Palestinians Not Forgotten at UN

> PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
>  
> UN ASSEMBLY HEAD HAILED FOR SLAMMING ISRAEL
> By Thalif Deen,  The Electronic Intifada, 3 December 2008
>
> UNITED NATIONS  (IPS) – The president of the United Nations
> General Assembly, Father  Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann,
> dropped a political bombshell last week  when he lashed out
> at Israel for its repressive actions in the  Occupied
> Palestinian Territories, including the recent blockade  of
> humanitarian aid to Gaza. “What is being done to the
>  Palestinian people seems to me to be a version of the
> hideous policy  of apartheid,” he told delegates, during a
> meeting commemorating the  ”International Day of Solidarity
> with the Palestinian People.”
>  
> http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10006.shtml
>
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>
>  PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
>
> WILL PALESTINIANS HIT  HILLARY’S GLASS CEILING?
> By Dr. Marcy Newman, The Electronic  Intifada, 2 December 2008
>
> It is difficult to recall a US  secretary of state who
> embodied the ideals of the position: the  promotion of
> dialogue and privileging of diplomacy. Unfortunately,  US
> President-elect Barack Obama‘s nominee, Hillary Clinton,
> is  not likely to restore these ideals to the office.
> Clinton has long  championed military action against the
> former Yugoslavia, Iraq and has  promised to “obliterate”
> Iran if the state launched a nuclear strike  against
> Israel. Dr. Marcy Newman comments for The Electronic
>  Intifada.
>
>  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10000.shtml
>
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>
>  PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
>
> RIGHTS ORG: GAZA FLOUR STOCKS  SUFFICENT FOR LESS THAN THREE MORE DAYS
> Press release, PCHR, 2  December 2008
>
> On the 27th consecutive day of closure, the  Gaza power
> plant has been forced to shut down due to lack of  fuel,
> and Gazans are now totally dependent on electricity
>  generated from Israel, and to a lesser extent, Egypt.
> There are also  chronic severe shortages of domestic
> cooking gas. Regarding essential  food items, IOF have not
> permitted any consignments of flour to enter  the Gaza
> Strip for one week, and current stocks are sufficient  for
> just less than three days.
>
>  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10003.shtml
>
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>
>  PALESTINE : ACTIVISM NEWS:
>
> MORE TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES  DIVEST FROM ILLEGAL INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENTS
> By Adri Nieuwhof, The  Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2008
>
> The movement in Europe  to put pressure on companies that
> benefit from the occupation is  growing. Over the last few
> months, European, Palestinian and Israeli  activists have
> won significant victories toward the 2005 call  by
> Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and
>  sanctions against Israel. In early October, Barkan
> Wineries, a  subsidiary of Tempo Beer Industry Ltd.,
> decided to divest from an  illegal settlement in the Barkan
> Industrial Park. Adri Nieuwhof  reports.
>
>  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10001.shtml
> 

Support the brave Shministim

Dear Bringers of Peace,

We encourage you to take a few moments to consider how valuable your voice

will be in support of the courageous youths who resist tyranny.

In Service,

+ Isaiah & Elena +

==================================================================

A note from Ayelet Ophir-Auron, 

mother of jailed Shminist Yuval Ophir-Auron.

It’s hard to believe that people all around the world are learning about my 19-year-old son Yuval. I know that I’m proud of him. I just never expected the world to be proud of him. I can’t thank you strongly enough Tell your friends to send a letter to the 

Israeli Minister of Defense

I am Yuval Ophir-Auron. 

I am one of the Shministim. 

I need your help. 

for your words of support for Yuval and his fellow activists and friends.

As I write this, Yuval’s in jail, serving his second term. We don’t know how or when this will end. 

When Yuval was 9 years old he met Palestinians for the first time while we were visiting them after being liberated from jail as administrative detainees. I think this was probably the first time something in his naïve conception about good and bad was broken and he began to ask questions.

It’s hard to be a mother of a kid like this. I want him to be enjoying his teenage years. I want him to benefit from the fruits of my and Yuval’s father’s labor, and I want him to live in a world where he doesn’t have to serve in a military that occupies another people. I am sad that I haven’t been able to create that world for him. But I am proud that he’s trying to create it for himself.

Here’s why it matters that the rest of the world is paying attention to Yuval, Raz, and the other Shministim. 

The Israeli government would like nothing better than to believe that everyone in the world supports Israel unconditionally. Hell, even people in Israel don’t unconditionally support it.

The sad fact is that the occupation is destroying us all- Israelis and Palestinians alike. Supporting the Shministim is a way to do your part to end the occupation and bring comfort and well-being to our peoples.

Like you, I sent a letter. Now I want you to tell everyone you know about the Shministim.

Please paste http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/t/8319/tellafriend.jsp?

and spread the word.   Your support means so much to my son and his friends, to me, to all of us who want and deserve a real future in this part of the world.

Thank you,

Ayelet Ophir-Auron

Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam, Israel

Dear Bringers of Peace,

We encourage you to take a few moments to consider how valuable your voice

will be in support of the courageous youths who resist tyranny.

In Service,

+ Isaiah & Elena +

==================================================================

A note from Ayelet Ophir-Auron, 

mother of jailed Shminist Yuval Ophir-Auron.

Dear Isaiah,

It’s hard to believe that people all around the world are learning about my 19-year-old son Yuval. I know that I’m proud of him. I just never expected the world to be proud of him. I can’t thank you strongly enough Tell your friends to send a letter to the 

Israeli Minister of Defense.

I am Yuval Ophir-Auron. 

I am one of the Shministim. 

I need your help. 

for your words of support for Yuval and his fellow activists and friends.

As I write this, Yuval’s in jail, serving his second term. We don’t know how or when this will end. 

When Yuval was 9 years old he met Palestinians for the first time while we were visiting them after being liberated from jail as administrative detainees. I think this was probably the first time something in his naïve conception about good and bad was broken and he began to ask questions.

It’s hard to be a mother of a kid like this. I want him to be enjoying his teenage years. I want him to benefit from the fruits of my and Yuval’s father’s labor, and I want him to live in a world where he doesn’t have to serve in a military that occupies another people. I am sad that I haven’t been able to create that world for him. But I am proud that he’s trying to create it for himself.

Here’s why it matters that the rest of the world is paying attention to Yuval, Raz, and the other Shministim. 

The Israeli government would like nothing better than to believe that everyone in the world supports Israel unconditionally. Hell, even people in Israel don’t unconditionally support it.

The sad fact is that the occupation is destroying us all- Israelis and Palestinians alike. Supporting the Shministim is a way to do your part to end the occupation and bring comfort and well-being to our peoples.

Like you, I sent a letter. Now I want you to tell everyone you know about the Shministim.

Please click on this tell-a-friend link now and spread the word.   Your support means so much to my son and his friends, to me, to all of us who want and deserve a real future in this part of the world.

Thank you,

Ayelet Ophir-Auron

Neve Shalom-Wahat al Salam, Israel