• The Day: “Women Share Challenges Of Daily Life In The Gaza Strip”

    by Katie Warchut, The Day 8th June 2006 We hear the tanks, said 23-year-old Fida Qishta. At least 20 extended family members were huddled in a room of her house in Gaza. Finally, a neighbor came by to state the obvious: “They’re trying to destroy your house.” We just want one minute to be safe,…

  • Begging For a Response

    Israel’s ongoing air strikes on Gaza are politically motivated by Sam Bahour The Israelis are a stiff necked people. They refuse to accept anything less than full acquiescence by anyone involved in their plans, no matter the cost — human, political, financial, or otherwise. Israel’s non-stop aggression against Palestinians – averaging two Palestinian deaths a…

  • Bloody Friday: 10 killed in Gaza massacre, as shelling, sonic booms continue

    By Leila Al Haddad Just as I’ve made my way back to Maryland USA, getting ready to write a post about how my stint on Democracy Now went this morning, I learned that 10 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli shelling in northern Gaza as they were picnicking on the beach. 3 of them were…

  • Democracy Now: “A Mother Under Occupation”

    Palestinian Journalist Laila El-Haddad on Life in the Occupied Territories From Democracy Now, 9th June 2006. Watch 128k stream or Watch 256k stream We speak with Palestinian journalist and mother, Laila El-Haddad about life in the Occupied Territories. El-Haddad writes for Aljazeera.net and maintains her own blog titled “Raising Youssef: A Diary of a Mother…

  • Support CUPE’s Call to Boycott Israeli Apartheid

    Action Alert from the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) In late May, the 200,000 member strong Ontario chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) approved Resolution 50 supporting a growing global campaign initiated on July 9, 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations, including the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions for boycott, divestment…