Category Archives: Gaza

Israel: the morning after

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Michael Riordon

Two Jewish responses to yesterday’s elections in Israel. Both are published on Mondoweiss, March 18, 2015. Netanyahu won. Now what? Avigail Abarbanel. Who can save Israel now? Philip Weiss. Avigail Abarbanel: “The message to those of us who support the … Continue reading →

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“Genocide begins with the silence of the world.”

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Michael Riordon

On August 1, The New York Times and other mainstream papers in the US and the UK published a full-page ad written by famous Holocaust survivor and campaigner Elie Wiesel. Part of a vast international propaganda offensive to justify Israel’s … Continue reading →

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Desmond Tutu to the people of Israel: Liberate yourselves!

Posted on August 20, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Gaza rally, London, July 2014 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, August 14, 2014: “If you add together all the people who gathered over the past weekend to demand justice in Israel and Palestine – in Cape … Continue reading →

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Inside the Gaza ‘meat grinder’

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Dr Ghassan Abu Sitta: “All the areas around the hospital were being bombed all the time. We then got a call to the emergency room and we were told that the administration and the out patients building had been hit … Continue reading →

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Gaza: Why do Israel and the U.S. insist on war?

Posted on August 12, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Gaza City, July 27, 2014. Photo: Oxfam International. “For the last eight years, Israel and the U.S. had repeated opportunities to opt for a diplomatic solution in Gaza. Each time, they have chosen war, with devastating consequences for the families … Continue reading →

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Witness

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Michael Riordon

As the Israeli attack on Gaza and the suffocating military occupation of the West Bank grind on, and resistance continues on both sides of the apartheid wall, Canadian publisher Between the Lines is featuring Witness, a chapter from Our Way … Continue reading →

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Silence for Gaza

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Shujaiyya, Gaza, August 1, 2014. Photo: Mohammed Saber. Silence for Gaza, a poem by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, 1941 – 2008 Gaza is far from its relatives and close to its enemies, because whenever Gaza explodes, it becomes an island … Continue reading →

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Gaza: what next?

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Michael Riordon

According to mainstream media, the terms of a ‘cease-fire’ are currently in negotiation between the elected government of Gaza and the elected government of Israel. In a tweet posted August 5, a spokesman for the Israeli military wrote: “Mission accomplished.” … Continue reading →

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“Crimes against humanity”

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Michael Riordon

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is notoriously fearful of scolding Israel, even as it commits overt war crimes. But he was sufficiently shocked by Israel’s August 3 bombing of a UN-run school in Gaza (the 6th attack by Israel on … Continue reading →

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STOP IT!

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Michael Riordon

“In my opinion, the resistance is just a temporary phenomenon to achieve particular goals: to end the blockade and allow Palestinians to live in freedom and dignity in a state of their own.” – Nour Omar Shaban, 16 years old, … Continue reading →

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A pledge…

Posted on July 28, 2014 by Michael Riordon

“…to the family of the one thousandth victim of Israel’s genocidal slaughter in Gaza…” Ilan Pappe, Israeli author, professor of history, director of the European Centre for Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, England. On Day 20 of the … Continue reading →

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War crimes

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Day 19 of the Israeli attack on Gaza. The toll until now: 928 Palestinians killed, 764 of them civilians, including 215 children and 118 women 4,663 Palestinians wounded, mostly civilians, including 1,358 children and 932 women 561 houses destroyed and … Continue reading →

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How did all this happen?

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Michael Riordon

In 1907 British civil servants prepared a report on the Middle East for the Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. As the United States does now, the British imperial regime treated the rest of the world as its private estate. A … Continue reading →

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Stop arming Israel

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Michael Riordon

TAKE ACTION NOW. Israeli attack jet. Israel has once again unleashed the full force of its military against the captive Palestinian population, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, in an inhumane and illegal act of military aggression. Israel’s ability to … Continue reading →

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“Please, do what you can.”

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Michael Riordon

A letter from Mads Gilbert, Norwegian emergency room doctor, at the Shifa Hospital in Gaza, July 19, 2014. Via Mondoweiss. Gaza City neighborhood of Shuja’iyeh, after July 19 Israeli air and ground assault. Dearest friends, The last night was extreme. … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – From inside Gaza

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Michael Riordon

In case you joined this blog in the past few days, and have not received notice of the previous post (From inside Gaza…), here’s an update: July 17, Day 10 of the Israeli military assault continues against Gaza, the world’s … Continue reading →

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From inside Gaza: “How much of our blood is sufficient?”

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Palestinians mourn victims of Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, 12 July. Many of us feel enraged but helpless in the face of Israel’s war crimes, with the active complicity of elites and mainstream media in Europe and North America. … Continue reading →

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A desperate plea from an Israeli Jew

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Michael Riordon

Via Jewish Voice for Peace: “My name is Eran Efrati, I am Jewish, a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces, and a 7th generation Jerusalemite. What I’ve seen in Israel over the last few weeks is beyond anything I have … Continue reading →

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