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Digest 199, 1/25/10
News Clips: The Goldstone Report, UN report on Israel’s 22-day offensive against Hamas-controlled Gaza, is anti-Semitic, an Israeli government minister said, as the Jewish state prepares to formally respond to its allegations of war crimes; Africa Israel Investments (Lev Leviev’s company) and Elbit Systems have [...]
From Jean Athey in Cairo:
Gaza Freedom March
Fifth Letter—January 1, 2010
Hedy Epstein, 85-year-old Holocaust survivor, has stolen our hearts. At four feet-ten, she is a giant. Her gentle smile lights up every room that she enters, and yet if you saw her on the street, you might not immediately sense her power. Unless you paid [...]
repost from Sam Husseini at http://husseini.posterous.com/
Just after midnight I couldn’t sleep. Went out to get a bite to eat or maybe a glass of wine to help me sleep.
See several CodePink people and others with the Gaza Freedom March, say they are going to the French embassy — they had put out an alert:
“As [...]
Still a bit dazed and confused from jetlag, I went down to the Lotus Hotel where Medea Benjamin and Ann Wright and many of the other organizers are staying. It is also peeling and seedy, and when people told me, “Thank you for putting your life on the line,” I didn’t quite imagine that [...]
By Yvonne Ridley
The activities of the rent boys who parade up and down Al-Shawarby Street in Cairo provide a good metaphor for the relationship the Egyptian Government has with Israel and the US.
Both are quite shameless and ruthless; prepared to do whatever it takes to please … in order to secure a fistful of dollars.
But [...]
In casting a vote to repress the Goldstone Report, 344 U.S. Representatives agreed Tuesday to look the other way. 344 U.S. Representatives voted to condemn a report they had not read. 344 U.S. Representatives voted to deny that with our rights as a free nation come responsibilities to uphold integrity and honesty, [...]
Monday, January 25, 2010
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