An Open Letter to the Toronto International Film Festival: September 2, 2009 As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festival’s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda … [read more]

Setting the record straight: a JVP response to fabricated and misleading history being used to attack the Toronto Declaration, the letter signed by over 1,000 artists and filmmakers protesting the Toronto International Film Festival’s choice of Tel Aviv for a celebratory spotlight. CLAIMS v FACTS   Stand With Us, a US-based right wing Israel advocacy organization, says, “The … [read more]

Israel has been dumping toxic waste into the West Bank for years, from PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 447 September 4, 2009 Shuqbah, a village of 5,000, lies near the border of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, not far from Ramallah. Israeli companies have been using land owned by a Palestinian middleman in the village to dump tons of garbage. "The subsequent burning of toxic waste, … [read more]

Women in Black (Vienna), 10. September 2009, 8-9:30a.m, VIC Thursday, 10 September 2009 8 - 9.30 a.m. Exit  of the subway station, Vienna International Centre, Kaisermühlendamm (use first car)   (Dark or black clothing appreciated.  No banners, please.  Punctuality greatly appreciated. )   Flyer:    STOLEN  BEAUTY Don’t buy goods … [read more]

Stopthewall.org special call- September 3, 2009 Unite Against Apartheid CALL FOR THE SEVENTH WEEK AGAINST THE APARTHEID WALL, NOVEMBER 9 – 16 2009.   The Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, its popular committees and member organizations call on activists to launch a week of global mobilization against the walls of apartheid in the West Bank and Gaza from … [read more]

This New Year's, activists will be leading a delegation to END the siege on Gaza. Sign up to endorse the call on the website, or sign up to JOIN the delegation in Egypt. www.gazafreedommarch.org International Coalition to End the Illegal Siege of Gaza: Statement of Purpose and Principles Amnesty International has called the blockade of Gaza a "form of collective punishment of the … [read more]

Since last Monday, the Rafah crossing, the border between Gaza and Egypt is open and will be still open today, a situation that never happened since 3 years, and we hope it will not be closed again.   Thousands people crossed the border and get in and out Gaza.   It is always a mess but the situation is better than last month, June 27, 28 & 29th, when the border has been … [read more]

By Werner Lange, July 25, 2009 This was my first trip to the Middle East, and it was an eye-opener as well as heart-breaker.  It was an unforgettable experience filled with the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful.  Let me start with the good.   Our delegation of some 200 persons was a good one, a very good one, which consisted not only of Americans from every walk of … [read more]

Iraq war veteran and ANSWER Coalition representative Michael Prysner shares his experience as a member of the Viva Palestina delegation to Gaza. Before our arrival in Gaza, British MP George Galloway asked his Palestinian contacts there what they needed the most. Among other things, they said they needed vehicles, medical aid and school supplies. But the number one thing that they needed, the … [read more]

The Viva Palestina U.S. convoy faced one obstacle after another, but ultimately succeeded in breaking the blockade and entering Gaza with vital aid for the besieged Palestian population. The Egyptian government has closely collaborated with Israel’s suffocating and criminal blockade for more than two years, and set up a broad range of administrative obstacles that delayed our group’s entry … [read more]

Written by Free Gaza Team | 06 July 2009 “The landing of two wooden boats carrying human rights activists in Gaza is an important symbolic victory ... Above all, what is being tested is whether the imaginative engagement of dedicated private citizens can influence the struggle of a beleaguered people for basic human rights, and whether their courage and commitment can awaken the conscience … [read more]

Press Release 14th July 2009 Palestine Return Centre (PRC) expressed deep anxiety towards Israeli practises in occupied Palestinian territories. International laws, UN resolutions, International court of justice, 4th Geneva conventions and many other charters are being repeatedly and clearly violated by Israel which is meet with a lamentable silence by the International community as well as … [read more]