Author: shergald

I found this diary on Open Left (USA) so disturbing that I had to pass it on. In Gaza there is now no uncontaminated water; of the 40,000 or so newborn babies, at least half are at immediate risk of nitrate poisoning –...

The above photo shows Abdallah Abu Rahmah (far right) with Ela Bhatt, Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter, Fernando Cardoso, Mary Robinson and Gro Brundtland of the Elders visiting the grave of a Bil’in resident who was shot dead...

…Jerusalem must be the joint capital of Israel and Palestinian, and more. Where no US president including Obama has dared to tread, today, in a follow up to an earlier draft by Sweden which holds the current EU presidency,...

….seeking to reverse Obama’s backtracking from his Cairo speech, in particular, contradicting a later statement that Palestinian East Jerusalem is part of the unified capital of Israel, an issue yet to be negotiated....

If Americans Knew published their yearly appeal to help the Palestinians of Bethlehem survive the assault of Israeli colonialism in the West Bank, in particular, the use of a 25 foot Wall to separate Bethlehem from the...