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Viva Palestina to lead largest US convoy into Gaza

4 July 2009 VIVA PALESTINA! The Chicago Network to Send a U.S. Aid Convoy to Gaza On to Rafah. And so it begins. By Sunday, the largest grassroots material aid campaign for Palestine in US history will be on the ground in Cairo, organizing supplies and transportation for the run to to Gaza. Viva Palestina Chicago would like [...] more >>

Cynthia McKinney: Letter from an Israeli Jail

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

This letter was first broadcast on WBAIX on July 3rd. more >>

Interview from a kidnapped passenger, Adie Mormech – Prison Cell, Givon Jail, Ramle, Israel

Source: Karmalised

Saturday, 04 July 2009 09:45 Written by Free Gaza Team Adie Mormech, one of over 21 human rights workers and crew taken prisoner on Tuesday 30th June when their boat was forcibly boarded by the Israeli navy, has spoken by mobile phone from his prison cell at Givon jail, Ramle, near Tel Aviv. Amongst the other prisoners from [...] more >>

Cynthia McKinney and Other Humanitarian Activists Refuse to Sign Israeli Documents; Remain in Custody

Source: Cryptogon

Via: Seattle Times / AP: Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said. In the most recent attempt by activists to break a two-year blockade of Gaza, [...] more >>

Cynthia McKinney: My Letter from an Israeli Prison

Source: Karmalised

This letter was originally broadcast on WBAIX on July 3rd My Letter from an Israeli Prison By Cynthia McKinney funny thing happened to me on my way to Gaza. Before I left for Gaza I was giddy with excitement. The children needed school supplies. It was a last minute, urgent request; please bring crayons [...] more >>

Saree Makdisi: Bibi’s “Jewish” and “Palestinian” not a two-state solution

Source: Karmalised

By Saree Makdisi o judge by the next day’s headlines, Benjamin Netanyahu’s policy speech last month was a great success. “Israeli Premier Backs State for Palestinians,” declared the New York Times. “Israel Endorses Two-State Goal,” said the Washington Post. “Netanyahu Backs Palestinian State,” announced The Guardian. He did no such thing, of course, unless [...] more >>

Letter from an Israeli Jail, by Cynthia McKinney

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

Original audio message available here: http://freegaza.org/it/home/56-news/984-a-message-from-cynthia-from-a-cell-block-in-israel This is Cynthia McKinney and I'm speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies - and even crayons for children, I had a suitcase full of crayons for children. While we were on our way to Gaza the Israelis threatened to fire on our boat, but we did not turn around. The Israelis high-jacked and arrested us because we wanted to give crayons to the children in Gaza. We have been detained, and we want the people of the world to see how we have been treated just because we wanted to deliver humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza. more >>

Mother Palestine and the Two-State Solution (by Latuff)

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of the brave Palestinian people and their struggle against US backed IsraHell's state terror. more >>

Entretien avec un passager kidnappé, Adie Mormech depuis sa cellule de la prison Givon à Ramle, Israël

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

Adie Mormech, un des 21 militants des droits humains et membres d'équipage fait prisonnier le mardi 30 juin quand leur bateau a été arraisonné de force par la marine israélienne, a parlé grâce à son téléphone portable depuis sa cellule de la prison Givon à Ramle, Israël. Parmi les autres prisonniers du bateau du Free Gaza Movement, le Spirit of Humanity, se trouvent Mairead Maguire, Prix Nobel de la Paix et l'ancienne membre du Congrès américain, Cynthia McKinney. Dans un message du 2 juillet, McKinney a condamné Israël pour son acte "illégal" de "brouillage de notre système de navigation" et de saisie du bateau et de sa cargaison d'aide médicale, de jouets pour les enfants et d'oliviers. McKinney a aussi dit: "Le département d'État et la Maison Blanche n'ont pas accompli notre libération ni n'ont condamné publiquement et fortement les actes illégaux de la marine israélienne qui applique un blocus sur l'assistance humanitaire aux palestiniens de Gaza, un blocus qui a été condamné par le président Obama". more >>

Pirates of the Mediterranean

Source: Mostly Water

By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS - July 1, 2009 On June 30, the government of Israel committed an act of piracy when the Israeli Navy in international waters illegally boarded the “Spirit of Humanity,” kidnapped its 21-person crew from 11 countries...and confiscated the cargo of medical supplies, olive trees, reconstruction materials, and children’s toys that were on the way to the Mediterranean coast of Gaza. The “Spirit of Humanity,” along with the kidnapped 21 persons, [were] towed to Israel... read more more >>

Vicenza, 4. Juli. Chronik der Demonstration

Source: Gipfelsoli - G8 2009 Maddalena

15:15 - Die Demonstrationsspitze formiert sich. Auf denm Fronttransparent steht die Parole, die diese Mobilisierung begleitet hat: "No dal Molin? Yes, we can!". An der Spitze, die Frauen vom Presidio Permanente (1). 15:45 - "Das heute aufgestellte militärische Aufgebot ist inakzeptabel!", sagen sie aus dem Lautsprecherwagen an der Demonstrationsspitze. Die Polizisten, die das Areal umstellen, dind Hunderte. Die Redebeiträge bekräftigen die legitime Forderung, dass das Sicherheitskäfteaufgebot entfernt wird, das de facto ein Mittel zur Abschreckung von Demonstrationswilligen darstellt. more >>

Manchester hostage interviewed from Israeli jail

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

Adie Mormech, one of over 20 human rights workers and crew taken prisoner on Tuesday 30th June when their boat was forcibly boarded by the Israeli navy, has spoken by mobile phone from his prison cell at Givon jail, Ramle, near Tel Aviv. more >>

(en) Palestine-Israel, MEDIA, The joint struggle* in the Jordan Rift Valley had some results - Twilight zone / Herding the shepherds

Source: A-infos

The Dararma family was distraught this past Sunday. Around noon on that hot day, two jeeps - one belonging to the Israel Defense Forces, the other to the Civil Administration - arrived at their home. A few officers emerged from the vehicles and informed the family that they would have to leave their home within a few hours and could not return until the following morning. The reason: an IDF exercise was to be held in the area. It turned out another 40 Palestinian families had received the same order. But not, of course, the residents of the nearby Jewish settlements. Although he's been subjected to evacuations and demolitions before, Kassem Dararma, a ... more >>

This Week in Palestine -Week 27 2009

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

Welcome to This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for June 27th to July 3ed, 2009. more >>

A message from Cynthia from a cell block in Israel

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

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More Correspondence with Israeli Embassy re Gaza Piracy

Source: Indymedia Ireland

Holding Israeli propaganda up to the light of day Correspondence with the Israeli embassy, their press officer defending the indefensible. (Apologies for calling the boat the "Spirit of Dignity", rather than the "Spirit of Humanity"). more >>

Israeli Gunboats Seize Ship Carrying Aid to Gaza

Source: Mostly Water

By Free Gaza Movement - July 02, 2009 Today Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the Spirit of Humanity, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney...The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel. read more more >>

Un expert de l'ONU dénonce la saisie par les forces israéliennes du bateau d'aide humanitaire

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

2 juillet 2009 GENÈVE - Richard Falk, le Rapporteur Spécial de l'ONU sur la situation des droits humains dans les territoires palestiniens occupés depuis 1967, dénonce la saisie illégale, en haute mer, par un navire de guerre israélien d'un bateau transportant des médicaments et des matériaux de reconstruction pour les gazaouis qui subissent le blocus."Cet acte israélien est un instrument du cruel blocus sur toute la population palestinienne de Gaza, en violation de l'Article 33 de la Quatrième Convention de Genève qui interdit toute forme de punition collective sur une population d'un pays occupé" a dit l'expert en droits humains.Mr Falk a fait référence à un récent rapport sur l'impact des deux années de blocus sur la santé, rapport publié par le Comité International de la Croix-Rouge qui souligne l'importance des actes d'Israël, non seulement la restriction des produits vitaux comme la nourriture, les médicaments et le fioul à un niveau tout juste suffisant pour survivre, mais aussi ce qui n'a jamais été vu auparavant, l'interdiction de l'entrée à Gaza de matériaux de construction et de pièces détachées nécessaires pour réparer certains dégâts très répandus et causés par son attaque sur la Bande de Gaza, attaque qui a commencé le 27 décembre 2008 et qui a duré 22 jours."Un tel modèle de blocus continuel dans ces conditions équivaut à une telle violation sérieuse de la Convention de Genève que ça constitue un crime continue contre l'humanité" a ajouté l'expert indépendant en droits humains. Le bateau en question avait été inspecté en réponse aux demandes israéliennes avant son départ par les autorités portuaires à Chypre pour déterminer s'il y avait des armes à bord. Aucune n'avait été trouvée et les autorités israéliennes en avait été informée. Néanmoins, les 21 activistes pour la paix qui étaient à bord ont été arrêtés, gardés en captivité et ont été inculpés "d'entrée illégale" en Israël même s'ils n'avaient pas l'intention d'aller en Israël. Dans le groupe se trouvait despersonnalités connues comme l'irlandaise Mairead Maguire, Prix Nobel de la Paix, et l'ancienne membre du Congrès américain, Cynthia McKinney. ###Pour plus d'information sur le mandat du Rapporteur Spécial sur la situation des droits humains dans les territoires palestiniens occupés depuis 1967: http://www.ohchr.org/SP/countries/MENARegion/Pages/PSIndex.aspxPour des demandes d'entretiens, vous pouvez contacter Linnéa Arvidsson (+41 22 928 9126, larvidsson[at]ohchr.org) Bureau du Haut Commissaire aux Droits Humains - Département des Médias Rupert Colville, Porte-parole: + 41 22 917 9767 Xabier Celaya, Chargé de l'information: + 41 22 917 9383 Pour les renseignements et demandes de la presse: press-info[at]ohchr.org more >>

Demonstration „Quake G8 2009 – We are your crisis!“

Source: Gipfelsoli - G8 2009 Maddalena

!>http://g809.blogsport.de/images/Bannerhoch2.jpg! [Friends of dissent! | Demo-Bündnis] *Pressemitteilung 3. Juli 2009* * Berlin, 4. Juli 2009 * Polizei sorgt sich um „Objekte im Zusammenhang mit dem G8“ Vom 8. bis zum 10. Juli wird in den Italienischen Abruzzen das Gipfeltreffen der G8-Staaten stattfinden. Auf der Agenda des Gipfels stehen dieses Jahr die Themen Klima, Rohstoffe, Nahrungsmittel und Migration. Im Gegensatz zur nach außen getragenen Selbstdarstellung suchen die G8 jedoch nicht nach langfristigen sozialen und demokratischen Lösungen für die Probleme der Weltbevölkerung. Vielmehr sieht man sich in der Rolle der „Weltleitung“ (Italiens Außenminister Franco Frattini über die G8), die in der Lage ist, als weltweite Ordnungsmacht zu fungieren. Die Probleme der Weltbevölkerung werden nicht unter sozialen Gesichtspunkten betrachtet, sondern als sicherheitspolitische Risiken für die Industrieländer. Statt der weltweite Armut mit ernsthaften Lösungsansätzen auf den Leib zu rücken, werden die Zäune an den Grenzen der Industriestaaten höhergezogen, werden Polizeien militärisch aufgerüstet und Gesetze gegen Flüchtlinge verschärft. Der „Kampf gegen den Terrorismus“ von NATO, G8 und EU dient der „Sicherung von Rohstoffketten“ für Industrieländer. Die „zivil-militärische Zusammenarbeit“ wird unterfüttert durch innenpolitische Aufrüstung und neue „Anti-Terror“-Gesetze, die längst gegen antikapitalistischen Widerstand in Stellung gebracht werden, um Proteste bei internationalen Großereignissen unter Kontrolle zu bringen. more >>

Demonstration „Quake G8 2009 – We are your crisis!“

Source: Gipfelsoli - G8 2009 Maddalena

Action Alert: Protests in front of Israeli embassies tomorrow

Source: Indymedia UK Newswire

London, 2 July, (ECESG) - The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza (ECESG) called today for international human rights organizations and lobbying groups to organize large protests in front of Israeli embassies across Europe in solidarity with activists of Freegaza Movement more >>

Alerte: Action - Manifestations devant les ambassades israéliennes demain

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

Communiqué de Presse Jeudi, 2 juillet 2009 Londres, le 2 juillet, (ECESG) - The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza (La Campagne Européenne pour Arrêter le Siège sur Gaza) a aujourd'hui appelé les groupes internationaux pour les droits humains et les groupes de pression à organiser de grandes manifestations devant les ambassades israéliennes à travers l'Europe en solidarité avec les activistes du Free Gaza Movement. Les activistes, qui se trouvaient à bord d'un bateau humanitaire, ont été kidnappés par la marine israélienne pendant leur mission pacifique pour arrêter le siège. L'appel a pour but de créer des mouvements réels sur le terrain pour la libération des activistes du SPIRIT OF HUMANITY. De plus, Dr. Arafat Madi, le Président de la ECESG, a contacté des officiels européens et des parlementaires pour leurs demander d'utiliser leurs influences pour libérer les activistes immédiatement. more >>

Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire Speaks from Israeli Jail Cell After Arrest on Boat Delivering Humanitarian Aid to Gaza

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

Interview to Maired Maguire by Democracynow: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/2/nobel_peace_laureate_mairead_maguire_speaks more >>

Gaza's sea a "no-go zone" for fishermen

Source: Electronic Intifada

GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - "They told us 'go west or we will shoot you,'" says Ashraf Sadallah. "Initially, we refused, so they began shooting very close all around our boat." At 6am on 16 June, Sadallah and his brother Abdel Hadi Sadallah, in their early twenties, went roughly 400 meters out to sea off the coast of Sudaniya in Gaza's northwest. "We wanted to bring in nets we had left out the night before," says Sadallah. more >>

Gaza aid boat crew detained, threatened with deportation

Source: Electronic Intifada

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Twenty-one international peace activists were seized by Israeli naval frigates in international waters Tuesday as their boat The Spirit of Humanity tried to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza. The activists, including former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney and Irish Nobel Peace laureate Mairead Maguire, and nationals from 11 other countries were part of the Free Gaza Movement (FGM) efforts to break Israel's naval and border blockade of Gaza. more >>

ISRAEL ATTACKS JUSTICE BOAT; KIDNAPS HUMAN RIGHTS WORKERS; CONFISCATES MEDICINE, TOYS AND OLIVE TREES

Source: Support the EDO Decommissioners

On June 30th 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces forcibly boarded the Free Gaza boat, SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, and kidnapped 21 human rights workers and journalists who were on their way to deliver much needed humanitarian and reconstruction supplies to besieged Gaza. Those abducted by Israel include Nobel peace prize laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman [...] more >>

Pro-Israel Lobby Alarmed by Growth of Boycott, Divestment Movement

Source: Upping the Anti - A Journal of Theory & Action

Art Young The movement to call Israel to account for its crimes against the Palestinian people is growing. It is “invading the mainstream discourse, becoming part of the constant and unrelenting drumbeat against Israel.” It could eventually threaten the existence of the Jewish state by undermining the support it receives from its strongest backer, the U. S. government. That was the message of alarm delivered by the Executive Director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Howard Kohr, to the AIPAC Policy Conference on May 3.[1] AIPAC is one of the principal organizations that lobby publicly on behalf of Israel in the United States, where it is an important influence on foreign policy. Among the 6,000 dignitaries who attended its policy conference were more than half of the members of the Senate and a third of the members of the House of Representatives. Featured speakers included Vice President Joe Biden, Senator John Kerry, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli President Shimon Peres. read more more >>

Free Elijah Smith Free Palestine

Source: Support the EDO Decommissioners

Long Live Palestine Long Live Gaza Please write to Elijah @ Elija Smith VP 7551 HMP Lewes 1 Brighton Rd, Lewes Sussex. BN7 1EA SIGN THE DECOMMISSIONERS PETITION more >>

Le Ministre Irlandais des Affaires Étrangères a exigé la libération des activistes arrêtés.

Source: The Free Gaza Movement

«Micheál Martin, le Ministre Irlandais des Affaires Étrangères a aujourd’hui appelé pour la libération rapide de deux irlandais retenus actuellement en Israël après la saisie, le 30 juin, d’un bateau en route pour Gaza avec de l’aide humanitaire. Les deux irlandais, Mairead Maguire, Prix Nobel de la paix, et Derek Graham, attendent d'être déporter après l'arraisonnement du bateau, le Spirit of Humanity. Dans une déclaration, le Ministre Martin a dit que son département suit la situation de près et maintient le contact avec les autorités israéliennes. more >>