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Gaza aid convoy killings: “Those responsible must be held criminally accountable” – UN expert
GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Richard Falk, urged Monday the international community to bring to justice those responsible for the killing of some 16 unarmed peace activist, when Israeli armed commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to Gaza. “Israel is guilty of shocking behavior by using deadly […]
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Israeli Diamonds Are Dubai’s Best Friend as Profits Beat Policy
By Henry Meyer and Gwen Ackerman June 1 (Bloomberg) — Two women gaze through the eye slits of their black niqabs at the window of Dubai”s latest jewelry store. The glass cases, lit by crystal chandeliers, show gems that include a 52-carat diamond priced at $25 million. The name of the store”s owner appears only […]
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Boycott Israel and Stop US Billions in Annual Aid
The civilized world should immediately implement a boycott against Israel for their heinous crimes against humanity. The recent murdering of those innocents on the Gaza Aid ship is just one more example. In addition, the United States should stop funding Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity. Israel has Cost US Taxpayer”s 1.6 Trillion since […]
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Massive anti-Israel protests across Scandinavia
Politics – Published Monday, 31 May 2010 19:48 | Author: AFP / The Swedish Wire “Attacking the boats makes Israel a terrorist state”. “¢ Sweden: Israeli raid ‘completely unacceptable’ “¢ ‘Israel is guilty of colonialism and apartheid’ Thousands of people came out across Scandinavia Monday to demonstrate against Israel’s storming of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla […]
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Thousands protest across Lebanon against flotilla killings
Palestinians, organizations march in support of Gaza aid convoy By Patrick Galey and Mohammed Zaatari Daily Star staff Tuesday, June 01, 2010 BEIRUT/SIDON: Thousands of activists gathered in Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon on Monday to lend their voices to the international outcry over Israel”s attack on an aid ship bound for Gaza, which killed at […]
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Call for Action: Global Day to Break Israeli Siege
Today we watched with horror as Israel committed its massacre against the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza murdering 19 unarmed civilians and leaving over 50 injured. The peaceful Flotilla carrying over 10,000 tones of humanitarian aid to Gaza and over 700 pro-Palestinian activists was attacked by Israeli Navy forces using live ammunition, teargas, grenades…etc. The Israeli […]
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Tutu condemns Israel aid-boat attack
May 31, 2010 3:25 PM | By Sapa Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and a group of retired global leaders have joined international leaders in condemning the Israeli forces’ raid on a ship delivering relief supplies to Gaza. “We as elders condemn Israel utterly for this attack. The actions of the Israelis is inexcusable,” said […]
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Call for Action by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC)
1 June 2010 Palestinian civil society calls for intensifying boycott and sanctions as Israel massacres humanitarian relief workers and international solidarity activists Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) strongly condemns last night”s fatal attack by the Israeli navy on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid […]
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COSATU condemns Israeli state piracy
Cosatu 31 May 2010 Union federation outraged at murder of at least twenty people The Congress of South African Trade Unions is outraged at the murder by Israeli commandos’ of at least twenty people – and injuries to a further 60 – as a result of their armed attack on a convoy of ships carrying […]
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Women of Colour call on Joan Armatrading not to play Apartheid Israel
Women of Colour in the Global Women’s Strike Crossroads Women’s Centre 230A Kentish Town Road London NW5 2AB Tel: 44 (0)20 7482 2496 womenofcolour[at]allwomencount.net www.globalwomenstrike.net We call on Joan Armatrading, as a woman of colour who wrote a tribute to and performed for Nelson Mandela, and whose website says, “South Africa has always been close […]
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