I am probably as tired of writing about Israel as you are hearing about it. However, today is supposed to be the big day when Ben Gurion declared Israel’s independence. I thought the link was appropriate. I don’t know why he declared independence because there was no Israel to liberate from whatever forces of darkness they conjured out of their manipulated histories. But declare he did and today we celebrate 60 years of genocide against the Palestinian people who were living on the land- and had been for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years- and whom they murdered, exiled and slandered without pause until this day. In the process they wiped out all signs of Palestinian occupancy and changed the names of all of the towns.
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Twenty-six-year-old Jamila Merhi was forced from her family’s home in Akbara village near Safad, Palestine in 1948. Now, 86, she lives in the Shatila refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon and still holds onto a copy of her family’s deed for their land in Palestine. (Matthew Cassel
Read here : Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 13 May 2008
Eddie Vassallo writing from Hebron, occupied West Bank, Live from Palestine, 12 May 2008
Seeing my camera, the man entreats me, “Take pictures, please. Tell people. Please tell people.”
Israel’s lockdown on Gaza has virtually stopped the flow of vital supplies, the economy is in tatters and even black market goods are becoming hard to find.
Fuel supplies are in danger of drying up completely forcing Palestinians to resort to desperate measures.
David Chater reports.
To celebrate 60 years of 
independence, Israel is
planning a large-scale
birthday bash with events
taking place in many
different countries around the
world.
In Jerusalem, a 3-day
conference, under the title
“Facing Tomorrow” is
planned from May 13 – 15,
to which many world leaders,
such as U.S. President Bush,
and French President Sarkozy,
and celebrities such as Barbara Streisand and Steven Spielberg
have been invited and plan to attend.
It is wrong to celebrate and we need to do something BIG
to make the world, and those gathered to celebrate Israel,
see and hear us. We* have this idea and we need your
help to make it happen! On May 15, we will launch 21,915
(365 days x 60 years) black balloons over the skies of
Jerusalem. We aim to turn the skies over Israel’s
celebrations black to let people know that there is
another side of the story, a side of heartache, suffering and
dispossession. At the same time, each balloon will carry a
letter from a Palestinian child expressing his/her hope
for the future, to let the world know that we believe in
and dream of justice.
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SOURCE HERE, develop on right side interesting info
Naeim Giladi wrote that Ben Gurion told him Israel will not create a constitution because that would mean they would have to define their borders.
When asked by Giladi what are the borders of Israel, Ben Gurion said,”Wherever the Sahal will come, this is the border.”
Sahal is the Israeli Army.
satan’s scum confession
http://www.usajewish.com/downloads/vi…
Sorry about the music, it sounds sinister although there are some Israelis who stick with the Palestinians.
What Palestinians have to endure from settlers
Watch these videos
In January 2007, B’Tselem launched “Shooting Back”, a video advocacy project focusing on the Occupied Territories.”We provide Palestinians living in high-conflict areas with video cameras, with the goal of bringing the reality of their lives under occupation to the attention of the Israeli and international public, exposing and seeking redress for violations of human rights”.
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