Just in case life in Gaza wasn’t hard enough to begin with: the British government has banned a Palestinian under-19 soccer team from entering the country to participate in a three week tour. Every member of the Gaza-based team had their visa applications rejected, a decision reportedly taken at “the highest level of the [...]
My entry for this week’s Photo Friday challenge, Friend. The image is of two Palestinian children peeking out from behind police barricades in Bethlehem.
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Condemnation was quick this past weekend as Israel broke the UN-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah by launching a commando raid in eastern Lebanon. While it is easy to understand why the international community in deeply concerned about the violation, it is more difficult to comprehend why they are suprised by Israel’s actions. When a [...]
Protestors demonstrate outside of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal where former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was giving a speech on “Building a Stronger Israel”. Powell was the featured guest of a Jewish National Fund gala, an organization that is “deeply tainted by Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crimes”, according the the Jewish [...]
Contrary to popular belief, Israel’s bombing and invasion of Lebanon was not a retaliatory action taken in response to the capture of Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah. Nor was it in response to Hezbollah’s recurring terrorist attacks, another Israeli fabrication. Israel’s latest armed aggression against Lebanon was actually fully planned years in advance with the cooperation [...]