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Gazamom held in Cairo while traveling with her children
UPDATE: She was denied entry for lack of security clearance. Thanks Egypt! Journalist Laila El-Haddad, author of the blog Raising Yousuf and Noor, has been held for over 24 hours in Cairo while attempting to go home to her parents who have survived the bombing campaigns against Gaza only three months ago. She’s been twittering [...]
Sikh Solidarity with Palestine Statement
January 12, 2009 Kal kaati raaje kaasaa-ee dharma pankh kar udriaa.Koorh amaavas sach chandramaa deesai naahee kah charhiaa. (This age is a knife, kings are butchers; justice hath taken wings and fled.In this completely dark night of falsehood the truth is never seen to rise.) – Guru Nanak Sahib, *Sri Guru Granth Sahib*, p. 145 [...]
Fulbright Student from Gaza Speaks
Fidaa Abed, the Fulbright grantee from Gaza who flew all the way to Washington D.C. only to be told his visa was revoked due to secret evidence against him, has written about his ordeal for the San Diego Union Tribune. Here are his words. Blocking a Gazan’s Path to San Diego, by Fidaa Abed. As [...]
Jalame is Open, but with Restrictions
Israel has opened Jalame crossing to Palestinian citizens of Israel for the first time since 2000. Jalame is located in the far northern tip of the West Bank. Since the wall has been completed in this area, the residents of West Bank villages, as well as of the Arab villages inside of Israel who are [...]
Why Inviting Someone to a Conference is An Assy Thing to Do… In Palestine
**TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT:1) My original picture was the girl and donkey.2) That chicken poop picture is disgusting.3) I put the donkey in the air image after finding said chicken poop picture this morning.4) Retribution will be swift and merciless.In the midst of our recent exciting conversation about an upcoming conference in Michigan, and [...]
Blind Israeli Injustice
(UNTITLED)Dena TakruriWritten in Al-Bireh, Occupied Palestine Jordan River BorderDecember 16, 2007In line to check our bags through security, I make small talk with the young Palestinian man standing in front of me with his Israeli passport in hand. We speak in Arabic and he tells me he’s from Haifa and was just visiting relatives in [...]
Walls of Shame
Check out Al-Jazeera, English’s six-part series on geo-political walls. It covers US-Mexico, Morocco-Spain, and Israel-Palestine.
Because Allowing the Breastfeeding of a 9-month-old Would Be A Threat to National Security
Excellent quote stolen from QuiQui: “i too hate borders, as you have surmised. they are stupid and illogical. they are arbitrary and arbitrarily enforced. i want to burn them…but i can’t, because THEY’RE NOT ACTUALLY REAL.– Nizar Wattad, The Philistines Just when i get good and annoyed with where i am, i read something like [...]
State of Emergency in Gaza
The events of the last five days have many speculating whether we will soon be talking about two Palestines — one controlled by the military wing of Hamas in Gaza, and one by Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party in the West Bank. What this could mean for the (former) Palestinian Unity Government and the greater PLO [...]
The Free Market at Work
When Israel withdrew is last soldier from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, it was to mark an end to Israel’s 38 year-long occupation in Gaza. Yet, Israel has continued to exercise control of all of what surrounds Gaza; most notably, access between Gaza and the outside world through all of its sea ports, air [...]
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