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Yet again Israel massacres Gazan civilians - and yet again world leaders sit on the fence while people burn

DEVLISH MAY | 29.12.2008 20:18 | Smash EDO | Palestine | Terror War | London | Sheffield | World

The whole world is watching while Gaza burns and implodes under the might of Israel's military machine. On all major news outlets the charred remains and scattered bodies are a graphic reality TV horror show, right down to the shrouded bundles of what was once 5 little girls who sought safety in a mosque only to be incinerated in a direct hit.

The collective punishment of civilians is a war crime; the whole world is watching gruesome war crimes taking place.

Stop! Look! And listen! Then lobby, campaign and fight for human rights enshrined in international law to be upheld and enforced in this case against the Israeli state war machine.

Newswire: Israeli navy fires on free Gaza ship on human mission to the besieged strip International witnesses speak from Gaza Free Gaza Movement, 27 Dec 2008 | On-the-spot report from Gaza City Ewa Jasiewicz, 28 Dec 2008 | Christmas In Gaza : No More Room In The Morgue Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent, 28 Dec 2008 | Protest against Gaza massacre in Edinburgh, Scotland 28 Dec 2008 | Nottingham UK, Gaza Emergency Protest 30 Dec: Pictures [1] [2] | Police launch massive attack on Palestinian solidarity demonstration in London 28 Dec 2008 | General strike called by Palestinians in Israel 28 Dec 2008 | Over 50,000 rally as pro-Gaza demos sweep Egypt's cities 28 Dec 2008 | Tales to tell (from Gaza) 28 Dec 2008, 5.30am, Jabalia | Ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza; 225 killed over 700 wounded Saed Banora, | IMEMC, 27 Dec 2008

News links: freegaza.org | IMEMC.org Independent Middle East Media Centre | Ma’an News Agency | english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast

Video links: Israeli shelling of Gaza continues Video from International Solidarity Movement on the ground, 28 Dec 2008 | Eye witness video post bombings 27 Dec 2008 | More video links

Pictures: This is what a massacre looks like 28 Dec 2008 Protest at Israeli embassy, London, England 28 Dec 2008 More pix from Protest at Israeli embassy, London, England 28 Dec 2008 More from Israeli embasy protest 28 Dec 2008 | Demonstration in solidarity with Gaza in Nablus, Palestine 27 Dec 2008 | Hundreds Protest in Sheffield Against Gaza Massacre 29 Dec 2008 | Nottingham UK, Gaza Emergency Protest 30 Dec: Pictures [1] [2]

Comment: Bombs over Gaza cartoon by Latuff, 27 Dec 2008 | Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza Kill as Many as 200 people cartoon by Latuff, 27 Dec 2008 | The Gaza blockade Cincinnati Jewish Community Relations Council | Statement on Zionist attacks on Gaza Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, 28 Dec 2008 | Massive attack on Gaza planned many months ago Barak Ravid, Haaretz, 27 Dec 2008



DEVLISH MAY
- Homepage: http://IMEMC.org

Additions

Lobby lobby lobby goverments world wide to enforce humanitarian law.

29.12.2008 22:13

Below are some template letters for lobbying purposes!! Addresses at bottom of post.



"I am writing to you to urge you to immediately call on Israel to cease
its attacks on Gaza. I am horrified to learn that more than 200 people
have been killed in Gaza in the last few hours and many more will be
killed if Israel does not cease its attacks immediately.

I also urge you to call for an urgent meeting of the United Nations
Security Council to press for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The response of the international community in urging Israel to
minimise civilian casualties is entirely unacceptable when nearly 200
people, many of whom are women, children and innocent civilians, have
been killed in the past few hours. Israel must be pushed to
immediately cease all its attacks.

The international community must accept that it has a moral imperative
to bring an end to the violence unfolding in Gaza. The UN Security
Council should meet straight away, call for a ceasefire and impose an
arms embargo on Israel.

I am writing to you as a (British citizen) who is horrified by the
response of my country to these killings and urge you as a
representative of my country to take immediate action.

Yours sincerely "



Dear

I am writing to you to urge you to immediately call on Israel to cease
all its attacks on Gaza.

I am horrified to learn that over 200 people have reportedly been
killed in Gaza in the last few hours, many of them entirely innocent
civilians, a significant number believed to be schoolchildren
returning home from morning lessons.

As Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights and many other observers
feared, Israeli rhetoric of avoiding civilian loss of life is not
rooted in a proper application of the legal principles of
proportionality and distinction. Today's events are not proportionate
acts of self-defence.

I do not believe that Israel has made a lawful case for the wholesale
targeting of Hamas. I believe from news reports that one target struck
today was a graduation ceremony of police officers employed by the
Hamas government – what evidence is there of any connection between
rockets fired by militants, whether under the direction of Hamas or
otherwise, and these trainee police officers?

But in any event, striking populated areas with the kind of force used
by Israel today, even if some of the targets were in principle
legitimate military targets, can never be in compliance with an
ordinary understanding of the laws of war. Israel's acts are therefore
war crimes and crimes against humanity and everything possible will be
done within the law to bring all those concerned to justice, including
any third parties against whom there is evidence that they have aided
and abetted these crimes.

Many more civilians will be killed if Israel does not cease its
attacks immediately.

I urge you to immediately contact other foreign ministers to arrange
an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council to pass a
resolution requiring an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and calling on the
international community to collect evidence of war crimes and crimes
against humanity.

The response of the international community in urging Israel to
minimise civilian casualties is entirely unacceptable when many
innocent civilians, including children, have been killed in the past
few hours. Israel must be pushed to immediately cease all its attacks.

The international community must accept that it has a moral and
arguably a legal imperative to bring an end to the violence unfolding
in Gaza.

Yours sincerely,






Contacts for British people
1. Write to your MP
You can find your MPs details on this site  http://www.writetothem.com/
just enter your postcode. If you don't live in the UK you can write to
the MP at your last address.

2. Write to the Labour Party
You can send a message to the Labour Party using this online form
 http://www.labour.org.uk/contact

3. Write to the Conservative Party
Write to David Cameron  camerond@parliament.uk
You could mention you are appalled that he has been on the BBC calling
for restraint on all sides when nearly 200 Palestinians have been
killed.

4. British Consulate Jerusalem
972 (02) 541 4100
Call them asking what the British government is doing about the attacks on Gaza.

5. British Embassy Tel Aviv
02 3510 1167 / (0)3 527 1572

Call them.

6. Prime Minister - Gordon Brown
Fax PM's office on +442079250918

7. Foreign Secretary - David Miliband
 private.office@fco.gov.uk


U.S. Senators -
 http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
U.S. Representatives -  https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml
President Bush -  http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

DEVLISH MAY
mail e-mail: devlishmay@yahoo.co.uk
- Homepage: http://imemc.org


The Dignity rammed

30.12.2008 05:00

I was just watching CNN interviewing one of their reporters on board the 'Dignity', a humanitarian supply ship carrying doctors and aid workers heading for Gaza. According to the CNN reporter it was just rammed by the Israeli navy. The interview ended with what sounded like the reporter drowning.

not CNN


Dignity reported safe in Cyprus

30.12.2008 05:57

The latest CNN report is that the Dignity crew is safe in Cyprus, and the official Israeli spokesperson has withdrawn their original claims it was involved in terrorsim.. They are blaming the ship full of doctors - and a former US congresswoman - of ramming the Israeli ship in internaional waters.
This is a massive own-goal by the IDF akin to sinking the USS Liberty. The other side of the story:

The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are firing live ammunition around the Dignity, and one of the warships has rammed the civilian craft causing an unknown amount of damage. Contrary to international maritime law, the Israelis are actively preventing the Dignity from approaching Gaza or finding safe haven in either Egypt or Lebanon. Instead, the Israeli navy is demanding that the Dignity return to Cyprus - despite the fact that the ship does not carry enough fuel to do so. Fortunately, no one aboard the ship has yet been seriously injured.

There are 15 civilian passengers representing 11 different countries (see below for a complete list). At approximately 5am (UST), well out in international waters, Israeli warships began surrounding the Dignity, threatening the ship. At 6:45am (UST) we were able to establish brief contact with the crew and were told that the ship had been rammed by the Israeli Navy in international waters, and that the Israelis were preventing the ship from finding safe harbor. We heard heavy gunfire in the background before all contact was lost with the Dignity.

It is urgent that you TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!

URGENT! Israeli Navy Attacking Civilian Mercy Ship! TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY!

The Dignity, a Free Gaza boat on a mission of mercy to besieged Gaza, is being attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters. The Dignity has been surrounded by at least half-a-dozen Israeli warships. They are firing live ammunition around the Dignity, and one of the warships has rammed the civilian craft causing an unknown amount of damage. Contrary to international maritime law, the Israelis are actively preventing the Dignity from approaching Gaza or finding safe haven in either Egypt or Lebanon. Instead, the Israeli navy is demanding that the Dignity return to Cyprus - despite the fact that the ship does not carry enough fuel to do so. Fortunately, no one aboard the ship has yet been seriously injured.

There are 15 civilian passengers representing 11 different countries (see below for a complete list). At approximately 5am (UST), well out in international waters, Israeli warships began surrounding the Dignity, threatening the ship. At 6:45am (UST) we were able to establish brief contact with the crew and were told that the ship had been rammed by the Israeli Navy in international waters, and that the Israelis were preventing the ship from finding safe harbor. We heard heavy gunfire in the background before all contact was lost with the Dignity.

It is urgent that you TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION!

CALL the Israeli Government and demand that it immediately STOP attacking the Dignity and endangering the lives of its passengers!

CALL Mark Regev in the Prime Minister's office at:
+972 2670 5354 or +972 5062 3264
 mark.regev@it.pmo.gov.il

CALL Shlomo Dror in the Ministry of Defence at:
+972 33697 5339 or +972 50629 8148
 mediasar@mod.gov.il


BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Dignity departed from Larnaca Port in Cyprus at 7pm (UST) on Monday 29 December, bound for war-devastated Gaza with a cargo of over 3 tons of desperately needed medical supplies donated by the people of Cyprus. At our request, the ship was searched by Cypriot Port authorities prior to departure, to certify that there was nothing "threatening" aboard - only emergency medical supplies.

TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY TO STOP THE ISRAELI NAVY FROM ENDANGERING THE DIGNITY AND ITS PASSENGERS!

Civilians aboard the Dignity being threatened by the Israeli military:

(UK) Denis Healey, Captain
Captain of the Dignity, Denis has been involved with boats for 45 years, beginning with small fishing boats in Portsmouth. He learned to sail while atschool and has been part of the sea ever since. He's a certified yachtmaster and has also worked on heavy marine equipment from yachts to large dredgers. This is his fourth trip to Gaza.

(Greece) Nikolas Bolos, First Mate
Nikolas is a chemical engineer and human rights activist. He has served as a crewmember on several Free Gaza voyages, including the first one in August.

(Jordan) Othman Abu Falah
Othman is a senior producer with Al-Jazeera Television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.

(Australia) Renee Bowyer
Renee is a schoolteacher and human rights activist. She will remain in Gaza to do human rights monitoring and reporting.

(Ireland) Caoimhe Butterly
Caoimhe is a reknowned human rights activist and Gaza Coordinator for the Free Gaza Movement. She will be remaining in Gaza to do human rights monitoring, assist with relief efforts, and work on project development with Free Gaza.

(Cyprus) Ekaterini Christodulou
Ekaterini is a well-known and respected freelance journalist in Cyprus. She is traveling to Gaza to report on the conflict.

(Sudan) Sami El-Haj
Sami is a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay, and head of the human rights section at Al-Jazeera Television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.

(UK) Dr. David Halpin
Dr. Halpin is an experienced orthopaedic surgeon, medical professor, and ship's captain. He has organized humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza on several occasions with the Dove and Dolphin. He is traveling to Gaza to volunteer in hospitals and clinics.

(Germany) Dr. Mohamed Issa
Dr. Issa is a pediatric surgeon from Germany. He is traveling to Gaza to volunteer in hospitals and clinics.

(UK/Tunisia) Fathi Jaouadi
Fathi is a television producer and human rights activist. He will remain in Gaza to do human rights monitoring and reporting.

(USA) Cynthia McKinney
Cynthia is a former U.S. Congresswoman from Georgia, and the 2008 Green Party presidential candidate. She is traveling to Gaza to assess the ongoing conflict.

(Cyprus) Martha Paisi
Martha is a senior research fellow and experienced human rights activist. She is traveling to Gaza to do human rights work and to assist with humanitarian relief efforts.

(UK) Karl Penhaul
Karl Penhaul is a video correspondent for CNN, based out of Bogotá, Colombia. Appointed to this position in February 2004, he covers breaking news around the world utilizing CNN's new laptop-based 'Digital Newsgathering' system. He is traveling to Gaza to report on the ongoing conflict.

(Iraq) Thaer Shaker
Thaer is a cameraman with Al-Jazeera television. He will remain in Gaza to report on the ongoing military onslaught.

(Cyprus) Dr. Elena Theoharous, MP
Dr. Theoharous is a surgeon and a Member of the Cypriot Parliament. She is traveling to Gaza to assess the ongoing conflict, assist with humanitarian relief efforts, and volunteer in hospitals.

not CNN
- Homepage: http://www.freegaza.org/index.php?module=latest_news&id=ea798749aeed49271e3b58adf6d89db6&offset=


More on the Dignity

30.12.2008 06:45

ftp


Interviews from within Gaza and concerning the situation

31.12.2008 20:25

Interview with Jenny Linnel:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g74j4HMMSg

Interview with Ewa Jasiewicz:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muLlFdcK3EA

Interview with Haggai Matat:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMZ35twfsf8

lowvoicesloud
- Homepage: http://youtube account: lowvoicesloud


Comments

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Imperialist world leaders are NOT sitting on the fence!

31.12.2008 23:56

The leaders of imperialist countries are, as they have been at least since 1947, siding with the oppressor, "Israel", against the Palestinian victims of nearly a century of Zionist colonization and ethnic cleansing.

"Israel" is an apartheid European settler colony and has no "right to exist". The right of Jews who live there to continue doing so should be recognized, provided they are willing to live in peace and equality with their gentile neighbors.

Aaron Aarons
mail e-mail: ukindy@aarons.f-m.fm


Saturday 3rd Jan GAZA Demo from embankment 12.30 not 2pmParliament sq,kid shoes&

02.01.2009 09:29

Bring kids shoes & flowers, black would be appropriate but police may get wrong impression  http://www.palestinecampaign.org

NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION: SATURDAY 3 JANUARY HANDS OFF GAZA: STOP THE BOMBING: FREE PALESTINE  http://www.palestinecampaign.org
Assemble 12:30pm Along Embankment, by Embankment tube station, LONDON WC2 - Nearest tube Embankment or Charing Cross heading to Trafalgar Sq, assembly at Parliament sq cancelled due to police pressure.

OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS IN LONDON
FRIDAY 2 JANUARY 2 - 4 pm. Outside the Egyptian Embassy, .
26 South Street, London, W1K 1DW. Call for Egypt to open
the border immediately.

********************************* DEMONSTRATIONS ROUND THE COUNTRY

GLASGOW Saturday 3 January 12 noon. Outside Lloyds TSB St Vincent
Street then assemble for demo at Blytheswood Square 2pm

EDINBURGH Saturday 3 January 12 noon. Foot of the Mound, Princes Street

BRISTOL Centre, opposite the Hippodrome, Friday 5.00 -6.00 and Saturday 3.00 - 4.00.

PORTSMOUTH Saturday 3 January 11am, Guildhall Sq,Organised by Portsmouth Network for a Just Settlement of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and Portsmouth Stop the War Coalition

HULL Saturday 3 January, 11am. Queen Victoria Square.

NEWCASTLE Saturday 3rd January, Grey's Monument, Newcastle, 12 noon-2pm
Organised by Newcastle PSC, Tyneside StWC & University Friends of Palestine
Please bring placards, banners, flags, etc.

NOTTINGHAM buses leave salutation Inn,maid marion way 8am, call 07970893981,  Tym786@yahoo.com to confirm free return tickets

BRIGHTON There will also be a demo in Brighton on Saturday the 3rd of January. Churchill Square 12.30.

DERBY Friday 2 January 2009 - 2pm Protest/march against the genocide by Israel on Palestine Derby Market Place, opposite Assembly rooms, 2pm

CAMBRIDGESaturday 3rd January - 11.30 onwards
Silent Vigil in Cambridge Market Square - Outside the Guildhall
Women in Black in conjunction with Cambridge PSC, Stop the War and representatives from Cambridge churches

LEICESTER Saturday 3rd January 12 noon - 2pm at the Clock Tower Leicester. Leicester Protest against Israeli massacres in Gaza

SHREWSBURY Saturday 3 January 2pm - Peace Vigil in The Square, Shrewsbury Town Centre

LANCASTER Sat 3rd Jan – PROTEST Lancaster - Museum Steps, 11.30am

CAERNARFON Saturday, January 3 11am -1pm Morrisons, Caernarfon Stop the attacks on Gaza. Justice for the Palestinians. Come to show your opposition to the attacks by Israel on Gaza& your solidarity with the Palestinian people. Organised by the Arfon peace and Justice Gp

BURY Saturday 3 January - Assemble 11.30am HANDS OFF GAZA - Bury Town Hall - For more information: 07857 610 426

MANCHESTER Vigil every day 5pm outside BBC Oxford road, Manchester.
Vigil to be held every night until Israel's criminal attacks cease.
+SAT 3rd JANUARY
Stop the Massacre in Gaza ! End the Siege Now!
Assemble: 12 noon on Cavendish St, All Saints Park on Oxford Rd. Manchester
(further down from the BBC) March through city centre to Albert Square

SHEFFIELDSaturday 3rd January: Assemble at 12 noon: Outside Sheffield Town Hall

LIVERPOOLSaturday 3rd January 12-2pm St Lukes Church - top of Bold St. Liverpool
Organised by Liverpool Friends of Palestine

HASTINGS Saturday 3rd. January - 3pm Vigil in Harold Place, Hastings - Hastings Against War

YORKProtest has been called for Saturday 3rd January 1pm, at St. Sampson's Square in York.
We hope to follow this with a march through town. Please bring banners, flags and placards. Organised by York PSC.

NORWICH Vigil/Potest12.00 noon - 1pm Saturday 3rd Jan outside St Peter Mancroft Church in the Millenium Library Square- by Norwich PSC and Norwich STWC

TUNBRIDGE WELLS Saturday 3rd Jan - 12 noon at Tunbridge Wells shopping precinct
Called by Wealden progressive movement and stop the war coalition Tunbridge wells

DURHAM Saturday 3rd January : Gaza protest march from Millennium Square (Gala Theatre) through Durham to Cathedral. Assemble 10.45am for 11am start. British Government inaction condones Israeli barbarism.

BRADFORD Saturday 3rd January - Meet 1pm Infirmary Fields, Bradford march and City Center rallySTOP THE KILLINGS IN GAZA - END THE SIEGE

EXETER Saturday 3rd January – 12 noon at Bedford Square, Exeter High St, STOP THE MASSACRE IN GAZA- END THE BOMBING - FREE PALESTINE
Wear black and bring flowers. Exeter Palestine Solidarity Campaign and Exeter Stop the War Coalition have called a protest this Saturday against Israel's bombing of Gaza.

BEDFORD Sunday 4th January 11am in Bedford town centre outside M&S

PRESTON,Protest on Sunday 4 January at 1.30 - assemble in Preston Flagmarket

Contact PSC office if you can help on the day:  info@palestinecampaign.org or call 02077006192

+ other cities demos at M&S stores who give Isreal key political support & buy £240 million of goods from them annually + city squares. Trolley aisles are being peacefully blockaded using filled trolleys or baskets & artistic actions are happeniing with leaflets handed out to increase the boycott. BBC is still giving Isreal very preferential treatment on the totattly unimpartial so let them know how we feel

Write to your MP urging them to insist that Prime Minister Gordon Brown acts to ensure:
• An immediate end to Israel's military assault on Gaza
• An immediate end to the blockade and siege on Gaza
• An end to Israel's violations of international law
• An end to Israeli occupation

 http://www.writetothem.com
 http://www.palestinecampaign.org/Index7b.asp?m_id=1&l1_id=3&l2_id=62&Content_ID=350

Universal Confederalist


Pop by M&S,encourage boycott to stop the Massacre & Apartheid

02.01.2009 10:11

boycott M&S, fill trolley, unload some&then leave at the bottom put leaflet attached at bottom
describing the situation. I have found this a vsuccessful non violent legal tactic. In fact filling the trolley or basket with lots of small items, try to pick nice items as hopefully any decent management will let staff have them free rather then spend ages putting them back. Isreal does about 240 millions worth of trade annually with Isreal& its CEO's have been key in political lobbying for Isreals illegal acts.
Attached is leaflet which is copyleft,

Another time I was shopping once for some arts equipment,unfortunately the red paint spilt
everywhere in another shop on the way home, be shame if this happened somewhere in the furniture& luxury suits spring to mind
M& S CEOs are complicit in murder & genocide condemned by all UN security council including UK & British people except US government under corrupt undemocratic lobbying by companies like M&S,Israeli government support should be cut now,
or an international stabilasation force should be sent in.
100 palestinians for every Isreali, currently billions has to sent in from the international community in aid to where Palestinians are forced to live & be attacked.

Baz kunin


boycott M&S, stop the Massacre & Apartheid leaflet attached

02.01.2009 10:49

boycott M&S, stop the Massacre & Apartheid leaflet attached

Baz kunin


Photos- 3 Catholic Workers Arrested at Israeli Embassy, Washington D.C

03.01.2009 03:02

Photos- 3 Catholic Workers Arrested at Israeli Embassy, Washington D.C. opposing the bombing and siege of Gaza

 http://www.jonahhouse.org/IsraeliEmbassy.htm

Solidarity
- Homepage: http://www.jonahhouse.org/IsraeliEmbassy.htm


why lobby when you can riot....?!

03.01.2009 13:23

Why lobby when the situation has been maintained by politiicians for decades!!

For first hand news from Gaza, there´s a regular blog from someone who is riding with ambulances and the like - talestotell.wordpress.com There´s also a poster someone´s made to print and put up, of posts from this blog, at  https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2009/01/416665.html

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Attacks on Israeli civilians

03.01.2009 15:45

I condem Israel's actions.

But I ask about attacks carried out on Israeli citizens. Are they a justified resistance?

Dan Factor
mail e-mail: danfactor@lycos.com


instant ISM publishing request: Gaza refugee camp shelled

03.01.2009 22:13

ISMers: Gaza refugee camp being shelled
03.01.2009 21:42

Here´s a German posting by someone who foned Gaza before the line broke off as tanks moved in.

 http://de.indymedia.org/2009/01/238114.shtml

One addition claims he foned Gaza and desperately asks every 1 to spread to public that IDF Tanks shell refugee camp were ISM activists support the ambulance of Red Cresc and medics.
vom osten her...
jabalya 03.01.2009 - 21:19
habe gerade mit einem aktivisten des ism in jabalya telephoniert. jabalya wird von panzern beschossen, die jedoch noch an der grenze stehen und ins camp schiessen (jabalya camp: ca. 2 qkm, ca. 100 000 bewohnerInnen)
nach beit hanoun und beit lahiya geht momentan immer noch keine telephonverbindung.

Samstag, 3. Januar 2009, 18:30, Gaza:

For imediate publishing!
Zur umgehenden Veröffentlichung

Personen mit ausländischer Staatsangehörigkeit begleiten medizinisches Hilfspersonal und Ärzte im nördlichen Gaza-Streifen, während die israelischen Angriffe zunehmen

Die AktivistInnen werden Krankenwagen und medizinische Helfer in Djabalia, Beit Lahia und Beit Hanoun begleiten, deren Basis die nördliche Station des Roten Halbmondes in Djabalia ist.
“Splitter eines 10cm-Schrapnell fliegen gerade in die Station des Roten Halbmondes. Das Ambulanz-Team schafft es wegen des heftigen israelischen Beschusses der Gegend nicht, die Verletzten zu erreichen,“ so Alberto Acre (Spanien) vom International Solidarity Movement.
“Die Ambulanzteams haben uns um internationale Unterstüztung gebeten, also werden wir von der nördlichen Roten-Halbmond-Station aus arbeiten. Wir arbeiten schon seit drei Tagen mit diesen Teams zusammen und sie haben uns in die Erste Hilfe eingewiesen.“ Sharon Lock (Australien), ISM
Andere internationale MenschenrechtsaktivistInnen sind unterdessen in Rafah und Gaza Stadt stationiert. Internationale Menschenrechtsaktivsitinnen fahren im Gaza-Streifen seit der Ermordung des Sanitäters Mohammed Abu Hassera und des Arztes Dr Ihab Al Mathoon am 31.12.08 durch israelische Raketen in Krankenwagen mit.
@21:19




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A "nice one" addition which reveals the German antifa mindset
03.01.2009 21:47

at bottom of posting  http://de.indymedia.org/2009/01/238114.shtml some 1 says:

"Straßenkampf in Gaza-Stadt
antifa 03.01.2009 - 22:14
Straßenkampf in Gaza-Stadt,
Antifa mach die Hamas platt!"

Translation:

Street fighting in Gaza Town
Antifa flatten Hamas down!


reportetr


+Blockades!, I was just in london a riot started by riot police forcing

03.01.2009 23:45

people who are inexperienced into subway tunnels & then using infamous kettling tactic designed to provoke. Afew got frustrated & threw harmless objects then police teargased & charged men women & kids, it was pretty terrible, a riot in fact. BBC etc not reported shit, SKy news did abit, in economic times like this blockades & nvda can have even more effect!.
Did u actually read my article?,ps I stand by calling for a boycott of M&S they by far do most trade with ISreal in UK
Their PR machine do claim to buy from non settlement areas, but when most Isrealis sadly now support apartheid & massacre isnt Oxfam bosses & new labour just doing some fancy PR?.
Isrealis traders should be forced to prove they are actively against the massacres not just non settlement, same goes for any country involved in genocide & apartheid, wether Sudan recently or S.africa in the 1980's.
Yep articles do hang around on the web & I researched this without sleep, but again I still stand by it & went to at least 20 sources before publishing I stand by it, do not be taken in by the Isreali PR machine, come on people we can make a difference without bloodshed, which is blatantly what many at head of system & police seem to want.
NVDA Demo's at BBC are now being called for after such biased reporting, starting riots is what some in TSG& riot police do, lets be prepared to be able to stop their provocations& if someone attacks you directly self defence is no offence
 http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Protests-Against-Israeli-Attacks-On-Gaza-Turn-Violent-As-Tens-Of-Thousands-Take-To-The-Streets/Article/200901115196923?lpos=UK_News_News_Your_Way_Region_7&lid=NewsYourWay_ARTICLE_15196923_Protests_Against_Israeli_Attacks_On_Gaza_Turn_Violent_As_Tens_Of_Thousands_Take_To_The_Streets

Universal Confederalist @K@


feeling ashamed of the German left

04.01.2009 00:32


They don´t go on palestinian demos and a lot of them are outright disgusting. Here´s some more "taste of honey" from antideutshe antifa groups statements on IMC Germany

at  http://de.indymedia.org/2009/01/238157.shtml

"Palis übern Jordan!
antifa 03.01.2009 - 23:48
Für jeden gekillten Pali gibts ein Freibier!"

TransLation:
"Palestinians over the Jordan (means also to kill some1)
A free beer for each killed Palestinian"

Freibieer ist gut
der kleine Antideutsche 04.01.2009 - 00:09
Für Kinder gibts ein halbes Bier.

"Free beer is fine . Half a free lager for killed kids"

and below on  http://de.indymedia.org/2009/01/238114.shtml?c=on#c547754

"Fascist we are coming for you"
antifa 03.01.2009 - 23:54

with attached foto below of israeli soldier taking aim




me


journalists form inside gaza cut off

04.01.2009 00:39

Bethlehem – Ma'an – Palestinian communications networks are barely functioning in the Gaza Strip due to cables damaged by several Israeli airstrikes on network infrastructure on Saturday.

Palestinian mobile provider Jawwal’s phone may stop working “at any minute” as shelling severely damaged the provider’s telecommunications network in Gaza.

PalTel, Jawwal’s parent company based in the West Bank, told Ma’an, “The Israeli shelling damaged the electric grid and caused continuous cuts.”

“The lack of fuel will lead to cutting lines with the telecommunications company (in Gaza) and the Hadara internet company, as well as Jawwal’s mobile phones,” the statement added.

The statement warned that “all means of communication with the Gaza Strip will be highly affected and may totally cut off.”

Attempts to contact Ma’an’s correspondents by mobile were unsuccessful early Sunday morning. Landlines appeared to be working properly between homes in Gaza and Ma’an’s headquarters in Bethlehem.

Ben Gazza


Genocide in Gaza 2009/01/01

04.01.2009 10:09

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Leann
mail e-mail: leabb@y4.dion.ne.jp


Occupation at Hallam

28.01.2009 21:45

Just thought you might like to know that Sheffield Hallam has of this afternoon started its occupation to fight to free Gaza. A list have demands have been made and voted on this afternoon. There are currently about 60 students who have shown interest in the issue and about 30 who are staying at the university tonight. If you know other students who would be interested then dont hesitate to get involved.

*spinelly*
mail e-mail: evilnoodle101@hotmail.com


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