any who then complains about Jews.
Israel freely and frequently refers to the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust but it does not see that its own institutionalized bigotry and state sponsored terror are really just more of the same as millions of innocent people are impoverished, persecuted and attacked by the misnamed Jewish State.
Israel is a foreign country... it is also a racist crime against humanity. No loyal American should be supporting the state of hate named Israel.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
**************************************************************
RE: End This Tragedy Now
Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law By Fouad Siniora
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/08/AR2006080800990.html
Dear Editor,
Thank you for publishing " End This Tragedy Now Israel Must Be Made to Respect International Law " By Fouad Siniora, the prime minister of Lebanon's impassioned plea for a just and lasting peace.
No words can possibly be strong enough to express what the imposition of Israel is and has been doing all along as its own self definition as "The Jewish State" creates a situation whereby generously subsidized Zionist bigots and armed immigrants perpetually attack, displace, impoverish, and demonize non-Jews.
Zionist Israel is a dangerous farce and an evil trend that will only get worse if not fully stopped. It is state sponsored terror and a scourge of toxic delusions that will only grow uglier with time. Scorning UN Resolution 194 from 1948, the Palestinian refugees inalienable right of return, racist Israel has built itself up into a monstrous home wrecking war machine of injustice and spite.
Racist Israel has chosen this course and made itself many enemies. It has also created a huge propaganda campaign to vilify resistance and righteous indignation. If it ever did have the right to exist- it no longer does. I do not think any one should be forced to compromise with such an obvious and cruel crime against humanity. All the world should be disgusted and repulsed by the armed institutionalized bigotry and barbaric brutality that is Israel today.
Sincerely,
Anne Selden Annab
*********************************
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The Wall
Israeli forces announce plan to uproot hundreds of olive trees near Wall in Jenin
Environment
Yatta Village facing problems with water, infrastructure and education
Prisoners
Israeli forces raid Hebron and take five Palestinians to unknown locations
Settlements
Israeli settlers in the West Bank shoot and kill Palestinian vegetable merchant and injure his son
http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=category§ionid=1&id=14&Itemid=28
The Case for Boycotting Israel Boycott Now! By Virginia Tilley, CounterPunch 5/6