Dec 27-Jan 2: International demonstration to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza

Join Alice Walker, Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn, Naomi Klein, Mustafa Barghouti, Diana Buttu in endorsing the historic Gaza Freedom March on Jan. 1, 2010 — a massive nonviolent demonstration that will breach the illegal Israeli blockade.
Read the call here and give your endorsement.

اقرأ البيان كاملاً و امنحنا التأييد

Dec. 27-Jan. 2

Join the largest ever international delegation to breach the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza


Read the call here and give your endorsement.

poster by Michael Thompson

Rachel Corrie's mom commemorates her birthday

Rachel Corrie
On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, a peace activist and student was run over and killed by an Israeli catepiller D9 bull dozer. Today her mother sent out this letter:

Dear Dan,

Today would be the 30th birthday of my daughter Rachel, who was run over by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003 as she tried to save a Palestinian family's home from demolition. Last month, when my husband Craig and I traveled to Gaza with CODEPINK, it was so moving for us to reconnect with the families and the children that Rachel cared so deeply about.

The 793,520 children of Gaza (56% of the population) have lived under occupation and siege all of their lives. They suffered unconscionably through the attacks and devastation inflicted upon them by the Israeli military during 22 days of horror in December and January. Hundreds did not survive. But those who did, still smile and laugh like all children. They are beautiful, resilient, curious and full of potential. They deserve the basics that all children in the world should have: ample food, clean water, healthcare, safe places to play and learn. They deserve the tools to deal with their nightmares, and sleep that is not punctuated by bombing. They deserve life, freedom, and hope.

We can be a part of the hope and the solution by arming ourselves with the experience, knowledge, and insight to be stronger advocates for these children and their families--to open the borders, to end the siege, to end the occupation, and to see justice prevail.

We hope you will join CODEPINK in the campaign to Speak Out for the Youth of Gaza.

In peace,
Cindy Corrie

John Stewart on the shoah (holocaust) in Gaza

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Bloomberg and the Israeli vote

Well, if there was any doubt that Michael Bloomberg intends to run again (despite the expressed will of the people), we need no longer wonder. If anyone plans to run for office in New York City (or even state-wide) the first thing to do is run as fast as you can to Israel and stick your nose up the Israeli ass. That is what our mayor did yesterday.

Now it's our turn to tell Bloomberg what we think:

Stand with Gaza:
SHOES to Bloomberg

Wednesday, January 7, 4:30-6:30 pm
NYC-City Hall

Bring your old shoes to City Hall.

How dare billionaire Mayor Bloomberg rush to Israel to back crimes against the people of Gaza and to support sending billions of dollars more to fund Israeli war crimes, while cutting city services, slashing school and health programs, and laying off workers right here in New York City!

Bring your old shoes and show the Mayor a message of our outrage and anger.

Stand with Palestine!

All Jews should be ashamed of Israel's genocide in Gaza

If I believed that Israel was a Jewish state, I would be ashamed to be a Jew.

The current holocaust in Gaza is not what Jews would do. But I have always believed that Israel is a Zionist state and there are Jewish Zionists and Christian Zionists - all Zionists are not Jewish. Convincing American Jews that they have a special relationship with Israel was the greatest public relations coup of the 20th Century and it was pulled off by the Israeli public relations aparatus. Israel has used Jews to support its genocide against the Palestinian people - currently it's happening in Gaza.

But ultimately the Zionist state is out to prove its motto, "a land without a people, for a people without a land." The Palestinians are the people of that land.

Every Jew should be out every day protesting this latest holocaust.

Jan 3: Stop Massacre in Gaza & Break the Siege

More than 30 Palestinians were murdered in two days, 1,600 wounded.

Saturday, Jan.3, 1PM

Times Square, 42St. & 7th Ave.

Followed by a march to the Isreali Mission

Act Now before it's too late.

Protest the Israeli genocide of Palestinins

Stop U.S. support of Israel


PROTEST GAZA ASSAULT

Rally & March in Washington, DC

Friday, Jan 2, 3:30 pm

Rally at the Israeli Embassy
3514 International Dr., NW

Followed by march to

Egyptian Embassy
3521 International Ct., NW