Israeli Smear Campaign Against Forthcoming UN Report on Gaza War (tags)
Gaza
Israeli Security Force Thugs Attack Russian Journalists (tags)
Israel
Mustafa Barghouti on Operation Protective Edge (tags)
anti-war
Palestine to Join 15 UN Bodies and Treaties (tags)
Palestine
Khader Adnan: Day 60 and Counting (tags)
Israel
New York Times: Railing Against Palestinian Statehood (tags)
media
Israel's Jerusalem Master Plan 2020 (tags)
Israel plans to Judaize Jerusalem
Israel's Bogus Construction Moratorium (tags)
settlement construction continues unabated
Solving the Fatah-Hamas Impasse (tags)
I was reading a news article on former Palestinian Information minister Dr Mustafa Barghouthi on An Najah University's (Nablus, Palestine) website when I stumbled upon this article on a Palestinian solution to the impasse between Fatah & Hamas below. It calls for reform of the PLO, dissolvement of the emergency gov, Hamas gov, & to end the current factionalism running rampant in territories by allowing all factions to join a new reformed government composed of other political parties: PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY
In one of many reports and accounts of economic life in the Gaza Strip that I have recently read, I was struck by a description of an old man standing on the beach in Gaza throwing his oranges into the sea. The description leapt out at me because it was this very same scene I myself witnessed some 21 years ago during my very first visit to the territory. It was the summer of 1985 and I was taken on a tour of Gaza by a friend named Alya. As we drove along Gaza's coastal road I saw an elderly Palestinian man standing at the shoreline with some boxes of oranges next to him. I was puzzled by this and asked Alya to stop the car. One by one, the elderly Palestinian took an orange and threw it into the water. His was not an action of playfulness but of pain and regret. His movements were slow and labored as if the weight of each orange was more than he could bear. I asked my friend why he was doing this and she explained that he was prevented from exporting his oranges to Israel and rather than watch them rot in his orchards, the old man chose to cast them into the sea. I have never forgotten this scene and the impact it had on me.
Palestinian Elections – Charting the Palestinian Future (tags)
Marina del Ray, CA 90292
Israeli activists- Peace comes from justice and coexistence (tags)
The Olga Appeal-FOR TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION, FOR EQUALITY AND PARTNERSHIP --This document represents a new initiative brought by Israeli activists and scholars that deserves widespread attention and dissemination.