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US Imposes Sanctions on Charities With Gaza Operations

Accuses Groups of Being 'Hamas-Controlled' But Provides No Evidence

(WASHINGTON DC antiwar.com) - The US Treasury Department has announced today that it is imposing sanctions on two Lebanon-based charities with activities in the Gaza Strip, accusing them of being “Hamas-controlled” but providing no evidence to that effect.

The first group, the al-Waqifya Association, is the Lebanese part of the umbrella organization the Union of Good, which is itself already sanctioned.

The Forgotten Refugees of Gaza

The infrastructure of the Gazan camp is not only lacking in proper sewage, but there is a severe lack of recreational areas like parks for children.

(JERRASH, Jordan) - The Gaza camp in Jordan, near the northwestern historical area of Jerrash where the ruins of the Greco Roman Empire flourished along with other civilizations, is a camp that originated from the 1967 Arab/Israeli War.

During this war, about 12,000 refugees fled from the now blockaded city of Gaza in Palestine to this area. As of recent, it now has a populace of about 30,000 Gazan émigrés.

Only in Palestine

In Palestine, faith is ocean-deep; Patience knows no boundaries; Sincerity soft-tactile and hope... sky-wide...

(LONDON) - Again our writer and poet Nahida Izzat delivers a combination of words and images that defy our expectations, humble us in their reality, and motivate us in their meaning.

Children and women facing down heavily armed Israeli Defence Forces; fighting without weapons an enemy intent on killing them all with few exceptions; a cold hearted, poorly trained band of thugs who sickeningly call themselves 'the most moral army' and that alone makes me so committed to exposing their war crimes, that are all taking place by design...

Gazan Children Suffer from Israeli Barbaric Siege: Ken O`Keefe

"I’ve met dozens and dozens and dozens of prisoners in Gaza and in the West Bank. Every single one of them has been tortured." - Ken O'Keefe

(LONDON) - The plight of the Palestinians once again calls our attention to the collective punishment, torture and post traumatic stress disorder of an innocent people under sanctioned occupation.

Press TV in its program Remember Palestine has interviewed Salem-News.com's Ken O’Keefe, former US Marine and activist for Palestine in London who is set to embark on a hunger strike himself in solidarity with the Palestinians.

Israel, The Day After

It is down to world leaders to dismantle Israel and its powerful Jewish lobbies wisely and carefully, accepting all the time that we are dealing with a very lethal entity.

(LONDON) - Last week, an interesting article by Daniel Gordis appeared on Tablemag.com.

Gordis, a committed Zionist intellectual, is concerned about the inevitable collapse of the Jewish state and its impact on world Jewry in general and American Jews in particular.

Palestine`s Story is Complex and Needs to be Heard

Israel imposes a siege on Gaza, the narrow strip of land where 1.6 million Palestinians “live” – they are actually held prisoner.

(RICHMOND) - My friend Leon Goodman apparently believes Israel is the victim of Palestinian aggression (“Driver Misrepresents Syria,” South County Independent, July 19).

Professor Goodman knows little about Palestine, and I can’t blame him. The U.S. media tells little.

One of the Most Important Voices in the World - Ken O`Keefe, TJP - Dig It- Live it!

"With truth, we can find justice, and only then is peace possible" - Ken O'Keefe

(BOSTON / SACRAMENTO) - Few voices in this world carry the impact of Ken O'Keefe, the Gaza activist and Salem-News.com reporter who has made world headlines time and time again while exposing the war crimes of Israel in the most direct terms.

Ken O'Keefe speaks words other men wish they had the courage to deliver. Most are far too weak of will and spirit.

Letter from the Prime Minister of Hamas, to the Manning Peace Camp at the Democratic Party Convention

Palestinians hail all those courageous truth-tellers and activists everywhere who have shattered the veil of secrecy, for making information public at terrible risk...

(GAZA CITY) - I wish that I could be with you today to read these words to you myself, but obviously I cannot, as I remain unwelcome in the United States.

Instead I have asked my friend of many years Stanley Cohen to deliver this message of solidarity on my behalf.

Facing Down Israel With the Spirit of Vittorio Arrigoni

"I found my self standing on the front of the boat, holding my weapon — a cameraphone!"

(GAZA) - A week before we lost Vittorio Arrigoni, he called me, asking to join him on the Oliva (the CPS Boat that protects Palestinian Fishermen from the Israeli Navy attacks), but I was busy and couldn't join him.

After he was killed, I was determined that i will go on the Oliva, to be one of the few who had enough courage like Vik did!!

Israel: Military Justice System Fails Victims of Gaza Conflict

Israel has avoided responsibility for the slaughter of 1400+ in 'operation cast lead'; this is the story of two.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Newscasters, editorial writers and columnists regularly overreact to the rare and occasional Israeli death blamed on Palestinians.

Yet they totally ignore the fact that Israel kills Palestinian civilians in a manner that could be considered routine.