Alice Walker

Is Israel guilty of the crime of apartheid?

by Richard Falk December 6, 2011

The recent finding of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) that the state of Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid in relation to the Palestine people should be taken with the utmost seriousness by all those who affirm human solidarity and care about making visible the long ordeal of a suffering and vulnerable people. The finding is conspicuously ignored by Israel and the United States, as well as by most media and by the United Nations.

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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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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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