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FLASHPOINTS, Mar. 3,4. Ali Abunimah founder of the Electronic Intifada, ISM member Jenny
Bush threatens war against North Korea. (ISM) member, Jenny, from London.. "last night we were terrified by the sounds of Israeli shooting, airplanes, bombs."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2003 11:03pm PST
Why Not Adapt Israeli Model to Improve Our Commutes? (Graphic)
Hey if It works for Israel????...
Posted: Tue, Mar 4, 2003 9:44pm PST
AUDIO: Noam Chomsky: Israel and the US Peace Movement
This is an older lecture but is important in that it documents the Peace Movement's stance vis a vis Israel (like in 1982 when an anti-nuclear protest refused to mention Israel's invasion of Lebanon which was on going at the time)....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2003 11:32pm PST
Bound by Terror: The Iraq-Palestine Link
Why do people look doubtful or indignant when you tell them that ethnic cleansing and apartheid are a central feature of Israeli political policies and that people in the United States are the principal financial and military subsidizers? That the war against Iraq could well facilitate the now-mainstream policy of “Transfer” or mass expulsion of the Palestinians out of what is left of their land?...
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2003 8:29pm PST
9 killed in Israeli Gaza Strip operation
Just more ethnic cleansing by our favorite country....
Posted: Mon, Mar 3, 2003 3:33pm PST
Beam me up Scottie there's no powerful progressive force in the Bay Area!
THE RICH DIVERSITY OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA MOST OFTEN SIGNIFIES AN DEEP ROOTED CONSERVATISM, AND THE RELEVANT PASSIVITY DURING OUR WAR TIMES SHOWS IT!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 2, 2003 11:18am PST
2 MILLION ARAB WOMEN RISE UP TO CHALLENGE THE US
While the US prepares to spread death and destruction (to follow its imperial dreams/nightmares) with its long-ranged high tech killing, and to use toxic gases in Iraq, two million Arab women rise up to challange the United States. (read on: Spanish text)...
Posted: Sun, Mar 2, 2003 11:10am PST
Iraq war may cost the lives of 250,000 Iraqis. Sanctions already killed many civilians.
Why do people look doubtful or indignant when you tell them that ethnic cleansing and apartheid are a central feature of Israeli political policies and that people in the United States are the principal financial and military subsidizers? That the war against Iraq could well facilitate the now-mainstream policy of "Transfer" or mass expulsion of the Palestinians out of what is left of their land?...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 11:01pm PST
How the news will be censored in this war: A new CNN system of 'script approval'
"We risked our lives and went out with ambulance drivers... for a whole day. We have also witnessed ambulances from our window being shot at by Israeli soldiers... The story received approval from Mike Shoulder. The story ran twice and then Rick Davis (a CNN executive) killed it. The reason was we did not have an Israeli army response, even though we stated in our story that Israel believes that Palestinians are smuggling weapons and wanted people in the ambulances."...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 7:34pm PST
America uses Israel's words to justify occupation
Ah, what it is to fight for "the liberty of an oppressed people" – this is Mr Bush on Iraq – provided, of course, they are not Palestinian....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 7:32pm PST
Likely Palestinian Prime Minister a Holocaust-denier
Arafat's choice of a prime minister is the author of a book that says the Holocaust probably killed at most 800,000 Jews, and also tries to remove much blame from Nazis....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2003 12:41am PST
Do Palestinians Exist? Hollywood Denies the Existence of Palestine
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is “very concerned that the Academy may have discouraged the submission of ‘Divine Intervention’ for technical reasons in order to avoid having to make a decision whether or not to exclude the film because it was made by and about Palestinians. At the Cannes Festival and many other venues, ‘Divine Intervention’ has proven to be competitive at the highest level and deserves to be considered for an Oscar.” ADC urges you to ask the AMPAS, spe...
Posted: Fri, Feb 28, 2003 10:01pm PST
FLASHPOINTS: Ramzy Baroud - Israel's seige. Al Jazeera - video of soldiers beating Pals.
Israel's seige of the West Bank going from terrible to nightmarish. and the other day, Aljazeera TV (link2) (link3) caught Israelis beating and stabbing to death two Palestinians. Greg Palast, in Berkeley....
Posted: Fri, Feb 28, 2003 9:30am PST
Palestine through the Eyes of Refugee Children
Artwork by Palestinian refugee youth from the Gaza Strip...
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2003 9:53pm PST
Wounded Palestinian teen shackled to her Israeli bed
"It is unreasonable to think that a 15-year-old girl, who was hit in the kidney, had part of her intestine surgically removed, is attached to an intravenous solution, and two bullets are still in her body, will escape from the hospital by overcoming the IDF guards - or that she poses any danger to the doctors or the other patients," wrote Litvia....
Posted: Thu, Feb 27, 2003 3:13pm PST
View from the Arab world on the war with Iraq
The expected war against Iraq, says former Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani, is anything but a weapons issue -- and its repercussions might prove catastrophic, reports Amira Howeidy...
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 9:06pm PST
Trek for Truth
On March 20, 2003 I am walking across the nation in the hope of meeting the First Lady.
I am a 40 year old mom and I'm increasingly concerned for our children....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 10:56am PST
KRISTEN ESS: Murder in the Gaza Strip
No one, not even friendly Arabic news agencies are willing to show the atrocities Israelis commit against Palestinians because of the usual charges of "anti-Semitism" that are made....
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 10:44am PST
ROBERT FISK: A new CNN system of 'script approval'
"We risked our lives and went out with ambulance drivers... for a whole day. We have also witnessed ambulances from our window being shot at by Israeli soldiers... The story received approval from Mike Shoulder. The story ran twice and then Rick Davis (a CNN executive) killed it. The reason was we did not have an Israeli army response, even though we stated in our story that Israel believes that Palestinians are smuggling weapons and wanted people in the ambulances."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 26, 2003 10:42am PST