Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance
Bassam Aramin - An open letter to Ehud Barak
Translated by Mimi Asnes
Honorable General Ehud Barak, you don’t know me personally. I am a seeker of peace, and I struggle with all my strength and ability for the realization of a just peace that will bring calm and prosperity to Palestinians and Israelis together. I have suffered personally from your criminal occupation and I [...]
Haitham's Choice
Salam Fayad: Re:Potential upgrade of EU-Israel relations»
The European Union is considering upgrading its relationship with Israel, including in the political and economic spheres, and the European Council will take a decision on these matter in its June 16th meeting.
Salam Fayad wrote the EU a letter of protest which is worth noting:
Palestinian National Authority
Prime Minister’s Office
27 May 2008
Re: Potential upgrade of EU-Israel [...]
Mary's Choice
How I’ve come to know Gilad Shalit - by Simon Black»
Media humanize Israeli soldier, but what of Palestinians, asks Simon Black
I know Gilad Shalit. Not personally, but I could tell you what he looks like, his age, where he went to school, his hometown, his father’s name, what his father looks like, and how he weeps for his son.
I know that this is not the [...]
Gilad's Choice
Top-ranking IDF Sadists - By Gilad Atzmon»
We learn from the Israeli press that a criminal investigation has been launched against the soldier caught on tape firing towards a bound Palestinian. However, there is a detail the Israeli press in English is reluctant to share with us. The shooting soldier was not just an ordinary low-ranking infantry recruit, he was a First [...]
Features
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Cartoon of the day
Al-Gumhuriyya, March 3, 2008 (Egypt)
The caption above reads: “The International Legitimacy.” On the paper, in Arabic: “Gaza’s Holocaust.”
Hasbara Deconstruction Site
American Jews on Jerusalem: We’ll Probably Never Go There, But Palestinians Can’t Share It!»
I’ve gotten a few “calls” for me to join the J Street lobby, and it is a mystery to me why anyone might think I would even want to (see their About page which I print below the article with my comments in red). I took a look and went straight to see their “settler [...]
Action Alert
Palestinian United Call for BDS against Israel»
Click here for language versions: Arabic, Spanish, Italian, French, Hebrew, German
See list of endorsements as of 9 July 2008
See list of individuals
See list of organisations
SIGN!!!
One year after the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which found Israel’s Wall built on occupied Palestinian territory to be illegal; Israel continues its construction of [...]
Nakba and Right of Return
At last a UK PM urging ‘justice’ for the Palestinians»
Palestinians have lost hope a long time ago with the many governmental and state personalities making their routine visits to Palestine, making their rounds as if they came for tourism, turning the blind eye on the misery of the Palestinians and their plight.
The Palestinians were feeling disappointed with the previous British PM Tony Blair when [...]
Grassroots Activism
Medical supplies on the way to Gaza! Please help if you can!!»
WRITTEN BY DAVID HALPIN
Bon Voyage to Khalil Al Niss and Linda Willis
This couple have decided to take precious medical supplies by road to the prison which is Gaza. They set off on Thursday 10th of July
See http://www.scottishpsc.org.uk/content/view/2547/458/
They are doing this under their own steam but donations towards their expenses have been [...]
Human Rights
While Nablus is raided: Gordon Brown, another false prophet praises Israel»
As British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was having an audience with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem, the Israeli occupation army was raping anew the Palestinian town of Nablus, rounding up and humiliating innocent people, violating homes and vandalizing businesses.
On Sunday and early Monday, the so-called Israeli Defense Forces raided [...]
Middle East Issues
HYPOCRITES! In defense of the Sahrawi people»
WRITTEN BY LUIS PORTILLO
To those who, for so long, have silenced the legitimate claims of the Sahrawi people and their deep cries of anguish and pain.
To those who have systematically kept silent about the atrocities committed by the Moroccan Makhzen civil, military and religious hierarchy against the Sahrawi people.
To those who looked away or silenced [...]
Internet and Communication
Is it the same for all of us?»
WRITTEN BY IBRAHIM TURNER
Do we carry our prejudices with us wherever we go?
When I see Gaza being bombed or the settlers beating up old Palestinian women on their own land, I feel outraged.
When I see Israelis lamenting about the homemade rockets hitting their houses and a child loses a leg, [...]
