A sampling.
While we wait for the Netanyahu games to begin, anticipating the resumption of Israel’s building of homes on Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the further emptying of the Jordan Valley of its remaining Palestinian villages, and the development of the future Apartheid state of Israel, it seems like a good time for people to take a look at the reality on the ground as far as the dwindling peace activist movement is concerned. Actually, the problem is its silence or lack of publicity. Here’s some.
These photos were shared this morning by the British site, Bristol to Gaza showing a little of what the reality is in Palestine, or whatever is left of it today, August 4, 2010.
Israeli border police officers detain an Israeli protester during a demonstration against the construction of Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Walajeh, outside Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.
A mother and her baby after Israel bulldozed its home, village and 45 neighbouring villages. 4 August
(this could be a picture from the Bedouin village demolition of last week)
Israeli border police officers detain an Israeli protester during a demonstration against the construction of Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Walajeh, outside Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.
The threat of Israel-Lebanon war mounts in face of open provocation
….nervous celebrations as five out of the remaining seven are acquitted for decommissioning EDO MBM in solidarity with Palestine. (sorry but I can’t supply the details)
:Resistance to the Nakba continues – 4th August
Israeli border police officers detain an Israeli protester during a demonstration against the construction of Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank village of Walajeh, outside Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2010.
OKay enough of the frivilous, and back to local politics. This from Alternet this morning:
Why the U.S. Won’t Cut Ties with Israel, No Matter How Extreme Its Government Gets
A thick web of military-strategic ties is at the heart of the US-Israeli relationship.
August 4, 2010
So why has Barak been to the US seven times? Because if he went anywhere else he would be arrested as a war criminal and taken to the Hague.
Its bound to be linked to plans to bomb someone or the other or getting the weaponry to do so. Israel doesnt leave its neighbors alone for long before reminding them who has the big bombs by blowing away a bunch of kids etc.
bit?
http://jfjfp.com/?p=15087
We just haven’t seen anything in the way of civil protests here in the US as have gone on in England and Ireland. And it is not just the few activists. Your link cites an example of jury nullification on the grounds of international human rights.
Ordinary people know right from wrong and sometimes it takes otherwise illegal actions to make the case.
Thanks for the link, Martini.
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ITT awarded $39.3 million to produce Advanced Weapon-Release Systems for F-16 Fighter
… to be installed on F-16 aircraft used by U.S. and allied nations.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."I believe there was a similar case against a group of Irish protesters who entered a Raytheon plant and did damage a few years ago. Raytheon was making parts used in weapon systems deployed in Iraq.