2,279 calories per person: How Israel made sure Gaza didn’t starve

Note occpal: Documents revealing media buries documents about near starvation policies – In 2010 Sabbah Report | Oct 18, 2012 Israel was forced to release ‘red lines’ document for food consumption in Gaza following legal battle. A Palestinian boy sitting behind bags of flour donated by aid agencies as part of their food assistance programs, […]

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Israeli journalist’s message frustration, not justification of violence

March 1, 2012 Mohammad Tina, Guest Columnist The Independent Florida Alligator Last week, Zoe Beiner wrote a column advising the public to “ignore” Israeli journalist Amira Hass’ lecture on Feb. 13 in the Bob Graham Center for Public Service. Beiner clearly didn’t get Amira Hass’ message to the world and instead decided to write an […]

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The divergent faces of Israel: fascism, indifference and a little humanism ~ by Lawrence Davidson

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Lawrence Davidson | Redress Information & Analysis | 17 January 2012 Lawrence Davidson takes a snapshot of Israeli society – the fascists who constitute a quarter of the population, the indifferent majority who enable the fascists to “assure the country’s status as […]

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#Flotilla2 | Democracy Now! Special Interview with Amira Hass – video

PNN – Palestine News Network – 22.07.11 – 15:38 After Thwarting Flotilla, Israeli Navy Seizes Lone Gaza-Bound Ship that Eluded Greek Authorities   Earlier this week, three Israeli missile ships and seven commando boats intercepted a French ship attempting to reach the Gaza Strip. The ship, Dignité-Al Karama, was the sole representative of the original […]

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Sailing on a bucket, surrounded by commandos

Haaretz writer returns to Israel after 26 days with Gaza-bound pro-Palestinian activists. By Amira Hass | Haaretz | July 20, 2011 Three missile ships and seven commando boats were sent to take over the tub known as the Dignite Al Karame yesterday, about 50 nautical miles from the shore. At least 150 soldiers were sent […]

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Mute until Age Four, Palestinian Girl Speaks Like a Scholar

31.03.11 – 14:16 Osama Awad – PNN/Exclusive – She’s a little girl in the flower of her youth, but she didn’t say a word until she was four years old. Then one day, Jihan Abu Aliya started speaking unlike any other child her age—in the language of the Qur’an. Child phenom Jihan Abu Aliya (PNN […]

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Family who lost 29 members in Gaza war: We envy the dead

Amira Hass | Ha’aretz | 18 October 2009 Richard Goldstone visited the Gaza City neighborhood of Zaytoun in late June to tour the compound of the extended Samouni family, the subject of coverage here in recent weeks (“‘I fed him like a baby bird,’” September 17; “Death in the Samouni compound,” September 25). Twenty-nine members […]

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