By Paul J. Balles | Redress 20 February 2012 Paul J. Balles retells the story of Palestine, reminding us in brief and simple terms of the the basic, undeniable facts of the world’s worst, most obdurate and premeditated injustice. I have a story to tell. This story has been told before. It can be found […]
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Gaza: Isolated Under Siege: Israel’s committing slow-motion genocide against Gazans ~ by Stephen Lendman
Related: Deprivation of Basic Needs Cost Lives! Healthcare | Electricity | Water | Communication by Stephen Lendman | Febr 9, 2012 | OpEd News Under repressive occupation, Military Orders govern virtually all aspects of life. Freedom is entirely restricted. Police state authority runs Palestine. Although Oslo called Palestine one territorial unit, Israel maintains total control […]
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Palestinians need high calibre leaders – urgently ~ by Stuart Littlewood
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. By Stuart Littlewood | 2 February 2012 | Redress Stuart Littlewood singles out Palestinian “President” Mahmoud Abbas’s recent visit to Britain as another example of his administration’s public relations incompetence and argues: “If Palestinians are to retain worldwide sympathy and support, build additional strength and […]
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Why Israel/Palestine needs a new definition of self-determination ~ by Ben White
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Posted by Ben White – 20 November 2011 11:40 | New Statesman The separation and “ethnic purity” currently seen in Israel disturbs even the honest among its advocates. A Palestinian woman walks with her grandson in the Arab part of Jerusalem. Photograph:Getty Images Condoleeza Rice’s […]
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UN slams Israel attacks on Palestinians
A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures PressTV | Wed Oct 12, 2011 6:33AM GMT Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) has called on the Israeli regime to halt its attacks on Palestinian civilians […]
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The wretched scandal of Gaza
A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Despite the Palestinians’ appeal to the UN for statehood, Gaza remains in a state of siege, lacking basic food and sanitation. Mary Riddell reports from ‘a stricken land’. A girl sleeps in front of her house, destroyed by an earlier Israeli offensive: […]
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Gaza orphans: on the line of fire
by SR Editor on October 8, 2011 | Sabbah Report Gaza: Khan Yunis revisited |By Julie Webb-Pullman When Kia Ora Gaza was in Gaza almost a year ago, some of the team visited poor families and orphans in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Yunis. At that time I reported on the dire situation faced by families […]
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Palmer Panel Needs Little Common Sense
The report condemned flotilla organizers. (Via PressTV) By Richard Lightbown The report of the UN Panel of Inquiry on the Gaza Flotilla Incident which was finally released on 2 September is an example of how dangerous thing ‘a little learning’ can be. Put into an ivory tower in New York far away from the scene […]
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Gazans Celebrate Eid With Sorrow
By Saleh Jadallah | Bernama | Aug 31, 2011 GAZA STRIP, Aug 31 (Bernama) — As Muslims worldwide joyfully celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip regard it as a reminder of sorrow despite their adamant steadfastness. Mohammed Bashala would usually buy clothes and sweets for his children before the Eid, but since 2007, […]
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Haneyya calls on Turkey to provide needs of Gaza’s hospitals
Urgent| New Videos from Gaza’s As Shifa Hospital Dr Ayman Al-Sahbani re medical supplies – video New weapons being used – what are they? Medics explains the injuries – video Critical Care Unit Al Shifa Hospital dealing with horrific new injuries – video Fadi Hamada and Dr Ayman Al-Sahbani call for international help – video […]
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Palestine needs a political solution, not aid ~ by @benabyad
The funds recieved by the Palestinian Authorities have cast a shadow over the liberation that people are demanding. Ben White | 16 Aug 2011 13:50 | Opinion – Al Jazeera Activists can often emphasise aid to Palestinians over fighting for their political freedom [GALLO/GETTY] Part of the Israeli government’s response to critics of its Gaza policy is […]
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US Needs a Declaration of Independence – from Israel
July 4, 2011 Palestine Chronicle Passengers issued their call from the decks of US-flagged boat. By Henry Norr – Athens, Greece 235 years after the American colonies declared independence from Britain, the passenegers on the U.S. Boat to Gaza call for a new American Declaration of Independence, this time from Israel. The passengers issued […]
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Israel deliberately depriving Gaza
Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:43AM The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees says Israel is ‘deliberately’ forcing poverty onto the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip through its strict siege of the enclave. On Tuesday, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Gaza was beset with a 45.2 percent unemployment rate […]
Continue reading7,000 Palestinian Prisoners Hold One-Day Hunger Strike To Protest Conditions
Tuesday April 12, 2011 11:59 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News According to the Palestinian Minister of Detainees, a one-day hunger strike was held on Monday to protest the conditions where Palestinian prisoners are being held by Israeli authorities, including medical negligence, prevention of family visits, poor food quality, and the continual imposition of fines […]
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