Surfing to
Gaza
In
an army action
This week,
Two boys,
Aged 9 and
11,
Were shot dead.
The Minister of Defense,
Ehud Barak,
Leader
of the Labor Party,
Did not even apologize
Or express
regret.
Silence is admission:
This is now the
policy.
www.gush-shalom.org ad published by Gush Shalom in
Haaretz, August 24,
2007
Here
follow the August 25, 2007, press picks from different
sources - posted by TOI-staff on Occupation
Magazine
Senior
former US officials and experts: talk to Hamas and
Hizbullah
"Foreign Policy" Magazine/The Center for American Progress
- a large majority, among 108 former senior US officials and foreign policy
experts polled, expressed themselves in favour of either "selectively engaging
with moderates" in Hamas and Hizbullah or of dealing with governments in which
these organizations are involved "as with any other government of a foreign
sovereign state".
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21949
Surfing for peace
AP - Yedioth
Ahronoth - 86-year-old Jewish surfing guru Dorian Paskowitz from Hawaii donates
12 surfboards to Gazan surfers. Arthur Rashkovan, a surfer from Tel Aviv, said
Paskowitz`s project was part of a larger effort called Surfing for Peace, aimed
at bringing Middle East surfers closer together. Eight-time world surfing
champion Kelly Slater, who is of Syrian descent, is expected to arrive in Israel
in October to take part in the drive.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21947
133rd Demonstration in Bil’in
ISM -
At one point, demonstrators were within 20 meters of the soldiers, and trying to
reduce the aggression they faced, they sat down peacefully on the road. The
soldiers replied by hurling 5 teargas bombs into the middle of the group.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21946
Palestinian headlines Saturday August 25,
2007
IMEMC News - imemc.org - Four killed in Gaza since Friday
/ Palestinian reports killing two Israeli soldiers, the army denies / Hamas says
P.A Security Forces arrested several Hamas members in the West Bank / A
comprehensive report on Israeli detention camps and prisons / At least two
killed in Israeli shelling to the Gaza Strip / Fighter, child killed by Israeli
troops near Tulkarem / One injured, three kidnapped at non-violent demonstration
in Bil’in / Peaceful protest in Al Walaja village faces down massive army
presence / Brutal army procedures at the Al Hamra checkpoint / UN envoy urges
Israel to improve Palestinian living conditions / Egyptian Ambassador to
Palestine calls for unity amongst Palestinian factions
http://www.kibush.co.il/downloads/News%20Articles%20-%20International%20Middle%20East%20Media%20Center%20-%20IMEMC.mht
A Boycott Of Israel: Something Has Changed
John Pilger - Znet Daily Comments - And yet, what Nelson Mandela
has called "the greatest moral issue of the age" refuses to be buried in the
dust. (...) these were once distant voices. That such grave discussion of a
boycott has "gone global" was unforeseen in official Israel, long comforted by
its seemingly untouchable myths and great power sponsorship, and confident that
the mere threat of anti-Semitism would ensure silence.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21944
Palestinian Under-19 football team refused entry
to the UK,
NEWS.scotsman.com - The Edinburgh Peace and Justice
Centre said it was "shameful" the young players from the Gaza Strip will not be
able to join a goodwill tour of north England, and invite people to write to the
Foreign Office to express their disapproval.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21943
OCHA`s weekly Gaza report // Watching Gaza
collapse
1) OCHA - 12 Palestinians killed by IDF, including two
children // Raw materials have not been allowed to enter Gaza, preventing
production of basic supplies // 2) Electronicintifada - a testimony by YASMIN
MOOR which brings the statistics to life.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21942
Arabs here to stay
Ali Haider - Ynet -
Before Avigdor Lieberman joined the government, all those concerned about
democracy warned against the possibility that he would make use of his status to
implement his racist plans to disengage from Wadi Ara and hand it over to the
Palestinian Authority. Now, it appears that the government adopted Lieberman`s
way as its official policy towards Arab citizens.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21940
Women`s Organization for Political Prisoners
Newsletter July 2007
WOFPP - The windows in the cells still cannot
be opened because they remain covered with metal sheets. The heat and the lack
of air in the cells are unbearable. The prison authorities do not supply any
fans or ventilators. The prisoners buy fans in the canteen, but many fans are
out of order after a short period. As a result, there are cells without any fans
at all. WOFPP applied to ACRI (Association for Citizens` Rights in Israel) to
submit an appeal against the prison authorities, demanding to remove the
permanent window coverings.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21938
Collateral Damage
Joanna Chen -
Newsweek - Gravely injured in an Israeli missile attack, a 5-year-old
Palestinian girl is at the center of a fight over whether Israel should continue
to provide treatment. A court decision in favor of Mariya Aman could set a
precedent and trigger other court appeals from Palestinians injured by similar
acts of the Israeli military.
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=21937
