Please post your accounts, reflections, and images from the January 10 Let Gaza Live March and rally here. Dear Friends, Today a bus load of us are traveling all day to join the thousands of Americans who will rally and march on Washington D.C. in the LET GAZA LIVE March. This is our effort to show our government, [...] [...]
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Incoming administration will abandon Bush’s isolation of Islamist group to initiate low-level diplomacy, say transition sources Jonathan Freedland: Talking to Hamas is a step toward peace Suzanne Goldenberg in Washington guardian.co.uk, Friday 9 January 2009 03.18 GMT The incoming Obama administration is prepared to abandon George Bush’s doctrine of isolating Hamas by establishing a channel to the Islamist [...] [...] Thursday 08 January 2009 by: Jimmy Carter, The Washington Post Go to original article on washingtonpost.com I know from personal involvement that the devastating invasion of Gaza by Israel could easily have been avoided. After visiting Sderot last April and seeing the serious psychological damage caused by the rockets that had [...] [...] January 8, 2009 Montreal – Early Thursday, January 8th Montrealers blockaded the Israeli Consulate in Montreal in protest against the on-going Israeli assault on the people of Gaza. The demonstrators were acting in solidarity with the 1.5 million people of Gaza, demanding Israel end its military assault and lift the 18-month siege on the Gaza Strip to [...] [...] It runs parallel with the ground offensive In Gaza, Genocide by Depleted Uranium has begun using “GBU-39″ bombs provided by the USA Publication date : 6 January 2009 Action of Citizens for the Total Dismantling of Nukes www.acdn.net January 3, 2009, the Israeli Army launched a ground offensive against Gaza – [...] [...] The Let Gaza Live national march in Washington, D.C. set for this Saturday is picking up steam. Within the last 24 hours, national organizers learned of 30 additional buses leaving from Arab American Community Centers and Mosques in the Downstate New York/ Northern New Jersey area. Lets do our part and join [...] [...] Submitted on 2009/01/07 at 5:43am from www.thomaspainereturns.net/ The whole world watches as the Palestinians in Gaza are being massacred. The justification for watching the slaughter is that Israel has the right to defend itself from Hamas rocket attacks on Israelis. But what of Palestine’s right to defend itself against further incursion by Israeli tactics? The massacres of [...] [...] Gaza War Protests–Jan 6, 2009 Peace activist & organizer of “Let Gaza Live” discusses the war underway now in the Gaza strip. [...] Go to original @ huffingtonpost.com Richard Falk United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories For eighteen months the entire 1.5 million people of Gaza experienced a punishing blockade imposed by Israel, and a variety of traumatizing challenges to the normalcy of daily life. A flicker of hope emerged some six months ago when an [...] [...] WHAT: A long column of figures dressed all in black with white death masks and bearing the names of those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Palestine. The march will be followed by a dramatic nonviolent action intended to awaken Congress to the need to end the wars. WHEN: March from noon to 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, [...] [...] ISRAEL’S GIGANTIC BLUNDER By Uri Avnery, January 2, 2009 JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, Aljazeera¹s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, a frightening, a terrifying [...] [...] Israel is believed to be using controversial white phosphorus shells to screen its assault on the heavily populated Gaza Strip yesterday. The weapon, used by British and US forces in Iraq, can cause horrific burns but is not illegal if used as a smokescreen. Go to original article on timesonline.com. [...] Video by Danny Burns December 29, 2008 – As part of a group of 60 people from the Atlantic Life Community, three mothers, Heidi Schloegel, Ellen Grady, and Clare Grady, were arrested outside the Israeli embassy. The group was petitioning embassy officials for an end to Israeli air strikes on Gaza. The three approached the embassy [...] [...] [ January 6, 2009; 7:30 pm; ] As violence escalates in Gaza each day and Israel contnues its ruthless siege and bombardment of innocent palestinians its crucial that activists stand up and call for an end to violence in Palestine. It is also crucial that activists come together to work out possible alternatives to the ultimate problem of Palestinian and Israeli [...] [...] Go to original article on thenation.com To Live and Die in Gaza By Laila Al-Arian January 2, 2009 On Sunday morning, I found out through a note my friend wrote on Facebook, that the Israeli Air Force was attacking my grandfather’s neighborhood in Gaza. Safa, who lives near my grandfather in the densely-populated “Asqoola” in Gaza City, recounted the [...] [...] PROTEST FOR GAZA: “Stop the Ground Invasion and the Bombing of Gaza!”, Rte. 13 & Clinton St., Ithaca[ January 6, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. January 8, 2009; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm. ] PROTEST FOR GAZA: “Stop the Ground Invasion and the Bombing of Gaza!” US F-16 planes and Apache helicopters being used and our tax dollars!!!! End the Occupation of Palestine!! TUES. & THURS. 3:30 -5:30 PM Rt. 13 & Clinton st.- Ithaca, NY (near CVS and Wegmans Bridge) Bring your own signs but make them big [...] [...] Israeli ground forces enter Gaza in escalation By IBRAHIM BARZAK and JASON KEYSER, Associated Press Writers Saturday, January 3, 2009 (01-03) 14:18 PST GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israeli tanks and troops launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip Saturday night with officials saying they expected a lengthy fight with Hamas militants in the densely populated territory [...] [...] Ma’an News Agency Date: 03 / 01 / 2009 Time: 19:35 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli warplanes leveled an American-style private school on Saturday morning that employees say had no connection to the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip or to armed activity in the Strip. The American International School in Gaza (AISG) in Beit Lahiya [...] [...] In Ithaca, N.Y. 30 people protested December 30 in solidarity with the people of Palestine–as well as two local community activists, Clare Grady and Ellen Grady, who were arrested the day before protesting in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. [...] |
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Urge your representative NOT to support Pelosi’s resolution in support of Israel
I just read the text of H.RES.34: “Recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza, reaffirming the United States strong support for Israel, and supporting the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.” I cannot fathom a worse resolution for the House to pass. I urge you to contact your representatives right away and urge them not [...] [...]