Posts tagged: Middle East

Seattle media campaign, vigil remember and protest Israel’s assault on Gaza

(The following is from a Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign press release.) On Dec. 27, the second anniversary of Israel’s three-week assault on Gaza, Seattle-area activists are launching a Metro bus ad campaign to expose the use of U.S. taxpayer money to support Israel’s ongoing crimes against the Palestinian people. Inspired by similar public advertising campaigns […]

Monday December 20th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Director of Wi’am, a Palestinian conflict resolution center talks of hope

Zoughbi Zoughbi, the of Director of Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center in Bethlehem, speaks in this video about his reasons for having hope about the challenges facing Palestinians in the long struggle to find peace in the Palestine-Israel conflict. Wi’am is a grassroots organization working to promote peace by training people on both sides […]

Saturday December 18th, 2010 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

KEXP (Seattle) interview on Afghanistan, Iraq, journalism, etc.

I’m just catching up to this interview done in August. Forgot it was available as an embed. Thanks to Mike McCormick, who does a great job for KEXP and the Seattle community.

Thursday November 25th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

UN passes new resolution on depleted uranium

Good news from the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons: The United Nations First Committee has voted, by an overwhelming margin, for state users of depleted uranium weapons to release data on where the weapons have been used to governments of states affected by their use. 136 states last night voted in favor of a […]

Friday October 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Palestine solidarity activist Ken O’Keefe, survivor of the Mavi Marmara attack, to speak in Ballard

When: 4 PM, Saturday, October 2, 2010 (doors open at 3:45 PM; please use the sanctuary entrance off NW 65th Street) Where: Trinity United Methodist Church, 6512 23rd Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98117 Ken O’Keefe is a US Marine veteran of Operation Desert Storm turned justice and peace activist who has appeared on the BBC […]

Wednesday September 22nd, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Seattle medical delegation to give report on Gaza on July 18

In May, Gerri Haynes led a Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility delegation to Gaza. As Gerri reported in her blogs, while there, the delegation of nine provided humanitarian services and support for hundreds of patients and colleagues in Gaza. The medical delegation included specialists in the fields of cardiology,neurosurgery, urology, psychiatry, orthopedics, oncology and grief […]

Tuesday June 29th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Guest blog by Gerri Haynes: Reflections on the Public Health Crisis in Gaza, 2010

(Gerri will give a report on the current situation in Gaza at the Northlake Unitarian Universalist Church in Kirkland at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 22.) In May, 2010, I traveled to Gaza with eight other members of Physicians for Social Responsibility to work with medical colleagues in hospitals and clinics. This land has been […]

Thursday June 17th, 2010 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Israeli military boards aid ship MV Rachel Corrie, passengers ‘unharmed’

The Israeli military seized the aid ship MV Rachel Corrie early this morning, preventing the delivering of over 1000 tons of medical and construction supplies to besieged Gaza. The Free Gaza Movement said all the passengers “are believed to be unharmed.” The Rachel Corrie carried 11 passengers and 9 crew from 5 different countries, mostly […]

Saturday June 5th, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Aid ship Rachel Corrie still heading for Gaza

The MV Rachel Corrie, a converted merchant ship bought by pro-Palestinian activists and named after the 23-year-old American peace activist from Olympia, Washington, who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003, set off Monday from Malta. The organizers – the Free Gaza Movement – said their intent remains to break Israel’s blockade […]

Tuesday June 1st, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Israelis gun down activists on flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza

This report was updated at 10:55 a.m. on Monday, May 31. (begin update) As many as 19 people were killed on boats carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza were attacked tonight by Israeli forces while the flotilla was still in international water, according to activists on the ships and news reports. The latest Al Jazeera report […]

Sunday May 30th, 2010 in , , , , | 1 Comment »