Palestine

Mourid Barghouti’s I Saw Ramallah

Reviewed by Hugh Galford
Washington Report jan-feb 2001

Of the several final status issues yet to be honestly examined under Oslo, that of the Palestinian refugees—and their right to return—ranks among the most emotive. Scattered around the world, the refugees from 1948, their numbers swelled by those from 1967, now total an estimated 5 million. Even after 50 years, their attachment to home is awesome—especially when it is realized that many of them have never laid eyes on Palestine.

For Mourid Barghouti in I Saw Ramallah, the bridge home still exists, but the road to it has been filled with catastrophes and misfortunes.

In spring 1967, Barghouti left Deir Ghassanah, a village outside of Ramallah, to return to Cairo for his university exams. On June 5, he has three exams standing between him and graduation. And on June 5, while in the process of winning a university degree, he loses his home: Ramallah has fallen to the Israeli army.

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April 23, 2010 0

PalRap : DARG

dargmcz — 26 décembre 2009 — DARG TEAM. on December 27th 2008 Israel started it’s first strike on Gaza killing hundrends no thousands of lives for 23 days. DARG TEAM after the war recorded and filmed it’s first video clip ’23 yoom”.
today, one year after the war and DARG TEAM steps in again but this time calling every one to participate and start rebuilding what the war left behind.
REBUILD BY US .. Gaza’s 1st GFX hip hop video clip by DARG TEAM directed by Ahmad S. Nasr.
enjoy it and rebuild it.

April 21, 2010 0

Def Poetry – Suheir Hammad – What I Will

April 20, 2010 0

Suheir Hammad: if I Could…

In Arabic
Palfest 2010

April 20, 2010 0

Carlos Latuff : I don’t trade ideology for money

Sunday, April 18, 2010
Interview with Carlos Latuff by Kourosh Ziabari
for Iran’s Jame-Jam newspaper

The hero of “freedom of speech”, boycotted by the corporate, mainstream media that are irresistible against the astringent truth: this is the most precise and accurate introduction which I can present about Carlos Latuff. Born in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, he is an artist of conscience whose artistic commitment and morality prevented him from becoming the pawn of imperialism.
Carlos Latuff is a world-renowned cartoonist who has long brought into existence artistic works and cartoons in which the footsteps of creativity, novelty, intelligence and decency can be traced noticeably. He has never been given the opportunity to showcase his matchless cartoons in the New York Times, Guardian, Washington Post, BBC or CNN; however, the narrow hallways of personal blogs and independent media outlets which allowed his cartoons to breathe in the atmosphere of publicity, made him a man of genuineness and reality, known by those who seek something beyond the outdated, obsolete propaganda of “all options are on the table”.

Carlos Latuff has drawn numerous cartoons which depict the pains of oppressed nations around the world; from the Palestinians being suffocated under the Israeli occupation to the Iranians receiving the spates of psychological operation co-manufactured by the White House and Tel Aviv.
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April 19, 2010 1

Protest against the inauguration of the Ben Gourion promenade

April 16, 2010 0

Israeli Embassy Demonstration/Protest – London 2008 Gaza Bombing

In the following video a young man is getting arrested @6:54 during a
demo at the Israeli Embassy on 28th December 2008

Were you at the demo

and/or

Did you witness this arrest/see this man?

If so please send a witness statement and any footage ASAP by
Wednesday evening to gazademosupport@gmail.com and add subject ‘FAO
Legal’.

Peace

April 14, 2010 0

The Nakba was our doing’

by Susan Landau on April 13, 2010 · 197 comments

Several years ago, I introduced the idea of a Nakba commemoration to my progressive synagogue in Philadelphia. The response was a stunning barometer of the work ahead. “It’s too bad the Nakba has to fall on Israel Independence Day. That’s The Day for celebrating the Jewish state. It’s not a day to talk about Palestinians.” Fast forward six years: an orange flier neatly tucked inside this month’s synagogue newsletter is headlined “Yom Ha’Atzma-ut al Naqba Commemoration” on April 16, 2010.

The winds are shifting, but the sailing is by no means smooth. Just yesterday attending a congregational bat mitzvah, I inadvertently seated myself among the pro-Israel camp. Greetings were strained. I like these people. Prior to my coming-out as an anti-Zionist, they liked me too. Now I am seen as one of “those people” who insists on bringing up the “N” word each year as we plan for Yom Ha’Atzmuut (Israel Independence Day).

Like many Jews, even within the progressive community, my co-congregants may know but refuse to talk about the “N” word. The Nakba, or “catastrophe,” names the Palestinian experience in 1948. Expulsion and transfer from their homes in historic Palestine allowed for the creation of Israel as a Jewish state. Simply put, the Nakba was and is the dark side of Jewish statehood.
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April 14, 2010 0

Israel history since 1878 the truth about…

This video will answer the following questions:

– How were the Jews treated by Arab before 1948?

– Where and how did Zionism start?

– Was Palestine empty when the Jews came?

– What was the population of Arabs in Palestine between 1878 and 1948?

– How many Jewish immigrants arrived to Palestine between 1878-1948 and how did the UN partition plan divided Palestine between Arab and Jews? Did Israel stick to this plan?

– Did the Jews find “land without people” as they claim?

– How did the Jews treat the Palestinians in the occupied lands?

– How did the Nakba start and at what cost?

– Where the Palestinians expelled before or after the neighboring Arabs countries engaged in a war with the Israeli occupiers?

– What happened to the evicted Palestinian villages? How many were erased?

– Can the Palestinian refugees return to “visit” their occupied villages and lands? And can the Jews visit the occupied lands?

All these questions and more are answered in the above 10 min. documentary. A good video to pass to your friends who like to learn more about the history of the conflict and 1948 Nakba.

link

April 11, 2010 0