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It’s time of the year to take some rest, so I’ll be away from my blog for a month or so. If I get a chance in between I’ll try to post something.
2 Israeli teens assault elderly men playing chess because “they don’t like Russians”
The indictment reveals that the two had arrived at the park where they approached the immigrants. One of them blew smoke in one of the older men’s faces, and proceeded to hit him on his arm with a stick.
One of the immigrants tried [...]
This is a true, amazing and shocking firsthand story that details the ‘welcoming package’ waiting for you at Israeli borders. (Try to imagine how Palestinians are treated at checkpoints!!!)
Stolen days in Israel
This is a long and mostly detailed rendition of what happened to me after my arrival in Tel Aviv. I would like to submit [...]
No new posts here for some time now because been busy in preparing for my annual vacation with my family on one side and on the other side dumped the old Palestine Blogs aggregator platform and switched back to Drupal because the old one was pain-in-the-neck. That was not an easy task and took some [...]
Some good news:
Adalah-NY - UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire Known for Constructing Settlements on Palestinian Lands
Diamond Mogul, Lev Leviev, Facing Increasing Pressure for Human Rights Violations
A senior advisor to UNICEF’s Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. Leviev had previously [...]
Religious and cultural rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem is a new UN 19 pages report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. It provids shocking -but not surprising- information about the situation.
Excerpt:
Nablus, located 65 kilometres from Jerusalem, is the largest Palestinian city in the West Bank. Its population is predominantly Muslim, [...]
Unlike the Rolling Thunder, the Veteran group that descends on Washington, DC every Memorial Day to remind us and the nation, certainly the Congress of the brave men and women who gave up their lives for the love of the country and to remind us and the nation of the millions of American men and [...]
The Detroit News
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign apologized Wednesday after volunteers asked two Muslim women not to stand or sit behind the candidate at a rally in Detroit this week out of concerns about the appearance of traditional Muslim dress in published and broadcast visuals of the events.
The incident is one of a series involving the [...]
George Bisharat
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
On his first day as the presumptive Democratic candidate for president earlier this month, Barack Obama committed a serious foreign policy blunder. Reciting a litany of pro-Israeli positions at the annual meeting of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), he avowed: “Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it [...]
On April 11 Mousa Abu Maria, a dedicated peace with justice activist and co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project, an organization committed to challenging the Occupation using non-violent direct action and promoting Palestinian self-sufficiency, was arrested by Israeli forces. Like nearly 1000 other Palestinians in Administrative Detention, Mousa is being held without charge or [...]
Pay no mind to the Mossad agent on the line.
by Philip Giraldi
After Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1986, the U.S. negotiated an understanding with Israel-a “gentlemen’s agreement” -stipulating that neither nation would thenceforth conduct espionage operations in the other’s territory without consent. But the agreement was a [...]
Here are two stories from two very bright young ladies from Gaza, Occupied Palestine.
The first one is a moving clip taken from an Arabic TV show where she tells her story.
Watching it made me and my family cry, so I decided to translate it and share it with you. (Hat tip: Rasheed)
Code for embedding this [...]
Two eight year old girls have been killed by the IOF in the Gaza Strip in less than a week.
Aya Hamdan Al-Najjar (right) was killed by a rocket fired from an Israeli helicopter.
On June 11, eight year old Hadeel Al-Sumairi was killed when her home in south eastern Gaza was shelled by the Israeli Occupation [...]
“We committed Nazi acts.”
Aharon Zisling, Israel’s first Agriculture Minister
“There is no doubt that many sexual atrocities were committed by the attacking Jews. Many young (Arab) girls were raped and later slaughtered. Old women were also molested.”
General Richard Catling, British Army Assistant Inspector after interrogating several female survivors (The Palestinian Catastrophe, Michael Palumbo, 1987)
As the evil [...]
US adds a new scandal to its endless record of human rights abuse:
US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships
The United States is operating “floating prisons” to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal the numbers and whereabouts of [...]
Last week, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released video clips showing masked Jewish settlers ganging up on and severely beating elderly Palestinian peasants near the town of Yatta, southwest of Hebron. At least three Palestinians were wounded in the unprovoked assault, including a man and his wife, both in their early sixties.
The latest act [...]
On the 16th June, the European Union will be discussing the possible upgrading of relations with Israel. Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayad, already raised Palestinians concern about this issue in his letter to EU. Your support is needed.
Please send this letter (or write your own) to your various representatives and express your concern at this [...]
Warning: Parental Guidance Suggested!
June 13 2008 - A young man from Bilin was shot with live rounds during the weekly Bilin Protest. Ibrahim Burnat who was shot in his right thigh was taken directly to Sheik Zaid Hospital in Ramallah and was described by doctors as being in critical condition. Ibrahim posed no threat to [...]
Guess who?
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the United States of America is The Worlds Worst Prison State:
“In 2004, nearly 7 million people were on probation, in jail or prison, or on parole at yearend 2004 — 3.2% of all U.S. adult residents or 1 in every 31 adults.” - U.S. Department of [...]
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