...carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis. Israel, WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY ? signed, a horrified Jew I was just glancing by an old entry in Aid & Abet that mentioned the start of this aid project; I think the entry was from years ago. (I think...

...dawn of these two political identities. To regard the Palestinian conflict as primarily an internal issue, would be to disregard the key role that western superpowers played in the formation of the Israel, in addition to overlooking the support that Israel maintains in modern times. However, it is best to look at the Palestinian-Israeli conflict as primarily an external issue, which ultimately affects...

I came across an item in Haaretz that caught my attention. It's an article entitled, "Peres on Memorial Day: Israel yearns for peace, but will defend itself". Here is the link: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1163884.html Haaretz often refuses to publish my posts. I put a little effort into doing some research on my Talkback comment and didn't want the time to have been wasted. Here's the text...

..." Those immoral Palestinians. *shakes fist* "Our correspondent says that Hamas has tried to rein in rocket fire from Gaza, and that there has been a reduction in attacks in the last year. Israel would say that is a result of its military operations, our correspondent says. But there are many militant groups in Gaza and Hamas does not control all of them , our correspondent adds." ...

... - Koningshuis; houden, inperken of afschaffen? Ik ben voor afschaffing, of in ieder geval een gigantische inperking van de kosten en zeker geen salarisverhoging dit jaar -  Wat vind je van het Israel/Palestina conflict? Moeten de israeliërs gewoon door- gaan met het bouwen van nederzettingen op palestijns gebied of moeten de palestijnen hun land terug krijgen. Of moeten ze 'gewoon' samen een...

I can't see the United States sending arms to the Chinese government so that it can continue to oppress and torture Tibetans. Sending weapons to Israel so that they can continue to oppress and murder Palastinians is no less evil. There is no alternate reality in which the Halocaust of WWII is an excuse to practice a Halocaust on Palestine. That is unfathomably hypocritical and barbaric and the world...

...on Amnesty International's letter to Secretary Clinton. I completely added the second and fifth paragraphs. I am gravely concerned about news of a new shipment of U.S. arms to the U.S. stockpile in Israel. There is clear evidence that the Israeli military used U.S. weapons for gross violations of human rights during their recent attacks in Gaza. According to U.S. law, the United States is required...

http://bpf.org/html/whats_now/alanongaza.html At the risk of sounding knit-picking, in the Martin Luther King Jr. quote I would replace the word "religion" with the word "spirituality." Still, this is excellent and hopeful and includes a link for taking action.

http://community.livejournal.com/free_palestine/677369.html?mode=reply&style=mine На 11 день операции "Израиля" в секторе Газа обстрелу подверглись школы, находящиеся под управлением ООН. Погибли... Таким образом количество жертв операции "Израиля" в секторе Газа с палестинской стороны составило во вторник 635 человек убитыми. Около 3 тысяч человек получили ранения. По материалам euronews

... "Surgical Strikes"? Nonsense. And even if the Apache gunships can be pretty accurate, heavy artillery, tanks and terrified soldiers going door to door are nothing of the kind. With Israel's ground assault into Gaza, civilian casualties have jumped. And Israel's supporters show total indifference to the civilian losses. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/0 6/gaza-israel...