(New York) – Burmese security forces have laid landmines during attacks on villages and along the Bangladesh border, posing a grave risk to Rohingya Muslims fleeing atrocities, Human Rights Watch said today. The Burmese government should immediately stop using antipersonnel landmines and join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. “The dangers faced by thousands of Rohingya…
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Arab Studies Institute Announces Release of Gaza in Context Pedagogy Project — Jadaliyya com|Watch and understand the truth
Israel does not have a Hamas problem, it does not have a Gaza problem, it has a Palestine problem. It has been two years since Israel’s most brutal attack on the Palestinian people of Palestine in its history. Despite overwhelming evidence of the disparity of power between Israel and all Palestinians and the aggressiveness of…
Palestinians urge Oscar nominees to reject Israel junket — IINA News org| Israel has over 50 racist laws that directly discriminate against its indigenous Palestinian citizens
Image from google Jerusalem, (IINA) – Palestinians are calling on Oscar nominees to reject a travel voucher supplied by the Israeli government as part of the gift bag they will be given during the Academy Awards, The Electronic Intifada (EI) reported. The Israeli tourism ministry said it was behind the vouchers, which are good for…
UN: 170 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in 2015|Also Israeli authorities demolished 539 Palestinian houses
New York, (IINA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Thursday that at least 170 Palestinians were killed in 2015 by the Israeli occupying forces, including over 140 during the ongoing Israeli escalation in the occupied Palestinian territories, WAM reported. OCHA released a statement saying that at least 15,377…
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine — Book by Israeli historian and activist Ilan Pappé|Watch video on the author Explaining history in Vancouver
Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe’s groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could…
Designed to Fail: Gaza’s Reconstruction Plan — By Charlie Hoyle on IPS (Inter Press Service) |Not a single one of the 11,000 destroyed homes has been rebuilt
“Most of the 100,000 Palestinians displaced by the [2014] war continue to live in makeshift shelters, often in the rubble of their former homes, and the landscape is littered with miles upon miles of apocalyptic decay where homes, shops, and restaurants once stood” The rubble of twisted concrete and metal bakes in the hot Mediterranean…
Videos: The children of Gaza Jon Snow, Channel 4 UK TV| Israel accused of war crimes (UK Parliament)
shaun gibson Published 29.07.2014 Channel 4 News presenter Jon Snow talks honesty about what he seen in Gaza and how he thinks it’s wrong and needs to be fixed. His passion for the kids is true and real. This is an Award winning news anchor man from a really high media TV outlet *****…
Sunbathing at the crime scene: the Israeli resort that covers up a massacre — by Jonathan Cook on The Electronic Intifada Net
Activists carry placards reading the names of the Tantura massacre’s known victims – Jonathan Cook There are few clues today at the site of the single worst massacre committed by the Israeli army during the 1948 war that established a Jewish state on the ruins of the Palestinians’ homeland. For Palestinians, Tantura, the name of…
‘Indiscriminate’ Killing in Gaza Was Top-Down War Plan, say Israeli Veterans — by Sarah Lazare on Common Dreams org
Over 60 officers and soldiers who took part in ‘Operation Protective Edge’ anonymously testify about acts they committed or witnessed IDF soldiers deployed during “Operation Protective Edge.” (Photo: IDF/flickr/public domain) The “massive and unprecedented harm” inflicted on the population of Gaza during last summer’s 50-day Israeli military assault stemmed from the top of the chain…
Gaza Rebuild Effort Could Take 100 Years: Oxfam — by Andrea Germanos on Common Dreams org
‘Only an end to the blockade of Gaza will ensure that people can rebuild their lives.’ —Catherine Essoyan, Oxfam People walk through the heavily-bombed Shujaiya area in eastern Gaza in July 2014 during a pause in attacks. (Photo: Iyad al Baba/Oxfam via flickr/cc) Despair and destruction continue to envelop the blockaded Gaza strip, where the…
ICC (The International Criminal Court) opens initial inquiry into possible war crimes in Palestine
Source: Al Jazeera English Published on 16 Jan 2015 Richard Falk, who is the Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comments on the ICC decision to start preliminary examination on possible war crimes in Palestinian territories. ***** See also: ICC prosecutor opens probe into war crimes against Palestinians — Yahoo com News…
‘People are questioning Israel’ — Norwegian surgeon Mad Gilbert who worked in Gaza shares his experiences with Al Jazeera
During the latest Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip, war planes dropped bombs on the enclave day and night. The people there, besieged on all sides, had no place to go. As in previous wars, Israel says it was responding to attacks from Hamas. But the war in the summer of 2014 was different, according…
The culture and faith of the Yazidis: Demonised and eternally misunderstood — Qantara de article by Ulrich von Schwerin
***** Read this article in Deutsch- Kultur und Glauben der Jesiden: Verteufelt und ewig missverstanden ***** Their persecution by Islamic State has put the Yazidis in the international spotlight. In her book on the Yazidis, Birgul Acikyildiz provides insights into the culture and faith of this endangered community. By Ulrich von Schwerin In August of…
Peace and Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine — Network of Spiritual Progressives org
Jews did not return to their ancient homeland to oppress the Palestinian people, and Palestinians did not resist the creation of a Jewish state out of hatred of the Jews. – Rabbi Michael Lerner Welcome to our Peace and Reconciliation in Israel and Palestine page. We have various resources that we believe will be…
Video: Israeli Myths & Propaganda. Ilan Pappe
Palestine Diary Uploaded on 29 Dec 2010 Full Interview: Professor Ilan Pappe reveals the truth about the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Source: Global Information Services. http://vimeo.com/6977939 ->>>>><<<<<-
Desmond Tutu to the people of Israel: Liberate yourselves by liberating Palestine
The truth is one, no matter where it comes from or who says it. I could not believe my eyes, when I read this appeal by Bishop Desmond Tutu. So many sentences, thoughts and paragraphs are identical in the following pieces I wrote a few weeks ago (after the appeal) – Mike Ghouse Desmond Tutu…
Over 300 Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants Condemn Israel’s “Massacre of Palestinians in Gaza” — Global Voices online org
Protest by the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) The International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN) has released an open letter signed by 327 Jewish survivors and descendants of survivors and victims of the Nazi genocide “unequivocally” condemning the “massacre of Palestinians in Gaza and the ongoing occupation and colonization of historic Palestine” The letter was written…
Conversations About Gaza: “But Hamas…” by Donna Nevel on Fair Observer com
Donna Nevel, a founding member of Jews Say No, highlights the historical context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In conversations about Gaza, I have heard many thoughtful people in the Jewish community lament the loss of Palestinian lives in Gaza but then say, “But Hamas…” as if that were the heart of the problem. I’d…
"A Tragic Mistake" To Not Explore Diplomacy With Hamas — Video Interview with Prof. Richard Falk, Princeton University by Real News com
“we should know from the experience with South Africa and with Northern Ireland that if you want to make peace with a resistance movement, you have to begin by treating them as a political actor, particularly when, as is the case with Hamas, they signal that intention. I’ve had conversations with two leaders of Hamas,…
"The treatment of the Palestinians is the biggest threat to Israel" — Qantara de interview with Yehuda Shaul, a former soldier and one of the founders of the Israeli NGO ‘Breaking the Silence’
***** Read this interview in Deutsch: ‘Wenn Empathie als Verbrechen zählt’ — Interview mit Yehuda Shaul (Mitbegründer von “Breaking the Silence” und israelischer Ex-Soldaten) ***** Yehuda Shaul, a former soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), is one of the founders of the Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence. Marian Brehmer talked to him about Operation…
