insecurity « body on the line

so will #obama discuss the need for reparations for slavery in #ghana today? 17 hours ago

i'm baaaaccckkkk. this is what i was up to: ibdaa summer camp with kids from deheishe in their villages http://bit.ly/RXki3 1 day ago

@norabf aww i am here. i was at ibdaa's summer camp and then recovering from a lack of sleep & 2 much driving! 1 day ago

@CassieRWilliams yes a dear friend of mine is one of the organizers 2 days ago

@PalestineVideo aww thank you. i have been at ibdaa summer camp all week and just got back. will be blogging abt it soon! :) 2 days ago

the privatization of zionist terrorist checkpoints http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1096322.html 1 week ago

@bintbattuta i was not but thanks for the heads up about the gaza tweeting 1 week ago

who killed brisenia flores? http://americasvoiceonline.org/page/invite/Brisenia 1 week ago

nahr el bared refugee camp 2 years under siege. watch! http://bit.ly/rQ7Iw 2 weeks ago

@justimage but obama said "those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history." so he'll stand up 4 haq al awda now sa7? 2 weeks ago

electronic intifada

Argentinian singer urged to cancel performance at Israeli festival July 11, 2009

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is writing to express its grave concern about your upcoming appearance in the "Festival Argentina-Israel" in Israel on 14 July. As an artist with a great following beca […]

The victory of defeat July 10, 2009

While Israel has been buying yet more time with Washington in bickering over a paltry settlement freeze, it has been forging ahead with the process of creating two Palestinian territories, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, that, despite supposedly emerging fr […]

Sheikh Jarrah residents refuse to be displaced July 10, 2009

Fawzieh al-Kurd, 57, clad in black, spends her days on a promontory overlooking Tomb of Simon the Righteous in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem. Enduring the cold of winter and the summer's blazing sun, she relates her family's tragi […]

Study: Tel Aviv University part and parcel of the Israeli occupation July 9, 2009

A study prepared by the School of Oriental and African Studies Palestine Society outlines Tel Aviv University's (TAU) intensive, purposive and open institutional contributions to the Israeli military. The briefing paper presented irrefutable evidence of […]

Destroying Gaza July 9, 2009

Recently, I spoke with some friends in Gaza and the conversations were profoundly disturbing. My friends spoke of the deeply-felt absence of any source of protection -- personal, communal or institutional. There is little in society that possesses legi […]

green resistance

musings from Raleigh, NC July 12, 2009

I have been in Raleigh for a week now. The most striking difference between Raleigh and Beirut is the noise. More specifically, the lack of noise. No car horns blaring or beeping or calling out. (Thus far, I’ve only heard one car horn – and it was from my brother.) No bullets shot into the [...]

r.m.

water – a right June 12, 2009

This is a thin attempt by the World Bank to argue – once again – that water should be classified as an economic good (or a human need) and not as a human right. The difference? In the former, water would be provided to people by the market – thus pricing it according to supply [...]

r.m.

Food crisis and the global land grab June 10, 2009

http://farmlandgrab.org/

r.m.

Radio interview June 10, 2009

FYI I have a live interview tonight with a radio station in California. Here are the details: Time: 7.20 pm to 8.00 pm (Beirut time). Last ten minutes will be open to questions from callers Radio:KZYX & Z, 90.7, 91.5, Mendocino Co. Public Radio, www.kzyx.org, 707-895-2324 (Station) Host: Jeff Blankfort Topic: Lebanese elections. Obama’s speech. […]

r.m.

democracy and wealth? June 9, 2009

I am reminded of the words of US Supreme Court Justice Brandeis. It applies to Lebanon, and not only the US: “We can have a democratic society, or we can have the concentration of great wealth in the hands of the few. We cannot have both.” – Jeff Blankfort told me just now that, “Ironically, it was [...]

r.m.

imemc

Soldiers attack the Ni'lin weekly Protest July 10, 2009

Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian villagers along with their international and Israeli peace supporters during the weekly non-violent protest against the wall in Ni'lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, on Friday.

Ghassan Bannoura

Two kidnapped and dozens suffered tear gas inhalation during the weekly Bil'in protest July 10, 2009

Two were kidnapped and dozens suffered from gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the weekly protest in Bil'in village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday.

Ghassan Bannoura

PCHR Weekly Report: Palestinian child killed, 5 civilians wounded by Israeli forces July 10, 2009

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, during the week of 02 - 08 July 2009, a Palestinian child was killed and her father and uncle were wounded by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip. Three Palestinian civilians, including two children, were injured when Israeli forces used force against peaceful protest against the Annexation Wall. Israeli for […]

Saed Bannoura

Palestinian refugee dies at the Iraqi-Syrian border July 9, 2009

A Palestinian refugee died on Thursday at the Al Waleed camp, on the Iraqi-Syrian border after a sharp decline in her health condition, while stranded along with hundreds of other refugees on the border.

Saed Bannoura

'Artery of Life' to head to Gaza on July 23 July 9, 2009

Jamal El Khodary, Chairman of the Popular Committee Against the Siege (PCAS), reported Thursday that the 'Artery of Life Convoy', currently in Egypt, is preparing to head to the Gaza Strip on July 23 carrying 180 activists.

Saed Bannoura

land and people

Almost Organic...

"Walk down the aisles of any Whole Foods Market (WFM) or browse the wholesale catalogue of industry giant United Natural Foods (UNFI) and look closely. What do you see? Row after row of attractively displayed, but mostly non-organic “natural” (i.e. conventional) foods and products. By marketing sleight of hand, these conventional foods, vitamins, privat […]

Rami Zurayk

Rich food

"After much food for thought, the documentary closes with prescriptions ranging from buying produce in season and eating organic to changing school meals and writing to political representatives. While good in intention, the list falls short of addressing the main problem of the working class: that of getting a head of broccoli on the dinner plate in an […]

Rami Zurayk

Wipe-O

"In its free trade agreement with the United States, Peru ignores the Andean Community trade bloc agreement regarding the protection of traditional knowledge, said Argumedo. This bilateral agreement opens the door to bioprospecting by U.S. companies and the growing of genetically engineered crops, which Argumedo says have the potential to "destroy […]

Rami Zurayk

Ilegal

"The Jordanian government said Sunday that a sit-in against the import of Israeli agricultural products was forceably dispersed because had not obtained a proper protest license. "The sit-in was illegal because the participants did not obtain a prior license in compliance with the law," Minister of State for Information Affairs and Communicati […]

Rami Zurayk

Diet siege

"The security company also dictates the quantity of items allowed:Five pitas,one container of hummus and canned tuna,one small bottle or can of beverage,one or two slices of cheese,a few spoonfuls of sugar,and 5 to 10 olives. The exact amount depends on the mood of the Israeli guard, but its important that the Palestinian not try to cross with less than […]

Rami Zurayk

razanisms – رزانيّــــات

Don’t you Black or White me June 27, 2009

Tell me what has become of my rights Am I invisible because you ignore me? Your proclamation promised me free liberty, now I’m tired of bein’ the victim of shame They’re throwing me in a class with a bad name I can’t believe this is the land from which I came You know I do really hate to say it The government [...]

Anarchist Queer

مقتل ثلاث مدنيين على يد الشرطة السورية في الرحيبة June 3, 2009

متل العادة, دم الشعب رخيص عند الدولة, وأراضي “البيوت المخالفة” أغلى. اشتباكات بين الشرطة والأهالي في الرحيبة بسورية قالت صحيفة الثورة السورية بأن عناصر من الشرطة تعرضت للاعتداء من قبل مجموعة من “المخالفين” الذين رفضوا الخروج من بيوتهم المخالفة. ووفقا للصحيفة فإن محافظة ريف دمشق كانت قد اعطت ايعازا للجنة الهدم المركزي بازالة المخالفات […]

Anarchist Queer

زياد رحباني يفي بوعده May 31, 2009

زياد رحباني في الشام يا شباب .. خاص- ( كلنا شركاء ) : 30/5/2009 كما سبق ووعد عشاقه الصيف الماضي، يحيي زياد الرحباني مجموعة من الحفلات في سوريا هذا الصيف. وقد أفاد مصدر مطلع أنّ زياد سيقدم حفلات ثلاث في 16/17/18 تموز 2009 وذلك بعد الاتفاق مع الدكتورة حنان قصاب حسن أمين عام احتفالية دمشق عاصمة الثقافة العربية [...] […]

Anarchist Queer

سوريون ينظمون حملة لمقاطعة الخليوي احتجاجاً على الأسعار May 26, 2009

الخبر الرئيسي بتاريخ 23/05/2009 قامت مجموعة من الشبان السوريين بتنظيم حملة على الأنترنت لمقاطعة الاتصالات الخليوية ليوم واحد احتجاجاً على الأجور العالية التي تتقاضاها شركتا الخليوي في سورية (م تي إن-سيرياتل) ومعهما مؤسسة الاتصالات . حيث قام هؤلاء الشبان ببثّ مئات آلاف الإيميلات على شبكة الأنترنت التي تحض على مقاطعة الموبايل ، وتحت عنوان / قاطعوا الموبايل [.. […]

Anarchist Queer

بيت اليتيم في السويداء مسرح من العقوبات والشؤون الاجتماعية جمهور يتفرج May 23, 2009

بيت اليتيم في السويداء مسرح من العقوبات والشؤون الاجتماعية جمهور يتفرج الكـاتبة: رغدة العزيزي وضعت الشريط الأسود على صورتها المعلقة وذهبت حيث تعيش في دار الأيتام. (أنا ذاهبة للموت، لكن إذا لم أمت سأقتل العالم أجمع) هذا ما قالته (ر – د) وهي في طريقها إلى الدار بعد انتهاء زيارتها الأسبوعية لأمها. فتاة أجبرها يتمها على العيش في جمعية [...] […]

Anarchist Queer

the angry arab news service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب

How to follow the Iran story

For the most reliable coverage of the Iran story, I strongly recommend the New York Times. I mean, they have Michael Slackman in Cairo and Nazila Fathi in Toronto, and they have "independent observers" in Tehran. What else do you want? If you want more, the station of King Fahd's brother-in-law (Al-Arabiyya), has a correspondent in Dubai to […]

As'ad

The Lebanese Army is now ready to defend Lebanon from Israeli Aggression

The Lebanese Army now has a Cessna plane (a gift from the US). I kid you not. It is a major story and the Lebanese media are treating this development as the most important shift in the strategic balance of the Middle East. (thanks As`ad--not me)

As'ad

Perhaps thousands

"After a mass killing of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Taliban prisoners of war by the forces of an American-backed warlord during the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan, Bush administration officials repeatedly discouraged efforts to investigate the episode, according to government officials and human rights organizations."

As'ad

Dubai miracle? Are you kidding me?

"These days, despite defiant protestations of resilience, no one seems to know when the sweet breeze will return. The UAE is still in the doldrums. For the first time since the seven Gulf statelets joined together as a union in 1971, people are beginning to mutter—rather quietly, for sure— whether there may be something amiss with the autocratic, op […]

As'ad

Zionist Vandals

"Thousands of books drenched in cooking oil – that is the latest exploit of the Zionist fanatics who regularly attack property and people in Paris and get away with it." (thanks, I forgot who)

As'ad

insecurity

Posted on November 12, 2008 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

even the un is unable to do anything. not that they ever have before. too many parallels between palestine insecurity and congolese insecurity…

Congo:

Palestine:

A spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency on Wednesday said that Israel’s long-term economic blockade on the Gaza Strip had a directly negative effect on the functioning of the world body’s efforts.

“This has become a blockade against the United Nations itself,” UNRWA spokesman Christopher Gunness said, citing a long list of supplies, including food, that Israel has yet to allow into the coastal territory.

Israel kept its border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed for nearly a week due to a rash of violence that erupted following a deadly Israel Defense Forces raid on Gaza and days of responsive Qassam rockets onto the western Negev.

It allowed some fuel shipments into the territory on Tuesday but food and other humanitarian supplies have yet to be transferred

Filed under: Militarization, Occupation, Palestine, Refugees, Zionism | Tagged: christopher gunness, congo, economic blockade, fuel, Gaza, internally displaced people, Israeli Terrorist Forces, qassam rockets, United Nations, unrwa

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