Gaza

Starving Gaza is not cricket

by Stuart Littlewood July 7, 2011

Starving Gaza is not cricket. Neither is stopping the aid flotilla sailing. Setting sail with the Gaza Flotilla is no Sunday afternoon game of cricket.

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Gazan reality faces political spin as flotilla considers its next moves

by Richard Lightbown July 7, 2011

Richard Lightbown describes the reality of extreme hardship in the Gaza Strip, “denied by world political leaders who know the facts better than anyone”, that has led to the formation of yet another flotilla for Gaza, and chronicles the Israeli, US and European dirty tricks aimed at aborting the humanitarian mission to the Strip.

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Let Us Sail to Gaza

by Stephen Lendman July 7, 2011

Whether or not flotillas reach Gaza, Israel lost the war. The whole world knows what America’s media won’t report, and what growing numbers of Jews condemn. Many, in fact, express disgust about a lawless nation in their name.

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Palestinian people power – could it be a game-changer?

by Alan Hart July 6, 2011

Just imagine it… Several hundred thousand or better still one or two million Palestinians or more marching peacefully to the 1967 borders.

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Passengers on US boat to Gaza call for US Declaration of Independence from Israel

by SR Editor July 6, 2011

Two hundred and thirty-five years after the American colonies declared independence from Britain, the passengers on the US boat to Gaza call for a new American Declaration of Independence, this time from Israel.

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A Greek Tragedy: Seizing the Gaza Flotilla on Israel’s Orders

by Mohamed Khodr July 5, 2011

As America celebrates its July 4th Independence Day, an American citizen languishes in a Greek jail and all U.S. citizens who dare speak and challenge Israel’s hegemony over the United States maybe subject to the ire and wrath of Israel’s lobby, AIPAC, and by extension the U.S. Congress and the White House.

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Israeli Freedom Flotilla II Terrorism

by Stephen Lendman July 5, 2011

Today, its war against humanity dirty tricks/state terrorism arsenal includes propaganda, intimidating lawsuits, pressure on other governments, sabotage, subversion, cold-blodded murder, and whatever else it takes to ruthlessly commit slow-motion genocide against nearly 1.7 million Gazans, besides daily crimes against others in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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Author Alice Walker Joins U.S. Aid Ship to Confront Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza [video]

by Haitham Sabbah June 29, 2011

Speaking about the American boat to Gaza, Walker said, “I am going to Gaza because my government has failed to understand or care about the Gazan people, but worse than that, it is ignorant of our own history in the United States.”

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Alice Walker: Why I’m sailing to Gaza

by SR Editor June 28, 2011

It is justice and respect that I want the world to dust off and put – without delay, and with tenderness – back on the head of the Palestinian child. It will be imperfect justice and respect because the injustice and disrespect have been so severe. But I believe we are right to try.

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“We Are Eager to Get to Gaza”: Democracy Now! Exclusive Report from Greece on U.S. Gaza Aid Flotilla

by Haitham Sabbah June 27, 2011

Aaron Maté from Democracy Now! is in Athens to cover the journey of The Audacity of Hope, named after President Obama’s bestselling book. He and fellow producer, Hany Massoud, are the only journalists with the U.S. delegation. They file this exclusive report.

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Netanyahu Owns the US Congress; Soon We Will Know if He Also Owns Gaza and the UN

by James M. Wall June 27, 2011

We need look no further than the politics of the state of Israel to see what extremist religion can do with power. The Tea Party in the US, which will determine the winner of the presidential Republican nominating process, is ready to show the world that God wants a final say in US political decision-making.

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Breaching Gaza’s Siege

by Stephen Lendman June 27, 2011

Israel is a rogue terror state. Activists know the risks. They’re coming anyway and will keep coming, no matter what Israel plans.
In America’s Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson endorsed citizen action against destructive government policies. Flotilla participants are acting in the best tradition of his message, challenging Israeli repression for justice.

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Of course the Flotilla is a political provocation

by SR Editor June 26, 2011

The Freedom Flotilla is indeed “a political provocation.” Why shouldn’t it be? And when has it pretended to be anything else?
The Flotilla targets the denial of Palestinian self-determination, not a humanitarian crisis. It aims to break the siege, not only because the siege causes hardship for Palestinians, but also because it obstructs their inherent rights to determine their collective destiny, and that of their historic homeland. The goal is not a reliable flow of international charity, or even a functional economy, but rather Palestinians’ sovereignty over their own coasts and territory.

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Message to Congress: Take a Slow Boat to Gaza [Satire]

by Mantiq al-Tayr June 26, 2011

The “Department of State” strongly urges that U.S. citizens refrain from all travel to the Gaza Strip, an area living under such breathtakingly awful conditions thanks to Israel that even Hitler would have objected. But we digress. We also recommend that all US citizens refrain from traveling to Israel ever again and that they actively participate in the boycott campaign against Israel known as the BDS.

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2 [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah June 19, 2011

There have been thousands of words written about this next flotilla, thousands of people who are joining us as supporters, hundreds of thousands of dollars raised to buy and outfit the boats… and millions of dollars spent by Israel and its lackies to stop us.

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