Tag: Gaza

  • IMC-Chicago: Hundreds Gather to Stand with Gaza and Protest Israeli War Machine

    For the original article with many pictures, click here: http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81163/index.php http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81168/index.php Hundreds of protesters rallied tonight in front of the Lakeshore Theatre on north Broadway to picket a benefit for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force. The Chicago protest was initiated by ISM-Chicago and endorsed by the Palestine Solidarity Group, the West Suburban Faith-based…

  • AIC: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank

    Written by Ilan Pappé Wednesday, 30 January 2008 “There is no other way of stopping Israel than that of boycott, divestments and sanctions. The only soft point of this killing machine is its oxygen lines to ‘western’ civilization and public opinion.” Original article can be read here: http://www.alternativenews.org/news/english/genocide-in-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-in-the-west-bank-20080130.html Not long ago, I claimed that Israel…

  • Israel’s “Relief”:

    Fuel Cuts of Up to 81% New Electricity Cuts Beginning February 7 Monday, January 28, 2008: After more than a week of near-total ban on fuel supplies, Israel said yesterday that it would resume permitting Gaza residents to purchase fuel – but would limit the amount they could buy by as much as 81% and…

  • A written letter

    Letter From Anna Baltzer (young Jewish American woman and author of book “Witness in Palestine”): (excerpts from a sermon delivered in Minneapolis last Sunday, combined with some recent events) This week, our country celebrated Martin Luther King Day and the official end to segregation and racial discrimination in this country. As we celebrate certain historic…

  • At the gates of Gaza

    Nurit Peled-Elhanan 26 January 2008 These words are dedicated to the heroes of Gaza who have proven once again that no fortified wall can imprison the free spirit of humanity and no form of violence can subdue life. The appeal to go today to the gates of Gaza at the height of the pogrom being…