Gaza Notebook By Fawaz A. Gerges January 16, 2009 var EmailArticleWindow; function email_article_popup (uri) { if (!uri) { uri = window.location; } var url = '/email/email.mhtml?i=20090202&s=gerges&type=article'; if ((EmailArticleWindow) &&...
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.
Avigail Abarbanel
Avigail Abarbanel speaks at a rally in Canberra, Australia. She is Israeli, has served in the Israeli army. Her statements about Israel and Israeli society are not opinion. As she is a psychologist, they are a diagnosis. Avigail is a director of Deir Yassin...
Lebanon Scatters chicken feed
Lebanon scatters a little chicken feed and labels it ‘manna from heaven’ Part XI of a Series on Securing Palestinian Civil Rights in Lebanon Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp Beirut ...
Gilad Atzmon
Gilad Atzmon - Israel Has Managed to Lose Again By Gilad Atzmon • Jan 14th, 2009 at 23:55 • Haaretz reported today that IDF Senior officials "believe that Israel should strive to reach an immediate cease-fire with Hamas, and not expand its offensive...
Ilan Pappe
London Review of Books * LRB * 14 January 2009 Israel¹s Message Ilan Pappe In 2004, the Israeli army began building a dummy Arab city in the Negev desert. It¹s the size of a real city, with streets (all of them given names), mosques, public buildings...
Chronicle of a Suicide Foretold
Commentary No. 249, Jan. 15, 2009 "Chronicle of a Suicide Foretold: The Case of Israel" The state of Israel proclaimed its independence at midnight on May 15, 1948. The United Nations had voted to establish two states in what had been Palestine under British rule. The...
The US isn’t leaving Iraq
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/aug/04/us-iraq-rebranding-occupation
Chomsky on Gaza
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Gaza Action Resources
With the Gaza "cease fire" in place for one week (after Israeli forces murdered at least 450 Children), the Beit Sahour vigil that was held daily for the past 22 days will be transformed to increased action. Tomorrow (Monday) at 10 AM local, Palestinian Civil Society...
The New Intifada
http://www.alhewar.org/INTIFADAH%20PAGE/the_new_intifidah.htm
WESPAC on Facebook
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