Vandaag is het drie jaar geleden dat Israël een bloedbad aanrichtte in Gaza met meer dan 1500 doden tot gevolg, waaronder honderden kinderen. Een bevolking die gevangen zat in de grootste openluchtgevangenis ter wereld werd bestookt met de meest geavanceerde…
Category: Palestine
Kerstmis in Bethlehem, of de gestolen stal
“This year is I think the hardest Christmas we are facing,” he said. “The wall is turning this city into a big prison for its citizens. There is confiscation of land, closure of the main entrances to the city. All…
Helen Thomas: Israel should get that Hamas was chosen democratically
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Noted US journalist Helen Thomas told a Hebrew newspaper that she wonders why Israel cannot absorb the idea that the Palestinian people elected Hamas Movement democratically. “I do not know why it is difficult for Israel to…
Mustafa Al-Hallaj, Palestinian artist, 1938-2002
Mustafa Al-Hallaj won several local and international awards and prizes. He died in Dec. 2002 in Damascus, while trying to rescue his works from a fire that destroyed his studio. He was buried in Al-Yarmouk Refugee Camp, Damascus.
A July Fourth Shame on the Founders
Ray McGovern: Yes, that was I standing before the U.S. Embassy in Athens on the eve of the July Fourth weekend holding the American flag in the distress mode — upside down.
De aanval op Stay Human
Deze week zal Freedom Flotilla II uitvaren. Minister Rosenthal deed een beroep op de Nederlandse opvarenden om van de reis af te zien. Dat is de omgekeerde wereld. Hij moet een beroep doen op Israël om het internationaal recht te respecteren.
Gaza and American ‘Security’
Exclusive: Despite opposition — and even warnings — from the U.S. government, a group of Americans will join a small flotilla of boats challenging Israel’s blockade of the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza. Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains why…
Letter to President Obama
On June 14, the passengers on The Audacity of Hope sent this letter to Pres. Obama. Copies went to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and 12 members of the Administration and Congressional leadership. Call the White House – 202-456-1111 – and tell them you agree with the letter and expect the U.S. to take action to uphold the rights of peaceful citizens to safe passage on the seas.
11 april 2003 De moord op Tom Hurndall
“…when I die, I want to smile because of the things I have done, not cry for the things I haven’t done.” Tom Hurndall Op 11 april 2003 werd de Britse fotografiestudent Tom Hurndall in het hoofd geschoten door een…
Redenen om de Israëlische bezetting van Gaza op te heffen
“It is something of an irony that a land whose timeless beauty has survived basically unchanged since biblical times is being transformed by a people who base their claim to it on biblical history. Ugly, ever-expanding Israeli settlements sprawl on…