Emily
Somewhere in the distance, there’s seven new people born
Seven people are dead in a Los Angeles suburb today: mother, father, and five babies. When Bob Dylan’s Ballad of Hollis Brown comes on the album in my car, I change it quick to the next song. It expresses a reality that holds too much gravity for me to listen to for entertainment. That reality [...]
Maria Aman
Maria Aman has been denied residency in Israel. If you’ve been following her case, this child was made quadriplegic in an Israeli army attack that killed three members of her family. Because of the nature of her condition, she needs care that is simply not available anywhere in the West Bank or Gaza. By expelling [...]
Gaza Images: Beit Lahiya UN School
Today, international journalists are finally inside of Gaza, listening to those who are still pulling decomposed bodies from the rubble. Yesterday, CNN played Obama and the party in DC all day. Tomorrow, we will all be watching Obama’s inauguration on the news. We are no longer told the stories of Gaza, such as the story [...]
Proportionate Response
Anyone ever heard of the Moustache Clowns? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG-k4H3E7GI][youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFULkImmkk][Tarboush Tip: Abe]
Cambridge City Council calls for re-evaluation of US policy toward Israel
The resolution—which passed by a vote of eight to zero with one abstention—specifically urges the United States government to press for a cease-fire on both sides, an end to the economic blockade of the Gaza Strip, access for journalists, and access to humanitarian aid. Cambridge City Councillor Sam Seidel, who voted in favor of the [...]
Dr. Izz el-Deen Aboul Aish mourns his children on Israeli TV
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUh6xVlndhM] But who shall dis-inter these girlsTo love the women they were to becomeOr read the legends written beneath their skin? Those who loved them remember their child’s laughter.But he whose hate has robbed him of their goodHas yet to weep at night above their graves. -Audre Lorde [Tarboush Tip: Rachel]
Voices of Reason from Israel
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cMs0nai4JQ]When you read that Israelis are united behind the current bombardment of Gaza, please listen to these voices and consider. Amira Hass – History did not begin with the Qassams. Physicans for Human Rights-Israel – Protests in solidarity with Gaza, and warns of “a clear and present danger to the lives and well-being of tens [...]
Live Update from Mohammad’s Family in Gaza
its just past 330 am here, i was woken up by a cold caller from libya. after he hung up i noticed a message from areej, my uncle mohammads wifes: the tanks have reached us, theres smoke in the house, please pray for us. i called her. i could hear explosions just outside, and machine [...]
Alex Thompson lays a smackdown on Mark Regev
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIQZ1-RFq6A] In short, US journalists need to grow a pair.
Human Rights Watch to Israel: Stop Using White Phosphorous
Human Rights Watch today called on Israel to stop using white phosphorous munitions in Gaza. (Jerusalem) – Israel should stop using white phosphorus in military operations in densely populated areas of Gaza, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 9 and 10, 2009, Human Rights Watch researchers in Israel observed multiple air-bursts of artillery-fired white [...]
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