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From South Central to Ramallah, land seizure seems to be the status quo of the day. Looking for the day when the simple act of raising children and planting seeds of sustenance are not brazen acts of resistance and defiance. Emma Rosenthal Cafe Intifada -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [ePalestine] BAHOUR: Crushed by Gate of Occupation Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 16:51:23 +0300 From: Sam Bahour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear friends, Today it was Ramallah's turn. At around 3PM, right when schools were letting out and kids were heading home, an undercover unit of the Israeli occupation forces entered the city center. They were identified and Palestinians attacked the car. Details are still shady but it seems that the Israeli soldiers entered a commercial building (the Lou Lou Building) in the center of the city to arrest some Palestinians. A clash ensued and about 12 Israeli armored vehicles and 2 Apache helicopter gunships entered to back up the undercover soldiers. Heavy gun fighting could be heard for over an hour as parents rush to pick up their children and get out of the cross-fire. Not all did. Reports have it that an 11th grader from the Friends School, my daughters' school, was seriously injured while on his way home. 3 Palestinians were killed and over 35 wounded. These are all initial reports. Who knows what will happen tomorrow morning as we go bury our dead? In the meantime, I just finished an article about another Palestinian death - one that has stuck with me since learning about it. The story is in the attached in a Word file. I preferred to send as an attachment to maintain the formatting. In light of all this, the US Congress is baking in pride about passing a bill that puts further pressure on the Palestinians -- as if we will disappear because some Congresspersons jump to Israeli demands. Where are the American people? Better yet, where are the Israeli people? Wishing the injured a speedy recovery, Sam -- "I must fight with all my strength so that the little positive things that my health allows me to do might be pointed toward helping the revolution. The only real reason for living." -Frida Kahlo emma rosenthal is a disabled artist, writer, educator, activist and consultant, living in southern california. emma rosenthal po box 1664 baldwin park, ca 91706 [EMAIL PROTECTED] emma's web page: http://home.earthlink.net/~emmarosenthal emma's blogs: In Bed With Frida Kahlo http://inbedwithfridakahlo.blogsource.com/ Emma Rosenthal http://emmarosenthal.blogsource.com/ The writing empowerment project http://home.earthlink.net/~theweproject -educational and organizational consulting and dialogue. cafe intifada -art for social justice http://home.earthlink.net/~cafeintifada http://cafeintifada.blogsource.com/ http://cafeintifadafilms.blogsource.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/7gSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
