Right of Return Ring of Blogs 11-11-2006
Right of Return Ring of Blogs 11-11-2006
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Saturday, November 11, 2006There Was No Warning
Watch the video without the obscene spin of ignorant journalists. First the Jewish supremacists of the IOF called them whores, then they started shooting. There was no warning. Their men weren't "holed up" as western media derisively natters.
They were seeking shelter in a mosque, trying to avoid the facist state's mass arrest of men and boys between the ages of 15-35. A short clip follows showing Jewish supremacist snipers shooting unarmed Palestinian boys.Saturday, November 11, 2006
Tenuous Possibilities
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/819/re62.htmSee also Khalid Amayreh's "National Unity Government is victory for Hamas" at The Palestine Information Center
Yesterday, Ismail Haniyah announced the suspension of talks on a unity government in Palestine. Khalid Amayreh, in the West Bank, reports on earlier talks between Fatah and Hamas.
Before the Beit Hanoun massacre Hamas and Fatah appeared close to reaching an agreement on the formation of a government of national unity. The unity government was expected to include many "technocrats" who are unaffiliated with either Hamas or Fatah.
According to the draft agreement, the central aim of this new government will be the lifting of the draconian Western sanctions imposed by the United States, EU and Israel on the Palestinian Authority (PA) enclaves following Hamas's election victory early this year.
The sanctions have effectively crippled the Palestinian economy, impoverished Palestinians as never before and pushed tens of thousands of Palestinian families to the brink of starvation.
PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah met for two hours Monday night (6 November) in an effort to put the final touches on the draft agreement. However, the meeting ended indecisively after Abbas rejected Hamas's choice for prime minister.... more
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Raising Yousuf, Unplugged
Saturday, November 11, 2006Gaza or bust
We're beginning our journey back to Gaza tonight-but first of course we have to fly in to Cairo; from there I will make a brief detour to Doha where I will be attending the *gasp* launch of Aljazeera International on November 15 (yes, finally!). ... More as we go.
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al-falasteenyia
Friday, November 10, 2006Take Action!
ADC Action Alert
Take Action Now
US Must Protest Israeli Killings in Gaza
Ask the White House and State Department to Condemn Israeli Killings
in Gaza
Take Action!
http://capwiz.com/adc/utr/1/HIGIGKMXPI/BVTRGKMXQG/948367616>
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) strongly
condemns the latest Israeli artillery attack which has left 19
Palestinians dead in the town of Beit Hanun. This latest Israeli
incursion in Palestinian territory comes just 24 hours after the
Israeli Defense Force ended another invasion which led to the killings
of over 50 people in the Gaza strip and almost 200 injured. ADC urges
members and supporters to contact US President Bush and Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice asking they publicly condemn the Israeli
onslaught on Palestinians in Gaza....
the UN and the massacre of beit hanoun
this just in: there are problems at the UN. wait, thats not breaking news.
in light of recent events in bayt hanoun, the UN has (again) been presented with discussions of a ceasfire in gaza... more
stop the wall!
with so much going on in gaza- dont forget that this week is the week against the apartheid wall! that said, we have to work on all fronts. There are several ways that the israeli state terrorizes palestinians: in the west bank it is the wall, in gaza it is the mass incarceration and now most recetnly, constant bombardment and out right massacres (bayt hanoun, jenin, etc).
here is an article from counterpunch on the issue of the wall in light of current events... more
stop the massacres!
Stand up and Stop the Massacres in Palestine!
Latest News, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, November 9th, 2006... more
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American-Palestinian New Generation
Saturday, November 11, 2006So how do they do it?
Friday, November 10, 2006Not much editorializing need preface this briefing from AIPAC that was brought to light by Andrew Winkler's Ziopedia. It speaks for itself and demonstrates the context for a hijacked American political system whose most vocal and persistent special interest group remains the zionist lobby operating under the misnomer of AIPAC (not a registered PAC.... unreal isn't it.)
What is quite evident from the braggart-like text below is that an affiliation with AIPAC apparently is more effective than a master key and magic carpet that leads into each and every legislators office in Washington. I would not be surprised if special AIPAC phones and "shortcuts" were not embedded in our American politicians work and living spaces.... more
Just how much "Jewishness" is in America?
The 2006 midterm elections and the influence of a pro-Israel Democratic base is still very much on my mind especially as I try to understand how US foreign policy will actually be different with Gates as Defence Secretary and James Baker III's backroom guidance leading a lame-duck Commander-in-Chief. I browsed interesting articles that discussed not so much the influence of Jews in America, but some actual numbers and demographics. Lenni Brenner's CounterPunch article is unusually interesting. Though it dates from 2003 it makes for appropriate reading. [TS] ... moreIts not about Jews, its about Zionism!
I continue to receive insightful and articulate emails from Ziopedia's editor and producer Andrew Winkler based out of Sydney, Australia. While it might be akin to hitting one's head against a stone wall, I still feel it is useful for critics of the Israeli government and US foreign policy to once again state that the object of our rage and demands for change is ZIONISM not Judaism. Here is Andrew's latest epistle... more************************************************
Peace For Palestine
Saturday, November 11, 2006Palestinian Pogrom Photo Essay Part 2
Sound Link
The Arab Legion and the Defense of Jerusalem
The Arab Legion standing in formation. (Photo by Howard Sochurek//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)"To crown this hope of peace based on new democratic possibilities in the Arab world, I as a Muslim, a Hashemite, and an Arab, and as a person who seeks to satisfy my conscience, have called for talks to achieve an accord on the Holy Places in Jerusalem which removes all sovereign claims except for those of Almighty God."
Al-Hussein bin Talal
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan ... more
Freedom of Religion Israeli Style
Support a Just Peace in the Middle East
Reveal the Truth
It is the responsibility of all media outlets and agencies to cover the atrocities carried out by the Israeli army as fairly and accurately as possible. Do not shirk your duties as reporters and journalists.
The world must know the truth
Ever since Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared war on the Palestinian people, Israeli forces have so far attacked the Palestinian towns of Gaza, Byet hanoon, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarem, Qalqilya, Ramallah, and Bethlehem etc… more
When Will We No Longer Mourn?
Meeting Ahmad on the Burnt Side of the Border
Imad Martada writing from Dayr Seryan, south Lebanon, Live from Lebanon, 9 November 2006The Israeli-Lebanese border (Sandy Chamoun) I arrived to meet Ahmad after a highly emotionally charged trip through the destroyed villages along the Israel-Lebanese border. We stood there silently sobbing, watching the forbidden land that we consider Palestine as we puffed our cigarettes along with our frustration and helplessness... more.
Talking with village kids (Sandy Chamoun)Number of Jewish lawmakers worldwide reaches record high
November 10, 2006
By Amiram Barkat
Tuesday's U.S. elections brought the number of Jewish parliamentarians worldwide to an all-time high, according to the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians.... more
Israel Threatening Iran?
IOF warplanes flatten 3-story home of PFLP official November 10, 2006
Gaza - Israeli warplanes at dawn Friday fired missiles at the home of Talal Abu Safiyya, one of the PFLP leaders, in Jabalia to the north of the Gaza Strip completely destroying it and damaging nearby buildings... moreIsrael accused of 'state terrorism'
The Arab league has called for an immediate ceasefire (File)
November 10, 2006
Aljazeera
A Palestinian official has accused Israel of state terrorism after an attack in Gaza that killed 18 civilians, and said Israeli apologies for such incidents were insincere and no longer acceptable.... more
Mix not truth with falsehood, nor conceal the truth while you know the truth!
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Annie's letters
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DesertPeace
Sunday, November 12, 2006"No One Is So Blind As He Who Refuses To See"
ALLAH HU AKHBAR!
'Beit Hanoun:River of Innocent Palestinian Blood' by Benjamin HeineUNBELIEVABLE..UNBELIEVABLE..UNBELIEVABLE!! BUT TRUE!!!
Where my brothers and sisters get the strength to continue the struggle is beyond me... There has to be a God... and HE IS GREAT!
Sabbah just sent me this video he prepared. MORE EVIDENCE FOR THE JURY!!! The scenes are very disturbing so watch with caution..
It can be viewed by clicking HERE.
EVIDENCE FOR THE JURY
No International Court can find the Israeli government innocent. Below is actual footage of innocent women and teenagers being shot down in cold blood by their 'soldiers'...
Their crimes??
THEY ARE PALESTINIANS.
A PEOPLE WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
A PEOPLE LIVING UNDER OCCUPATION.
A PEOPLE DEMANDING A STATE OF THEIR OWN.
WHO IS TO BE FOUND GUILTY?
Thanks to Umkahlil for posting this originally.
There Was No Warning
Watch the video without the obscene spin of ignorant journalists. First the Jewish supremacists of the IOF called them whores, then they started shooting. There was no warning. Their men weren't "holed up" as western media derisively natters. They were seeking shelter in a mosque, trying to avoid the facist state's mass arrest of men and boys between the ages of 15-35. A short clip follows showing Jewish supremacist snipers shooting unarmed Palestinian boys.
WHO'S A /// WHAT'S A JEW?
THE PRIDE OF JERUSALEM
HANIYEH PREPARED TO CALL THE WEST'S BLUFF
PM Haniyeh: If we have to choose between lifting the siege and me, I will step down as prime minister.. moreFIRST THEY CAME FOR THE ARABS~~ THEN THEY CAME FOR THE GAYS
History is again repeating itself... in an ugly way.They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Catholics,
and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time no one was left to speak up.
The above is a well known poem written by Pastor Martin Niemöller.
The same ideologies live on today, with a Star of David replacing the swastika... the same mentalities, the same evil... more
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karmalised
November 10, 2006Nightmare in Beit Hanoun
How Gaza Offends Us AllBy Jennifer Loewenstein
I remained silent
We mustn't look the other way when blood of some becomes worth less than others
Laila M. El-Haddad
Mourning with Palestine after latest Israeli massacre
Rime Allaf, Mosaics, 8 November 2006
We overcame our fear
Jameela al-Shanti, The Electronic Intifada, 9 November 2006
The unarmed women of the Gaza Strip have taken the lead in resisting Israel's latest bloody assaultWomen of Beit Hanoun ... youtube ... more
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peacepalestine
Saturday, November 11, 2006Jeff Blankfort deconstructs Neve Gordon
At the left, Neve Gordon. This young man has been known as a defender of the Palestinian people, and even here I've published some of his interventions. But, it might not come as a surprise to many, that more and more Israeli supporters of Palestinians are getting cold feet and stressing their loyalty to Israel, despite seeing things that show Israel to be constantly falling deeper into the pit of atrocity and cruelty towards Palestinians and violations of the most essential laws of morality and international relations.Jeff Blankfort is known to many in the Pro-Palestinian camp. A tireless campaigner and researcher, incredibly intelligent and with a fierce sense of humour, he knows how to deconstruct dubious prose like it's nobody's business. Here, he tears apart something that Gordon thought was providing a defence for himself. .. from Jeff Blankfort:... more
Gilad Atzmon - Deconstructing David Grossman: If he is the Israeli Left, then who needs the Right?
Pelosi’s support for Israel is heartfelt, supporters say
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Nov11th2006U.S. Veto to Support Israeli Crimes
Take action against Israeli war crimes in Gaza and the Apartheid Wall
Nov10th2006
My wife’s first and last videoblog; Beit Hanoun Massacre!
My wife recorded this for my blog a couple of days ago. Since then, she won’t even look at the news. Guess why?*************************************************
Body on the Line
The more things change...
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Today in Palestine! 13 - Oct - 2006 |
| www.TheHeadlines.Org
Dear Readers,
The daily headlines I am providing you with will be off for about three weeks, as I am due to visit my other homeland Bosnia, also have a few tasks to finish before it. Please don't ignore the daily crimes Israel is committing and keep on accessing www.imemc.org , www.palsolidarity.org/main and www.electronicintifada.net
Yours,
Shadi
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RAFAH TODAY
9 November
A Palestinian woman carrying the body of her child injured by the Israeli occupation forces
A targeted car by the Israeli helicopters
Blood and human flesh is everywhere, we are getting killed
Palesinian children are looking at blood pool of their friends killed by the Isareli tank shells
Palestinian workers trying to help Palestinian man
P alestinian young men gathering around a car that was bombed by Israeli helicopters
The situation here is completely insane. Day after day, Israelis come to our homeland and kill, kill, kill as if Gaza was a shooting gallery in a carnival. All over Gaza are leftovers of the Israeli frenzy to shoot at anything that moves. Legs and arms of innocent Palestinian children laying on streets and remaining rubble from what was once someone’s house. What was once tiny soft pliable fingers from a baby can be found hardened like rocks on Palestinian soil. One can find a piece of a head with the brains oozing out like a melon.
Our children’s blood runs through the streets of Palestine and no one cares, certainly not Israeli and Jews in America or Britain . Why do these children have to die? New born babes in Beit Hanoune were welcomed into this world by Israeli artillery fire. Israeli tanks blew up their homes while they were asleep.... more
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secularavatar
Thursday, November 02, 2006
On the occasion of the 89th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration ************************************************
Cheer Up!! !!طــــوِل بـالَـــك
Sunday, November 05, 2006Beit Hanon Invasion
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Blue Fog
Friday, November 03, 2006************************************************
Bonsoir...
Monday, October 30, 2006
FMR now in Arabic
recalling my post last month on the Forced Migration Review's (FMR) edition on Palestinian refugees, I thought it would be useful to inform you that the Arabic edition of the journal is now ready. You can find it here .
Please do give a visit to FMR's Arabic website http://www.hijra.org.uk.
posted by Jabal at 10/30/2006 05:24:56 AM
Saree Makdisi Archive
Monday, October 23, 2006Lebanon's War with Cluster Bombs
[Originally published in The Los Angeles Times, 21 October 2006] OF ALL THE statistics to emerge from Israel's recent war on Lebanon, the most shocking concerns the number of cluster bombs that Israel dropped on or fired into Lebanon.
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Screamer in the Matrix
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
The Coming Collapse of Zionism
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http://crescentandcross.wordpress.com/2006/10/26/the-men-in-black/
from Palestine Online Store
ALERT: Since Nov. 1st, Israel has murdered 50 Palestinians in Gaza,
and counting... see briefing and resources below.
Briefing from Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights: The Israeli Occupation Forces' (IOF) continued offensive in the Gaza Strip has left 50 Palestinians killed (45 in just North Gaza) in its sixth day. Of the killed, nine are children, two are women and one is elderly. Some 190 have also been injured; including 46 children and 45 women. An IOF air strike hit near a school and a nursery bus children. In addition, IOF have destroyed 64 homes, 11 of which completely, seized 34 others, and demolished five public institutions, two stores and five vehicles. The humanitarian situation in Beit Hanoun has further deteriorated owing to the shortage of foodstuffs, electricity, water and medicine, as well as increasing damage to the town's infrastructure.
For more information about the current genocide in Gaza, please visit the following sites:
Electronic Intifada
Palestine Chronicle
Al Jazeera
Google News
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