Munir’s Story

Munir’s Story 28 years after the Massacre at Sabra-Shatila Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refugee Camp Beirut   This wall, adjacent to Abu Yassir’s shelter is used by Shatila refugee camp tykes for playing ball and other games, unaware that some of...

900 Academics write letter to Obama

Dear President-elect Obama The Daily Star (Beyrouth)  /  January 12, 2009 Open Letter Editor's note: The following is a letter addressed to US President-elect Barack Obama calling for the United States to change its policies vis-à-vis the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,...

Reversing escalation of Afghan War

By popular demand we are holding a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 7 pm at the WESPAC office, 255 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in White Plains to discuss next steps to reverse the escalation of the Afghanistan War.

East Timor on Gaza

Charlie Scheiner has been instrumental in building the East Timor solidarity with the Palestinian struggle with regard to the catastrophe in Gaza.  Her below is the result of his work.    Andrew     The following is an English translation of a statement issued by an...

Gerald Kaufman, UK Jewish MP

Subject: A ecouter sans faute !     UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza   Un homme courageux et conséquent avec lui-même.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGuYjt6CP8

Enthusiasm for Fayyad not shared

"Enthusiasm for Palestinian prime minister isn't shared by Palestinians" By Ali Abunimah Rabbi Kenneth Chasen is the latest to offer a glowing report of the Palestinian-state-in-the-making supposedly being built by Salam Fayyad, a political unknown until...

Neve Gordon

How to sell 'ethical warfare' Claim moral superiority, intimidate enemies and crush dissent – Israel's media management is not just impressive, it's terrifying Neve Gordon The Guardian January 16, 2009 One of my students was arrested yesterday and spent the night in a...

Holiday Greetings from WESPAC Board of Directors




The WESPAC Board of Directors would like to thank all those who responded to our membership drive this year and those who have participated in our poetry cafes, workshops, retreat, travels and community organizing.  We have much to appreciate, many to thank and so much to be grateful for.



The Battle for Legitimacy

The Battle for Legitimacy Patrick Seale Agence Global January 16, 2009 One of Israel’s sternest critics, Professor Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said this week that Israel was losing...

John Mearsheimer

Another War, Another Defeat The Gaza offensive has succeeded in punishing the Palestinians but not in making Israel more secure. John J. Mearsheimer, The American Conservative January 26, 2009 Issue     Israelis and their American supporters claim that Israel learned...

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