GENEVA - The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, denounced the unlawful naval seizure by an Israeli gunboat on the high seas of a ship carrying medicine and reconstruction material to blockaded people of Gaza ( Read more... )

This isn't just about what Israel has done to 21 international peace activists ( Read more... )

Seeking a Proud and Peaceful Future
Transcript of former US President Jimmy Carter’s Address to the United Nations Relief Works Agency’s Human Rights Graduation in Gaza, June 16, 2009.
By Jimmy Carter

Director of UNRWA operations John Ging, thank you for inviting me to Gaza. Distinguished guests, children of Gaza, I am grateful for your warm reception ( Read more... )

This week's update is lighter in tone than last week's update. It gives you an idea of what we are doing to get the Free Gaza ready. We are hoping this time to entertain you a bit (our first mate would do well at open-mike night) and to let you know that we have enjoyed fixing the boat. We leave next Thursday, so the update for next week will be ( Read more... )

This is the message as it came to me by email ( Read more... )

A controversial play, "Seven Jewish Children: A Play for Gaza," written after Israel's Operation Cast Lead by British writer Caryl Churchill, will be staged for the first time in Israel in Tel Aviv's Kikar Rabin this evening, as part of Hebrew Book Week events. It is directed online via Skype and video by Samieh Jabbarin, who has been under house ( Read more... )

A British lawmaker declared Thursday that Israel was taking advantage of the guilt many non-Jews feel over the Holocaust to ruthlessly press ahead with its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

Gerald Kaufman, a governing Labour Party legislator, sharply criticized Israel in a House of Commons debate on Gaza, arguing that the Jewish state has exploited ( Read more... )

Israel would not exist if not for a U.N. resolution but yet ever since it's creation Israel has ignored every U.N. resolution ( Read more... )

A shipment of some 3,000 tons of American munitions destined for Israel will not pass through the western Greek port of Astakos, Athens and Washington said yesterday, although the reason behind the decision remained somewhat unclear.

In what has become a politically sensitive issue for the ruling New Democracy party, government spokesman Evangelos ( Read more... )

The blog I have taken some info from today is here. It's a good site for providing information to the West.

Info about the blogger........

Name: Desert Peace
Location: Jerusalem, Israel

From my very first post….

I am originally from the United States. I have been living in Jerusalem, Israel for 23 years and have dedicated all of those years to try and ( Read more... )