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)

Israeli doctors experimented on children

by Chris McGreal, from The Guardian
(article from 2005)A leading Israeli doctor and medical ethicist has called for the prosecution of doctors responsible for thousands of unauthorised and often illegal experiments on small children and geriatric and psychiatric patients in Israeli hospitals.

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 [...]

Don’t Forget, Israel Is a Democracy

by Uri Avneri, AntiWar
How lucky we are to have the extreme Right standing guard over our democracy.
This week, the Knesset voted by a large majority (47 to 34) for a law that threatens imprisonment for anyone who dares to deny that Israel is a Jewish and democratic state.
The private [...]

Palestinian brothers: Israel used us as human shields in Gaza war

by Clancy Chassay,  Guardian
Israel has been accused of using Palestinian human shields during its invasion of Gaza, a breach of the Geneva conventions that prohibit intentionally putting civilian lives at risk.The Guardian has interviewed three Gazan brothers who described how they were taken from their home at gunpoint, made to kneel in front of [...]

American Badly Hurt in Clash With Israeli Military

the AP from New York Times
An American demonstrator was critically wounded Friday in a clash between protesters and Israeli troops over Israel’s West Bank separation barrier. ( ”He had a large hole in the front of his head, and his brain was visible.”)