Gaza/Palestine News and Information

With the current crisis in Gaza,  I wanted to create a special section of my blog devoted to news and information related to what’s happening on the ground there, as well as any relevant information that may shed some light upon what is fueling tensions between Palestinians and the State of Israel.  I feel it is vital to educate ourselves not only about what is currently taking place in the Gaza Strip, but we must also learn about the history of past conflicts as well.  Peace. 

News/Articles:

Added February 2009:

• US Lawyers report on Israeli crimes in Gaza (Electronic Intifada)
• BBC’s “impartiality” anything but (Electronic Intifada)
• Gaza shakes American Arab and Muslim youth (Electronic Intifada)
• Israel and the politics of friendship (Electronic Intifada)
• Aid worker:  Gaza an “apocalypse” (Electronic Intifada)
• Palestinian boycott committee salutes S. African dock workers (Electronic Intifada)
• Hamas’ political victory (Electronic Intifada)
• Israeli army “subcontracted” by extremist settlers (Electronic Intifada)
• A real Arab peace initiative (Electronic Intifada)
• Report:  Palestinian groups executed, abused opponents (Electronic Intifada)
• The resistance option (Electronic Intifada)
• Hamas is not going away (Electronic Intifada)
• Israeli closures prevent import of aid, cement to Gaza (Electronic Intifada)
• After ceasefire, Gazans still don’t feel safe (Electronic Intifada)
• Former US President Jimmy Carter:  “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land:  A Plan that Will Work” (Democracy Now!)
• Israeli Professor Neve Gordon and Palestinian lawmaker Mustafa Barghouti on the Israeli Elections (Democracy Now!)
• Former Speaker of the Israeli Parliament Avraham Burg:  “The Holocaust Is Over:  We Must Rise from its Ashes” (Democracy Now!)
• Israel Lurches Into Fascism (Information Clearing House)
• Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth on Obama’s Use of State Secrets and Israel’s 22-Day Attack on Gaza (Democracy Now!)

Added January 2009:

• Israel’s Onslaught:  One of Its Bloodiest Attacks on Palestinians in 60 Years (AlterNet)
• Gaza:  Leaders Lie, Civilians Die and the Lessons of History Are Ignored (AlterNet)
• Ann Frank Alive in Gaza:  Genocide in the Gaza Ghetto (Information Clearing House)
• An Unnecessary War, by Former President Jimmy Carter (Information Clearing House)
• Human Rights Groups Petition High Court, say IDF Preventing Medical Teams from Assisting Gazans Hurt in Strikes (Ynet News.com)
• Red Cross Slams Israel Over Access to Wounded (The Independent)
• Israel Poll Ban for Arab Parties (Al Jazeera| English)
• War on Gaza:  Who Will Save Israel from Itself? (Al Jazeera| English)
• Are the Children of Gaza Not Our Children? (The Palestine Chronicle)
• Leading Israeli Scholar Avi Shlaim:  Israel committing “State Terror” in Gaza Attack, Preventing Peace (Democracy Now!)
• Want to End the Violence in Gaza?  Boycott Israel (AlterNet)
• Palestinian Astrophysicist in US Recounts How His 11-Year-Old Son Died When Israeli Warplanes Bombed His Family’s House (Democracy Now!)
• Gaza Stirs World Boycott of Israel Goods (IslamOnline.net)
• Hamas Declares Truce, Gives Israel One Week to Leave Gaza (View London.co.uk)
• The Myth of Israel’s Strategic Genius (Foreign Policy)
• Testimony:  Soldiers Killed and Injured Dozens of Persons from as-Samuni Family in a-Zeitun Neighborhood, Gaza, Jan. ‘09 (B’ Tselem)
• A Child Full of Light Will Never See Again (Electronic Intifada)
• Ex-Carter Admin. Official:  Israel ignored Hamas Offer Days Before Attacking Gaza; Violated Ceasefire with Attacks, Blockade (Democracy Now!)
• Noam Chomsky:  Obama’s Stance on Gaza Crisis “Approximately the Bush Position” (Democracy Now!)
• Palestinian US College Grad Loses 2 Brothers in Israeli Shooting; Father Watched Son Bleed to Death After Israeli Troops Bar Ambulances (Democracy Now!)
• Part II:  Palestinian US college Grad Loses 2 Brothers in Israeli Shooting; Father Watched Son Bleed to Death After Israeli Troops Bar Ambulances (Democracy Now!)
• France says Israel continues to block aid, diplomats from Gaza (KUNA.net)
• Israel to allow Egypt to boost force on Gaza border to fight smuggling (HAARETZ.com)
• Hamas:  Obama does not represent change (HAARETZ.com)
• Israeli gunboat targets Gaza Civilians (Press TV)
• Hamas to pay victims of Israel’s assault on Gaza (Press TV)
• So, I asked the UN Secretary General, isn’t it time for a war crimes tribunal? (Information Clearing House)
• Fatah to take Israel to the Hague (Press TV)
• Israel “admits” using white phosphorous bombs (Press TV)
• Israel promises to allow media into Gaza (Press TV)
• Israel braces for war crime charges (Press TV)
• Israel ‘will be back in Gaza in one year’ (Press TV)
• Falk likens Gaza to Warsaw Ghetto (Press TV)
• Worse than an Earthquake:  Peace Activist Kathy Kelly on the Destruction in Gaza (Democracy Now!)
• “You can’t talk about the reality of Israel” (Information Clearing House)
• Controversial scholar slams Israeli massacre of Gaza civilians (Information Clearing House)
• Israel’s Latest War on Gaza:  Leading Israeli Perspectives from Tikkun Magazine [collection of articles] (Tikkun)
• Who’s in Charge?-Obama, the Pentagon, or Israel? (Truthdig)
• Can Mitchell turn Jerusalem into Belfast? (Information Clearing house)
• Irish Civil Society Calls for Boycott of Israel (Information Clearing house)

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Added January 2009:

• Israel Bombs Gaza Cemetery (You Tube)
• Israeli PM Gloats Over It’s Control Over Washington:  Bush Administration Denies (You Tube)
• UN Issues Warning on Gaza Children 14 Jan 09 (You Tube)
• Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Serve in Gaza (You Tube)
• Israel Admits:  “No Hamas Rockets Were Fired During Ceasefire” (You Tube)
• Zionists Call for Genocide at Pro Israel Rally NY (You Tube)
• Gaza Doctor’s Tragedy Caught on Israeli TV (You Tube)
• Norman Finkelstein Speaks in Edmonton:  Slams Israeli Massacre of Gaza Civilians Part 1 (You Tube)
• Norman Finkelstein Speaks in Edmonton:  Slams Israeli Massacre of Gaza Civilians Part 2 (You Tube)

Audio Links:

• “The Invasion of Gaza” with Michel Chossudovsky, January 14, 2009 (Guns and Butter)

Papers/Reports/Other Documents:

• January 6, 2009 Senate Resolution Expressing Solidarity with Israel in Israel’s Defense Against Terrorism in the Gaza Strip (THOMAS Library of Congress)
  

Online Petitions/Action Alerts:

• CAIR| Gaza “Peace and Justice” Online Petition
• Amnesty International Online Action Center| Civilians Must be Protected in Gaza and Israel
• Oxfam America| Urge an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza

Gaza Crisis Relief Organizations:

• Oxfam America.org:  Middle East Crisis Fund