Open Letter to the Beatles
Forty-three years ago, the government of Israel banned your performance in the country for fear you would corrupt the minds of Israeli youth. Now, Israel is extending an apology and an invitation to you, hoping you will forget the past and agree to help celebrate its 60th “birthday.” The Palestinian Campaign [...]
Here is a new video clip I’ve created.
Music track by: Checkpoint 303 (http://checkpoint303.free.fr/)
Help ending the siege on Gaza… copy the code and spread the video:
You can also find the code here:
http://www.jumpcut.com/view?id=BF7E3B4EA35211DC86D4000423CF381C
Punk rebel with a classical cause
Via: Haaretz
“…And today, I was really shocked when I saw the wall here. It’s a new type of apartheid, barbaric behavior. How can you impose collective punishment and divide people from one another? We are all residents of the same planet. I would think that the world learned something from [...]
Please circulate and forward widely
The following letter is addressed to the Rolling Stones who are planning a concert in Israel. At this point we are soliciting endorsements from artists, cultural figures, intellectuals and cultural organizations, and others who wish to lend their support.
Please send endorsements to info@boycottisrael.ps , with your name/name of organization, city [...]
[Via: STOP THE WAR COALITION] Thousands of protestors on yesterday’s magnificent TROOPS OUT / NO TRIDENT demonstration used their mobile phones to buy the Tony Blair spoof record WAR - WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? (See Tony Blair singing the song: http://www.uglyrumours.com) The record is selling fast and all indications [...]
“Anthem for Someone’s Child” (written and recorded in memory of all the children killed in the Middle-East conflicts and forming the centrepiece of the http://www.forsomeoneschild.com/ website) has received the “Best Songwriter” award (France) in the national category in the 2006 Music Aid International Music Awards Contest.
The song brought tears to my eyes and I [...]
Seeing as how the mainstream mass media at the moment is not able or willing to push a project that makes Zionism look ridiculous… I’m happy to present Gilad’s latest work.
Artie Fishel And The Promised Band: It is almost impossible to separate Gilad Atzmon’s music from his humanist stand. His is a music born [...]
Time for some music?
Checkpoint 303 has recorded a new track inspired by the ongoing injustice in Lebanon. A modest contribution to the efforts to raise international awareness about the suffering of the civilian populations in the region and the devastating effect of this illegal war.
The mp3 of the new track entitled “Needle stuck on Lebanon” can be downloaded [...]
EXCLUSIVE-US tax breaks help Jewish settlers in West Bank
Source: Reuters By Adam Entous The United States says Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank threaten any peace between Israel and the Palestinians -- yet it also encourages Americans to help support settlers by offering tax breaks on donations. As Condoleezza Rice flew in on Monday for another round of peace talks, ... Despite truce, still no sign of school supplies in Gaza
Under its truce with Hamas, Israel has permitted shipments of frozen meat, soft drinks, cookies, jam, shampoo, clothing and other items. However, the amounts are insufficient for the entire population. In September 2007 - three months after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, and after the main cargo crossing, Karni, had ... A Monopoly of Incompetence, Corruption, Failure and Thuggery
Years of silence by Palestinian "Sheiks" and intellectuals led us to where we are now. Arafat ruled the PLO and Fatah with iron fist, using bribery, intimidation even physical liquidation to silence every one. There was never a call for accountability of decisions, failures even financial corruptions. Time for a ... We are running out of time for a two-state solution
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of "The People's Choice," a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told ... Woman beat, threatened by 'modesty squad'
Jerusalem woman who left ultra-Orthodox life after her divorce gagged, beaten by group of self-proclaimed 'chastity guards'
Aviad Glickman
A 31-year-old Jerusalem woman was cruelly beaten and threatened with death by members of the 'modesty squad' who took it upon themselves to interrogate her about her relationships ...
