Speech by "Not in our name" (NION) member, who grew up in Israel (Demo, March 16, Vienna): I’m here as an individual and also as part of Not In Our Name Vienna – a diverse group of individuals outraged at what is happening in Gaza and at over 75 years of colonialism and separatism in Palestine. I am a fraction of the group who identify as Jewish. I also grew up under the Israeli government. I know firsthand about the indoctrination of the education system, the media, the government, and the Zionist regime. I know firsthand how it creates a society filled with fear, anger, and ...

From Viva Palestina's Crew Member Kevin Ovenden At 08.50 am today we are awaiting the arrival of the European parliamentarians, who begin to shuttle from Northern Cyprus to our staging ground in international waters to the south of the island where they will board the lead ship. The decision by the Greek Cypriot government not only not to allow the flotilla to harbour there, but also to object to, and twice prevent, the departure of a parliamentary delegation directly by sea to join the convoy is creating something of a scandal in Greece and beyond. Cyprus recently elected its ...