"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans,
and the homeless, whether the mad destruction
is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the
holy name of liberty and democracy?"
Mahatma Gandhi
ACTION 1: It is really good to be in Washington state
on the first leg of the Wheels of Justice Bus tour this
year. The current team (Abbie, Harris, Mike, Bill and I)
got everything in shape and the bus running for tonight's
presentation at Evergreen College (Olympia). This will be
the sixth year of bringing eyewitness accounts to
US-funded occupations in Iraq and Palestine to the
average US citizen. So far we have a good schedule
but we like to be busier and you can help. If you live
in the US or know people in these areas, you can help
(no prior skills needed). Here are some ideas for you
to contact/explore. We do middle, high school and
college classes (we have done over 1500 of these).
We can do school assemblies, university and church
open events (we have done hundreds of these).
We can do mosques and other houses of worship.
We can do large events at community centers.
We can participate in rallies and conferences, do
book signings, and much much more.
This is a unique opportunity to help host and/or
aid a well organized program (you do not need to
worry about speakers, material, resources etc)
bringing eyewitness accounts to occupations in
Iraq and Palestine. We can guide you and assist
you in what is needed locally (booking events,
publicity, finding a host home for us to sleep at).
We also need a bus manager and more speakers
for later in the Spring.
Please check out our website http://justicewheels.org
(including a video) and look at the schedule below and
see where you can fit in or ask us (there is flexibility to
move around to nearby states and counties :-).
Email Abbie at abigail.coburn@gmail.com AND
copy me at qumsi001@hotmail.com
Schedule So far
Olympia, WA Feb 25 - 27
Tacoma Feb 26 or 27
Portland, OR and Vancouver, WA Feb 28 - March 2
Eugene March 3-6
Spokane March 7-10 (It's a really long drive)
Possible Sun Valley or Idaho Falls from March 11-12 or 14-15
Boise March 16 - 19
Jackson, Wyoming March 20-23
Salt Lake City, Utah March 24 - 28
Riverton/Dubois, Wyoming March 28 - 30
Cheyenne, Wyoming March 30 – April 2
Colorado Springs, April
ACTION 2: Protest plant to fire Palestinian professor
http://www.thestruggle.org/uniform.htm
In other news:
Video: A glimpse of life under occupation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXqakP9Gbag
"Where are you from?" Rima Merriman writing from
Jenin, occupied West Bank
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9294.shtml
Talking to a Wall: Palestine in the Mind of America
http://www.counterpunch.org:80/christison02142008.html
Three pieces on Barack Obama (this should remind
us of the need for actions and political involvement
by all. BTW, Ralph Nader just threw his hat in the
ring explaining that Obama supports Israel oppression
of the Palestinians, expanded wars in Afghanistan
and elswhere, and more).
- Obamaphobia in Israeli Press
http://www.israelenews.com/view.asp?ID=1197
- Holding Barak Obama Accountable
http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=529&Itemid=34
- Barack Obama and Israel http://www.americanthinker.com/
2008/01/barack_obama_and_israel.html
Israeli 'Blood Diamond' Magnate Lending
Sparkle to Oscars. AlterNet.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/77569/
Study: Palestinian suicide bombers 'not mentally
unstable' By Rhonda Spivak
TORONTO - In an extensive study of Palestinian
suicide bombings, three University of Toronto
researchers have concluded that the bombers
were not psychologically unstable and were
often motivated by personal vengeance,
not religious zeal.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/957356.html
Michael Neumann for the two state and Kathleen
Christison for the one state solution as published
in the print (not web) editions of CounterPunch
magazine. A more detailed expose of the arguments
for a one state solution are found in books like mine
on Sharing the Land of Canaan (2004) and more
recently books by Virginia Tilley, Ali Abunmiah,
Ilan Pappe, and others.
http://www.qumsiyeh.org/christisonvsneumann/
(Must read) Disengagement and the
Frontiers of Zionism by Darryl Li
http://www.merip.org/mero/mero021608.html
Gaza's Christian Community—
Serenity, Solidarity and Soulfulness
http://www.wrmea.com/archives/
Jan_Feb_2008/0801016.html
NY Times Letter:
Coverage of the Mideast Conflict
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/
opinion/lweb24mideast.html
To the Editor:
In "Speech on the Mideast Brings Opinions
to a Boil" (Our Towns column, Feb. 17),
about my presentation at the Greenwich Library
on the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians,
Peter Applebome scoffs at my belief in a principle
-based code of behavior, suggesting instead that
one simply takes a side on important issues —
a side, he implies, often tied to one's ethnicity.
But he does not mention that I state in my speeches
that many Israelis and Jewish Americans do not take
the side that Mr. Applebome's worldview would decree,
and instead act on the same principles of morality that
compel me.
I wonder if it is Mr. Applebome's "sides"
approach to life that caused him not to mention my
evidence that in the most recent uprising
(beginning on Sept. 29, 2000), Israeli forces killed
86 Palestinian children before a single Israeli child
had been killed and before a single suicide
bombing in Israel.
In our two-year study —
from Sept. 29, 2000, to Sept. 28, 2001,
and in 2004 — of The Times's coverage of Israel
and Palestine, we discovered that the newspaper
had covered Israeli children's deaths at a rate seven
times greater than it reported on
Palestinian children's deaths.
It is time to show equal concern —
and reporting — for all populations.
Alison Weir
Executive Director, If Americans Knew
Albany, Feb. 19, 2008
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Mazin Qumsiyeh
http://qumsiyeh.org
http://justicewheels.org
http://palestineconference.org
http://peace-action.org
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