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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Israeli Soldiers Evacuate 110 Civilians into House, then Shell Said House
The UN has said that “on 4 January Israeli foot soldiers evacuated approximately 110 Palestinians into a single-residence house in Zeitun (half of whom were children) warning them to stay indoors. Twenty-four hours later, Israeli forces shelled the home repeatedly, killing approximately 30.” Just like the Jabalya refugee camp UN school. Just like Qana, 2006. [...]
Israel’s War on Humanitarians in Gaza
Gaza is dying as we watch. When rescue workers from the Red Cross and the Palestinian Red Crescent arrived at the site, they found 12 corpses lying on mattresses in one home, along with four young children lying next to their dead mothers, the Red Cross said. The children were too weak to stand and [...]
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