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Operation Support Hope

“And he, who I thought was my neighbor, came with swift and easy hate in his hands...” - Paul Laurence Dunbar

(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) - “Stop the dying” was the order of the day in Entebbe, Uganda in late July 1994. An American Joint Task Force (JTF) was located on the fourth floor of the Entebbe Airport.

The JTF had been tasked by Washington to provide support to the Rwandan civil conflict that was causing a massive humanitarian disaster.

The Anniversary of an Ayn Rand Classic

We the Living has sold over 3 million copies since its first printing in 1936.

(IRVINE, Calif.) - This month marks the 75th anniversary of the publication of Ayn Rand’s classic novel We the Living. In celebration of this milestone, New American Library is publishing two 75th-anniversary editions in recognition of We the Living’s universal theme of the evil of totalitarianism.

We the Living is Ayn Rand’s first and most autobiographical novel. Set in Soviet Russia, it depicts the struggle of the individual against the state, the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness.

June 26 - UN Day support for Victims of torture - Marina Beech - Light a Candle for Tamils - Chennai

When the event ended, the women participants and their children ensured that their candles weren’t blown away by the wind.

(CHENNAI, India) - Supporters of Eelam Tamils made Sunday a historic day.

It was an observation to the two-year struggle towards mobilising support for Eelam Tamils on whom war crimes were committed in Sri Lanka.

Nobel Plea

The world's most respected citizens for peace have a message for Ban Ki-moon and the UN and the new Gaza Flotilla.

(NEW YORK ) - As many of our readers know, hundreds of charitable volunteers are prepared to sail to Gaza to break the illegal siege that Israel has maintained over the past several years.

Previous attempts have ranged from totally successful, to extremely deadly. Israel is trying everything possible to halt the flotilla, rather than simply letting the aid reach the imprisoned population of Gaza so a new day can begin.

Frank Romano: Love and Terror in the Middle East

"I wrote this book to share with a wide audience my belief in the possibility of peace through grassroots activities in Israel and Palestine" - Dr. Frank Romano

(PARIS) - Over the past five years, peace activist/international lawyer Frank Romano has had to face hostility and pass through a maze of walls and checkpoints in Israel and the West Bank to lead interfaith activities aimed at easing the region’s bloody path to peace.

His new book, LOVE AND TERROR IN THE MIDDLE EAST dramatically captures his efforts to promote understanding, communication and cooperation in the region among Jews, Muslims, Christians and non-believers.

Jews & Their Self Interest-An Interview with Philip Weiss

Openly and bluntly, Weiss confirmed what many of us have been saying for a very long time.

(LONDON) - Over a week ago I emailed to the well- known blogger Philip Weiss, an interesting post written by Nahida Izzat.

In her article, Jewish Voice For Peace? Really??, Nahida expresses some sharp criticism of Jewish anti-Zionist groups, forcefully arguing that “Anti-Zionist Jewish organisations are trying to silence Palestine's supporters, to frame the debate” and to “steer the course of the liberation” of her homeland.

Dictator Kagame Humbled in Chicago

The brave protestors against the tyrant won the day.

(CHICAGO) - One Kagame praise-singer named Joseph Rwagatare writing in the Kagame propaganda paper New Times, would have you believe that the Rwandan dictator made a triumphant entry into Chicago according to plan. This is what the praise-singer writes:

“And the message to the thousands gathered inside the hotel, when it came, it was appropriately rousing and fit the occasion to perfection.”

Candidate for U.S. House Advocates Peoples Takoever

I am running for House of Representatives to agitate for “we the people” with hope to inspire others to run themselves.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - When I was a novice reporter six years ago, I learned that it was at the end of the interview that you heard the beginning of the story and I learned it again the other day.

Case in point: I was writing my first work of fiction in 2005 when I stumbled into becoming a reporter and that lead to becoming the only reporter in the world who bothered to document Mordechai Vanunu’s Freedom of Speech trial in Israel.

The I-HATE-MY-FATHER Generation

Walking the tight rope of moral uprightness is a huge challenge these days.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - There is a generation in Africa and beyond that is utterly confused. Of course the word “confused” has a power to evoke some really strong feelings or reactions. But the confusion here is not of this generation’s own making - at least according to the way they look at things.

It is their fathers’ fault that they are confused, or so they say and that’s the sad part about the so-called fatherless generation.

Relief Group Signals U-turn on Gaza Plan

“We’ll make our decision by the end of this week” - Hüseyin Oruç, IHH

(ANKARA) - The aid ship Mavi Marmara has to wait a bit longer as a Turkish nongovernmental organization is considering canceling its relief mission to the Gaza Strip.

A Turkish civil-society group appears to be backing away from its previous resolve to send a new aid flotilla to Gaza, saying Tuesday that it may cancel its plans depending on developments, especially in Syria.