Author: shergald

`I helped kill a Palestinian today.’

American ammunition pulled from the body of a dead Palestinian. This statement by Robert Jensen actually appeared in 2002, but because American politics toward Israel has not changed a bit since that year, it applies today and...

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Gaza: `an atrocity, a crime, an abomination’

So said Jimmy Carter several months ago. Since that time, the Free Gaza Movement acted to break the siege of Gaza, which is not only killing Gazans, but traumatizing its population. This letter by Eyad el-Sarraj, a psychiatrist...

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Free Gaza boats to sail again

This call for action was issued on Sept 11, 2008 by the Free Gaza Movement: Urging the international community to follow up with major humanitarian intervention. The Free Gaza Movement reported that it will once again set sail...

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The Israel Lobby and Sarah Palin

An appropriate subtitle for this diary is: May God help us all. When Sarah Palin was interviewed by Charlie Gibson about Israel the other night, to some she gave a “scary” response. She said that she supported...

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Most American Jews agree with Carter!

According to a very reliable poll conducted by the Pro-Peace Jewish activist group J Street, most U.S. Jews stand firmly behind Jimmy Carter’s positions on Israel. Although the survey did not specifically mention Carter,...

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