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Video report: Wadi Fuqeen Palestinians battle Israeli wall
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UK to amend its law to safeguard Israeli war crimes suspects
TWO ARTICLES:
ARTICLE 1 - "Britain’s Foreign Office wimps surrender to Israeli thugs."
LOCATION (URL) -
http://www.redress.cc/global/slittlewood20091217
SYNOPSIS - Stuart Littlewood wonders what the British people will think of the
plans by the UK’s Jewish foreign secretary, David Miliband, to change the law
to allow suspected Israeli war criminals to visit Britain without fear of
prosecution.
ARTICLE 2 - “Britain’s Jewish foreign secretary rushes to rescue Israeli
war crimes suspect."
LOCATION (URL) -
http://www.redress.cc/global/gatzmon20091217
SYNOPSIS - Gilad Atzmon views the declared intention of Britain’s Jewish
foreign secretary, David Miliband, to change UK law so that suspected Israeli
war criminals can visit the country without the risk of being arrested.
ARTICLE 1 - "Britain’s Foreign Office wimps surrender to Israeli thugs."
LOCATION (URL) -
http://www.redress.cc/global/
SYNOPSIS - Stuart Littlewood wonders what the British people will think of the
plans by the UK’s Jewish foreign secretary, David Miliband, to change the law
to allow suspected Israeli war criminals to visit Britain without fear of
prosecution.
ARTICLE 2 - “Britain’s Jewish foreign secretary rushes to rescue Israeli
war crimes suspect."
LOCATION (URL) -
http://www.redress.cc/global/
SYNOPSIS - Gilad Atzmon views the declared intention of Britain’s Jewish
foreign secretary, David Miliband, to change UK law so that suspected Israeli
war criminals can visit the country without the risk of being arrested.
In a corrupt world, nothing succeeds like satire!
It’s amazing how much excitement a little wit and some basic computer artistry can generate. My satire of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon as a man of principle and courage took on a life of its own as scores of websites and blogs posted it, debated it, and translated it.
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Nevertheless, modern political hoaxes do exist. Some of the more infamous false claims include:• Saddam Hussein had Weapons of Mass Destruction;
• Muslim hijackers brought down the World Trade Centre;
• Torture saves American lives; and
• Exposing Israeli atrocities is “anti-Semitic.”
• Torture saves American lives; and
• Exposing Israeli atrocities is “anti-Semitic.”
In contrast, the mainstream media is riddled with hoaxes. For example, The New York?Times’ chief hoaxster Judith Miller was largely responsible for making the invasion of Iraq possible by passing off Pentagon propaganda as legitimate reportage. - -
In essence, my satire was designed to expose a hoax—the hoax of Israel being a legitimate member of the United Nations. For all of its frothing denunciations, the Lobby has not made any attempt to refute the evidence.
[Talking of which- -
Does Israel Really Have a Right to Exist?
Following Netanyahu’s much anticipated policy speech, politicians and journalists, like mindless automatons, have set about repeating Israel’s tired mantra that Palestinians should recognize Israel’s right to exist. Never mind the fact that the PLO and Palestine Authority have obliged this ludicrous call, not once, but four times. And never mind that Israel has always denied Palestine’s right to exist, not only as a nation, but as individuals seeking a dignified life in our own homeland.
http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/06/does-israel-really-have-a-right-to-exist/ - -
Following Netanyahu’s much anticipated policy speech, politicians and journalists, like mindless automatons, have set about repeating Israel’s tired mantra that Palestinians should recognize Israel’s right to exist. Never mind the fact that the PLO and Palestine Authority have obliged this ludicrous call, not once, but four times. And never mind that Israel has always denied Palestine’s right to exist, not only as a nation, but as individuals seeking a dignified life in our own homeland.
http://dissidentvoice.org/
The third reaction to the satire concerns the debate it engendered. Numerous blogs carried on prolonged discussions about UN General Assembly resolutions 194 and 273, complete with excerpts. This true, uncensored discussion about the history of zionist treachery and fraud reached thousands, if not millions, of people, if the Lobby’s latest screech owl Dr. Haim Katz is anything to go by.
If I had written this piece as a straight column, it would not have had nearly the same impact. It’s easy, and I suspect commonplace, to judge a story by its source, rather than its message.
We live in irrational times where truth is a commodity defined by the government and propagated by a compliant, corrupt media. Those who dissent from the prescribed verities are marginalized and persecuted, not because they are wrong but because they are right. In such a society, satire is the best source of truth, and the satirist is a dangerous man.
[There's more: http://www.gregfelton.com/media/2009_06_15.htm
Oh & there's a new movie coming out, here's a little promo:
US blocks helicopters for Israel due to civilian casualties in Gaza
Not sure of the validity of this - there doesn't seem to be another source:
US blocks helicopters for Israel due to civilian casualties in Gaza http://tinyurl.com/create.php
http://www.worldtribune.com/
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has blocked Israel's request for advanced U.S.-origin attack helicopters.
If it is true, maybe this is why?
MoD admits use of controversial 'enhanced blast' weapons in Afghanistan
http://tinyurl.com/me4hk7
Richard Norton-Taylor
British pilots in Afghanistan are firing an increasing number of "enhanced blast" thermobaric weapons, designed to kill everyone in buildings they strike, the Ministry of Defence has revealed. Since the start of this year more than 20 of the US-designed missiles, which have what is officially described as a "blast fragmentation warhead", have been fired by pilots of British Apache attack helicopters. A total of 20 were also fired last year after they were bought by the MoD from the Americans last May. The missiles are a variant of the AGM-114N Hellfire missile, described by the Pentagon as "designed to produce higher sustained blast pressure in multi-room structures...
Another exclusive to the:
U.S. blocking Israeli access to U.S. fighter-jets
http://www.worldtribune.com/
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has imposed obstacles on Israeli efforts to procure U.S.-origin fighter-jets.
Obama, Netanyahu, Emmanuel, Who's In Charge Exactly?
Came across a couple of articles within minutes of each other the other day – both interesting enough in themselves but when you put it all together, you can’t help but wonder?
I’m wondering also, if anyone knows if this is true (emboldened)? Apparently, last time around, Bibi:
Netanyahu: Master maneuverer
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/Netanyahu_Master_maneuverer.html
If history can provide any guidance, he will maneuver.
Recall that when Netanyahu was first elected Prime Minister in 1996, he had pledged to end the peace process. Facing pressure from the Clinton Administration to continue negotiations, he countered with conditions of his own, in an effort to distort or abort the process. Clinton persisted, and when invited to participate in negotiations at Wye Plantation, Netanyahu, at first, balked.
At that time, famed Israeli peace activist, Uri Avnery, predicted that in response to this invitation, Netanyahu would do one of three things: not go; go and not sign an agreement; or sign an agreement and then continue to maneuver to find a way not to implement it. He took the latter course. Even after the agreement had been reached, he continued to maneuver, suggesting a new condition be added—the freedom for convicted Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard—a move that reportedly angered the U.S. President and was dismissed.
I just thought it interesting, that the first thing Obama is expected to do, is something very akin to the condition set by & which may have cost Bibi his job last time.
US forced to rehabilitate former spy Uzi Arad http://www.redress.cc/palestine/jcook20090520
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
20 May 2009
Jonathan Cook considers the rise of a former official of Israel’s spy agency Mossad, Uzi Arad, formerly barred from entering the US by the Bush administration after implication in a spying scandal but recently rehabilitated by Obama. Arad is an implacable opponent of Palestinian statehood and believes that Israel should strike “anything and everything of value” in Iran, including its “holiest sites”.
Considering other things Bibi said in '96:
"The United States has given Israel, apart from political and military support, munificent and magnificent assistance in the economic sphere. With America's help, Israel has grown to be a powerful, modern state. I believe that we can now say that Israel has reached childhood's end, that it has matured enough to begin approaching a state of self-reliance. "
"But I believe there can be no greater tribute to America's long-standing economic aid to Israel than for us to be able to say: We are going to achieve economic independence. We are going to do it. In the next four years, we will begin the long-term process of gradually reducing the level of your generous economic assistance to Israel." http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/1990_1999/1996/7/PM%20Netanyahu-%20Speech%20to%20US%20Congress-%20July%2010-%201996
& didn't we just hear Obama say no more blank cheques for Israel? No surprise then to hear:
US: We will pay for Israel missile system
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/world/us_we_will_pay_for_israel_missile_system
I’m wondering also, if anyone knows if this is true (emboldened)? Apparently, last time around, Bibi:
Netanyahu: Master maneuverer
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
If history can provide any guidance, he will maneuver.
Recall that when Netanyahu was first elected Prime Minister in 1996, he had pledged to end the peace process. Facing pressure from the Clinton Administration to continue negotiations, he countered with conditions of his own, in an effort to distort or abort the process. Clinton persisted, and when invited to participate in negotiations at Wye Plantation, Netanyahu, at first, balked.
At that time, famed Israeli peace activist, Uri Avnery, predicted that in response to this invitation, Netanyahu would do one of three things: not go; go and not sign an agreement; or sign an agreement and then continue to maneuver to find a way not to implement it. He took the latter course. Even after the agreement had been reached, he continued to maneuver, suggesting a new condition be added—the freedom for convicted Israeli spy, Jonathan Pollard—a move that reportedly angered the U.S. President and was dismissed.
I just thought it interesting, that the first thing Obama is expected to do, is something very akin to the condition set by & which may have cost Bibi his job last time.
US forced to rehabilitate former spy Uzi Arad http://www.redress.cc/
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
20 May 2009
Jonathan Cook considers the rise of a former official of Israel’s spy agency Mossad, Uzi Arad, formerly barred from entering the US by the Bush administration after implication in a spying scandal but recently rehabilitated by Obama. Arad is an implacable opponent of Palestinian statehood and believes that Israel should strike “anything and everything of value” in Iran, including its “holiest sites”.
Considering other things Bibi said in '96:
"The United States has given Israel, apart from political and military support, munificent and magnificent assistance in the economic sphere. With America's help, Israel has grown to be a powerful, modern state. I believe that we can now say that Israel has reached childhood's end, that it has matured enough to begin approaching a state of self-reliance. "
"But I believe there can be no greater tribute to America's long-standing economic aid to Israel than for us to be able to say: We are going to achieve economic independence. We are going to do it. In the next four years, we will begin the long-term process of gradually reducing the level of your generous economic assistance to Israel." http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/
& didn't we just hear Obama say no more blank cheques for Israel? No surprise then to hear:
US: We will pay for Israel missile system
http://www.morningstaronline.
Thursday 21 May 2009
Washington has reassured Tel Aviv that it will continue to fund a $100m new-generation Israeli missile system despite recent cuts to the US defence budget.
I dunno but going back to the first article, maybe it's Emmanuel?
For his part, Rahm Emmanuel, the President’s Chief of Staff, has also been quite clear. Last month, in comments to Yedioth Ahronoth, Emmanuel said “In the next four years there is going to be a permanent status arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians on the basis of two states for two peoples, and it doesn’t matter to us at all who is prime minister.”
Washington has reassured Tel Aviv that it will continue to fund a $100m new-generation Israeli missile system despite recent cuts to the US defence budget.
I dunno but going back to the first article, maybe it's Emmanuel?
For his part, Rahm Emmanuel, the President’s Chief of Staff, has also been quite clear. Last month, in comments to Yedioth Ahronoth, Emmanuel said “In the next four years there is going to be a permanent status arrangement between Israel and the Palestinians on the basis of two states for two peoples, and it doesn’t matter to us at all who is prime minister.”
Tags: $$$, emmanuel, israel, netanyahu, obama, usforeignpolicy
http://www.palestinianmothers.
OCCUPATION, COLONIALISM, APARTHEID?
These are the conclusions:
Ground-breaking Report on Israel in International Law presented in the House of Commons 
This investigative Report was produced by a team of high-profile international lawyers and academics following 18 months of research looking at Israel’s practices in the occupied Palestinian territories and its implications under international law.Four of the authors of the Report, Prof. Virginia Tilley, Prof. Iain Scobbie, Rina Jabareen and John Reynolds (Al-Haq), all presented their findings to a group of MPs, Lords and Baronesses’. Amongst those in attendance were Lord Hilton, Claire Short MP and Baroness Jenny Tonge.
The report is available to view at the
Human Sciences Research Council website ( http://www.hsrc.ac.za/Event-
For further information about the report, contact Friends of Al-Aqsa. 20 May 2009
OCCUPATION, COLONIALISM, APARTHEID?
F. Implications and Recommendations
International law is inherently biased
towards the protection of State interests. Although
the Palestinian people has some international
status because of its entitlement to selfdetermination,
the remedies available to it on the
international sphere are limited, and principally lie
in recourse to human rights bodies in attempts to
ensure that Palestinian rights are respected. This
relative absence of remedies available to the rightbearer
does not, however, have the consequence
that Israel’s obligations are lessened or
extinguished. The conclusion that Israel has
breached the international legal prohibitions of
apartheid and colonialism in the OPT suggests that
the occupation itself is illegal on these grounds.
The legal consequences of these findings are grave
and entail obligations not merely for Israel but also
for the international community as a whole.
Israel bears the primary responsibility for
remedying the illegal situation it has created. In the
first place, it has the duty to cease its unlawful
activity and dismantle the structures and
institutions of colonialism and apartheid that it has
created. Israel is additionally required by
international law to implement duties of
reparation, compensation and satisfaction in order
to wipe out the consequences of its unlawful acts.
But above all, in common with all States, whether
acting singly or through the agency of intergovernmental
organisations, Israel has the duty to
promote the Palestinian people’s exercise of its
right of self-determination in order that it might
freely determine its political status freely pursue its
own economic policy and social and cultural
development.
The realisation of self-determination and
the prohibition on apartheid are peremptory
norms of international law from which no
derogation is permitted. Both express core values
of international public policy and generate
obligations for the international community as a
whole. These obligations adhere to individual
States and the intergovernmental organisations
through which they act collectively. Breaches of
peremptory norms, which involve a gross or
systematic failure by the responsible State to fulfil
the obligations they impose, generate derivative
obligations for States and intergovernmental
organisations of cooperation and abstention.
States, and intergovernmental
organisations, must cooperate to bring to an end
any and all serious breaches of peremptory norms.
The obligation of cooperation imposed upon
States may be pursued through intergovernmental
organisations, such as the United Nations, should
States decide that this is appropriate, but must also
be pursued outside these organisations by way of
inter-State diplomatic measures. One possible
mechanism is that States may invoke the
international responsibility of Israel to call it to
account for its violations of the peremptory
prohibitions of colonialism and apartheid. All
States have a legal interest in ensuring that no State
breaches these norms, and accordingly all States
have the legal capacity to invoke Israel’s
responsibility. Above all, however, all States and
intergovernmental organisations have the duty to
promote the Palestinian people’s exercise of its
right of self-determination in order that it might
freely determine its political status and economic
policy.
The duty of abstention has two elements:
States must not recognise as lawful situations
created by serious breaches of peremptory norms
nor render aid or assistance in maintaining that
situation. In particular, States must not recognise
Israel’s annexation of East Jerusalem or its attempt
to acquire territory in the West Bank through the
consolidation of settlements, nor may they bolster
the latter’s economic viability. Should any State fail
to fulfil its duty of abstention then it risks
becoming complicit in Israel’s internationally
wrongful acts, and thus independently engaging its
own responsibility, with all the legal consequences
of reparation that this entails.
In short, for States the legal consequences
of Israel’s breach of the peremptory norms
prohibiting colonialism and apartheid are clear.
When faced with a serious breach of an obligation
arising under a peremptory norm, all States have
the duty not to recognise this situation as lawful
and have the duty not to aid or assist the
maintenance of this situation. Further, all States
must co-operate to bring this situation to an end.
If a State fails to fulfil these duties, axiomatically it
commits an internationally wrongful act. If a State
aids or assists another State in maintaining that
unlawful situation, knowing it to be unlawful, then
it becomes complicit in its commission and itself
commits an internationally wrongful act.
States cannot evade these obligations
through the act of combination. They cannot claim
that the proper route for the discharge of these
obligations is combined action through an
intergovernmental organisation and that if it fails
to act then their individual obligations of
cooperation and abstention are extinguished. That
is, States cannot evade their international
obligations by hiding behind the independent
personality of an international organisation of
which they are members.
Moreover, like States, intergovernmental
organisations themselves bear responsibility for
their actions under international law. Obligations
erga omnes
generated by a breach of a peremptorynorm of international law are imposed on the
international community as a whole and are thus
imposed equally on intergovernmental
organisations as well as States. As the International
Court of Justice stated in the
Legal consequences of theconstruction of a wall in occupied Palestinian territory
advisory opinion, the United Nations bears a
special responsibility for the resolution of the
Israel-Palestine conflict.
While both States and intergovernmental
organisations have a degree of discretion in
determining how they may implement their duties
of cooperation and abstention, the authors of this
study agree with Professor Dugard’s suggestion
that the parameters of these duties might best be
delineated by seeking advice from the International
Court of Justice. Accordingly we respectfully
suggest that, in accordance with Article 96 of the
Charter of the United Nations and pursuant to
Article 65 of the Statute of the International Court
of Justice, an advisory opinion be urgently
requested on the following question:
Do the policies and practices of Israel
within the Occupied Palestinian Territories
violate the norms prohibiting apartheid and
colonialism; and, if so, what are the legal
consequences arising from Israel’s policies
and practices, considering the rules and
principles of international law, including the
International Convention on the Elimination
of all forms of Racial Discrimination,
the International Convention on the
Suppression and Punishment of the Crime
of Apartheid, the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial
Countries and Peoples, UN General
Assembly Resolution 1514 (1960), the
Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, and
other relevant Security Council and General Assembly Resolutions
Background and draft table of contents 
(You will be able to download the Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? executive summary and full report shortly. If you would like an advance copy please request it via email: mep@hsrc.ac.za)
(You will be able to download the Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid? executive summary and full report shortly. If you would like an advance copy please request it via email: mep@hsrc.ac.za)Israel: The Killing of Bassem Ibrahim Abu Rahme
by Clayton Swisher and Yisrael Puterman
Clayton Swisher: Laying to rest one of their own, the village of Bil'in mourn the death of Bassem Abu Rahme, killed while protesting against Israel's West Bank separation wall. It divides Bil'in in two, with Palestinians on both sides and Israeli settlers not too far off. The tragic final minutes of Bassem's life are by now well known. Bassem particularly stood out. His friends affectionately called him "the Elephant" because of his imposing frame, but it was not enough to repel the long-distance teargas canister fired at his abdomen from a very close and lethal range. Those who attend weekly demonstrations say Israel has increased the use of force against unarmed activists. And these high-powered teargas canisters are to blame. Mohammed Khatib knows it well. He insisted that the doctors give him the ammunition as evidence of Israel's brutality. . . . In March, the Israeli military fired one against a visiting American activist. It punctured his forehead, and he has yet to regain consciousness. The international community calls on Palestinians to use non-violence to resolve their differences with the occupying power. That's nice advice, but the residents at this funeral in Bil'in understand all too well that it just does not work. When they turn up to protest the separation barrier that divides this community, the Israeli response is clear: you may be killed. 31-year-old Frahan knew Bassem all his life, until the very end. They went to school together, and he was with him all the way to the hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead. He understands the risks that go with non-violent resistance, and he swears the escalation of force by Israel will not deter him.
Farhan Bernat: Soldiers of the occupation army think that by killing demonstrators they can stop these protests. We will not stop until they return our lands.
Clayton Swisher: Israel has yet to tear down its barrier in Bil'in, even though the Israeli Supreme Court deems its route illegal. Just as Israel's apparent unwillingness to adhere to its own law is nothing new, so too the Palestinian resilience, which no ammunition of any size has so far broken.
Yisrael Puterman, "Shaheed Bassem's Funeral"
Yisrael Puterman, "Demonstration in Tel Aviv after the Killing of Bassem"
The text above is a partial transcript of Clayton Swisher's report
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/israel250409.html
Clayton Swisher: Laying to rest one of their own, the village of Bil'in mourn the death of Bassem Abu Rahme, killed while protesting against Israel's West Bank separation wall. It divides Bil'in in two, with Palestinians on both sides and Israeli settlers not too far off. The tragic final minutes of Bassem's life are by now well known. Bassem particularly stood out. His friends affectionately called him "the Elephant" because of his imposing frame, but it was not enough to repel the long-distance teargas canister fired at his abdomen from a very close and lethal range. Those who attend weekly demonstrations say Israel has increased the use of force against unarmed activists. And these high-powered teargas canisters are to blame. Mohammed Khatib knows it well. He insisted that the doctors give him the ammunition as evidence of Israel's brutality. . . . In March, the Israeli military fired one against a visiting American activist. It punctured his forehead, and he has yet to regain consciousness. The international community calls on Palestinians to use non-violence to resolve their differences with the occupying power. That's nice advice, but the residents at this funeral in Bil'in understand all too well that it just does not work. When they turn up to protest the separation barrier that divides this community, the Israeli response is clear: you may be killed. 31-year-old Frahan knew Bassem all his life, until the very end. They went to school together, and he was with him all the way to the hospital where the doctors pronounced him dead. He understands the risks that go with non-violent resistance, and he swears the escalation of force by Israel will not deter him.
Farhan Bernat: Soldiers of the occupation army think that by killing demonstrators they can stop these protests. We will not stop until they return our lands.
Clayton Swisher: Israel has yet to tear down its barrier in Bil'in, even though the Israeli Supreme Court deems its route illegal. Just as Israel's apparent unwillingness to adhere to its own law is nothing new, so too the Palestinian resilience, which no ammunition of any size has so far broken.
Yisrael Puterman, "Shaheed Bassem's Funeral"
Yisrael Puterman, "Demonstration in Tel Aviv after the Killing of Bassem"
The text above is a partial transcript of Clayton Swisher's report
http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/israel250409.html
"Scottish Trade Union Congress Votes for BDS against Israel"
"Scottish Trade Union Congress Votes for BDS against Israel"
On Wednesday, Scotland joined Ireland and South Africa when the Scottish Trade Union Congress, representing every Scottish trade union, voted overwhelmingly to commit to boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. This is the third example of a national trade union federation committing to BDS and is a clear indication that, while Israel can kill Palestinians with impunity and Western support, it has lost the battle for world public opinion. It is now seen to be a state born out of ethnic cleansing and still expanding through the violent dispossession of the Palestinian people.http://mrzine.
2 Little Actions For Palestine
Andrew John Silvera posted an announcement to the cause Palestinian & International Campaign - End the Siege & Lift Blockade of Gaza .
If anyone has a little spare time, could they plz use it by personalising this pre-written letter from Amnesty International (US) to:Ask Secretary Clinton Why the US Continues to Deliver Arms to Israel
Despite strong evidence of the misuse of U.S. weapons against civilians in Gaza, Amnesty International recently revealed that the United States sent a massive new shipment of arms to Israel. The Wehr Elbe, a ship controlled by the U.S. Military Sealift Command, docked and unloaded several thousand tons of arms on March 22 at the Israeli port of Ashdod. Ask State Department officials why the United States would deliver these arms to Israel.
http://tinyurl.com/bj5zzl
& then maybe?
Plz Sign & Share this Petition/Resolution Toward A One State Solution
Please sign the petition and leave your comments/opinions, and encourage all of your friends to do so as well by forwarding this message and link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.
Very Sincerely,
Gordon Sturrock (petition admin and signer)
Least of all, cos:
Gaza Aid Prevented by U.S.
By Pål Hellesnes, Translated By Lars Erik Schou
31st March 2009
The United States (U.S.) Patriot Act is preventing Save The Children Norway from rebuilding schools in Gaza. The organization is in despair.
"We are allowed to distribute emergency rations, such as food and water, but systematic relief efforts and rebuilding is blocked", according to Bjørn Lindgren, Save The Children's regional director for Europe and the Middle East, in a Klassekampen interview. "It is a terrible policy that keeps us from helping children." http://www.uruknet.de/?s1=1&p=
Resolution Calling for a Single State Solution
This is pretty new & could do with some sigs - thanks
Four VeteransForPeace brothers have put together a resolution calling for a single state solution (Warfield/Dresser Resolution for Israel/Palestine Peace) which we are hoping to pass at the next VFP National Conference later this year. If successful, this would be a big political blow to the (Zionist) Empire. But we desperately need your help.
We've already received criticism that the four of us white boys who put this together are "too white" to be speaking on behalf of Palestinians. We have also been told that since the Palestinians "are not demanding a single state solution themselves" that we should just leave matters alone. We don't believe either of these. But it will be up to our Arab, Muslim and Palestinian brothers and sisters to prove it that we are right. Without your support, this effort will likely collapse. With your support, the membership of VeteransForPeace may very well be convinced to pass this resolution.
Please sign the petition and leave your comments/opinions, and encourage all of your friends to do so as well by forwarding this message and link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Warfield-DresserResolution
Very Sincerely,
Gordon Sturrock (petition admin and signer)
For your convenience, here is the full text of the resolution, link to sign it is above:
March 29, 2009
Warfield/Dresser Resolution for Israel/Palestinian Peace
Since 1907 the peoples of the world have created a body of international law to prevent the armed violence of war. These are enshrined in key international covenants such as the United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which have established by consensus the laws of mankind. To maintain its integrity of purpose and secure its objective of world peace, VFP must demand adherence by all nations to these international laws and their enforcement by the international community, in particular by the United States which we represent as citizens, and by any nation supported by the United States.
Israel has remained in continuous defiance of these laws throughout its 61 years of existence. The 1948 Palestinian refugees' right of return, a fundamental right declared in Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and confirmed for these refugees in UN Resolution 194 has never been honored despite Israel's pledge to do so as a condition of its 1949 admission to the United Nations. The illegality of land acquisition through force was again disregarded by Israel in 1967, followed by relentless transfer of the Israeli population into occupied Palestinian land in violation of the 4th Geneva Convention, which also requires an occupying power to protect, not displace and abuse, a population under occupation.. Forty-two years of repressive military occupation have continuously violated the Palestinians’ right of self-determination as declared for all people in Chapter 1, Article I, Paragraph 2 of the United Nations Charter to which Israel is a signatory, Articles 13 and 15 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first article in both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1976, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1514 of 1960. The long series of Israeli violations has resulted in passage of some 100 UN resolutions of censure and condemnation as well as 42 Security Council resolutions against Israel vetoed by the US, with the US on each occasion casting the only vote in support of Israel. Israel far surpasses the record of international illegality of any other nation. Under this same body of international law, explicit in Chapter 7, Article 51 of the United Nations Charter affirming the “inherent right of individual and collective self-defense,” Palestinians have the right to defensively employ armed force against Israel's invasion and occupation which is itself illegal under the United Nations Charter, Chapter 1, Article 2, Paragraphs 3 and 4. Palestinian resistance violates international law only when civilians are targeted, which is difficult to avoid when they lack air defenses against Israeli military aircraft and an air force or precision artillery to target IDF installations.
This is not a matter of civil disputes to be litigated or negotiated, which has been used as a dilatory tactic for decades while Israel has continued to gobble up Palestinian land. This is a matter of criminal violations to be enforced. It is time for Veterans For Peace to take a clear, unequivocal stand in support of all international laws enacted to ensure peace.
Therefore, be it resolved that Veterans For Peace shall call for:
1) a "one-state solution" in all of historic Palestine where Jews and other religions (including the non-religious) have equal rights, as opposed to the current "two-state" proposal, which would preserve the present apartheid system within Israel and permit Israel to evict indigenous citizens from their own lands, keeping all the best olive groves and orchards, beachfront properties, and other desirable real estate and turning their non-Jewish citizens into more refugees without legal rights, even the right to life should they resist.
2) a national boycott of all Israeli products as well as products of companies such as Caterpillar and Motorola that provide equipment for the occupation, including active support of existing boycott programs (e.g. www.BDSmovement..net)
3) a divestment campaign to impose economic sanctions upon Israel (as was done with South Africa) to coerce it to amend its ways. (Note: economic coercion against the rich and powerful is not the same as coercion by the rich and powerful against the poor and weak, as inflicted by Israel upon the helpless population of Gaza.) Again, see www.BDSmovement.net.
4) an immediate end to all military assistance by the U.S. f or Israel.
5) implementation of the right of return for all UN-registered Palestinian refugees per UN Resolution 194 in 1948, to which Israel agreed as a condition of its 1949 admission to the United Nations, with establishment of a commission to adjudicate property disputes, to be fully funded with freed-up military assistance dollars.
6) cessation of all US diplomatic protection of Israel from the judgments and sanctions of international legislative and judicial bodies.
7) suspension of all foreign aid to Israel contingent upon Israel's full compliance with international law and UN resolutions.
8) reimbursement by Israel to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the full costs of its 60 years of care for the Palestinian refugees it has illegally prevented from returning.
Signed,
Winston Warfield
VfP, Chapter 9, Boston (Smedley Butler Brigade), past president
U.S. Army (RA18951984)
Hq. Co., 1st Brigade, 5th Inf. Div. (Mech.)
I Corps, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, 1968-1969
Jack Dresser, Ph.D.
Former Chief Psychologist, Madigan General Hospital, US Army
Veterans for Peace
Co-founder, the Al-Nakba Awareness Project
Gordon Sturrock
Founder Squadron13.com, co-founder VeteransAgainstTorture.com
member VeteransForPeace & VVAW
Bill Perry
VFP, DAV, VVAW, VFW, VVA
Delaware Valley Veterans For America, co-founder VeteransAgainstTorture.com
Squadron13 Aviation Museum
& Flights of Thought on War and Politics - http://www.squadron13.com
founder- Veterans Against Torture
http://www.VeteransAgainstTorture.com
Four VeteransForPeace brothers have put together a resolution calling for a single state solution (Warfield/Dresser Resolution for Israel/Palestine Peace) which we are hoping to pass at the next VFP National Conference later this year. If successful, this would be a big political blow to the (Zionist) Empire. But we desperately need your help.
We've already received criticism that the four of us white boys who put this together are "too white" to be speaking on behalf of Palestinians. We have also been told that since the Palestinians "are not demanding a single state solution themselves" that we should just leave matters alone. We don't believe either of these. But it will be up to our Arab, Muslim and Palestinian brothers and sisters to prove it that we are right. Without your support, this effort will likely collapse. With your support, the membership of VeteransForPeace may very well be convinced to pass this resolution.
Please sign the petition and leave your comments/opinions, and encourage all of your friends to do so as well by forwarding this message and link:
http://www.thepetitionsite.
Very Sincerely,
Gordon Sturrock (petition admin and signer)
For your convenience, here is the full text of the resolution, link to sign it is above:
March 29, 2009
Warfield/Dresser Resolution for Israel/Palestinian Peace
Since 1907 the peoples of the world have created a body of international law to prevent the armed violence of war. These are enshrined in key international covenants such as the United Nations Charter, the Nuremberg Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which have established by consensus the laws of mankind. To maintain its integrity of purpose and secure its objective of world peace, VFP must demand adherence by all nations to these international laws and their enforcement by the international community, in particular by the United States which we represent as citizens, and by any nation supported by the United States.
Israel has remained in continuous defiance of these laws throughout its 61 years of existence. The 1948 Palestinian refugees' right of return, a fundamental right declared in Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and confirmed for these refugees in UN Resolution 194 has never been honored despite Israel's pledge to do so as a condition of its 1949 admission to the United Nations. The illegality of land acquisition through force was again disregarded by Israel in 1967, followed by relentless transfer of the Israeli population into occupied Palestinian land in violation of the 4th Geneva Convention, which also requires an occupying power to protect, not displace and abuse, a population under occupation.. Forty-two years of repressive military occupation have continuously violated the Palestinians’ right of self-determination as declared for all people in Chapter 1, Article I, Paragraph 2 of the United Nations Charter to which Israel is a signatory, Articles 13 and 15 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the first article in both the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights of 1976, and United Nations Security Council Resolution 1514 of 1960. The long series of Israeli violations has resulted in passage of some 100 UN resolutions of censure and condemnation as well as 42 Security Council resolutions against Israel vetoed by the US, with the US on each occasion casting the only vote in support of Israel. Israel far surpasses the record of international illegality of any other nation. Under this same body of international law, explicit in Chapter 7, Article 51 of the United Nations Charter affirming the “inherent right of individual and collective self-defense,” Palestinians have the right to defensively employ armed force against Israel's invasion and occupation which is itself illegal under the United Nations Charter, Chapter 1, Article 2, Paragraphs 3 and 4. Palestinian resistance violates international law only when civilians are targeted, which is difficult to avoid when they lack air defenses against Israeli military aircraft and an air force or precision artillery to target IDF installations.
This is not a matter of civil disputes to be litigated or negotiated, which has been used as a dilatory tactic for decades while Israel has continued to gobble up Palestinian land. This is a matter of criminal violations to be enforced. It is time for Veterans For Peace to take a clear, unequivocal stand in support of all international laws enacted to ensure peace.
Therefore, be it resolved that Veterans For Peace shall call for:
1) a "one-state solution" in all of historic Palestine where Jews and other religions (including the non-religious) have equal rights, as opposed to the current "two-state" proposal, which would preserve the present apartheid system within Israel and permit Israel to evict indigenous citizens from their own lands, keeping all the best olive groves and orchards, beachfront properties, and other desirable real estate and turning their non-Jewish citizens into more refugees without legal rights, even the right to life should they resist.
2) a national boycott of all Israeli products as well as products of companies such as Caterpillar and Motorola that provide equipment for the occupation, including active support of existing boycott programs (e.g. www.BDSmovement..net)
3) a divestment campaign to impose economic sanctions upon Israel (as was done with South Africa) to coerce it to amend its ways. (Note: economic coercion against the rich and powerful is not the same as coercion by the rich and powerful against the poor and weak, as inflicted by Israel upon the helpless population of Gaza.) Again, see www.BDSmovement.net.
4) an immediate end to all military assistance by the U.S. f or Israel.
5) implementation of the right of return for all UN-registered Palestinian refugees per UN Resolution 194 in 1948, to which Israel agreed as a condition of its 1949 admission to the United Nations, with establishment of a commission to adjudicate property disputes, to be fully funded with freed-up military assistance dollars.
6) cessation of all US diplomatic protection of Israel from the judgments and sanctions of international legislative and judicial bodies.
7) suspension of all foreign aid to Israel contingent upon Israel's full compliance with international law and UN resolutions.
8) reimbursement by Israel to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the full costs of its 60 years of care for the Palestinian refugees it has illegally prevented from returning.
Signed,
Winston Warfield
VfP, Chapter 9, Boston (Smedley Butler Brigade), past president
U.S. Army (RA18951984)
Hq. Co., 1st Brigade, 5th Inf. Div. (Mech.)
I Corps, Quang Tri Province, Vietnam, 1968-1969
Jack Dresser, Ph.D.
Former Chief Psychologist, Madigan General Hospital, US Army
Veterans for Peace
Co-founder, the Al-Nakba Awareness Project
Gordon Sturrock
Founder Squadron13.com, co-founder VeteransAgainstTorture.com
member VeteransForPeace & VVAW
Bill Perry
VFP, DAV, VVAW, VFW, VVA
Delaware Valley Veterans For America, co-founder VeteransAgainstTorture.com
Squadron13 Aviation Museum
& Flights of Thought on War and Politics - http://www.squadron13.com
founder- Veterans Against Torture
http://www.
Seems to me, chances of a 2-state solution are fast waning & considering:
Dr. Erakat’s (PLO) response to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Knesset Speech
“Israel’s settlement activities, its continued construction of the Wall, and its regime of checkpoints, roadblocks and other restrictions on Palestinian movement, have all turned Palestinian towns and cities into prisons, crippling Palestinian life and strangling the Palestinian economy.” “We had hoped to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu a commitment to the two-state solution, to negotiations on all core issues without exception, including Jerusalem, to stopping all settlement activities including natural growth, and to lifting the siege on Gaza as well as all restrictions on Palestinian movement in line with Israel’s obligations, and consistent with international law.” “Netanyahu had an opportunity to set the stage for meaningful negotiations to end the conflict and to show that he is a real partner for peace. He missed that opportunity.”
http://www.nad-plo.org/inner.php?view=news-updates_310309
“Israel’s settlement activities, its continued construction of the Wall, and its regime of checkpoints, roadblocks and other restrictions on Palestinian movement, have all turned Palestinian towns and cities into prisons, crippling Palestinian life and strangling the Palestinian economy.” “We had hoped to hear from Benjamin Netanyahu a commitment to the two-state solution, to negotiations on all core issues without exception, including Jerusalem, to stopping all settlement activities including natural growth, and to lifting the siege on Gaza as well as all restrictions on Palestinian movement in line with Israel’s obligations, and consistent with international law.” “Netanyahu had an opportunity to set the stage for meaningful negotiations to end the conflict and to show that he is a real partner for peace. He missed that opportunity.”
http://www.nad-plo.org/inner.
Let Galloway into Canada. Defend free speech.
A message from our beloved, GGG
Bans and smears backfire – again!
The attempt to bar George Galloway from Canada is backfiring spectacularly.
It seems the neo-conservative minister for immigration in Canada has unwittingly provided a huge boost to the Viva Palestina solidarity campaign!
The scale of the correspondence we’ve received means that it will take some time to respond properly to all who’ve emailed in.
Perhaps Jason Kenney hoped to silence George by banning him from the country. The opposite has happened. Not only has George begun a packed tour of the US, speaking on Palestine and the war, but he is getting coast to coast coverage in Canada itself. Pressure is mounting on the government to reverse its decision.As George says, “What is happening is a sinister attempt to criminalise efforts to build solidarity for the besieged people of Palestine their right to choose their own government.” It is also a dangerous attack on the principle of free speech.
Below is a step by step guide from Canadian campaigners over how to register your anger at the ban. Please take a couple of moments to email off your response.
The legal challenge to the ban has been submitted and more and more people are booking for the tour dates. Whatever happens, George will be addressing those theatres by one means or another.
We are also asking people to show their support financially. Please click this link https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick& hosted_butt ... to donate to the special fund to fight Kenney’s political ban and to support Viva Palestina’s political campaigning work to lift the siege of Gaza. If you’re sick of illiberal, pro-war policies – help fund opposition to them.
Thank you again for your support. Do check out the Viva Palestina site – http://www.vivapalestina.org and George’s own site http://www.georgegalloway.com
With best wishes,
George Galloway campaign team
Jason Kenney:
Defend free speech.
Let George Galloway into Canada. Stop the attacks on civil liberties.
Please contact immediately the offices of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney to demand that he reverse his ban on British MP George Galloway. Jason Kenney must stop his attacks on civil liberties and support the right to free speech.
Please also include the entire Conservative caucus in your e-mail (or as much of it as you can). Conservative MPs must take responsibility for their party's decision to attack free speech in Canada. Make sure they know that their position is indefensible, and that they must join the call to reverse the ban on George Galloway.
E-mailing is the fastest and easiest way to contact Jason Kenney and Conservative MPs. Just follow these steps:
Step 1:
Cut and paste Jason Kenney's e-mail addresses into your address line:
KenneJ@parl.gc.ca; Kennej7@parl.gc.ca; minister@cic.gc.ca
Step 2:
Cut and paste the e-mail addresses of the entire Conservative caucus into your CC line (If your e-mail account can't e-mail this many addresses at once, try sending your e-mail to a smaller block of addresses one at a time. You may have to send several e-mails in order to reach the entire caucus.). Please note that this list includes Conservative staffers.
2) Put these addresses in the "CC:" section
AbbotJ@parl.gc.ca; AblonD@parl.gc.ca; calgary@ablonczy.com;
Aglukkaq.L@parl.gc.ca; AlbreH@parl.gc.ca; AllenM@parl.gc.ca;
AllisD@parl.gc.ca; AmbroR@parl.gc.ca; AmbroR1a@Parl.gc.ca;
AnderR@parl.gc.ca; RobAnders@telus.net; AnderDa@parl.gc.ca;
david.anderson1@sasktel.net; Ashfield.K@parl.gc.ca; BairdJ@parl.gc.ca;
BenoiL@parl.gc.ca; benoil@parl.gc.ca; BerniM@parl.gc.ca;
BezanJ@parl.gc.ca; office@jamesbezan.com; ottawa@jamesbezan.com;
BlackJ@parl.gc.ca; BlaneS@parl.gc.ca; Block.K@parl.gc.ca;
BouchS@parl.gc.ca; Boughen.R@parl.gc.ca; boughr@parl.gc.ca;
Braid.P@parl.gc.ca; Braidp1@parl.gc.ca; braidp1@parl..gc.ca;
BreitG@parl.gc.ca; breitg1b@parl.gc.ca; BrownG@parl.gc.ca;
Brown.L@parl.gc.ca; BrownLo@parl.gc.ca; BrownPa@parl.gc.ca;
barrie@servingbarrie.com; ottawa@servingbarrie.com; BruinR@parl.gc.ca;Cadman.D@parl.gc.ca ; CadmaD1@parl.gc.ca; Calandra.P@parl.gc.ca;
CalkiB@parl.gc.ca; CannaR@parl.gc.ca; ron@cannan.ca;
CannoL@parl.gc.ca; Cannon.L@parl.gc.ca; Cannol1@parl.gc.ca;
CarriCo@parl.gc.ca; CassoR@parl.gc.ca; casson@rickcasson.com;
ChongM@parl.gc.ca; Chong.M@parl.gc.ca; ClarkR@parl.gc.ca;
Clarke.R@parl.gc.ca; ClemeT@parl.gc.ca; Clement.T@parl.gc.ca;
Clemet1@parl.gc.ca; Clemet2@parl.gc.ca; clemet1a@parl.gc.ca;
CummiJ@parl.gc.ca; cummins@dccnet.com; cummij@parl.gc.ca;
DavidP@parl.gc.ca; Davidp1@parl.gc.ca; DayS@parl.gc.ca;
days1@parl.gc.ca; Dechert.B@parl.gc.ca; decheb1A@parl.gc.ca;
DelmaD@parl.gc.ca; DevolB@parl.gc.ca; Dreeshen.E@parl.gc.ca;
Duncan.J@parl.gc.ca; DykstR@parl.gc.ca; FastE@parl.gc.ca;
ed@edfast.ca; FinleD@parl.gc.ca; Finley.D@parl.gc.ca;
FlaheJ@parl.gc.ca; jim@jimflahertymp.ca; flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca;
FletcS@parl.gc.ca; Fletcher.S@parl.gc.ca; GalipR@parl.gc.ca;
GalipR1@parl.gc.ca; Galipr7@parl.gc.ca; GallaC@parl.gc.ca;
Glover.S@parl.gc.ca; gloves@parl.gc.ca; GoldrP@parl.gc.ca;goldrp1@parl.gc.ca ; GoodyG@parl.gc.ca; info@garygoodyear.com;
goodyg1@parl.gc.ca; GourdJ@parl.gc.ca; GrewaN@parl.gc.ca;
grewan1@parl.gc.ca; GuergH@parl.gc.ca; HarpeS@parl.gc.ca; pm@pm.gc.ca;
Harpe.S@parl.gc.ca; HarriR@parl.gc.ca; harrir1@parl.gc.ca;
HawnL@parl.gc.ca; hawnl1@parl.gc.ca; HiebeR@parl.gc.ca;
info@russhiebert.ca; HillJ@parl.gc.ca; Hoback.R@parl.gc.ca;
hobacr1@parl.gc.ca; hobacr@parl.gc.ca; Hoeppner.C@parl.gc.ca;
info@candicehoeppner.com; Holder.E@parl.gc.ca; JeanB@parl.gc.ca;
jeanb1@parl.gc.ca; KampR@parl.gc.ca; randy@randykamp.com;
KeddyG@parl.gc.ca; keddyg@ns.sympatico.ca; geraldkeddymp@eastlink.ca;
keddyg1@ns.sympatico.ca; kennej0@parl.gc.ca; kennej1@parl.gc.ca;
kennej2@parl.gc.ca; kennej3@parl.gc.ca; kennej4@parl.gc.ca;
kennej5@parl.gc..ca; kennej6@parl.gc.ca; kennej7@parl.gc.ca;
kennej8@parl.gc.ca; kennej9@parl.gc.ca; Kent.P@parl.gc.ca;
kentp@parl.gc.ca; Kerr.G@parl.gc.ca; info@westnova.org;
KomarE@parl.gc.ca; komare1@parl.gc.ca; komare2@parl.gc.ca;
komare3@parl.gc.ca; KrampD@parl.gc.ca; krampd1@parl.gc.ca;LakeM@parl.gc.ca ; LauzoG@parl.gc.ca; info@guylauzon.ca;
LebelD@parl.gc.ca; LemiePi@parl.gc.ca; lemieux..p@parl.gc.ca;
Lobb.B@parl.gc.ca; LukiwT@parl.gc.ca; LunnG@parl.gc.ca;
lunnmp@garylunn.com; LunneJ@parl.gc.ca; nanaimo@jameslunneymp.ca;
ottawa@jameslunneymp.ca; MackaP@parl.gc.ca; Mackap3@parl.gc.ca;
Mackap2@parl.gc.ca; Mackap1a@parl.gc.ca; MackeD@parl.gc.ca;
macked2@parl.gc.ca; macked1@parl.gc.ca; MarkI@parl.gc.ca;
inkymark@mts.net; MayesC@parl.gc.ca; mayesc1b@parl.gc.ca;
McColeman.P@parl.gc.ca; McLeod.C@parl.gc.ca; McLeoC1@parl.gc.ca;
McLeoC@parl.gc.ca; MenziT@parl.gc.ca; menzies.t@parl.gc.ca;
MerriR@parl.gc.ca; Merrifield.R@parl.gc.ca; MilleLa@parl.gc.ca;
manager@larrymiller.ca; ottawa@larrymiller.ca; MooreJ@parl.gc.ca;
MooreR@parl.gc.ca; NichoR@parl.gc.ca; Nichor1@parl.gc.ca;
Nichor2@parl.gc.ca; NorloR@parl.gc.ca; Norlock.R@parl.gc.ca;
rick@ricknorlock.ca; ObhraD@parl.gc.ca; deepak@deepakobhrai.com;
OconnG@parl.gc.ca; mp@gordonoconnor.ca; OdaB@parl.gc.ca;
Oda.B@parl.gc.ca; ONeill-Gordon.T@parl.gc.ca; oneilt@parl.gc.ca;
ParadC@parl.gc.ca; paradc0@parl.gc.ca; paradc1@parl.gc.ca;
Payne.L@parl.gc.ca; PetitD@parl.gc.ca; petitd1@parl..gc.ca;
PoiliP@parl.gc.ca; PrentJ@parl.gc.ca; Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca;
PrestJ@parl.gc.ca; assist@joeprestonmp.ca; Raitt.L@parl.gc.ca;
RaittL@parl.gc.ca; RaittL1@parl.gc.ca; RajotJ@parl.gc.ca;
rajotj1@parl.gc.ca; rajotte.j@parl.gc.ca; Rathgeber.B@parl.gc.ca;
rathgb1@parl.gc.ca; rathgb@parl.gc.ca; ReidS@parl.gc.ca;Richards.B@parl.gc.ca ; blake@blakerichards.ca; richab@parl.gc.ca;
RichaL@parl.gc.ca; richal1@parl.gc.ca; richardson.l@parl.gc.ca;
Rickford.G@parl.gc.ca; rickfg@parl.gc.ca; rickfg1@parl.gc.ca;
rickfg2@parl.gc.ca; rickfg3@parl.gc.ca; RitzG@parl.gc.ca;
Saxton.A@parl.gc.ca; ScheeA@parl.gc.ca; SchelG@parl.gc.ca;
Shea.G@parl.gc.ca; sheag1A@parl.gc.ca; sheag1B@parl.gc.ca;
ShiplB@parl.gc.ca; Shory.D@parl.gc.ca; SmithJ@parl.gc.ca;
joy@joysmithmp.ca; SorenK@parl.gc.ca; sorenk1@parl.gc.ca;
sorenson.k@parl.gc.ca; StantB@parl.gc.ca; stanton.b@parl.gc.ca;
stantb0@parl.gc.ca; stantb1a@parl.gc.ca; stantb1b@parl.gc.ca;stantb1@parl.gc.ca ; stantb1c@parl.gc.ca; stantb8@parl.gc.ca;
StorsB@parl.gc.ca; brian@brianstorseth.ca; StrahC@parl.gc.ca;
riding@chuckstrahl.com; ottawa@chuckstrahl.com; SweetD@parl.gc.ca;
info@davidsweet.ca; ottawa@davidsweet.ca; ThompG@parl.gc.ca;
TilsoD@parl.gc.ca; tilsod1@parl.gc.ca; tilsod1a@parl.gc.ca;
ToewsV@parl.gc.ca; toewsv1@mts.net; Toews.V@parl.gc.ca;
TrostB@parl.gc.ca; trost.b@parl.gc.ca; TweedM@parl.gc.ca;
tweedm1@parl.gc.ca; Uppal.T@parl.gc.ca; uppalt@parl.gc.ca;
VankeD@parl.gc.ca; vankesteren.d@parl.gc.ca; vanked1@parl.gc.ca ;
vanked1a@parl.gc.ca; VanLoP@parl.gc.ca; vanlop1@parl.gc.ca;
vanloan.p@parl.gc.ca; VellaM@parl.gc.ca; vellam1@parl.gc.ca;
VerneJ@parl.gc.ca; WallaM@parl.gc.ca; Wallam@parl.gc.ca;
wallam1@parl.gc.ca; WarawM@parl.gc.ca; warawm7@parl.gc.ca;
WarkeC@parl.gc.ca; warkec1@parl.gc.ca; warkentin.c@parl.gc.ca;
WatsoJ@parl.gc.ca; Weston.J@parl.gc.ca; westoj@parl.gc.ca;
Weston.R@parl.gc.ca; westor1@parl.gc.ca; westor@parl.gc.ca;
Wong.A@parl.gc.ca; WongA1@parl.gc.ca; Woodworth.S@parl.gc.ca;
YelicL@parl.gc.ca; Yelich.L@parl.gc.ca; Young.T@parl.gc.ca;
Step 3:
Don¹t forget to fill out your subject line:
Let Galloway into Canada. Defend free speech.
Step 4:
Cut and paste the message below. Feel free to personalize it with your own words. And don't forget to include your name at the bottom.
Dear Mr. Kenney:
Your decision to ban British MP George Galloway represents an unprecedented attack on free speech and on civil liberties in Canada.
Regardless of Mr. Galloway's opinions on the war in Afghanistan or the Middle East, you have no right to silence his views. Canada is now the only country in the world to ban a sitting Member of the British Parliament, someone who has been elected five times and who has no criminal record.
I am demanding that you reverse this decision immediately and make provisions to guarantee Mr. Galloway's entry into Canada. In addition, I am demanding that you cease immediately any further attacks on free speech and civil liberties in Canada.
I look forward to your prompt reply.
Sincerely,
Step 5: Press send!
Visit George's official website http://www.georgegalloway.com
Sign up to our mailing list here http://www.georgegalloway.com/page.php?page=content/ contact_mlist.html
Bans and smears backfire – again!
The attempt to bar George Galloway from Canada is backfiring spectacularly.
It seems the neo-conservative minister for immigration in Canada has unwittingly provided a huge boost to the Viva Palestina solidarity campaign!
The scale of the correspondence we’ve received means that it will take some time to respond properly to all who’ve emailed in.
Perhaps Jason Kenney hoped to silence George by banning him from the country. The opposite has happened. Not only has George begun a packed tour of the US, speaking on Palestine and the war, but he is getting coast to coast coverage in Canada itself. Pressure is mounting on the government to reverse its decision.As George says, “What is happening is a sinister attempt to criminalise efforts to build solidarity for the besieged people of Palestine their right to choose their own government.” It is also a dangerous attack on the principle of free speech.
Below is a step by step guide from Canadian campaigners over how to register your anger at the ban. Please take a couple of moments to email off your response.
The legal challenge to the ban has been submitted and more and more people are booking for the tour dates. Whatever happens, George will be addressing those theatres by one means or another.
We are also asking people to show their support financially. Please click this link https://www.paypal.com/cgi-
Thank you again for your support. Do check out the Viva Palestina site – http://www.vivapalestina.org and George’s own site http://www.georgegalloway.com
With best wishes,
George Galloway campaign team
Jason Kenney:
Defend free speech.
Let George Galloway into Canada. Stop the attacks on civil liberties.
Please contact immediately the offices of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney to demand that he reverse his ban on British MP George Galloway. Jason Kenney must stop his attacks on civil liberties and support the right to free speech.
Please also include the entire Conservative caucus in your e-mail (or as much of it as you can). Conservative MPs must take responsibility for their party's decision to attack free speech in Canada. Make sure they know that their position is indefensible, and that they must join the call to reverse the ban on George Galloway.
E-mailing is the fastest and easiest way to contact Jason Kenney and Conservative MPs. Just follow these steps:
Step 1:
Cut and paste Jason Kenney's e-mail addresses into your address line:
KenneJ@parl.gc.ca; Kennej7@parl.gc.ca; minister@cic.gc.ca
Step 2:
Cut and paste the e-mail addresses of the entire Conservative caucus into your CC line (If your e-mail account can't e-mail this many addresses at once, try sending your e-mail to a smaller block of addresses one at a time. You may have to send several e-mails in order to reach the entire caucus.). Please note that this list includes Conservative staffers.
2) Put these addresses in the "CC:" section
AbbotJ@parl.gc.ca; AblonD@parl.gc.ca; calgary@ablonczy.com;
Aglukkaq.L@parl.gc.ca; AlbreH@parl.gc.ca; AllenM@parl.gc.ca;
AllisD@parl.gc.ca; AmbroR@parl.gc.ca; AmbroR1a@Parl.gc.ca;
AnderR@parl.gc.ca; RobAnders@telus.net; AnderDa@parl.gc.ca;
david.anderson1@sasktel.net; Ashfield.K@parl.gc.ca; BairdJ@parl.gc.ca;
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NEW ANTI ZIONIST PARTY LAUNCHED IN FRANCE
In an attempt to rid it’s country from the control of
Zionist Lobby Groups and organizations, France has launched
it’s new Anti Zionist Political Party called “Parti Anti Sioniste.”
Read more: http://pakalert.wordpress.com/Palestine Israel Ethical Shopping Initiative
New initiative ? Came across this via the South Somerset Peace Group newsletteter
Palestine Israel Ethical Shopping Initiative
The rationale for the conception and creation of www.easi-piesi.org lies in the belief that few people would, knowingly, seek to benefit through theft from others. Likewise, few would consider taking advantage of the victims of terror and ethnic cleansing. Few would want to reward a military occupier where brutality and wanton killing, the demonising and brutalising of a subjugated people is the hallmark of the occupation
Increasingly there is awareness that trade has an ethical dimension -as witnessed by the plethora of ethical and corporate responsibility statements to be found in the literature of the UK’s major supermarkets. The formation of the Ethical Trading Initiative by the supermarkets is one manifestation of this.
However the defining of ethics as applied to international trade is not the monoply of the UK’s supermarkets. UK shoppers should have a say in the matter, should have a facility whereby they can sensitise the supermarkets to their feelings and demands - with the bonus of knowing that they are helping the supermarkets formulate policy based on what the customer really wants.
Crucially, shoppers should be able to identify products and produce on the supermarket shelf which originates from stolen land or from land under military occupation. Shoppers should be free to shop with a clear conscience knowing they have made an ethical decision to avoid such produce.
By making such an ethical decision they are telling the supermarket, in the most direct manner possible, to cease selling the goods they have chosen to boycott.
Palestine - a stolen land
It was on the 16th September, 1948 that the United Nations appointed mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte, completed the report which outlined his plans for the return of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who, in the space of a few months, had either been ethnically cleansed from their land or had fled to safety.
Twenty four hours later, the UN mediator was assassinated at the hands of the terrorist Stern Gang. It is worth noting that two prominent members of this terrorist group, Yitzhak Shamir (directly implicated in the murder) and Menachem Begin, both became prime ministers of Israel.
It is the legacy of this act of murder which resonates throughout the Middle East and the wider world to this day. And this legacy is summed up in the two words “stolen land.”
“Legal” theft
With the assassination of the UN mediator. The question of land ownership and looted Palestinian property was quietly dropped. Crucially, at this point in time, about 94% of land in Palestine was owned by Palestinian Arabs, churches and religious trusts. The remainder was Jewish owned. (In current circumstances, within Israel itself, these statistics are now reversed.)
And how did the state of Israel acquire Palestinian owned land?
[For more & detailed info about supermarkets:-
We Will Change Our World
The Palestine Telegraph - We Will Change Our World
by Sameh A Habeeb
paltelegraph.com New media outlet goes live, an introductory op-ed from creator:
Unlike Obama's pie in the sky promises of change, I know that change begins with me! Twenty-Three years ago, I was born in Gaza City; one of hundreds of thousands of babies born under Israel's Military Occupation. The Palestine Telegraph has risen out of the rubble of Gaza! More:---- http://tinyurl.com/ckjsl6
[The PT is still looking for contributing writers if anyone is looking for somewhere to get published.]