[LAAMN] Phyllis Bennis: Why Israel Escalates Gaza Attack
http://www.thenation.com/blog/171265/israel-escalates-gaza-attack-assassinat ion Israel http://www.thenation.com/blog/171265/israel-escalates-gaza-attack-assassina tion Escalates Gaza Attack With Assassination Phyllis Bennis http://www.thenation.com/authors/phyllis-bennis , The Nation: November 14, 2012 Yesterday's Egyptian-brokered cease-fire between Gaza and Israel collapsed today when Israel launched a major escalation. In airstrikes almost certainly involving US-made F-16 warplanes and/or US-made Apache helicopters, Israel's air force assassinated Ahmad Jaabari, the longtime military leader of Hamas. As the Israeli airstrikes continued today, seven more Palestinians were killed and at least thirty were injured, ten of them critically. Jaabari had been chief negotiator with Israel in the deal that led to the release of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian political prisoners held illegally in Israeli jails. He had negotiated the cease-fire that had mostly held over much of the last year or more. The attack, code-named Operation Pillar of Defense [sic], also killed someone else in Jaabari's car, and quickly expanded with additional airstrikes against Palestinian security and police stations in Gaza, making it impossible for Palestinian police to try to control the rocket-fire. So why the escalation? Israeli military and political leaders have long made clear that regular military attacks to cleanse Palestinian territories (the term was used by Israeli soldiers to describe their role in the 2008-09 Israeli assault on Gaza) is part of their long-term strategic plan. Earlier this year, on the third anniversary of the Gaza assault, Israeli army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz told Army Radio that Israel will need to attack Gaza again soon, to restore what he called its power of deterrence. He said the assault must be swift and painful, concluding, we will act when the conditions are right. Perhaps this was his chosen moment. It is an interesting historical parallel that this escalation-which almost certainly portends a longer-term and even more lethal Israeli assault-takes place almost exactly four years after Operation Cast Lead, the last major Israeli war on Gaza, which left 1,400 Gazans dead in 2008-09. Then, as now, the attack came shortly after the US presidential elections, ending just before President Obama's January 2009 inauguration. But the timing for this escalation is almost certainly shaped more by Israel's domestic politics than by the US election cycle. The most likely timeline is grounded in Netanyahu's political calendar-he faces re-election in January, and having thoroughly antagonized many Israelis by his deliberate dissing of President Obama, needs to shore up the far-right contingent of his base. With regional pressures escalating, particularly regarding the expanding Syrian crisis, Netanyahu needs to reassure his far-right supporters (an increasing cohort) that even if he doesn't send bombers to attack Damascus, he still can attack, bomb, assassinate Arabs with impunity. There is a US connection, of course-however much domestic politics motivated Tel Aviv's attack, Israel's backers in Congress (lame-duck and newly elected) will still demand public US support for the Israeli offensive. Netanyahu will get that backing-there is no reason to think the Obama White House is prepared yet to challenge that assumption. But it's unlikely that even Netanyanu believes it will somehow recalibrate his tense relationship with US by forcing Washington's hand to defend Israel's so-called right of self-defense. They will do that-but Obama will still be pretty pissed off at Netanyahu. As is always the case, history is shaped by when you start the clock. In the last several days, US media accounts have reported increasing violence on the Gaza-Israel border, most of them beginning with a Palestinian attack on Israeli soldiers on Thursday, November 8. What happened before that Palestinian attack? For starters, the soldiers, part of an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) squad that included four tanks and a bulldozer, were inside the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF spokeswoman, Palestinians fired at soldiers while they were performing routine activity adjacent to the security fence. Really. What kind of activities inside the supposedly not-occupied Gaza Strip, by a group of armed soldiers, tanks and a bulldozer (almost certainly an armored Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer manufactured in the United States and paid for with US taxpayer military aid to Israel), could possibly be defined as anything close to routine? Unlike the illegal Palestinian rockets fired against civilian targets inside Israel, using force to resist an illegal military force in the context of a belligerent military occupation is lawful under international law. Later that day, an 11-year-old child was killed. Israel was investigating the boy's death. Not many US media
[LAAMN] Live Video Coverage of the 2012 School of the Americas Watch Annual Vigil at Fort Benning, which is located in Columbus, Georgia. This Friday, Saturday Sunday - November 16th, 17th 18th at
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=6YNl%2B76UW2A5hN%2BIu%2FRLDi%2F8l6cyAi8R SOA Watch News Updates Resist Empire! Create a Culture of Justice and Peace This weekend, November 16-18 http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=Mndm2YQ6IzpzhFi%2BERGKii%2F8l6cyAi8R thousands of human rights activists, torture survivors, anti-war veterans, students, families, union workers, nuns, artists, and others will converge at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, to call on the Obama Administration https://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/727/images/medium_puppet-Military_School_Prote_Meye.JPG to end the U.S. militarization of the Americas, and to close the School of the Americas.Make history and be part of the largest annual anti-militarization convergence in North America. Below you will find the Schedule of Events, and information about the rally with amazing speakers and musicians http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=gNETmTRpkUEr0Ncr8JUGEi%2F8l6cyAi8R from Colombia, Paraguay, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Chile, Costa Rica, and the Dominican Republic. Come take a stand for justice, peace, dignity and self-determination! Creative? Artistic? Want to work collectively with a collection of zany, brilliant artists? Help the PUPPETISTAS build puppets from discarded cardboard by painting, plotting, learning to walk on stilts, or simply just turning a bucket into a drum to beat the messages of social justice and hope. Join the Puppetistas! http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=SLpqOqY9pD6LM5RHc0JJZS%2F8l6cyAi8R Join the Peace Makers/ Guides this vigil weekend. Attend the training tomorrow, on Friday from 4-7pm at the Columbus Convention Center in room 207. MEDIA OUTREACH: This weekend we will have the attention of the world, but we still need your help! Reach out to your local media newspapers to let them know about the Vigil this weekend. All you have to do is select http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=IA34Rb55ObcaZcv5%2B68UOy%2F8l6cyAi8R your local newspaper and send this sample script. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=emy%2F%2B%2FYylYtxxSwE8z%2FgLC%2F8l6cyAi8R _ http://mobilebroadcastnews.com/NewsRoom/School-Americas-2012 Live Streaming at the November Vigil Show family and friends where you will be this weekend! There will be Live Streaming of the different aspects of the Vigil online so that no one can miss out on the action. Post this link http://mobilebroadcastnews.com/NewsRoom/School-Americas-2012 on social networking sites to let others know what's going on. http://mobilebroadcastnews.com/NewsRoom/School-Americas-2012 _ Haven't booked your hotel room yet? The Days Inn Columbus-North still has rooms available at good rates (3452 Macon Road, Macon Rd/Exit 6 off of I-185) Call 1-800-329-2613to make your reservation. _ November 16-18 Schedule of Events Three-Day Convergence in Columbus, Georgia As we converge each year at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia, we are creating a strong community and a powerful force that will close the SOA, end U.S. militarization in the Americas and dismantle the broader system of oppression of which the SOA is a part. Thursday, 15: · Kick off the weekend with MUSIC and CULTURE! SOA Watch Concerts in Atlanta http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=yVn6wF9vphRcfpCFRCyAkC%2F8l6cyAi8R . Friday, Nov 16: · Rally to Close the Stewart Detention Center http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=KUvwpRMpN%2FP86FbA6nKY5i%2F8l6cyAi8R , starting 10am in Lumpkin, Georgia.**Meet at 8:30am at the Columbus Convention Center to caravan together! If you can offer a ride, please contact kris...@soaw.org · Workshops http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=lIxoTKupohY43z719khJFi%2F8l6cyAi8R starting in the afternoon at the Columbus Convention Center (801 Front Avenue, Columbus, GA 31901). · Concert with Joe Jencks, Francisco Herrera, Omari, Elise Witt, emma's revolution, Charlie King, Colleen Kattau, Steve Jacobs Saturday, Nov 17: · Morning Plenary is from 9-10:30am at Ballroom C, Columbus Convention Center. · Peace Walk to the main gate of Fort Benning. Gathering time is 9am at the Columbus Convention Center with walking to start at 9:30am until 11:30am. Energetic Rally at the Gates of Fort Benning with speakers and musicians http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=mmHSTTLutKIiSC%2BIphi3Ai%2F8l6cyAi8R from across the Americas from 11am-4pm. · Workshops and caucuses http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=x%2F7dKzgdXAnjX2dHg7mC6y%2F8l6cyAi8R continue in the evening at the Convention Center (801 Front Avenue, Columbus, GA 31901). · Concert with Son del Centro, Taína Asili, si dåko'ta alcantara-camacho, and Son Altepee from 8pm - 11:30pm Sunday, Nov 18: · Veterans' march
[LAAMN] Benghazi’s Buffoons - Salon.com
Benghazi's Buffoons - Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2012/11/15/john_mccain_cant_stop_going_on_tv_and_being_wrong_about_benghazi/?source=newsletter [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Fw: Emergency in Gaza
Connect with AFU Dear Friend, As you know, devastating violence has once again returned to Gaza. Israel’s military operation “Pillar of Defense” continues to cause casualties in Gaza, many of them innocent women and children. Loud explosions from Israeli air, naval, and tank strikes, as well as rocket and mortar fire from Gaza into Southern Israel can be heard throughout all of Gaza. A young boy in Gaza walks past his UNRWA school and through the wreckage caused by the recent devastating violence. Tragically, one of our UNRWA teachers, Marwan Abu El Qumsan, was killed on Wednesday by a nearby airstrike while in his car. As you can imagine, our staff of 12,000, like everyone in Gaza, is terrified. We mourn all loss of life and support the calls of the Secretary-General for an immediate de-escalation of tension on both sides. But, as violence continues, UNRWA remains in Gaza, prepared to provide protection, emergency medical relief, and support to the 1.2 million refugees we serve there. UNRWA's Response Due to security concerns, all 245 UNRWA schools will be closed until further notice, but they will remain a safe place to take shelter should it become necessary. Our health teams are also prepared for emergency care in our 21 clinics and will establish temporary or mobile clinics if individuals are displaced or unable to travel to permanent UNRWA clinics. We have a sufficient stock of food aid to provide in the short term, but without immediate support, stock will be completely depleted for early 2013. This would be catastrophic for the 800,000 refugees who rely on UNRWA’s food aid for survival. If this crisis continues, medical aid supplies and medicine might also face critical shortages, jeopardizing more lives. During my visit to Gaza in March, I was struck by the hopefulness of the people I met there. But as this vulnerable population faces multiple crises, that hope continues to fade. Please help us provide the protection, emergency medical relief, and support these refugees need, just to survive. We will continue to update you with important information as we receive it. Thank you for continuing to stand by us. Sincerely, Abby Smardon Executive Director American Friends of UNRWA UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) provides humanitarian assistance and human development and protection programs including food aid, education, health care, and job training to registered Palestine refugees living in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan. Today, in times of both conflict and calm, UNRWA supports, protects, and empowers more than 5 million Palestinian refugees in need. American Friends of UNRWA (AFU) is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that supports the work of UNRWA in the United States. We educate the American public about the situation for Palestinian refugees and advocate for the protection and promotion of their human rights. All donations to AFU are tax-deductible to the fullest extent under the law. American Friends of UNRWA 1666 K Street, NW, Suite 440, Washington, DC 20006 Phone: 202.223.3767 | Fax: 202.457.0549 | Email: i...@friendsunrwa.org Privacy Policy | Copyright 2012 American Friends of UNRWA, Inc. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[LAAMN] Go Back To Sleep America
By Jill Dalton Go back to sleep America. The election is over. The âlesser of two evilsâ or as Glen Ford so aptly labeled him the âmore effective evilâ has won and all is well with the world. You cast your faux fear vote for your faux president who was actually selected and installed by the corporate powers to serve the corporate police state thatâs been put into place over the past 30 years and is now accelerating at an alarming rate. The irony is many actually believe their vote matters and global warming doesnât exist and weâre fighting the good wars and fracking will save us from peak oil and taking our rights away will keep us safe and weâre number one. Sure weâre number 1. Number 1 in income inequality, #1 in incarceration rates, #1 in building and exporting weapons, #1 in military spending. In fact, weâre the #1 terrorist organization on the planet. Our main exports are: murder, torture, death and destruction. Weâve managed to create terrorists where there were none. Terrorism is like a cancer and when itâs attacked it metastases and spreads around the globe. Our child poverty rate is 23.1% second only to Romania. We rank in the low 20âs in science and math scores so go back to sleep America. The sociopaths have taken over the asylum and are hollowing or harvesting our country out from the inside. Our manufacturing sector has plummeted from 70% in the 1960âs to a meager 17% today. Corporate power, aided and abetted by our bought and paid for legislators, are exploiting us and destroying the environment in the process. I believe these white male supremacist hate the feminine and therefore degrade, defeat, demean, abuse, rape and pillage Mother Earth every chance they get and when she fights back with a Katrina or a Sandy they deny climate change. These male white supremacists treat us human women with the same disdain and disrespect. They are dangerous dinosaurs that have not evolved and are running scared. You only have to look at blowhards like OâReilly or Limbaugh to see the pattern. But all bullies are really cowards, hiding their fear with racism, sexism and vitriol and when you stand up to a bully they invariable back down as youâve exposed them for the ugly pathetic little tyrants they are. Their only power lies in our silence and our obedience. We know the truth and we have the power. Our Constitution still reads âwe the peopleâ not âwe the corporations.â Itâs up to us to rise up and stand up for our rights and our planet. For our mother earth, womenâs rights, economic equality, a peaceful world, a peaceful homeland, good food, good schools available to all not just the rich, good jobs and healthcare for all. These are basic human rights. But weâve given our power away. Weâre no longer citizens weâre consumers.  Weâre passive. We vote and think weâve done our civic duty and then go back to sleep till the next bogus election comes around complete with its negative attack ads, non-issues and corporately sponsored participants. Issues are never discussed because that would be too dangerous to the corporate state and the American people might wake up and ask, Yeah, why donât I have a good job and healthcare, why canât my kids get a decent education? Why are we bailing out the bankers and Wall Street and foreclosing on homeowners? Why are we spending trillions on illegal wars? Why are our police forces militarized? Why is my income the same as it was in 1968 while productivity is up and CEOâs are making millions?  Why? Because the corporate state is about profit and control and weâre merely pawns in their game of greed where, to borrow from Chris Hedges, âthe only word they know is, MORE!â They ignore our cries.  50% of all Americans are either in or near poverty. Our children go to sleep hungry and homeless but weâre too busy propping up a dead system that serves the 1%. Itâs actually much less than the 1% but no need to split hairs here. Sure the economy works for them. Their kids go to private schools; they have healthcare, a few nice homes and eat non-GMO food so it works for them. I received an email from an old friend recently and inside was a rant from a woman proclaiming how all these poor people are freeloading off Obamaâs welfare state because they receive food stamps while she, on the other hand, has to work very hard at her job and why should they get a free ride? I wrote back, âSeriously, sheâs concerned about a poor family of four receiving $70 a week in food stamps? What about Wall Street and the too big to fail banks whoâve been given $16 trillion of our taxpayer dollars or 1 trillion a year being spent on illegal wars. What about the tax cuts for the rich and them not paying their fair share?â Seems sheâs been indoctrinated, as many have, in the Ayn Rand philosophy. Itâs the letâs blame the victim
[LAAMN] Today's LUV News: 16 November, 2012
*THE ETERNAL ATTACK ON THE PEOPLE OF GAZA * ** *Glenn Greenwald has it this morning http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/15/israel-gaza-obama-assassinations that the Israeli attacks on Palestine appear to be coordinated with the Obama regime so that they occur just following the election. He makes a good case for this, while showing how U.S. mass media have presented the violence from the viewpoint of the Israeli government, keeping the American people, as always, in the dark about what's truly happening. Greenwald, who is Jewish, holds to much higher standards than the mass media in revealing human rights violations and war crimes as what they are, no matter who commits them, including the USA and client state Israel, as does fellow Jewish progressive Noam Chomsky, willing to take massive criticism from the mass media, where they are /persona non grata/, their own government, and the right wing of the American Jewish community, including the powerful AIPAC, in holding to higher ethical standards. An interactive map of Gaza http://webapps.aljazeera.net/aje/custom/gazasiege/gazaindex.html is provided this morning by /al Jazeera/, showing where the violence is occurring, and the results. The hacker group /Anonymous/ rallied to the Palestinians' side, launching a digital attack http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/anonymous-israel-gaza_n_2139325.html against websites belonging to the Israeli government, but you will not find this in the mass media who are covering up anything that exposes the hard facts in this violence. * ** *OBAMA BETRAYALS REVEALED * ** *Now that the details of the 'Grand Bargain' that President Obama offered in the last fiscal crisis have been leaked it is evident that he may have lost re-election if his base had known what he had planned for them, proposes a piece from /It's Our Economy/ http://itsoureconomy.us/2012/11/nbc-leaks-details-of-grand-bargain/. While we seldom agree with Libertarians or the anti-democratic filibusters of the Senate, we have to support Republican Rand Paul's holding up the latest Defense Authorization Act until his own amendment is introduced http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/268369-sen-paul-filibusters-defense-bill-until-his-amendment-is-included-in-votes, giving American citizens being held by the military rights to a fair trial with a jury of peers and the right to confront the witnesses against him or her. President Obama and the Democratically-controlled Senate want to maintain the right to imprison Americans without charges, and have the military hold them indefinitely. * ** *ROLLING JUBILEE LAST NIGHT * ** *If you missed last night's fundraiser for the Rolling Jubilee to help indebted citizens escape from bankster servitude, you may still donate here: http://rollingjubilee.org/ * ** **Whenever Israel begins to bomb its Arab neighbors, our deceptive mass media go to any recent violence committed by these Arabs and use it as justification, ignoring the many horrors committed by Israel against said neighbors going back for decades. It is an essential part of the propaganda system in place to win over as many Americans as possible for overlooking Israeli human rights crimes and war crimes, particularly in subjugating the native Palestinian peoples, who are imprisoned without evidence they committed crimes, and routinely slaughtered without justification. In fact, as Belen Fernandez points out this morning, Israel has committed a number of violent acts http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2012/11/201211168825952495.html against the people of Gaza in the days leading up to the latest conflict, all ignored by U.S. mass media. If one Israeli citizen dies from violence it is headlined in all U.S. mass media, but if hundreds of Palestinians die it is on page 56 of the /NY Times/ in small print, so most Americans have no clue about what's happening, any more than they do about the bankster scams, defense cheating, polluting of our natural environment or any other important fact outing the ruling Forces of Greed and /their/ National Security State (it's certainly not /ours/). The reason we must care about this more than many other international events is that Israel is a client state of the Empire, financed and armed by the USA. They could not continue the brutality without US support. Ironically, American conservatives who oppose our having medical care for our own people eagerly send billions of dollars in foreign aid to Israel each year, which subsidizes government health care for Israelis even as our own people suffer and die for a lack of medical care. I've seen film of Palestinians waving the keys to their homes, taken by Israel and now occupied by Israeli citizens. If anyone did such a thing
[LAAMN] Why did Israeli strike Gaza?-Did Someone Say Election Campaign
*The Top 4 Reasons Why Israel Launched Attacks on Gaza this week:* *4. Seizing the Initiative in a Changing Middle East 3. Blocking the Palestinian Move in the UN 2. It's Not Iran, But It Will Do* *and...* *1. Did Someone Say Election Campaign? * *Video:* *http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embeddedv=H18kmYNknMY* * * - - Home http://www.haaretz.com/ - Opinion http://www.haaretz.com/opinion Operation Peace for NetanyahuHere, with perfect timing, organized precisely now, just two months before the elections, comes an escalation in the south: Bombing led to the firing of missiles, which led to bombing, and so on and so forth. By Tamar Gozanskyhttp://www.haaretz.com/misc/writers/tamar-gozansky-1.476639 | 05:35 16.11.12 | 0 Their chests puffed out with importance, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced to the media and the public the start of another war, this time in Gaza. As was to be expected, the two waved the time-worn excuse of a war of no choice, and as was to be expected, politicians from Kadima and the Labor Party also grabbed onto this excuse; from their point of view, bombing the Gaza Strip is a reason to salute the government. Experience has taught us time and again that at the start of every war, the government declares festively that this time there will be an end to the firing of rockets on Israeli towns and villages. But then every time yet another war comes around that is supposed to solve the problem once and for all. Lies follow deception, which follows the intoxicating illusion of power. In the past year, Netanyahu and his partners prepared us for a big military campaign against Iran, explaining to us time after time that Iran is an existential threat. But for a war against Iran, it is still necessary to have an American partner, and that partner, so far, has not given Netanyahu the go-ahead, and thus, as he announced, the war against Iran has been delayed until the spring. But meanwhile there are elections; Netanyahu and Barak apparently said to themselves, So if there is no war against Iran, how can we arrange things in a way that suits an election campaign by the right-wing coalition partners, which embrace the settlers on the one hand and the families of the tycoons on the other? So here, with perfect timing, organized precisely now, just two months before the elections, comes an escalation in the south: Bombing led to the firing of missiles, which led to bombing, and so on and so forth. Even the Netanyahu-Lieberman-Barak government knows that the bombing of Gaza, and even an invasion, by the IDF will not solve any problems. It is worth recalling that on November 27, 2008, Barak - who was also defense minister then, in Ehud Olmert's government - declared the beginning of Operation Cast Lead, that war that was supposed to deal Hamas a decisive beating. And now, four years later, this same Barak is again waging war, and again on Gaza. And now, again, they are stuffing us full of the wonders of assassinations and destruction, so long as they can fool the Israeli public that this time the problem will be solved. But the similarity between the war that has just begun and Operation Cast Lead is not merely the bluff that it will be a matter of bang and we're finished. Both now and in 2008, the war had a transparent political aim: to inflame the public atmosphere and in this way get more votes in the Knesset elections. Therefore a suitable name for the war that has just started is Operation Peace for Netanyahu, or, if you prefer, Operation Peace for Netanyahu and Barak, and not the rather poetic name, Pillar of Cloud. War always was, and still is, a very powerful tool for wiping social problems off the table, for hiding the worsening housing crisis and the daily price increases for basic commodities, as well as for justifying the harsh spending cuts in the 2013 budget. In short, they tell us: Sit quietly and let us waste another NIS 15 billion on another war, and then let us justify the budget cuts still to come in unemployment benefits, child allowances, hospital care, education and infrastructure. Sometimes I wonder: How much longer the two peoples, Israelis and Palestinians, will have to suffer until the penny drops we finally understand that military force does not solve the problem of rockets on Israeli communities, and does not ensure a tranquil childhood for the children of Sderot and Ashkelon? During the last war, Operation Cast Lead, we chanted at demonstrations: In Gaza and Sderot, the children want to live. I hereby commit myself to continue chanting that same cry for life in the demonstrations we shall hold against the present war, and on behalf of peace between Israel and the Palestinian state that will arise alongside it. -- http://pulsemedia.org/2012/11/16/a-pillar-built-on-sand/ A Pillar Built on
[LAAMN] Former Colombian Defence Minister Admits Sending Drones into Venezuela
Senator Alvaro Uribe 2014-18?http://colombiareports.com/opinion/kevin-howlett/26944-senator-alvaro-uribe-2014-18.html Colombia http://colombiareports.com/´s ex-President Alvaro Uribehttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/profiles/20404-alvaro-uribe.htmlis expected within weeks to announce his candidature for the Se... *MORE:\--\* *Santos rejects Christmas ceasefire with FARChttp://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/peace-talks/27023-santos-rejects-christmas-ceasefire-with-farc.html * -- Former Colombian Defence Minister Admits Sending Drones into Venezuela Nov 16th 2012, by Ewan Robertson [image: Ex Colombian Defence Minister Gabriel Silva (VTV)] Ex Colombian Defence Minister Gabriel Silva (VTV) Mérida, 16th November 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) Colombia sent spy planes into Venezuela in 2009 and 2010 and publicly lied about the intelligence activities at the time, a former Colombian defence minister has revealed. In December 2009, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez accused Colombia of violating Venezuelas sovereignty by sending drones into Venezuelan airspace. They [Colombia] are preparing an aggression, Chavez had warned, while also adding that we do not have any plans against Colombia...the last thing I would ever want in this life is a war with Colombia. At the time, then-Colombian defence minister Gabriel Silva denied Chavezs accusations, stating that, Colombia does not have the capacities they [Venezuelan officials] describe. Perhaps it was that the Venezuelan soldiers confused Santa Clauss sleigh with a spy plane, he joked. However, speaking on Colombias Caracol Radio this week, Gabriel Silva admitted that Colombia had indeed been using drones to spy on Venezuela. At the time we were on the edge of war [with Venezuela] and we couldnt allow Colombia to be invaded by Venezuela without warning, he claimed as a motive for the operations. In December 2009 relations between Colombia and Venezuela were fraught after the presidency of Alvaro Uribe made an agreement in October 2009 allowing the United States access to seven of Colombias military bases. Bilateral relations had also deteriorated after Colombia attacked a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla camp in Ecuador in March 2008 without Ecuadors permission. The attack killed 25 people, including Raul Reyes, a FARC leader. *Close Call* In his interview Silva also revealed that Colombias spy operations in Venezuela managed to locate the FARCs second in command, Ivan Marquez (alias Luciano Marín Arango), and leaders of ELN Colombian guerrilla force, very close to the Colombian border. An incursion by Colombian security forces into Venezuelan territory was planned to extricate Marquez, according to Silva. However, authorisation was blocked by Uribe on the consideration that the political climate wasnt the most favourable. These events took place in the final weeks of the Uribe administration, in July 2010, when his government accused Venezuela of harbouring FARC and ELN encampments. In response, Venezuelan President Chavez broke relations with Colombia. Chavez had previously stated that while guerrillas sometimes penetrated Venezuelas difficult-to-patrol frontier with Colombia, this could not be used as a pretext to attack Venezuela. In August this year Uribe also referred to the July 2010 incident, and said he had wanted to initiate a military operation in Venezuela but had lacked time as his presidency ended. Gabriel Silva said that it isnt known what would have happened between Colombia and Venezuela if the Colombian military operation to extricate Marquez had been executed. Marquez is now one of the FARCs negotiators in peace talks with the Colombian government of Juan Manual Santos, which are taking place in Cuba. In response to Silvas comments, which contradict Uribes account of the July 2010 incident, Uribe has announced legal action against Silva. Meanwhile Uribe renewed his criticism of his successor, President Santos, accusing him of going from a former champion opposed to the Venezuelan dictatorship to an associate of Chavez now. Santos, who was also a defence minister under Uribe, has normalised and strengthened diplomatic relations with the Chavez administration since becoming president of Colombia. -- *Source URL (retrieved on 16/11/2012 - 6:32pm):* http://venezuelanalysis.com/news/7492 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com
[LAAMN] Israeli Negotiator: Hamas Commander Was Assassinated Hours After Receiving Truce Deal from Israel (2 articles)
Obama's kill list policy compels US support for Israeli attacks on Gaza The US was once part of the international consensus against extra-judicial assassinations. Now it is a leader in that tactic. * Glenn Greenwald * * * guardian.co.uk, Thursday 15 November 2012 13.23 EST * Jump to comments (930) Jihad al-Masharawi, a Palestinian employee of BBC Arabic in Gaza, carries the body of his 11-month-old son Omar, who according to hospital officials was killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City 15 November, 2012. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters (updated below) Israel's escalating air attacks on Gaza follow the depressingly familiar pattern that shapes this conflict. Overwhelming Israeli force slaughters innocent Palestinians, including children, which is preceded (and followed) by far more limited rocket attacks into Israel which kill a much smaller number, rocket attacks which are triggered by various forms of Israeli provocations -- all of which, most crucially, takes place in the context of Israel's 45-year-old brutal occupation of the Palestinians (and, despite a withdrawal of troops, that includes Gaza, over which Israel continues to exercise extensive dominion). The debates over these episodes then follow an equally familiar pattern, strictly adhering to a decades-old script that, by design at this point, goes nowhere. The rest of this article is at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/nov/15/israel-gaza-obama-assassinations Israeli Negotiator: Hamas Commander Was Assassinated Hours After Receiving Truce Deal from Israel | Israel broke an informal ceasefire on Wednesday by assassinating Hamas military commander Ahmed Jabari in an air strike. The Israeli peace activist Gershon Baskin, who helped mediate talks between Israel and Hamas in the deal to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, has revealed Jabari was assassinated just hours after he received the draft of a permanent truce agreement with Israel, which included mechanisms for maintaining the ceasefire. Baskin, the founder of the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information, joins us from Jerusalem. We also speak with Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer based in Gaza. [includes rush transcript] Video and transcript of this dialogue at http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/israeli_negotiator_hamas_commander_was_assassinated [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Lest We Forget: Operation Cast Lead, the Israel Invasion of Gaza (winter 08-09)
Dear all, The Israeli army is massing on the border with Gaza (they may already have launched their attack). Seventy-five thousand reservists are being called up in Israel. Lest we forget, this is what the last attack on Gaza looked like. An estimated 1400 people died then, but the total number will never be known. One has only to look at photos and videos of the devastation of Operation Cast Lead to know that the number of dead was surely much higher. What new weapons do they have now that they didn't have back then? What will they add to their depleted uranium, their white phosphorus, their microwave weapons and sonic booms? May God have mercy! Hajja Romi Gaza Massacre: Winter 2009. Links to Photos and Videos © Photos http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2009/01/gaza-obama-speaks-out-about-white.html http://www.aljazeera.com/mm/video/video.php?op=showvideovidid=925 http://www.aljazeera.com/mm/video/video.php?op=showvideovidid=909 http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/200911916132228885.html http://www.alternativenews.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,119/ * http://www.aztlan.net/gaza/gazamassacre.php?newGD2 http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/politics/international_politics/scale+of+gaza+de vastation+revealed+/2908257 * http://www.countercurrents.org/gazapics.htm http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10170.shtml http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10176.shtml http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10222.shtml * http://www.elfarra.org/gallery/gaza.htm [no longer on web evidently. HR 9.22.10] * http://www.flickr.com/photos/ismpalestine/ flikr.com is a HUGE site with thousands of photos contributed from all over the world. Use their search engine for such terms as “Israeli weapons” and “Palestine.”) http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vaaid=7942 http://www.gulfnews.com/gntv/videos/10278777.html http://ingaza.wordpress.com/2009/01/17/white-phosphorous/ * http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-gaza2-2009jan02- pg,0,1938550.photogallery?index=1 http://lawrenceofcyberia.blogs.com/news/ http://lebanonheartblogs.blogspot.com/2009/01/gaza-holocaust-comparison.html http://www.maannews.net/en/ http://www.marchforjustice.com/showdetails.php?id=32377 http://www.mashget.com/2008/12/28/270-die-in-ongoing-israeli-strikes-on-gaza/ http://www.mashget.com/2009/01/06/warnings-not-enough-for-gaza-families/ http://palestinechronicle.com/image_gallery.php?id=279283a039580b8f44cf5c0f44e7f195 mode=details * http://palestinejournal.net/gaza/GAZA_collected-images-of-israeli-attack_dec08- jan09/UNRWA_%20Beit-Lahia_jan-17-2009.htm * http://palestinian.ning.com/ http://www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=82939sectionid=351020202 * http://www.rafahtoday.org/news/todaymain.htm * http://rainbowwarrior2005.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/gaza-4-a-picture-is-worth-a- thousand-words/ http://www.sabellaphoto.com/gaza1.htm [general photos of Gaza before the attack] http://save-gaza-now.blogspot.com/2009/01/palestine-child-and-dying-mother.html * http://www.slide.com/r/JPXwu624xj8M- aBj2qF53WRCAE3eFjbh?previous_view=TICKERprevious_action=TICKER_ITEM_CLICK ciid=72057594261409160 * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/4290469/In-pictures- Gaza-City-a-scene-of-destruction-as-the-Israeli-offensive-ends.html * http://www.uruknet.info/?p=-6l=e http://whitewraithe.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/the-truth-about-those-hamas-rockets/ * http://windowintopalestine.blogspot.com/ * http://whatreallyhappened.com/content/ism-video-israel-troops-shooting-palestinian- paramedics-jabaliya Videos http://www.aljazeera.com/mm/video/video.php?op=showvideovidid=909 http://www.alquds.com/node/128428 http://ambpalestina.blip.tv/file/2157819/ [Barcelona-Gaza Peace Park] http://www.france24.com/en/20090116-gaza-israel-assault-medics-violence-hospital-war- palestinian http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21676.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21811.htm http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21803.htm http://www.juancole.com/2009/01/moon-rebukes-israel-over-un-warehouse.html http://liammacuaid.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/olmert-livni-and-barak-are-mass- murderers-and-war-criminals-sir-gerald-kaufman/ [British Parliament speech] http://www.muslimvideo.com/tv/watch/02065d63dbae632df5d4/Peace-and-Justice-for- Gaza http://www.muslimvideo.com/tv/watch/02a3e3af097af5d27fab/whatever-sin-did-those- people-do-to-deserve-being-slautered http://www.organizedrage.com/2009/01/video-israels-shame.html http://www.panoramas.dk/2009/gaza-war.html
[LAAMN] 11/17: Protest Israeli Attack on Gaza Support Striking Wal-Mart Workers (UFPJ)
(http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=iPpbTzR5ywB6ci+dZTZNHaUqtc6Y3kk9) Take Action Now to Stop Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Since November 8, Israel has killed at least 21 Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, the majority of whom are civilians, including children. In addition, 3 Israeli civilians have been killed by a Palestinian rocket. Israel's attacks against the Gaza Strip are being committed with U.S. weapons given to Israel as military aid by the U.S. taxpayer. These weapons are being misused by Israel in violation of the U.S. Arms Export Control Act to commit grave human rights abuses of Palestinians. We’re asking you to take three actions right now: * Join an _emergency protest_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=K+oFVO6Nd8svUmRbojV+5aUqtc6Y3kk9) or organize one yourself. There are dozens of emergency actions planned across the country which you can _view here_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=gEofH5weoEehtLRPzG9rdqUqtc6Y3kk9) . * _Write and call President Obama_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=cJDckRFDtuyRc12s/PBrf6Uqtc6Y3kk9) demanding that he exert diplomatic pressure on Israel for an immediate cease-fire and initiate an investigation into Israel’s misuse of U.S. weapons to commit human rights abuses of Palestinians. * Visit _US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=ZeEaxGnXZs910Rp0OnX8N6Uqtc6Y3kk9) to learn more. Stand up for economic justice with Wal-Mart workers on Black Friday Here we go again. The frenzy to buy is about to begin when corporate stores are looking to make big profits forcing their employees to work long hours and miss holiday family time. It’s not that the employees don’t want to work, but what about living wages, decent working conditions, good benefits like healthcare and basic respect. Perhaps the most egregious example of worker abuse is Wal-Mart where some workers after _three years only make $8.90 an hour_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=bqI0xnJnyl3AU6NIj5BQrqUqtc6Y3kk9) and healthcare deductions will increase in January with no raise in wages. Workers are literally striking back and they need our help. Stand with Wal-Mart strikers on Black Friday. Support these workers in their efforts to take care of their families and work in a safe and respectful environment. Check out these sites to find out how you can help. * _Organization United for Respect at Wal-Mart (OUR Wal-Mart)_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=XEJCfjotflsocCnnXwakcKUqtc 6Y3kk9) * _A Community Call to Action_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=K4dUTGZ+Ll3+GwcMXR03LzEYmNaZherr) United for Peace Justice (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=Tgqs2Mjlz/o7/QpTvu5GGKUqtc6Y3kk9) _Click Here to Donate!_ (http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2c=Q4kw+mnZC4bezWp7JZVrV6Uqtc6Y3kk9) == National Immigrant Solidarity Network and Action LA Network are the PROUD member and the steering committee members of the UFPJ encourage you to support these actions! National Immigrant Solidarity Network _http://www.ImmigrantSolidarity.org_ (http://www.immigrantsolidarity.org/) Action LA Network _http://www.ActionLA.org_ (http://www.actionla.org/) Peace NO War Network _http://www.PeaceNOWar.net_ (http://www.peacenowar.net/) Activist Video Service _http://www.ActivistVideo.org_ (http://www.activistvideo.org/) New York : (212)330-8172 Los Angeles : (213)403-0131 Washington D.C. : (202)595-8990 Chicago : (773)942-2268 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com
[LAAMN] GP RELEASE Green Party: The US must press Israel not to resume war on Gaza
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Friday, November 16, 2012 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-904-7614, mcla...@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starl...@gp.org Green Party: The U.S. must press Israel not to launch a new war on Gaza; Greens urge an immediate truce and resumption of negotiations • The U.S. is ignoring the source of the conflict and chain of incidents leading up to the current Gaza crisis, say Greens • Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on budget policy and taxation: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders said today that the U.S. must pressure Israel not to resume its war on Palestinians living in Gaza, and that the illegal blockade and hardship imposed by Israel on Gaza must end. President Obama and Congress have the clout to stop a repeat of the 2009 Gaza War, in which more than 1300 Palestinians were killed, including 700 civilians, over 300 of them children. Thirteen Israelis were also killed, of whom three were civilians. This is a 'David and Goliath' fight, with nuclear-powered Israel acting in disregard for international law against a dispossessed people living under siege. Israel's assaults on Gaza will not make Gazans go away or resolve the conflict, said Muhammed Malik, former co-chair of the Miami-Dade Green Party, who recently spoke at the Students for Justice in Palestine National Conference at the University of Michigan. (2009 Gaza War casualties: see http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?CategoryId=1DocId=917 and figures referenced athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_War) Green Party leaders noted that targeted assassinations are illegal and that the airstrike authorized by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak that killed Hamas military commander Ahmad al-Jabari also killed his 14-year-old son. The Israeli airstrike ended two days of calm after news that Egypt had brokered a truce between Israel and Palestinian officials. The truce was meant to end a surge of violence that resulted in more than 100 missiles fired out of Gaza and repeated Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, where people are already living in conditions comparable to an open-air prison (http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/israeli_negotiator_hamas_commander_was_assassinated). The Obama Administration should press for an immediate ceasefire and resumption of the negotiations. Claims by Israeli and U.S. officials that the IDF is trying to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties are not credible. Washington and the U.S. media have focused on the increased Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza but are ignoring the chain of incidents, including killings of Palestinian civilians, that motivated Hamas to fire rockets out of Gaza, said Jill Stein, the Green Party's 2012 nominee for President. The terrorism that Israel is using to maintain the occupation far outweighs the retaliatory terrorism committed by Hamas. Unless these assaults can be halted, we'll see another massacre of Gazan civilians and further deterioration of the city, added Dr. Stein. (For a timeline of events leading up to the recent confrontation, seehttp://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/how-israel-shattered-gaza-truce-leading-escalating-death-and-tragedy-timeline andhttp://www.fair.org/blog/2012/11/15/when-does-israelpalestine-violence-start/) The U.S. government and most U.S. media have ignored the heart of the conflict between Israel and Palestinians, including Gazans -- Israel's ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their native land, ongoing colonization of Palestinian land in Israel and the Occupied Territories, and Israel's refusal to allow refugees to return home, as prescribed by international law. Over two thirds of Gazans are from Israel and the West Bank, said Justine McCabe, co-chair of the Green Party's International Committee (http://www.gp.org/committees/intl). While self-defense and armed resistance against military occupation are legal under international law, no such law tolerates attacks on civilians. Greens have urged support for Palestinian and Israeli peace groups and for nonviolent resistance, and have called for an end to all violence targeted at unarmed civilians. Greens insist that regional stability and security for all the people of Israel and Palestine are not possible until peaceful negotiation based on international law resolves the conflict. The Green Party of the United States has called for boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel until it complies with international law and U.N. directives, ends the occupation of Palestinian lands, and observes full and equal human rights for Palestinians within Israel and the Occupied Territories, including the right to return home. Washington must stop aiding Israel's violations of human rights. Israel has
Re: [LAAMN] GP RELEASE Green Party: The US must press Israel not to resume war on Gaza
I know this will sound weird to those that see Israel and the USA as separate entities, nations isn't quite the right word, BUT. Ever since Israel's inception we've (We=Government of the USA) have given them Millions of dollars a year and now in the last few decades BILLIONS of dollars A YEAR in forgivable loans (forgiven every year) FOR THEIR MILITARY PROGRAMS (includes the Nuke program they won't let anyone see, as in Rogue Nuke Nation, funded and protected by the Government of the USA, the ONLY country to use Nuclear weapons and waste upon people), BILLIONS, that is more money every fiscal year, then we use on ALL OUR SOCIAL PROGRAMS COMBINED, road, fire police medi care/cal etc. And Israel does with that, exactly what they are being funded to do with it. Why are the War Protestors so upset with Israel??? If I had a mostly wild carnivore animal living in my house, I'd be insane to keep asking it to not eat my pet rabbits I let run around. And that's how I feel, asking Israel to not do, as an American to the government of Israel, to not do what we fund them to do. So... the problem doesn't start with Israel, it starts with us, the USA, giving Israel a Billion plus dollars a year for Military equipment, in yearly forgivable loans, as long as they use to to purchase weaponry from US based Military Industrial Complex Industries, which after all, now accounts for 54% of the jobs in the USA (this takes into consideration the businesses whose income is from people who work directly for the MIC). Scott GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Friday, November 16, 2012 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-904-7614, mcla...@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starl...@gp.org Green Party: The U.S. must press Israel not to launch a new war on Gaza; Greens urge an immediate truce and resumption of negotiations ⢠The U.S. is ignoring the source of the conflict and chain of incidents leading up to the current Gaza crisis, say Greens ⢠Green Party Speakers Bureau: Greens available to speak on budget policy and taxation: http://www.gp.org/speakers/speakers-foreign-policy.php WASHINGTON, DC -- Green Party leaders said today that the U.S. must pressure Israel not to resume its war on Palestinians living in Gaza, and that the illegal blockade and hardship imposed by Israel on Gaza must end. President Obama and Congress have the clout to stop a repeat of the 2009 Gaza War, in which more than 1300 Palestinians were killed, including 700 civilians, over 300 of them children. Thirteen Israelis were also killed, of whom three were civilians. This is a 'David and Goliath' fight, with nuclear-powered Israel acting in disregard for international law against a dispossessed people living under siege. Israel's assaults on Gaza will not make Gazans go away or resolve the conflict, said Muhammed Malik, former co-chair of the Miami-Dade Green Party, who recently spoke at the Students for Justice in Palestine National Conference at the University of Michigan. (2009 Gaza War casualties: see http://www.dci-pal.org/english/display.cfm?CategoryId=1DocId=917 and figures referenced athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_War) Green Party leaders noted that targeted assassinations are illegal and that the airstrike authorized by Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak that killed Hamas military commander Ahmad al-Jabari also killed his 14-year-old son. The Israeli airstrike ended two days of calm after news that Egypt had brokered a truce between Israel and Palestinian officials. The truce was meant to end a surge of violence that resulted in more than 100 missiles fired out of Gaza and repeated Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, where people are already living in conditions comparable to an open-air prison (http://www.democracynow.org/2012/11/16/israeli_negotiator_hamas_commander_was_assassinated). The Obama Administration should press for an immediate ceasefire and resumption of the negotiations. Claims by Israeli and U.S. officials that the IDF is trying to avoid Palestinian civilian casualties are not credible. Washington and the U.S. media have focused on the increased Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza but are ignoring the chain of incidents, including killings of Palestinian civilians, that motivated Hamas to fire rockets out of Gaza, said Jill Stein, the Green Party's 2012 nominee for President. The terrorism that Israel is using to maintain the occupation far outweighs the retaliatory terrorism committed by Hamas. Unless these assaults can be halted, we'll see another massacre of Gazan civilians and further deterioration of the city, added Dr. Stein. (For a timeline of events leading up to the recent confrontation, seehttp://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/how-israel-shattered-gaza-truce-leading-escalating-death-and-tragedy-timelineÂ
[LAAMN] Fwd: Fw: Invitation: Forum on ICE Hold at Loyola Law Dec. 1
-- Forwarded message -- From: d.flores drfl...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 8:08 PM Subject: Fw: Invitation: Forum on ICE Hold at Loyola Law Dec. 1 To: John A Imani johnaima...@gmail.com Please forward widely love the life you live ::: live the life you love -I.C.U. Love2Live -- *From: * franci...@busridersunion.org *Date: *Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:23:22 -0800 *To: *patrissema...@gmail.com; drfl...@gmail.com; Mark-Anthony Johnson mark.ant...@gmail.com *Subject: *Invitation: Forum on ICE Hold at Loyola Law Dec. 1 ** ** ** ** *From:* Veronica Federovsky [mailto:veritof...@yahoo.com] *Sent:* Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:02 PM *To:* Alexandra Suh; Paulina Gonzalez; Francisca Porchas; Neidi Dominguez; Omar Gomez; Aquilina Soriano; Jongran Kim; Yongho Kim; Carlos Amador; Javiera Infante; Justino Mora; Jonathan Perez; Tammy Luu; be...@kiwa.org; jorge cabrera; fja...@bucknell.edu; adrian.joseph.ja...@gmail.com; Mayra Jaimes; Rev. Lindi Ramsden; Daniel Stracka; Arturo Zepeda; Jeronimo Salguero; Marlom Portillo; Mario Lopez; Antonio Bernabe; Xiomara Corpeño; Nancy Meza; Suzanne Foster; mari...@rocunited.org; b...@power-la.org; Betty Hung; ebla...@uniondevecinos.net; felipe-esco...@hotmail.com; Fernando Romero; Adrian Gonzalez; Jorge Resendez; Barbara Moore; Norma Chinchilla; Evan Junker; mrodrigu; Seleny Rodriguez; jablu...@yahoo.com; davidj2...@gmail.com; rodriguez.maria...@gmail.com; claudiasarah...@gmail.com; jgka...@gmail.com; alejandra...@gmail.com; gloriaa...@gmail.com; eric.lb...@gmail.com; Samantha Wilson; msin...@yahoo.com; asplinternolon...@gmail.com; li...@computerperspectives.com; sdkr...@earthlink.net; kathleen.mcgre...@cst.edu; perk...@hotmail.com; len...@verizon.net; Gehl Davis; Justin McBride; Carlos Montes; edna.monro...@gmail.com; Ron Gochez; a...@apalc.org; Victor Narro; mercedesmontan...@gmail.com; marysol@gmail.com; sixpack...@gmail.com; Kristine Chong; Martha Arevalo; Staff NDLON *Subject:* Invitation: Forum on ICE Hold at Loyola Law Dec. 1 ** ** ***Please forward widely ** ** Flyer attached ** ** *Immigrant Communities, Policing, and Public Safety* Join our panel of legal experts and elected officials for a discussion about the role of local police and immigration enforcement as well as emerging policies that limit immigration detainer request responses also known as ICE holds. ** ** Saturday December 1, 2012 Noon-3:00pm Robinson Courtroom (G102) 919 Albany St. Los Angeles, CA 90015 Jesus Garcia County Commissioner, Cook County, Illinois Hiroshi Motomura Susan Westerberg Prager Professor of Law, UCLA Law School Aarti Kohli Former Director of Immigration Policy at Warren Institute, Berkeley Law Thomas A. Saenz President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund Invited Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Los Angeles Police Chief Beck Saturday December 1, 2012 Noon-3:00pm Robinson Courtroom (G102) 919 Albany St. Los Angeles, CA 90015 To RSVP or for more information email:jennifer.mac...@lls.eduhttp://mc/compose?to=jennifer.mac...@lls.edu Loyola Law School provides a forum for the dissemination of diverse viewpoints to promote the examination of important academic and social issues. This does not mean that Loyola Law School endorses those viewpoints. ** ** [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com
[LAAMN] Meetings Sat 11-17 to free political prisoners, build inter-communal solidarity
The Jericho Amnesty Movement to free all political prisoners will hold its monthly meeting (third Saturday) on Saturday November 17 at 5:00 PM at the Southern California Library for Social Studies Research, 6120 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles (between Slauson and Gage). The agenda includes the upcoming Jericho national elections for steering committee officers, and a national proposal for 3 co-chairs. We will also read and respond to letters from political prisoners and hunger strikers. The Jericho meeting will be followed at 6:00 PM by the follow-up gathering of the Inter-Communal Solidarity Committee which held a successful launch party at the Library last week for its survival/serve-the-people programs, such as Hood Health, Break the Lock, the George Jackson Freedom School, and Turning the Tide. We'll hear from Hood Health about plans for a build-up meeting in its campaign for community health awareness and empowerment on Saturday, Dec. 1 at the So Cal Library from 1-4:00 PM. Please come and invite others prepared to get involved and committed to the struggle! --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
