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[ePalestine] Hey Monty, Let’s Make a Deal: The Gaza Disengagement a Year Later
http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/specials/article.2006-08-22.1409 Tikkun Magazine Hey Monty, Let’s Make a Deal: The Gaza Disengagement a Year Later David Shasha In July 2005, I wrote a lengthy analysis of the Jewish Diaspora tradition and the way that...
[ePalestine] Accidental emigrant / A policy of no-return
Dear friends, WARNING: Visiting Palestine can dangerous to your family! As I continue to await the fate of my legal status in Palestine from the Israeli "Civil" (in reality a Military Occupation) Administration, I pass to you two concise articles by the...
[ePalestine] another take on US arms to Israel…from Washington Post
Dear friends, Continuing on the last post, the following article in the Washington Post has even more info... State Dept. Probes Use of Bombs Pact With Israel Bans U.S. Cluster Munitions in Civilian Areas By Glenn Kessler Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, August...
[ePalestine] NYT: Inquiry Opened Into Israeli Use of U.S. Bombs (ACTION ITEM)
Dear friends, A pillar of free, democratic societies is a working system of check and balances. Strangely, in the US, when it comes to Israel, these checks and balances are nowhere to be found. As you will see in the NYT's article below, the Bush Admin, the same...
[ePalestine] GOOD NEWS, finally: El Salvador announce embassy move
Dear friends, Hope comes in small doses these days. Today, however, the dose is double size. Following in Costa Rica's footsteps, we now have breaking news that El Salvador has decided to move its embassy from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. I'm sure those of you...
[ePalestine] Statement by the Patriarch and Local Heads of Churches In Jerusalem ON CHRISTIAN ZIONISM
Dear friends, Another statement that deserves to be distributed at your local places of warship. Ask you local paper to reprint. Source is listed at end. Pleading for local action to mushroom, Sam ------------------------ August 22, 2006 "THE...
[ePalestine] ISM: Palestinian Companies Forced to Buy Israeli Products
Dear friends, Because of examples like that in the story below (and there are dozens more), we must all look toward actions like that explained in the following article: The Case for Boycotting Israel: Boycott Now! By VIRGINIA TILLEY Johannesburg, South Africa...
O Little Town – By Nicholas Blincoe
Dear friends, May I make an appeal that you attempt to get this article published in your local church/mosque/synagogue newsletters. Hopefully, people of faith will react and assist the Open Bethlehem project save the "O Little Town." Watching the Holy Land be...
Orit Weksler: Why I Don’t Live In Israel
Why I Don't Live In Israel If Israel is doomed to be a nation that lives by the sword, as is commonly proclaimed on the streets of Tel Aviv these days, then I opt out. By Orit Weksler, AlterNet Posted on August 17, 2006, Printed on August 21, 2006 ...
Israeli soldiers attacking Palestinians with Nasrallah screen savers on their mobile phones
Dear friends, Another reflection of what we are dealing with and at what level...what to do...cry, laugh, both, etc. I wonder, when Apartheid was at its end, did the government/police start lashing out in such uncontrollable ways. Screen Saver...
[Israeli YNET] Doves of prey (A MUST READ)
Doves of prey Israel's belligerent doves should pause to ponder one small question: If they – famous peace lovers – have turned into doves of prey after deaths of 100 Israelis, then what do they suppose is going through the minds of doves, hawks...
Costa Rica to move Israel embassy out of Jerusalem
Dear friends, Israel is now learning that actions, especially reckless adventurism, have ramifications. 33 days in Lebanon seem thus far as being a serious turning point in how the world views Israel. How far is yet to be seen, but this move by Costa Rica is a...
B’Tselem/HaMoked: Perpetual Limbo: Israel’s Freeze on Unification of Palestinian Families in the Occupied Territories
Dear friends, Here is a report released today by two Israeli human and legal rights groups regarding the issue I have written about frequently, the Israeli policy of separating families by denying foreign nationals, mainly Palestinians, entry rights into Israel,...
IDF general: Troops…can steal from Lebanese stores (I’ve read it all now)
Dear friends, We are all processing a tremendous amount of information these days as we try to make sense of our world and predict how to align our work to end the occupation, which is the ultimate goal. This story was run by the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz...
What one month of resistance can do…
Dear friends, As the world reflects on today's speech by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, and as we all await a similar speech from Hassan Nasrallah, I present the words of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on July 12, at the onset of this latest crisis. It is worth...
THE NEW YORKER: WATCHING LEBANON by SEYMOUR M. HERSH (A MUST READ)
THE NEW YORKER Annals of National Security WATCHING LEBANON by SEYMOUR M. HERSH Washington’s interests in Israel’s war. Issue of 2006-08-21 Posted 2006-08-14 In the days after Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israel, on July 12th, to kidnap two...
London Review of Books: You are terrorists, we are virtuous (by Yitzhak Laor)
London Review of Books | Vol. 28 No. 16 dated 17 August 2006 You are terrorists, we are virtuous Yitzhak Laor on the IDF As soon as the facts of the Bint Jbeil ambush, which ended with relatively high Israeli casualties (eight soldiers died there), became...
U.S.: Deny Israeli Request for Cluster Munitions [TAKE ACTION]
Reuters Alertnet U.S.: Deny Israeli Request for Cluster Munitions 12 Aug 2006 00:24:17 GMT Source: Human Rights Watch (Washington, D.C., August 11, 2006) - The United States should reject any request by Israel to transfer cluster munitions for use against targets in...
U.S. Armed Forces Journal: Blood borders (AMAZING!!)
Dear friends, If you thought Bush & Co's "regime change" strategy was a draconian, non-democratic nightmare, wait until you read this. This U.S. Armed Forces Journal article and associated maps (attached) were published last week in the leading...
WPOST: 9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon / AIPAC Espionage Case Dismissal Gambit Fails
Dear friends, As the world is transfixed on Lebanon and another dose of global fear is being administered to travellers, some are focused on registering victories out of sight of the public eye. Below are two articles, one from Washington Post on 9/11 Panel and...
It is Lebanon, not Israel, that faces a threat to its existence in this war
It is Lebanon, not Israel, that faces a threat to its existence in this war The Franco-US resolution is an absurdity: it would give Israel immunity while denying Lebanon the right to defend itself Ahmad Samih Khalidi Thursday August 10, 2006 The Guardian...
Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem: “…a story of hateful behavior…occupation…humiliation every day…”
Just another day at Tel Aviv airport, or any Israeli port of entry/exit... ..start.. Message from the Rt. Rev. Riah H. Abu El-Assal 06 August 2006-in the evening Dear Friends, I regret coming to you again today, again with a story of hateful...
Petition for U.S. Jewish Solidarity with Muslim and Arab Peoples of the Middle East
This statement was drafted by U.S. Jews committed to stopping and holding accountable Israel for its destructive policies and practices--most immediately for a halt to the current attacks on Lebanon and Gaza. We are gathering signatures from Jews committed to...
Sabeel Liberation Theology Center: THE MADNESS OF WAR Hizballah and Israel
THE MADNESS OF WAR Hizballah and Israel The pain! I can’t bear the pain! My heart! My heart is beating wildly! I can’t keep quiet; I hear the trumpets and the shouts of battle. One disaster follows another; the whole country is left in ruins. Suddenly our...
The Guardian: Israel responded to an unprovoked attack by Hizbullah, right? Wrong (A MUST READ)
NOTE: Powerful last paragraph! Israel responded to an unprovoked attack by Hizbullah, right? Wrong The assault on Lebanon was premeditated - the soldiers' capture simply provided the excuse. It was also unnecessary George Monbiot Tuesday August 8, 2006 The...
update…occupation alive and well…
Dear friends, We are all ok. Under cover of the Israeli Attack Forces' (IAF) obliteration of the country of Lebanon, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) visited our neighborhood about 1 hr ago, 11:15pm. A fleet of Israeli armored vehicles surrounded...
Goldstein: Better to Tell Truth Than Parrot Propaganda
"Not on my watch." ACTION: Submit a letter to the editor to support the below opinion by going to: http://mpls.startribune.com/dynamic/feedback/form.php?opinion=1 StarTribune.com Last update: August 01, 2006 – 6:21 PM Better to tell truth...
[ACTION] Jewish Voice for Peace – Download free Mideast peace posters
Dear friends, Lekas Miller Design, a creative firm that does wonderful pro bono work for Jewish Voice for Peace has created the following posters: http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/publish/posters.shtml Please download them and mass copy. Post and distribute in...
Human Rights Watch: Some Israeli Attacks Amount to War Crimes / Noted Israel Prize Laureate: Israeli Army Out of Control
Dear friends, It is getting worse by the hour, in Lebanon and Gaza. I just got off the phone with a friend in Rafah, they still have no electricity (after Israeli (or is that US?) F-16's bombed the generation station a few days before the Lebanon...
NYT: Ground to a Halt (A MUST READ)
The New York Times August 3, 2006 Op-Ed Contributor Ground to a Halt By ROBERT PAPE Chicago ISRAEL has finally conceded that air power alone will not defeat Hezbollah. Over the coming weeks, it will learn that ground power won’t work either. The problem is...
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