http://calsjp.org fighting to end Israeli apartheid Tue, 06 May 2008 18:23:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The photograph above is an AP photo of a Palestinian boy who is waiting by his sick brother's side with a manual air pump, for fear of the power going out and disabling the child's electric respirator. That is only a small glimpse of the reality for the powerless--in more than ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/22/news-watch/no-light-no-heat-no-bread-reality-for-the-powerless-in-gaza/ Amira Hass from Ha'aretz has written a column detailing the dismal conditions of life in Gaza due to the Israeli-imposed embargo on electricity, fuels, and many foods and medicines. Gaza Strip residents yesterday moved from worrying about the electricity cuts of the previous 40 hours to worrying about a water ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/22/news-watch/the-cold-keeps-the-food-from-going-bad/ Al-Jazeera has collected reactions to the Israeli embargo on Gaza from leaders around the world, including Benita Ferrero Waldner, the European Union external relations commissioner, who said that Israel was pursuing "collective punishment" against 1.5 million innocent people in Gaza. The EU commissioner warned that neither the closure of Gaza's border ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/22/news-watch/european-union-israeli-collective-punishment-in-gaza/ The InterPressService gives us the sad story of Mustapha al-Jamal, who in light of the Israeli embargo of fuel, electricity, and most medical supplies to Gaza, is going door-to-door to find appropriate medicine for his sick son. Furthermore, Israel has refused medical treatment to Mustapha's son (no suitable hospitals exist ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/22/news-watch/no-rights-and-little-mercy-for-the-sick-in-gaza/ Contrary to international humanitarian law, the Israeli army has cut off electricity and fuel supplies to the 1.5 million people living in the Gaza Strip as "retaliation" to homemade projectile attacks that have caused mainly property damage in remote areas of Israel. According to Ma'an News Agency: Most of the Gaza Strip's ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/22/news-watch/gaza-plunged-into-darkness-by-israeli-embargo/ "Under current military orders in the West Bank, the following activities are defined as threats to the security of Israel: putting up political posters, writing political slogans, participating in demonstrations and belonging to any political party." Interestingly enough, what counts as exercising first amendment rights in the United States counts as ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/16/news-watch/palestinian-prisoners-and-the-israeli-court-system/ Ali Waked in Yedioth Ahronoth reports the following regarding Shin Bet Chief Yuval Diskin's recent claim that 1,000 "terrorists" have been killed in Gaza in the past 2 years: The B'Tselem organization expressed its surprise over Diskin's remarks, saying that according to its figures, 816 Palestinians were killed by the ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/14/news-watch/shin-bet-chief-calls-palestinian-children-terrorists/ Richard Silverstein from Tikun Olam points to an editorial by Yossi Sarid, commenting: If any Israeli politician is so obtuse as to worry about Barack Obama's fealty to Israel they needn't worry. But I think they worry about something else–that Obama will be his own man. He will do his own ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/13/news-watch/is-israel-afraid-of-barack-obama/ Josh Reubner of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation writes: Today, two movements for the promotion of human rights in Sudan and Palestine seek to emulate the successful role played by boycotts, divestment, and sanctions in achieving democracy and equality in South Africa. The two movements, however, have received ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/13/news-watch/double-standard-on-divestment/ Seth Freedman at The Guardian writes: It's easy to claim that the pen is mightier than the sword from the safety of a university lecture hall, or a middle class soiree in a suburban dining room. However, in the bandit country that is Hebron, the adage rings somewhat hollow, as I ... http://calsjp.org/2008/01/13/news-watch/the-sword-is-mightier/