Netanyahu Exposed and More

The news around us (good and bad) give us fuel for further action.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

(BETHLEHEM) - Young people do what is called 'party hopping': going from one party to another in the same night when the parties are held in parallel time. You get to meet more people but you have the disadvantage of not spending enough time at one place to really get connected.

We decided this Friday to try a similar thing for the Friday demonstrations in Bethlehem area and hop-visit Al-Walaja, Al-Ma'sara, and Wad Rahhal. Maybe that was because we missed the action but in any case, it was not a good idea. While we did meet more people, we missed the real actions (although we had a small dose of tear gas remnants in Al-Ma'sara!).

Life here never has a dull moment. Six homes were demolished in East Jerusalem on the 13th, we are giving lots of talks to internationals visiting here, there are many summer camps for young Palestinians, we meet new people every day who are interested in helping, popular resistance acts are everywhere, we have new projects and ideas that take work that are being launched.... The news around us (good and bad) give us fuel for further action. In other news Meg Ryan and Dustin Hoffman decided not to attend the Jerusalem film festival after the Gaza raid and are added to the growing list of International artists boycotting the apartheid state. We must intensify the demand for total boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against the apartheid state of Israel.

While the [Israeli apartheid] prime minister is dispensing promises about easing restrictions in the territories, Israel is expelling hundreds of shepherds from the Jordan Valley haaretz.com/magazine/week-s-end/twilight-zone-gestures-to-the-palestinians-1.302315 But here is the real Netanyahu in a private conversation about how he stopped the Oslo accords (partial English translation at bottom of video): youtube.com/watch?v=z6KLFrye9Xk

Gideon Levy wrote about this in Haaretz earlier this week: haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/tricky-bibi-1.302053

Translated from Hebrew: Yediot's legal affairs editor on "the emergence of apartheid and fascism" in Israel: coteret.com/2010/06/23/yediots-legal-affairs-editor-on-the-emergence-of-apartheid-and-fascism-in-israel/ Mark Barverman: Something wonderful happened: markbraverman.org/2010/07/report-from-the-presbyterian-general-assembly-part-1/ Inspiring: Children confront soldiers in Nabi Saleh: youtube.com/watch?v=TJu4T__BDLU Beit Jala Demonstration 4 July 2010: youtube.com/watch?v=_743eiCwszU AIC video: Al-Walaja Reality: youtube.com/watch?v=qwkLlkfgkgE Shooting a blindfolded Palestinian is 'unbecoming behavior' and only if caught on tape: imemc.org/article/59136 In Spanish with English subtitles: Intifada: youtube.com/watch?v=KH6FOrP2Pqw

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Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD (formerly of Yale and Duke universities) teaches at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities in occupied Palestine and chairs the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People. Professor Qumsiyeh has authored over 110 scientific papers in areas of mammalogy, biology, and medicine including mammalian biology and evolution, clinical genetics, and cancer research. He has published over 100 letters to the editor and 30 op-ed pieces in International, national, regional and local papers on issues ranging from politics to environmental issues. His appearances in national media include the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC, among others. He is the founder and president of the Holy Land Conservation Foundation and ex-President of the Middle East Genetics Association, and Prof. Qumsiyeh won the Jallow activism award from the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee in 1998. Those are just a small list, visit Mazin Qumsiyeh's amazing and informative Website to learn more: qumsiyeh.org, and also pcr.ps.