Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court Southpaw By Dave Zirin January 8, 2009 We have officially entered uncharted waters. Never before in my years of reporting has a sports team been forced to abandon the field of play due to political protest from fans. Never...
The WESPAC Committee for Justice & Peace in the Middle East is a group of concerned people from the Westchester County area formed to educate the general community, promote open discussion and dialogue and advocate for just solutions to the current destructive situations in the Middle East, particularly in Palestine/Israel. WESPAC supports the call by over 200 Palestinian civil society organizations for punitive measures including boycotts, divestment, and sanctions to be maintained until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian People’s inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with the precepts of international law. We call for an end to all occupations in the region. The committee meets regularly and invites participation from the public. Please contact the office at 914.449.6514 or email [email protected] for more information.
Venezuela expels Israeli Ambassador
Venezuela expels Israeli ambassador Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive [AFP] Venezuela has expelled the Israeli ambassador to protest against the country's assault on Gaza, after the Venezuelan president...
Teachers Against the Occupation
Friends, As the attacks on Gaza enter a second week, including the systematic bombing and destruction of schools, universities and education ministry buildings, it has become clear that academics in the United States and elsewhere must organize to resist the Israeli...
Gazing at Gaza’s Destruction
Gazing at Gaza's Destruction: Israelis Sip Pepsi, US Progressives See 'Silver Lining' Written by Chris Floyd (UPDATED BELOW.) (***NEW UPDATE***) Here we see Israelis in Sderot – the chief target of the homemade bombs which we...
Zapatistas on Gaza
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Of sowing and harvests: Subcomandante Marcos' speech on Gaza Two days ago, the same day we discussed violence, the ineffable Condoleezza Rice, a US official, declared that what was happening in Gaza was the Palestinians' fault, due to their...
Live from Gaza
By Vittorio Arrigoni in Gaza on January 7 They parade in fear, their eyes looking upwards, surrendering to the sky showering terror and death upon them, fearing the earth that keeps shaking under every step they take, opening craters where there were houses, schools,...
Democrats are cowards
Democrats Are Cowards in the Face of Israel’s Brutality By Stephen Zunes, AlterNet Posted on January 6, 2009, The Democratic leadership’s strident support for the ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip underscores how the Democrats suffer from the same...
WESPAC article featured in Palestine Heritage Newsletter
Dear Friends, Below you will find the link to the February 2013 issue of the Palestinian Heritage Foundation's Newsletter. We are proud of the Foundation’s achievements. Hope you are as well. Please let us know what you think. ...
What you don’t know about Gaza
http://www.nytimes. com/2009/ 01/08/opinion/ 08khalidi. html January 8, 2009 Op-Ed Contributor What You Don't Know About Gaza By RASHID KHALIDI NEARLY everything you've been led to believe about Gaza is wrong. Below are a few essential points that seem to be missing...
Gaza medics
Gaza medics describe horror of strike which killed 70 Growing evidence emerged today of the bloodiest single incident of the Gaza conflict when around 70 corpses were found by a Palestinian paramedic near a bombed-out house. Tim Butcher in Jerusalem Telegraph (UK)...
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WESPAC Foundation has secured the screening rights to make the documentary Who Killed Alex Odeh? available to our community for one day. This film is deeply personal to me. I was a high school student here in Westchester County at Horace Greeley when Alex Odeh, a Palestinian American civil rights leader and regional director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, was assassinated by a bomb planted at his office in Santa Ana, California, on October 11, 1985. I remember how deeply disturbing it was to learn of his murder, and I remain profoundly shaken by the fact that, more than four decades later, no one has been brought to justice. Even more troubling is the history of suspects who were able to leave the United States without facing prosecution. For me, Alex Odeh’s murder came to symbolize something that Palestinians have experienced for generations: a devastating sense that those who take Palestinian lives can do so with impunity. That failure of accountability has continued to haunt our people, culminating in the mass killing and destruction we have witnessed in Gaza over these past several years. When violence against Palestinians goes unpunished, it sends a dangerous message that Palestinian lives are somehow less worthy of protection, dignity, and justice. I hope our WESPAC community will take the time to watch this important film with me on December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC, reflect on the decades of injustice it exposes, and recommit ourselves to the principle that every human life is sacred and that justice must never depend on one’s nationality, ethnicity, or identity.Wednesday, December 2nd at 7pm at WESPAC77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607
Come out on Sunday and support the Yonkers Sanctuary Movement!
Celebrating Community, Art, Music & Our Shared Commitment to JusticeThursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PMWESPAC Foundation77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2WWhite Plains, NY 10607Dear WESPAC Friends, Members, and Community Partners,We warmly invite you to join us for WESPAC’s Annual Meeting of Members, an evening of community, reflection, inspiring art, live music, and renewed commitment to building a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world.At a time when our collective voices, creativity, and solidarity matter so deeply, we look forward to gathering with old friends and new, sharing a meal, reflecting on the challenges and opportunities before us, and celebrating the extraordinary power of ordinary people to shape history. Full details at www.wespac.org