Saturday, April 26, 2008, by Sameh A. Habeeb In Gaza: No shoe nor a drop of fuel Siege imposed on the Gaza strip has become the first concern for Palestinian citizens who live in the biggest jail ever in this world. Those civilians are severely suffering from the Israeli collective punishment policy which influences them day and night in all life facets. Many direct consequences and repercussions resulted in the ongoing siege which storms every s ...

Kana’an – The e-Bulletin Suggested Readings Volume VIII – Issue 1485 9 April 2008 by Ronnie Kasrils, South African Minister of Intelligence Source: The Electronic Intifada http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9445.shtml http://www.kanaanonline.org/articles/01485.pdf As a 10-year-old growing up in Johannesburg, I celebrated Israel's birth, 60 years ago. I unquestionably accepted the dramatic accounts of so-called self-defensive actions a ...

By SUZANNE BAROUD, http://www.counterpunch.com/baroud03292008.html In a place just a few miles from sandy beaches and soaring sky-scrapers, white stone villas and sky-blue swimming pools, it seems the epitome of irony and injustice that over 1.5 million people would be subjected to drinking sewage-contaminated water. When there is such a fine line bordering wealth and poverty, privilege and need, how unsettling to realize that just a stones throw away, ...