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by Stephen Lendman | 12.29.2009

occupied under siege and oppressed

Gaza One Year Later - by Stephen Lendman

A December 2009 report prepared by Oxfam International, Amnesty International UK, United Civilians for Peace, Christian Aid, and a dozen other international NGOs (called NGOs below) titled, "Failing Gaza: No rebuilding, no recovery, no more excuses" is hard-hitting and to the point.

It says a year after Operation Cast Lead, extensive damage hasn't been repaired and thousands "are being prevented from rebuilding their shattered society." It's not from a lack of commitment or enough resources with over $4 billion in pledged aid. It's because Israel blocks goods and equipment from entering Gaza. The world community and Arab world do nothing to stop them, so much of the Strip still lies in ruins.

by Stephen Lendman | 09.02.2009

Israel's slow motion genocide

A UN Special Focus on Gaza Under Siege - by Stephen Lendman

In August 2009, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) published a special report titled: "Locked In: The Humanitarian Impact of Two Years of Blockade on the Gaza Strip." It focuses on import and export restrictions, the travel ban on "livelihoods, food security, education, health, shelter, energy and water, and sanitation." It explains how violence and human rights abuses increase the suffering of 1.5 million people.

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begins: Feb 20, 3:30 pm

ends: Feb 20, 6:00 pm

location: 1880 JF Kennedy Blvd., in front of the Israeli Consulate, with a march to City Hall

When: next Friday, February 20

Time: 3:30 to 6:00

Where: 1880 JF Kennedy Blvd., in front of the Israeli Consulate, with a march to City Hall

Stand up for the rights of those who have been silenced.

Our efforts must continue until the oppressive siege ends!



by Stephen Lendman | 02.02.2009

Israel never honors them.

Ceasefires, Israeli-Style - by Stephen Lendman

Waging war while talking peace is customary Israeli practice. On January 19, Haaretz headlined: "Israel declares unilateral cease-fire. The security cabinet last night authorized a unilateral cease-fire (to take effect) at 2AM (Sunday morning), ending three weeks of intense fighting."

Declaration notwithstanding, nothing changed. Gaza remains occupied, under siege, and totally isolated. Borders are still closed. On January 28, The New York Times said "truckloads of humanitarian aid" are stuck in Egypt because of Israeli and Cairo restrictions. Little can get in, and attacks merely downshifted to a lower gear.

by Stop the War Coalition-Philippines | 01.24.2009

‘SEVER TIES WITH WAR CRIMINALS’ SAYS GROUP

13 January 2008: Carrying a giant eviction order and a mock padlock, the broad anti-war group, Stop the War Coalition-Philippines, went to the Israeli embassy today to symbolically order its closure.

The group sought to express its opposition to Israel’s ongoing aggression in Gaza which has already killed more than 800 people, a third of which are children.

(Note: according to the latest report there are now 1,300 Palestinians killed, including 410 children and 100 women. Another 5,300 people were wounded. The statistics bureau reported 4,100 homes totally destroyed and 17,000 others damaged. Israel lost 10 soldiers and three civilians. http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5274506/last-israeli-soldier-pulls-ou... - Note and photos added by the poster)

by Stephen Lendman | 01.21.2009

The liberation struggle continues.

Al Nakba Redux - by Stephen Lendman

For Palestinians, the Nakba "Catastrophe" is their "Holocaust" six-month slaughter and displacement before and after the May 1948 establishment of Israel. In December 1947, Jews in Palestine numbered 600,000 compared to 1.3 million Palestinians. David Ben-Gurion ordered them removed and for "Every attack....to end with occupation, destruction and expulsion."

He meant depopulation, destruction, mass slaughter, displacement, and erasing a proud people's history. Palestine was to become Israel. Most of the job was completed, more in 1967, and thereafter incrementally until total dispossession is achieved. Gaza is the latest battleground. More ahead is planned. The struggle for liberation continues.

by Uhuru Solidarity Movement | 01.20.2009

From Gaza to West Philly: Stop the U.S.-funded War on Palestinian & African People!

When: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 7:30pm
Where: Uhuru Solidarity Center, 3733 Lancaster Ave, Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Uhuru Solidarity Movement, philly_office@apscuhuru.org, 215-387-0919
More Information: http://www.apscuhuru.org

From Gaza to West Philly:

Stop the U.S.-funded War on Palestinian and African People!

As the U.S. spends billions of dollars to fund the massacre of Palestinian people in Gaza, Mayor Nutter uses $1.1 Billion a year (a third of Philly's budget) to attack African people through Stop & Frisk, police terror & prisons in Philadelphia! Gaza is right here in Philly: police murders of young black men; African families losing their homes due to subprime scams and gentrification, and the bombing of West Philly by Wilson Goode in 1985!

by Stephen Lendman | 01.19.2009

World outrage condemns Israeli war crimes.

Today in Solidarity We're All Palestinians - by Stephen Lendman

World outrage continues over Israeli war crimes and Washington's complicity. Gazans are now immortalized. Hamas is more popular than ever and remains resolute despite everything the IDF threw against it.

Democrats and Republicans share equal guilt. They fund Israeli state terror, are partnered in its aggression, and have collaboratively planned, supported, and/or agreed to it for the past 41 years. Continuity under Obama is assured. The current Gaza carnage is the worst since 1967. In spite of its "unilateral" ceasefire, sporadic Israeli attacks continue. The IDF merely redeployed. Gaza remains under siege, and human suffering is overwhelming and unrelieved.

by Rich Gardner | 01.17.2009

As President-elect Obama passes through Philadelphia, UFPJ-DVN let's him know Peace Movement is still here!

UFPJ-DVN Protest
Philadelphia 17Jan09

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United for Peace & Justice - Delaware Valley Network (UFPJ-DVN) met at the William Way Friends Center at 1315 Spruce St (A few blocks South of City Hall) where we celebrated the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and raised a ruckus about the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and recently, Gaza.

by Rich Gardner | 01.09.2009

Code Pink says to send a white Rose to President-elect Obama for only $5.

Code Pink asks contributors to send a white rose to our President-elect to protest the war in Gaza. 

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Donate $5 today and we will deliver Barack Obama a bouquet of white roses,  harkening back to the White Rose Society—the WWII non-violent resistance group in Germany. This tiny band of college students and their professor adopted the motto "We will not be silent" and exposed what they saw and knew was happening around them. 

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