Please let’s, all of us, demand that our religious, academic, media and political elite join us and refuse to look the other way. Every bomb dropping on Gaza is falling on men, women and children….grandmothers, little brothers, baby sisters.
In the early hours of 7 August, Israeli Occupation forces, in a night raid and home invasions in Jenin, shot…
The whole world, every country on every continent, is preoccupied with taking desperate steps to protect their own people from Covid-19, is preoccupied with worries about how their societies can recover in a way that is fair and just. Thus, the Israeli regime is able to, not just continue its policies of dispossessing Palestinians, but also take measures to prevent Palestinians from protecting themselves from Covid-19.
For Palestinians in Gaza, living with an almost non-stop air raid atmosphere, life is never peaceful or normal.
A UK charity, Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR), that works to protect and promote Palestinian human rights and the international rule of law, has recently published its Child Right Bulletin for 1 May-30 June 2020. Some examples from the bulletin reveal a little of Israel’s contemptuous violations against Palestinian minors, even young children.
British poet Edwin Brock, who died in 1997, is best known for his poem:
In the debate over Zionist territorial claims to Palestine, the voices of non-Zionist Jews are never given equal opportunity or respect.
From 10-23 June, inclusive, there was one Palestinian Gaza ceasefire violation in which a missile was fired across the Green Line. Israeli ceasefire violations over the same period numbered 30, including an air strike on Rafah and three incursions. Fifteen minors, aged 14 to 17, were abducted by Israeli soldiers. Several homes were destroyed and there were 64 raids, with homes invaded, many of them at night.
On July 1st the new Israeli government led by Benjamin Netanyahu has declared its intention to proceed unilaterally and annex …
The US is a plutocracy. The billionaires are very powerful. With enough money one can buy newspapers, influence at universitites, politicians ..and even the US foreign policy.