Intifada Palestine

Share By Jim Traficant American Israel Public Affairs Committee—AIPAC. The single most powerful lobby in the world. So powerful that Washington politicians carefully weigh each and every vote they cast based on the approval of this lobby. Yes, a foreign lobby has that much clout, power and control over American leaders and thus, the American [...]

ShareBy Chandra Muzaffar Korean Times reports on Aid Convoy (www.koreatimes.co.kr) The most significant citizens’ initiatives since Gaza have come from the Gaza Freedom March (GFM) and the Viva Palestina convoy to Gaza. The first, comprising 1400 individuals from more than 40 countries, plans to march to the Erez border-crossing between Israel and Gaza to demand [...]

ShareBy Chandra Muzaffar Korean Times reports on Aid Convoy (www.koreatimes.co.kr) The most significant citizens’ initiatives since Gaza have come from the Gaza Freedom March (GFM) and the Viva Palestina convoy to Gaza. The first, comprising 1400 individuals from more than 40 countries, plans to march to the Erez border-crossing between Israel and Gaza to demand [...]

ShareIn the year since the Gaza war, activists have stepped up their calls for sanctions on Israel. These include appeals to withdraw investments in Israel (divestment); to boycott Israeli goods and services, cultural institutions and universities; and to prosecute the top political and military leaders behind the war. But generally the diplomatic fallout of the [...]

Share By MONA EL-NAGGAR Published: December 29, 2009 CAIRO — More than 1,000 people from around the world were gathered here on Tuesday for a solidarity march into Gaza despite Egypt’s insistence that the Gaza border crossing that it controls would remain closed to the vast majority of them. The protest, the Gaza Freedom March, [...]