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...
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.
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)...
Gaza video
please watch first before letting children see it --- use discretion http://palestinejou rnal.net/ gaza/video/ gaza_jan- 1-09_intro. htm
Why aren’t more Americans Dancing to Israel’s Tune
Max Blumenthal Senior Writer for The Daily Beast Posted January 5, 2009 | 08:17 AM (EST) Why Aren't More Americans Dancing To Israel's Tune? Almost as soon as the first Israeli missile struck the Gaza Strip, a veteran cheering squad suited up to support the...
Israeli Consulate in Toronto taken over
Matan Cohen posted an announcement to the cause ANARCHISTS AGAINST THE WALL. ------------ ---- Arrests underway in Toronto Israeli Consulate Sit-in Toronto: Wednesday January 8, 2009 Time: 11:20 am Police have moved in to arrest a group of Jewish Canadian women who...
Understanding Gaza
Understanding Gaza When a vast military machine is being unleashed on a captive population under siege, whose most militant members are lightly armed and try to make up in suicidal courage for what they lack in materiel, the image most likely to spring to mind is that...
Jonathan Cook
Bombing to make the Gaza prison even more secure for Israel Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 7 January 2009 There are two persistent myths about the aim of Israel's onslaught on Gaza: the first that it is an entirely defensive move, a way to end the rocket fire...
Bush Plan
Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault Analysis by Gareth Porter WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (IPS) - Until mid-2007, there was a serious political obstacle to a massive conventional war by Israel against Hamas in Gaza: the fact that Hamas had won free and fair elections...
Avi Shlaim
How Israel brought Gaza to the brink of humanitarian catastrophe Oxford professor of international relations Avi Shlaim served in the Israeli army and has never questioned the state's legitimacy. But its merciless assault on Gaza has led him to a devastating...
Gaza Action in Chappaqua on Saturday, Jan. 10th
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: What about the Fourth Geneva Convention? Join People of Conscience in protesting the U.S.-Israeli war against the Palestinian People Gather at 1:30pm on Saturday, January 10th at the Chappaqua Train Station. ...
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Dear Friends and Members of WESPAC,If concrete steps toward a peace deal aren’t taken before the midterm election, we risk the war against Iran spiraling into a permanent, multi-trillion-dollar quagmire.The administration has burned an estimated $2 billion a week on this conflict. These are funds that could build 4,000 new homes every single week or fix our failing roads and hospitals. Instead, our taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a war that a growing number of Americans do not want.We need decisive congressional action before the election.On Tuesday, October 20th, two weeks before the election, join a nationwide coalition to gather at U.S. House and Senate district offices, arriving 30 minutes before doors open to speak directly with lawmakers and their staff as they arrive for the day.Will you join our nationwide call to Congress outside your lawmaker’s office on October 20th to end the war against Iran?WESPAC will be outside of Congressmember George Latimer’s office located at 222 Mamaroneck Avenue in downtown White Plains.👉 RSVP and let us know if you’ll be outside your local congressional office.Check out the Action Kit with resources including social media posts, a customizable flyer, and a rally check list to make it easier to organize a rally! Comment endMore information about the nationwide Day of Action can be found here, including a growing list of rallies that are being planned around the country.In solidarity,Nada
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