Call To End The Gaza Siege Of Gaza Palestine

The following is from Nazek abu Rahma, a 20-year-old economics and political science student studying in the Gaza Strip. He sent photos (below) but a warning. Some are graphic and may be disturbing. In Gaza: - All religions in the circle of danger.   Nazek abu rahma - Gaza In the Gaza Strip the day and night are the same   one, Israeli continuing bombardment   in all day and night, everyone   are in danger and risk, which the     occupation does not distinguish between Christian or Muslim , in the end   all of them they are Palestinians and   living   ... Read Full Story

Saturday, January 10, 2009, was a global day of action to show solidarity with the people of Gaza and to protest the Israeli invasion and its murder of hundreds of civilians. See the Stop the War Coalition site for some more details. Today, (Sunday, 11 January, 2009) more protests continue in London: see here for more. Update: According to AP , many tens of thousands of protesters have gone to the streets today in cities across Europe and Asia, in what is quickly becoming a massive global movement against the Israeli slaughter in Gaza. As if to dismiss world opinion altogether, today Israel promised ... Read Full Story

BRUSSELS, (PIC)-- The European campaign to lift the siege on Gaza Strip has criticized the world community's slackness in dealing with the "oppressive" Israeli siege on the Strip that has been ongoing for three years. It said in a statement on Saturday that the UN and other international organizations' concern and denunciation did not change the bad situation in Gaza and did not absolve those organizations of their responsibility. The Brussels-based campaign said that the "late" visit of Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, to the Strip on Thursday 30/40/2009 was a step in the right direction, "although ... Read Full Story

Photo: Aaron Harris / Toronto Star Eight Jewish women staged a sit-in at the Israeli consulate in Toronto on Wednesday to protest the Gaza invasion. Those protesting included Judy Rebick, professor; Judith Deutsch, psychoanalyst and president of Science for Peace; B.H. Yael, filmmaker; Smadar Carmon, a Canadian Israeli peace activist and others. The group stated that they want to raise their voices against the atrocities taking place in Gaza. They also stated that speaking 'as Jews' - the IDF operation is not being conducted in their name. They demanded that: (1) Israel end its military assault on Gaza. (2) Israel lift the 18-month siege ... Read Full Story

I am beating my drum quite fiercely today and the old soapbox is positively creaking under my frenetic hopping up and down, but it is impossible to watch the events unfold and remain silent. A comment just popped in decrying the tendency of global activists to become enraged at the death “of terrorists” and yet remain unimpressed by Israeli endeavours to protect their folk. I think the main (for there are in fact many) issue I take with this line of argument is that it is not terrorists who are dying, but innocent civilians , like Jawaher, Dina, Samar, Ikram, and Tahrir Balousha. The ... Read Full Story