Gaza

NOVANEWS Gilad Atzmon: United Against Paintings August 17, 2010  Some British Jews are desperate to stop the truth about the Jewish state being spread around.  The Jewish Chronicle reported today that Jewish  “Community leaders are battling to stop an exhibition of paintings by children from Gaza being shown in schools in the North of England.” Jewish campaigners say they have “no objection to the paintings, but have reacted with anger at a series of talks given to accompany them.”  The man behind the exhibition and the talks is  Rod Cox, 62,  who visited Gaza and the West Bank a few times in recent years.  The exhibition, Loss Of Innocence, has been on tour since September, visiting universities, town halls and, most recently, Manchester Cathedral. It was taken to a Quaker venue in Marpl...

NOVANEWS Amira Hass reports—kind of—from Gaza, that the Hamas government broke up a PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) rally against making Gazan electricity supplies subject to a political battle between Fateh and Hamas. The PFLP does not put much credence in Hamas’s objections that Fateh is mostly at fault. From the (partial) research I’ve done on the topic, it is mostly Fateh’s “fault,” although ultimately it is neither Fateh nor Hamas’s fault. It’s Israel’s fault because it is Israel’s job, according to the Geneva conventions, to take care of the needs of the occupied population. More disquieting still is that Hamas violently broke up the PFLP rally in Gaza City, coming hard after it raided a DFLP office (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) in Rafah a fe...

NOVANEWS 1. We Need Your Vote!!! Director: Dima Hamdan | Genre: Drama | Produced In: 2009  Synopsis: Gaza 2009. A massive Israeli assault is underway on Gaza. Mahmoud is in London, his mother is trapped in Gaza, and he is desperately waiting for her to call. He agrees to take part in a radio program about Gaza, but the producers take away his mobile. For the next few minutes, he has to endure listeners' questions, and a surprise guest who will reveal what has become of his mother. "Gaza-London" is an intimate portrayal of the helplessness and frustration many Palestinians felt as they watched from a distance while their loved ones lived the nightmare.   Dima Hamdan's latest short film  Gaza-London is competing on the Culture Unplugged online festival, we need as man...

NOVANEWS An especially fine piece:  Remarks made by Chris  Hedges at a NYC fundraiser for a US boat to break the blockade on Gaza. Racheli. Chris Hedges: The Tears of Gaza Must Be Our Tears http://www.truthdig.com/report/page3/the_tears_of_gaza_must_be_our_tears_20100809/ Chris Hedges made these remarks Thursday night in New York City at a fundraiser for sponsoring a U.S. boat to break the blockade of Gaza. More information can be found at www.ustogaza.org. ======================================= When I lived in Jerusalem I had a friend who confided in me that as a college student in the United States she attended events like these, wrote up reports and submitted them to the Israel consulate for money. It would be naive to assume this Israeli practice has ended. So, I want first tonight to...