Soon Israel will be faced with Jewish anti-siege activists fighting to break the blockade on Gaza.
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Israel needs a mass movement of sanity (which is sadly lacking)
The peace movement, anti-occupation, anti-Gaza siege and rational Israelis do exist and they made their voices heard this weekend. If only more of them existed: Thousands of demonstrators from across the left-wing of Israeli politics held a rally in Tel Aviv Saturday afternoon to protest 43 years of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, and…
Rachel Corrie is illegally boarded
Looks like Israel’s trigger-finger was on holiday this Sabbath: Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Saturday boarded the Gaza-bound aid ship “Rachel Corrie,” and directed it toward the the Israeli port city of Ashdod. The move came after warnings that Israel would not allow the vessel to reach Gaza, which is under blockade by Israel, and…
“The Israelis have behaved like pirates, no better than those who operate off the coast of Somalia”
Bestselling Swedish author Henning Mankell, who sailed on the ships trying to break Israel’s Gaza blockade, shares his diary of the journey.
The far-right shows its proud side
Israeli dissident Neve Gordon on Israel’s fascist turn. Remind me how we share “values” with Israel again? In Israel, almost all of the protests against the navy’s assault on the relief flotilla took place in Palestinian space. Palestinian citizens in almost every major town and city, from Nazareth to Sachnin and from Arabe to Shfaram,…
Some Swedes care about Palestine and show it
More progress: Swedish dockworkers will launch a weeklong blockade of Israeli ships and goods arriving in the Nordic nation to protest Monday’s attack on a Gaza-destined aid flotilla. Nine activists died after Israeli troops intercepted the convoy. Swedish Port Workers Union spokesman Peter Annerback says workers will refuse to handle Israeli goods and ships during…
Talk to Hamas now, says Turkey
While the New York Times calls for better relations between Israel and Turkey – and even urges Israel to end its siege on Gaza – Ankara has its own ideas about moving forward (via The Cable): As the crisis over a deadly Israeli commando raid on a vessel carrying Turkish activists continued to command the…
Sorry, Israel, you’re too kind to those activists, please come again
Are we seriously saying that a group of activists on a ship threatened the lives of Israel, its people and pets? Jon Stewart has a few words: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Clusterf#&k to the War House – Korean Peninsula & Middle East www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes…
When tribalism meets a land grab, stand back
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald: Thus, nuclear-armed Israel is bullied and victimized by starving Gazans with stones. … The… Israel Navy is threatened by a flotilla filled with wheelchairs and medicine. … And the greatest superpower the Earth has ever known faces a grave and existential threat from a handful of religious fanatics hiding in caves. … An American condemnation…