More than 3,000 Palestinian refugees are currently cut off fromthe rest of the world in dire conditions without access toadequate humanitarian assistance.In March 2008, Amnesty International delegates met withPalestinian refugees stranded in al-Tanf camp in no-man’s land between the borders of Iraq and Syria.Al-Tanf camp, a narrow strip of land wedged between a concrete wall and the main transit road...
Wednesday, April 30
it is like a bathroom but without water !!
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From: Raja Chemayel Of course !! you might say , the USA does not lie and Israel has no reasons to attack Syria. But it happened that Israel and the USA have discovered a Nuclear Plant in Syria. (375 km...
Dr. Al-Arian Moved to General Population of Jail
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Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and PeaceDr. Al-Arian Moved to General Population of JailVIRGINIA-- Yesterday evening Dr. Sami Al-Arian was moved from the segregation unit of the Hampton Roads Regional Jail to the generalpopulation, where he is entitled to the same rights as the otherinmates....
139th Palestinian patient dies due to Israeli siege on Gaza
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From: Andrew Silvera 139th Palestinian patient dies due to Israeli siege on Gaza Ghassan Banoura, IMEMC Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian patient from Beit Hanoun, located in the northern Gaza Strip, died on Tuesday because she was prevented by the Israeli army from leaving Gaza for medical treatment. Sou'ad Qushita, 54, had cancer and needed life-saving...
We're not celebrating Israel's anniversary (100 prominent British Jews)
In May, Jewish organizations will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel.This is understandable in the context of centuries ofpersecution culminating in the Holocaust. Nevertheless,we are Jews who will not be celebrating. Surely it is nowtime to acknowledge the narrative of the other, the pricepaid by another people for European anti-semitism andHitler's genocidal...
Possible boycott victory in Dubai
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Israeli jeweller has no trade licence to open shop in Dubai By Abbas Al Lawati, Staff ReporterDubai: No trade licence has been granted to open Israeli jewellery store Leviev in Dubai contrary to claims by Leviev and its agent in Dubai, said a top official at the Department of Economic Development."We are aware of these reports and have not granted a trade licence to any business of this...
Tuesday, April 29
Action Alert! URUKNET CUT OFF FROM GOOGLE NEWS AGAIN!
April 28, 2008 Google is at it again! On April 24, 2008 Google has stopped indexing Uruknet.info as a news source. (The latest Uruknet article included in the Google News index isTHE US POWER STRUCTURE Who Really Runs the World (April 24, 2008) We wrote to Google News but we didn't get any reply. We...
Israeli Foreign Ministry Hosted Leading Wikipedia Editor
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Dissident Veteran for Peace April 26, 2008From theJerusalem Post of December 8, 2007: In an acknowledgement of the importance thatthe Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia has inshaping opinion, the Foreign Ministry is bringingone of its leading editors, David Shankbone,to Israel next week.According to a communiqué put out by the ministry,Shankbone has carried out dozens of interviews...
21,915 BLACK BALLOONS OVER JERUSALEM
Download event flyer (English) Download event flyer (Arabic) To celebrate 60 years ofindependence, Israel isplanning a large-scalebirthday bash with eventstaking place in manydifferent countries around theworld. In Jerusalem, a 3-dayconference, under the title“Facing Tomorrow” isplanned from...
Iraq War Morphs Into The Iranian War
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----------> Forwarded From: Andrew Silvera Iraq War Morphs Into The Iranian War by PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS vdare.com — A needless war, a country destroyed, all for bogus intelligence. Why must we repeat our crime in Iran? Why do we persist in our crime in Iraq? As Noam Chomsky has written, the US government thinks that it owns the world. No one else counts. Except Israel. http://vdare.com/roberts/080428_war.htm...
Ban condemns killing of Palestinians in Gaza
New York - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon onMonday condemned the deaths of Palestinians,including a mother and four of her children, by theIsraeli defence forces. 'The secretary general calls upon Israel to exercise maximum careand restraint, and reminds the IDF of its responsibilitiesto protect civilians under international humanitarianlaw during its military operations,' UN spokeswomanMarie...
Detainees in Abbas's prisons carried to hospitals
NABLUS, (PIC)-- Detainees in theNablus prisons of PA chief MahmoudAbbas's security apparatuses werecarried to hospitals for treatmentof severe torture, reliable sourcestold PIC reporter on Tuesday. They said that the detainees wereseverely beaten on sensitive areas intheir bodies including the head,...
The World must Step in
Seven residents of thenorthern Gaza Striptown of Beit Hanounwere killed in Israelishelling. The tankshell directly hit ahome in the AzbatAbed Rabbo quarterof the town, taking thelives of an entire family.Khadra Abu Muteq was killed along with her four children:one year old Musaab Abu Muteq, Hana’ Abu...
The Jimmy Carter Report of his recent trip to the middle east
Trip Report by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan:Rosalynn, Jeff, and I arrived in Israel Sunday, 4/13/08,after a very exciting and successful election monitoringmission in Nepal (see prior trip report). Since Israel had declined to approve a previously planned visit by threeof us Elders (Kofi Annan, Mary Robinson, and me), I expected a...
A Fallen Comrade, Riad Hamad: 1952 – 2008
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From: travelinganna Ten days ago, my friend Riad, founder and director of the Palestine Children's Welfare Fund and a middle school teacher, was found dead in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, TX. Riad had been under investigation by the FBI for sending food, medicine, and...
How to advocate for a free Palestine In America
Advocating to Elected OfficialsEstablishing relationships with your elected officials is the most effective way to communicate the depth of support for a free Palestine among their own constituents. As developments in the region pose new challenges, Members of Congress should hear how these developments are viewed by their own pro-Palestine constituents. Lobby Members at Home. There is no substitute...