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Is Terror an Option for the Occupied and Oppressed Palestinians?

In theory it is only the occupied and oppressed Palestinians who could cause Israel to bleed and hurt by resorting to a well planned and sustained campaign of terror.

(LONDON) - My answer is “No” but I think the question needs to be asked. It was provoked in my mind by a recent Ynet op-ed article by Ziv Lenchner, described as a left-leaning, Jewish Israeli artist.

The headline over his piece was Israelis to Obama - we don’t care, don’t bother us.

Violence and Dignity: Reflections on the Middle East

From the 2013 Edward Said Lecture, Friends House, London, March 18, 2013.

(LONDON) - Swedish novelist Henning Mankell tells of an experience in Mozambique at the peak of the hideous atrocities of the apartheid era, when he saw a thin man walking towards him in ragged clothes.

“In his deep misery,” Mankell relates, the wretched survivor had “painted shoes on his feet. In a way, to defend his dignity when everything was lost, he had found the colors from the earth and he had painted shoes on his feet.”

Britons in Aid Convoy Kidnapped and Sexually Assaulted in Libya

Three women taking part in aid convoy to Gaza were attacked in Benghazi.

(BENGHAZI The Guardian) - Three women who were part of an aid convoy passing through Libya on the way to Gaza have been sexually assaulted in Benghazi, after a group of five British nationals were briefly kidnapped.

The three women, two of whom are sisters, were part of a large aid convoy travelling to the Gaza Strip.

Survivors of Israeli Attack on Mavi Marmara React to Netanyahu Apology

Israeli PM apologizes to Erdoğan for deadly attack on flotilla ship in 2010.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - The prime minister of Israel apologized for the deadly attack on a peace ship three years ago that left nine dead. Activist Kevin Neish was there, he shares his thoughts on the development.

Buy into Hope: Purchasing Palestinian Exports Through Gaza`s Ark

We invite interested businesses, individuals and community groups to order Palestinian goods exported onboard Gaza’s Ark.

(GAZA) - Gaza's Ark is pleased to announce our first release of Palestinian products that will be available for purchase through our community-based export initiative.

The eight products in our first release are from two Gaza based producers: Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children, and Al-Ahlyia Association for the Development of Palms and Dates.

Revealed: Documents Show How Obama Administration Turned Its Back On American Citizen `Executed` By Israel

The U.S. government abandoned one of its own citizens who was killed by the Israeli military on board the Mavi Marmara ship.

(WASHINGTON DC Mondoweiss) - In May 2010, 18-year-old American citizen Furkan Dogan was shot at point-blank range by Israeli naval commandos as he was standing on the deck of a ship and filming the violent raid on the flotilla to Gaza.

It took three days for the U.S. to contact his family...

Photographing Tragedy: What the Victims Actually Want

It is disturbing that these painful conflicts are reduced to photos, footage and sound bites

(LONDON Palestine Chronicle) - There are eerie similarities between the experiences of refugees from Syria, in their squalid camps, and those of Palestinians, Lebanese, Iraqis.

The worse part is when it is so prolonged, by whichever factor, to the extent that the video footage, the photo and the personal accounts, become the ever-present state of affairs, a painful and humiliating status quo.

What a `Period of Calm` Looks Like in the Occupied Territories

Three months after the last major Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, the "period of calm" is only "calm" for Israel.

(BETHLEHEM Al Jazeera) - Three months have passed since the ceasefire that brought an end to Israel's eight-day attack on the Gaza Strip known as Operation "Pillar of Defence".

This infographic depicts the number of attacks on the Gaza Strip by the Israeli military during this three-month period, as well as the number of Palestinian attacks emanating from Gaza.

Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks Against Palestinian Civilians and Property in Occupied Palestinian Territory

Civilians continue to be targeted by Israel's military in Palestine.

(OCCUPIED PALESTINE ) - The Israeli forces wounded 10 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

They were all wounded in an excessive use of force during peaceful protests in the West Bank or shooting incidents near the border fence in the Gaza Strip.

Symbolic Share of Gaza`s Ark - A Share in Hope

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(NEW YORK) - Dear friends and supporters of Gaza’s Ark, thanks to all of you who have generously responded to our December appeal for donations. Through the generosity of hundreds of people like you around the world, since the beginning of our project, we have raised over $50,000. We feel confident now to set Gaza's Ark in motion.

Later this month we plan to make a down-payment and take delivery of the boat in order to start rebuilding it right away, as we raise the rest of the money to pay it in full.