Boycott israHell!
Бойкот на израел и печелещите от окупацията! Boycott israHell and those who profit from occupation!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Израелски огън ранява 4 палестинци в Газа
Израелска стрелба е ранила 4 палестинци в Ивицата Газа, съобщават лекари. Израелската армия не коментира инцидента и нямаше съобщения за ракетен или минохвъргачен огън срещу Израел, на което еврейската държава често отговаря с въздушни удари или атаки по земя. Представители на ХАМАС заявиха, че израелски части са стреляли в посока на къща в централната част на Газа след свечеряване. Лекари уточниха впоследствие, че 4 души, сред които жена и две деца са били откарани в болница с леки наранявания. /Ройтерс /
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Campus BDS Heating Up This Spring!
By Anna Baltzer, National Organizer
At the University of California at San Diego, the UCSD Associated Students are voting tomorrow night on a resolution to divest fromNorthrop-Grumman and General Electric because they profit from violent conflict, including in Israel/Palestine. Click here to read the resolution and send endorsements to rzuabi@gmail.com.
No Mas Muertes at theUniversity of Arizona (UA) recently issued this call for campus boycott and divestment from national targets Caterpillar andMotorola, due to their involvement in racist policies against Latina/o migrant communities and indigenous peoples in Arizona, Palestine and around the world.
The statement coincided with the launch of a national "Mock Wall" Movement protesting U.S. support for Israeli occupation and discriminatory U.S. immigration policies, with students at six universities around the country constructing walls on their campuses to raise awareness about the destruction wrought by the walls in Palestine and on the U.S. border.
At Earlham College in Indiana, students launched this BDS resolution to divest their campus from Caterpillar, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard, which profit from Israeli occupation and violations of Palestinian rights. The students put together this terrific video.
Northrop-Grumman, Caterpillar and Motorola are also three of the five companies targeted in a national campaign initiated by Jewish Voice for Peace (a member of the US Campaign) to compel financial giant TIAA-CREF to divest from Israeli occupation.
Campuses are fertile ground for this growing campaign. Check out the comprehensive new campaign web site and resources here!
Don’t forget to check our "BDS on Campus" resources here, including ahandbook by veteran activists to guide students through campus divestment campaigns.
Whether your group is on a campus or not, we invite you to join our coalition too, by clicking here. We are more excited than ever to support diverse groups working around the country for corporate accountability and an end to U.S. support r Israeli occupation and apartheid
This spring, the weather is not all that's heating up! April has brought a burst of U.S. campus boycott and divestment (BDS) initiatives following inspiring actions around the country on the BDS Day of Action, held on the annual Palestinian Land Day. Active campaigns in California, Arizona, Indiana and beyond are becoming a force to be reckoned with.
We are thrilled to welcome and support many of these campus groups as new members of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation!
Here are some of the exciting ongoing initiatives:
We are thrilled to welcome and support many of these campus groups as new members of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation!
Here are some of the exciting ongoing initiatives:
At the University of California at San Diego, the UCSD Associated Students are voting tomorrow night on a resolution to divest fromNorthrop-Grumman and General Electric because they profit from violent conflict, including in Israel/Palestine. Click here to read the resolution and send endorsements to rzuabi@gmail.com. Above: Students' wall on the UA campus. Click to enlarge. |
No Mas Muertes at theUniversity of Arizona (UA) recently issued this call for campus boycott and divestment from national targets Caterpillar andMotorola, due to their involvement in racist policies against Latina/o migrant communities and indigenous peoples in Arizona, Palestine and around the world. The statement coincided with the launch of a national "Mock Wall" Movement protesting U.S. support for Israeli occupation and discriminatory U.S. immigration policies, with students at six universities around the country constructing walls on their campuses to raise awareness about the destruction wrought by the walls in Palestine and on the U.S. border. At Earlham College in Indiana, students launched this BDS resolution to divest their campus from Caterpillar, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard, which profit from Israeli occupation and violations of Palestinian rights. The students put together this terrific video. Northrop-Grumman, Caterpillar and Motorola are also three of the five companies targeted in a national campaign initiated by Jewish Voice for Peace (a member of the US Campaign) to compel financial giant TIAA-CREF to divest from Israeli occupation.
Campuses are fertile ground for this growing campaign. Check out the comprehensive new campaign web site and resources here!
Don’t forget to check our "BDS on Campus" resources here, including ahandbook by veteran activists to guide students through campus divestment campaigns.
Whether your group is on a campus or not, we invite you to join our coalition too, by clicking here. We are more excited than ever to support diverse groups working around the country for corporate accountability and an end to U.S. support r Israeli occupation and apartheid
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Израелски интелектуалци се обявяват за палестинска държава
21.04.2011
Израелска актриса, изгубила единия си крак по време на палестинско нападение прочете декларация на израелски интелектуалци в подкрепа на създаването на палестинска държава. Събитието, на което присъстваха десетки леви активисти и учени бе проведена пред залата, в която израелци се събраха, за да обявят независимост през 1948. 63 години по-късно дълбоки разделения относно бъдещето на Израел излязоха наяве на историческото място. Десни демонстранти бяха излезли на протест, с крясъци и надувайки тръби докато Хана Марон, 87-годишната гранддама на израелския театър се опитваше да надвика шума на телавивския булевард "Ротшилд". Тя прочете "Декларация за независимост от окупация", която тя и около 50 други мирни активисти подписаха преди очаквания палестински опит да се спечели признаване на държава от Общото събрание на ООН през септември. През 1970 родената в Германия Марон пострада когато палестински бунтовници атакуваха пътници, очакващи да се качат на борда на израелски самолет на летището в Мюнхен. Един от краката й бе ампутиран, но тя продължи да играе на сцена и по телевизията. Израелското правителство се противопоставя на всякакви едностранни стъпки и заяви, че мирно споразумение може да се постигне единствено чрез преки преговори. /Ройтерс /
Израелска актриса, изгубила единия си крак по време на палестинско нападение прочете декларация на израелски интелектуалци в подкрепа на създаването на палестинска държава. Събитието, на което присъстваха десетки леви активисти и учени бе проведена пред залата, в която израелци се събраха, за да обявят независимост през 1948. 63 години по-късно дълбоки разделения относно бъдещето на Израел излязоха наяве на историческото място. Десни демонстранти бяха излезли на протест, с крясъци и надувайки тръби докато Хана Марон, 87-годишната гранддама на израелския театър се опитваше да надвика шума на телавивския булевард "Ротшилд". Тя прочете "Декларация за независимост от окупация", която тя и около 50 други мирни активисти подписаха преди очаквания палестински опит да се спечели признаване на държава от Общото събрание на ООН през септември. През 1970 родената в Германия Марон пострада когато палестински бунтовници атакуваха пътници, очакващи да се качат на борда на израелски самолет на летището в Мюнхен. Един от краката й бе ампутиран, но тя продължи да играе на сцена и по телевизията. Израелското правителство се противопоставя на всякакви едностранни стъпки и заяви, че мирно споразумение може да се постигне единствено чрез преки преговори. /Ройтерс /
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: ISM COMMITTED TO STAYING IN GAZA
ISM GAZA
Following the murder of our comrade and friend Vittorio, we, activists of the International Solidarity Movement, reiterate our commitment to remaining in Gaza. We will continue to work with and live among the
Palestinian population as we continue the work to which Vik was so committed.
In these days of mourning, Palestinians have organized numerous memorials for Vik; they constantly remind us how sorry they are to have lost him, of how they loved him, his closeness, his affection, and his indignation at what is happening here in Gaza. We know that the group that perpetrated this horrible crime does not in any way represent Palestinian society. The Palestinians of Gaza are our friends, our colleagues, and our reason for being here; we will continue to stand by their side.
As we had done when Vittorio was with us, we will continue to stand alongside the Palestinian people, we will continue to struggle against the occupation, we will continue to accompany farmers to their lands along the border, we will continue to participate in demonstrations, and we will continue to tell the world what happens here in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. We think that Vik would agree with Che Guevara when he said, “Don’t cry for me if I die, do what I was doing and I will live on in you.” The best way to honor Vik is to continue the work that he was doing. In particular we will soon begin crewing a boat whose mission is to monitor the violation of human rights in Palestinian waters. This boat will have its maiden voyage on April 20: Vik had strongly backed this project and he had enthusiastically participated in its realization.
Vik has been an inspiration to all of us, we all hope to live up to his example. In a documentary about him, Vik said he would have liked to be remembered by Nelson Mandela’s quote; “A victor is merely a
dreamer who never stops dreaming.” Your dreams are our dreams; we will never forget you, Vik.
Following the murder of our comrade and friend Vittorio, we, activists of the International Solidarity Movement, reiterate our commitment to remaining in Gaza. We will continue to work with and live among the
Palestinian population as we continue the work to which Vik was so committed.
In these days of mourning, Palestinians have organized numerous memorials for Vik; they constantly remind us how sorry they are to have lost him, of how they loved him, his closeness, his affection, and his indignation at what is happening here in Gaza. We know that the group that perpetrated this horrible crime does not in any way represent Palestinian society. The Palestinians of Gaza are our friends, our colleagues, and our reason for being here; we will continue to stand by their side.
As we had done when Vittorio was with us, we will continue to stand alongside the Palestinian people, we will continue to struggle against the occupation, we will continue to accompany farmers to their lands along the border, we will continue to participate in demonstrations, and we will continue to tell the world what happens here in the Gaza Strip, Palestine. We think that Vik would agree with Che Guevara when he said, “Don’t cry for me if I die, do what I was doing and I will live on in you.” The best way to honor Vik is to continue the work that he was doing. In particular we will soon begin crewing a boat whose mission is to monitor the violation of human rights in Palestinian waters. This boat will have its maiden voyage on April 20: Vik had strongly backed this project and he had enthusiastically participated in its realization.
Vik has been an inspiration to all of us, we all hope to live up to his example. In a documentary about him, Vik said he would have liked to be remembered by Nelson Mandela’s quote; “A victor is merely a
dreamer who never stops dreaming.” Your dreams are our dreams; we will never forget you, Vik.
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Абас изключва израелски войски в бъдеща палестинска държава
Палестинската власт ще се "срине" ако Израел настоява да разположи войски в бъдеща палестинска държава, заяви президентът Махмуд Абас. В ексклузивно интервю за АФП той изтъква, че няма да позволи каквито и да било израелски части да бъдат разположени в бъдеща палестинска държава, въпреки израелското настояване да запази военно присъствие по границата на Западния бряг с Йордания. Това е първият случай, в който Абас говори за възможен колапс на палестинската власт. Израел твърди, че ще има нужда от подобно присъствие за сигурност в продължение на около 40 години, за да осигурява безопасността на границата между евентуална палестинска държава и Йордания. Абас заявява, че е казал на израелския премиер Бенямин Нетаняху през септември, че подобно присъствие на войски би торпилирало възможността за независима палестинска държава и ефективно би разрушило палестинската власт. "Ако той иска да остане 40 години, това означава, че става дума за окупация, така че той ще продължи окупацията си", изтъква Абас. "Заявих му: "Ако настоявате за това, запазете войските си тук и продължете вечно окупацията си". Палестинският президент посочва, че Нетаняху отхвърлил алтернативи на разполагането на израелски войски като международни сили или присъствие на НАТО. /АФП /
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
April is Right to Education Month
Jewish Voice for Peace has designated this month for focusing on the Right to Education.The Right to Education speaking tour is in full swing, featuring Palestinian voices focused on Palestinian youth and the barriers that the Israeli occupation imposes on their access to education.Mira, Amer, and Hanna have been speaking at many universities, connecting the Palestinian student experience to the American one. Click here to find out some of what people are saying about the tour. Here are the remaining tour dates/locations:
4/13-14
Hanna and Mira at UC-Berkeley and City College of San Francisco
4/17
Hanna and Mira at UT-Austin
4/20-21
Hanna and Mira at Albuquerque
4/21-22
Hanna and Mira at Arizona State University and University of Arizona
4/25
Hanna and Mira at UC-San Diego
4/27
Hanna and Mira at UCLA
May is Right to Healthcare Month. Stay tuned at wedivest.org.
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Арабската лига иска забранена за полети зона над Ивицата Газа
Арабската лига ще поиска от Съвета за сигурност на ООН да наложи забранена за полети зона над Ивицата Газа, за да не могат израелските военновъздушни сили да атакуват, съобщи АФП, позовавайки се на председателя на организацията Амр Муса.
Напрежението около Газа рязко се повиши, след като в четвъртък палестински радикални бойци атакуваха еврейски училищен автобус и раниха много тежко едно момче.
В резултат на израелския отговор до момента са загинали 19 палестински бойци и цивилни. От Газа пък са изстреляни повече от 120 ракети.
Междувременно ислямиската организация Хамас, която управлява Газа, обяви, че иска да се сложи край на бойните действия, след като според Ехуд Барак и Израел е готова на примирие.
„Палестинците нямат интерес от ескалация. Ако израелската агресия спре, естествено е спокойствието да се възстанови”, заяви говорителят на групировката Сами абу Зухри, цитиран от Ройтерс.
„Ако те спрат обстрела на нашите селища и ние ще спрем обстрела. Ако те спрат атаките изцяло, ще бъде спокойно, ще бъде добре”, заяви в неделя сутринта израелският военен министър Ехуд Барак.
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Saturday, April 9, 2011
Murder in Deir Yassin, April 9-th 1948
Today we remember those who were brutally murdered in Deir Yassin Massacre April 9, 1948
Early in the morning of Friday, April 9, 1948, commandos of the Irgun, headed by Menachem Begin, and the Stern Gang attacked Deir Yassin, a village with about 750 Palestinian residents. It was several weeks before the end of the British Mandate. The village lay outside of the area that the United Nations recommended be included in a future Jewish State. Deir Yassin had a peaceful reputation and was even said by a Jewish newspaper to have driven out some Arab militants. But it was located on high ground in the corridor between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and one plan, kept secret until years afterwards, called for it to be destroyed and the residents evacuated to make way for a small airfield that would supply the beleaguered Jewish residents of Jerusalem.
By noon over 100 people, half of them women and children, had been systematically murdered. Four commandos died at the hands of resisting Palestinians using old Mausers and muskets. Twenty-five male villagers were loaded into trucks, paraded through the Zakhron Yosef quarter in Jerusalem, and then taken to a stone quarry along the road between Givat Shaul and Deir Yassin and shot to death. The remaining residents were driven to Arab East Jerusalem.
That evening the Irgunists and the Sternists escorted a party of foreign correspondents to a house at Givat Shaul, a nearby Jewish settlement founded in 1906. Over tea and cookies they amplified the details of the operation and justified it, saying Deir Yassin had become a concentration point for Arabs, including Syrians and Iraqis, planning to attack the western suburbs of Jerusalem. They said that 25 members of the Haganah militia had reinforced the attack and claimed that an Arabic-speaking Jew had warned the villagers over a loudspeaker from an armored car. This was duly reported in The New York Times on April 10.
A final body count of 254 was reported by The New York Times on April 13, a day after they were finally buried. By then the leaders of the Haganah had distanced themselves from having participated in the attack and issued a statement denouncing the dissidents of Irgun and the Stern Gang, just as they had after the attack on the King David Hotel in July 1946. A 1987 study undertaken by Birzeit University's Center for Research and Documentation of Palestinian Society found "the numbers of those killed does not exceed 120".
The Haganah leaders admitted that the massacre "disgraced the cause of Jewish fighters and dishonored Jewish arms and the Jewish flag." They played down the fact that their militia had reinforced the terrorists' attack, even though they did not participate in the barbarism and looting during the subsequent "mopping up" operations.
They also played down the fact that, in Begin's words, "Deir Yassin was captured with the knowledge of the Haganah and with the approval of its commander" as a part of its "plan for establishing an airfield."
Ben Gurion even sent an apology to King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. But this horrific act served the future State of Israel well. According to Begin:
Of about 144 houses, 10 were dynamited. The cemetery was later bulldozed and, like hundreds of other Palestinian villages to follow, Deir Yassin was wiped off the map. By September, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland, Rumania, and Slovakia were settled there over the objections of Martin Buber, Cecil Roth and other Jewish leaders, who believed that the site of the massacre should be left uninhabited. The center of the village was renamed Givat Shaul Bet. As Jerusalem expanded, the land of Deir Yassin became part of the city and is now known simply as the area between Givat Shaul and the settlement of Har Nof on the western slopes of the mountain.
The massacre of Palestinians at Deir Yassin is one of the most significant events in 20th-century Palestinian and Israeli history. This is not because of its size or its brutality, but because it stands as the starkest early warning of a calculated depopulation of over 400 Arab villages and cities and the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian inhabitants to make room for survivors of the Holocaust and other Jews from the rest of the world.
By noon over 100 people, half of them women and children, had been systematically murdered. Four commandos died at the hands of resisting Palestinians using old Mausers and muskets. Twenty-five male villagers were loaded into trucks, paraded through the Zakhron Yosef quarter in Jerusalem, and then taken to a stone quarry along the road between Givat Shaul and Deir Yassin and shot to death. The remaining residents were driven to Arab East Jerusalem.
That evening the Irgunists and the Sternists escorted a party of foreign correspondents to a house at Givat Shaul, a nearby Jewish settlement founded in 1906. Over tea and cookies they amplified the details of the operation and justified it, saying Deir Yassin had become a concentration point for Arabs, including Syrians and Iraqis, planning to attack the western suburbs of Jerusalem. They said that 25 members of the Haganah militia had reinforced the attack and claimed that an Arabic-speaking Jew had warned the villagers over a loudspeaker from an armored car. This was duly reported in The New York Times on April 10.
A final body count of 254 was reported by The New York Times on April 13, a day after they were finally buried. By then the leaders of the Haganah had distanced themselves from having participated in the attack and issued a statement denouncing the dissidents of Irgun and the Stern Gang, just as they had after the attack on the King David Hotel in July 1946. A 1987 study undertaken by Birzeit University's Center for Research and Documentation of Palestinian Society found "the numbers of those killed does not exceed 120".
The Haganah leaders admitted that the massacre "disgraced the cause of Jewish fighters and dishonored Jewish arms and the Jewish flag." They played down the fact that their militia had reinforced the terrorists' attack, even though they did not participate in the barbarism and looting during the subsequent "mopping up" operations.
They also played down the fact that, in Begin's words, "Deir Yassin was captured with the knowledge of the Haganah and with the approval of its commander" as a part of its "plan for establishing an airfield."
Ben Gurion even sent an apology to King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan. But this horrific act served the future State of Israel well. According to Begin:
- Arabs throughout the country, induced to believe wild tales of "Irgun butchery," were seized with limitless panic and started to flee for their lives. This mass flight soon developed into a maddened, uncontrollable stampede. The political and economic significance of this development can hardly be overestimated.
Of about 144 houses, 10 were dynamited. The cemetery was later bulldozed and, like hundreds of other Palestinian villages to follow, Deir Yassin was wiped off the map. By September, Orthodox Jewish immigrants from Poland, Rumania, and Slovakia were settled there over the objections of Martin Buber, Cecil Roth and other Jewish leaders, who believed that the site of the massacre should be left uninhabited. The center of the village was renamed Givat Shaul Bet. As Jerusalem expanded, the land of Deir Yassin became part of the city and is now known simply as the area between Givat Shaul and the settlement of Har Nof on the western slopes of the mountain.
The massacre of Palestinians at Deir Yassin is one of the most significant events in 20th-century Palestinian and Israeli history. This is not because of its size or its brutality, but because it stands as the starkest early warning of a calculated depopulation of over 400 Arab villages and cities and the expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian inhabitants to make room for survivors of the Holocaust and other Jews from the rest of the world.
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