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Welcome actions by South Africa government on Israeli massacre
Issued by the Coalition for a Free Palestine 2 June 2010 The Coalition for a Free Palestine welcomes recent actions by the South African government in responding to the murderous attack by Israeli soldiers on unarmed civilians in an aid convoy to Gaza. Since the Israeli attack early Monday morning, the South African Department of […]
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The day the world became Gaza
By Ali Abunimah Since Israel’s invasion and massacre of over 1,400 people in Gaza 18 months ago, dubbed Operation Cast Lead, global civil society movements have stepped up their campaigns for justice and solidarity with Palestinians. Governments, by contrast, carried on with business as usual, maintaining a complicit silence. Israel’s lethal attack on the Freedom […]
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Evergreen College students vote to divest
(June 3, 2010) The students at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, the alma mater of Rachel Corrie, announced that the whole student body voted overwhelmingly in favor of divestment from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation and in favor of making their campus Caterpillar-free. Watch the video – UC Berkeley divestment supporters speak: […]
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The Evergreen State College Passes Divestment Campaign
The Resolutions Resolution #1: We, the student body of The Evergreen State College, call on The Evergreen State College Foundation to instate a socially responsible investment policy. To this end, we ask them to divest from companies that profit from Israel”s occupation of Palestine. As members of the Evergreen community, we stand with conscientious Palestinians, […]
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Complete Interview Transcript with Richard Falk from May 31st 2010
Leading UN Investigator for Human Rights in Occupied Palestine Says Israeli Commando Raid was “as clear a violation of international humanitarian law… as we are likely to see in the early part of the 21st Century.” By Dennis Bernstein and Jesse Strauss In a pre-dawn raid on Monday, in international waters, off the coast of […]
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Global Condemnation of Israeli Armed Attack on Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla: At Least 10 Dead, Hundreds Remain in Detention
It was early Monday morning as Israeli soldiers stormed the Gaza-bound international aid convoy called the Freedom Flotilla in international waters about forty miles off the coast of Gaza. The six ships had nearly 700 international activists on board and 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. They were aiming to break the three-year-long siege of the […]
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Violent attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla – Israel cannot be allowed to act with impunity
The Israeli violent attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this morning is an act of international piracy which the world must condemn and take suitable measures against. More specifically, international civil society and governments of the world that respect and uphold international must immediately initiate sanctions against Israel to compel it to obey international law. […]
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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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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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