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, ...

The European Campaign to end the Siege on Gaza In support of the suffering Palestinians in Gaza and in protest against the Israeli aggression, The European Campaign to end the Siege on Gaza invites all European activists and Politicians to take part in a solidarity demonstration against the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Place: the Rafah Border Crossing Time: Last week of March 2008 People wishing to participate must e-mail the Campaign f ...