Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report

“The United States has criticised the Goldstone report into Israel’s war on Gaza, calling it one-sided. In an interview with Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, Justice Richard Goldstone challenged the US government to justify its claims that his findings are flawed and biased.  Goldstone said the attacks on him have become personal and he believes most [...]

Peace Prize Laureate Obama Humbly Takes his Place Next to Terrorists (Begin) and War Criminals (Kissinger)

by Scott Creighton
For only the third time in history, a seated U.S. President has won the Nobel Peace Prize.  Barack Obama has been named the recipient of this years award.  According to the chairman of the Nobel committee, President Obama was given the award not so much for what he has done, but for what [...]

Palestinian President Abbas Faces Uproar for Aiding US-Israeli Derailment of UN Report on Gaza Assault

(The following is a transcript of a recent Democracy Now interview in which Rhasid Khalidi describes how the Obama administration helped apply pressure to the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in order to get them withdraw their support of Libya’s request for further action on the Goldstone investigation.)
from Democracy Now, watch the video here
JUAN GONZALEZ: [...]

I am Israel

(H/T Kenny’s Side Show)

Viva Palestina US Crosses Into Gaza through Rafah – Short Speech By George Galloway

Galloway, McKinney, and 200 other human rights activists cross into Gaza with aid convoy.

The “Spirit of Humanity

by Paul Craig Roberts, ICH
As President Obama has called for humanitarian aid to be sent to Gaza, and as the International Red Cross has damned the inhumanity of Israel’s blockade of Gaza, the question that immediately comes to mind is why did not the United States send sufficient US Navy escort to see the “Spirit [...]

Israel Illegally Captures 21 in International Waters (4 of whom are U.S. citizens)

A Noble laureate and former U.S. presidential candidate along with 19 other humanitarians have been illegally seized by Israeli forces in international waters off the coast of Gaza.  At last report, they are being detained by Israeli officials and towed to Israel and the supplies they were attempting to take into Gaza (medicine, toys, olive [...]

Author Naomi Klein calls for boycott of Israel

by AFP
Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters.
“It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy,” the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined a weekly demonstration against [...]

His Name is Ezra Nawi… His Name is Ezra Nawi… His Name is Ezra Nawi

by Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, and Neve Gordon
(video of his arrest after letter)
Every so often someone comes along who is so brave and so inspiring that you can’t just sit back when you learn they need your help.
I am writing you today about one of these rare people.
His name is Erza Nawi.
You probably have never [...]

Hold Your Applause

by Chris Hedges, Truthdig
Did they play Barack Obama’s speech to the Muslim world in the prison corridors of Abu Ghraib, Bagram air base, Guantanamo or the dozens of secret sites where we hold thousands of Muslims around the world? Did it echo off the walls of the crowded morgues filled with the mutilated [...]