Misconceptions Abound On Gaza's Women, Politics. Palestinian girls play volleyball during a summer camp at the beach of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, June 20, 2009. (photo by REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa) Author: Rana Baker Posted April 25, 2013 It has become commonplace when reading about Gaza to come across descriptions of it as an "Islamist enclave" or "Hamas-controlled territory" and so on. In case someone exists who does not know what Hamas is all about, commentators make sure their readers understand that it is the "fundamentalist" group bent on the "destruction of Israel" and nothing else. Summary⎙ Print Contrary to what is often said about Gaza, not all women there are oppressed, writes Rana Baker. The Palestinians of Gaza, therefore, are often categorized as either ardent Hamas supporters or suppressed dissidents, including women, who receive the severest treatment imaginable, not only from the Hamas government, but also from misogynistic and backward average male residents.
Women are not the only part of this story. FACT SHEET: The Sabra & Shatila Massacre: 30 Years Later. Yesterday marked 30 years since Christian Lebanese militiamen allied to Israel entered the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila and the adjacent neighborhood of Sabra in Beirut under the watch of the Israeli army and began a slaughter that caused outrage around the world. Over the next day and a half, up to 3500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians, mostly women, children, and the elderly, were murdered in one of the worst atrocities in modern Middle Eastern history. On this 30th anniversary, the New York Times has published an op-ed containing new details of discussions held between Israeli and American officials before and during the massacre.
They reveal how Israeli officials, led by then-Defense Minister Ariel Sharon, misled and bullied American diplomats, rebuffing their concerns about the safety of the inhabitants of Sabra and Shatila. For journalists following this story, the IMEU offers the following fact sheet on the Sabra and Shatila massacre. - Lead Up - - The Massacre - Israel. FACT SHEET: The Killing of Rachel Corrie: Ten Years Later. If Americans Knew - what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine.
QUICK FACTS: The Occupied Palestinian Territories: An Overview. FACT SHEET: 45 YEARS OF OCCUPATION. June 5, 2012, marked the 45th anniversary of the start of the 1967 War, when Israel launched a surprise attack against Egypt and began its military occupation of the Palestinian West Bank, Gaza Strip, East Jerusalem, and Syrian Golan Heights. Since that time, Israel has ruled over millions of Palestinians in the occupied territories by military decree, granting them no political rights while relentlessly colonizing their land. Forty-five years on, Israel’s occupation and settlement enterprise become more entrenched by the day, leading many observers to conclude that the creation of a sovereign and territorially contiguous Palestinian state alongside Israel (i.e. the two-state solution) is no longer possible.
The following fact sheet provides an overview of 45 years of Israel's occupation and settlement enterprise. (Click here for 2012 UN map showing land allocated to settlements in the West Bank)(Click here for Peace Now’s interactive “Facts on the Ground” settlement map) No miracle yesterday in Nabi Saleh: Mustafa Tamimi murdered. ”Ambulance! Ambulance!” So far, there were three people who had suffocated from the tear gas, and three people injured by rubber bullets. I saw gas, and so assumed that it was another case of suffocation. But the cries got louder, urgent, desperate — quite unlike the previous calls. Along with those around me, we began running to where the injured person lay, 50 meters away. Screams. “Mustafa! I ran faster. My stomach plummeted and I forgot to breathe. I saw the man lying on the ground. Mustafa’s sister was screaming his name. Mustafa’s sister Ola was still screaming, so I put my arms around her as she buried her head in my chest. The first protester death in Nabi Saleh Friday, 9 December marked the second year since the tiny village began its weekly demonstrations protesting the expropriation of their land for the neighboring illegal settlement of Halamish, and the confiscation of the village’s main water supply, the Kaws Spring.
My humanity is only human My humanity is only human. Israel’s Latest Assault on Gaza: The Lie of Who Started It. Wife of Vice PM: Demolish Gaza if shooting continues. A few comments on the recent flare-up in the south expose the blind, knee-jerk public support the government and IDF get for their actions against Palestinians. Judy Nir Moses Shalom, the wife of senior Vice Prime Minister Silvan Shalom, is known to pretty much say whatever she wants, whenever she wants. Calling her outspoken is an understatement. Besides being married to one of Israel’s most senior ministers (Shalom has also served as foreign minister and finance minister), she belongs to one of the most powerful families in Israel, who own what used to be the largest daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, before Sheldon Adelson’s Israel Hayom came along and took first place. Moses has said controversial things in the past, but yesterday, as things were getting tense, she tweeted something that could be seen by some as a call for a massacre, if not an outright genocide: The first tweet says: “Have a good week, I hope that today they decide to destroy Gaza if they don’t stop shooting.
Palestinian children detained. Israel Facts — This Week In History: 12-year-old Palestinian boy... Lowkey | Gaza Freedom Flotilla Massacre protest | London 31 May 2010. US BOAT TO GAZA: The Audacity To Love. Interview with Al Jazeera's Jamal ElShayyal: One of the passengers on the Mavi Marmara. Israeli Attack on the Mavi Marmara // Raw Footage. Israel hasbara fails again: Photos show Mavi Marmara passengers protecting, aiding Israeli soldiers - Ali Abunimah. Knife hoax - Flotilla. Aliabunimah.posterous. Cultures of Resistance: Gaza Freedom Flotilla // Iara's Testimony. Gaza Flotilla Testimony of Jamal Elshayyal | Palestine Solidarity Campaign meeting | London | Jun 9.
Killing on air ( watch israeli anchors crying on killing civilian Palestinians on air ) - shocking. UK Jewish MP: Israel acting like Nazis in Gaza. Israeli reporter admits suppressing images of 'piles of bodies of civilians' when Israel went 'crazy' in Gaza. Narrative (sub)Versions: How Queer Palestinian Womyn 'Queer' Palestinian Identity by Ghaida Moussa on Prezi.