In the midst of ongoing all too lethal conflict the peace movements of Israel and Gaza found each other, combining protest and humanitarian aid.  In the West Bank the joint struggle on the ground is spreading.   The political earnestness of the editorial overview  provides the background against which the activism makes sense.

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Table of Contents

* THE BANALITY OF OPPORTUNISM, editorial, p.1-10
- Survival without ratings, p.1
- Survival without an economy, p.3
- The masquerade continues, p.4
- The war of words, p.5
- Fall and rise of the wall, p.6
- Winner takes nothing, p.7
- Where to go from here?, p.9
- The discrediting of diplomacy, p.9
* The pain is the same pain, p.10
* Under the same sky (Gaza Convoy), p.11-15
- Prayer against rain, p.12
- ...but how to get it into Gaza?, p.14
* Protest vigil against Bloody Saturday, p.15
* Prisoner starts hunger strike, p.16
* MachsomWatch's long list, p.16-p.19
* Bil'in chronicles, p.19-21
* Dissident building contractors, p.21-23
- Restoring the footbridge, p.22
* Say it with pinwheels, p.23
* Bicycles against occupation, p.23
* From Jaffa to Kfar Shalem, p.24
* Blood and Champagne, Avnery, p. 28
* Who is inciting (Silwan), p. 28