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DPPers Protest Against the Slaughter in Gaza

 

 

Standouts organized by DPP drew members and others to Roxbury Crossing on Saturday and Ashmont on Wednesday. We distributed over 1200 copies of a flyer first issued by Mass Peace Action and then adapted by DPP.  The response from most passersby and drivers was very positive.  More than 25 people participated in one or both of the actions.  Many thanks to DPPers Becky, Rosemary, Lenore, Phyllis, Margaret, Kelley, Victor, Denise, Winston, among others. Mike made the beautiful DPP banner we used.

 

RASHID KHALIDI: Collective Punishment in Gaza

Peace was achieved in Northern Ireland and in South Africa because the United States and the world realized that they had to put pressure on the stronger party, holding it accountable and ending its impunity… Instead, the United States puts its thumb on the scales in favor of the stronger party. In this surreal, upside-down vision of the world, it almost seems as if it is the Israelis who are occupied by the Palestinians, and not the other way around. In this skewed universe, the inmates of an open-air prison are besieging a nuclear-armed power with one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world.

 

3-Minute VIDEO: Analysis shows Israel Keeps Changing Justification for Gaza Attack

Analysis of tweets from Israeli military over past few weeks shows that the justification for its attack on Gaza keeps changing, with previous narratives admitted to be untrue.  Watch

 

EVEN “LEFT-WING” POLITICIANS CAN’T QUIT ISRAEL

Much of the American left is critical of Israel, particularly since its incursion into Gaza. But in the halls of Congress, even progressive Democrats beloved by grassroots activists are loath to criticize the Jewish State’s ongoing military offensive. A Pew Research Center poll released Monday showed that a plurality of Democrats across the country, 35 percent, and liberals, 44 percent, said that Israel had “gone too far” in its response to its conflict with Hamas. Meanwhile 47 percent of Democrats told Gallup that Israel’s actions during the current conflict were “unjustified,” compared to just 31 percent who thought the opposite. But these opinions are nearly impossible to find in Congress. Democrats, when asked a question about Israeli operations in Gaza, had two standard responses: irritation, or else a statement of their broad support of Israel, without going into specifics. It was as if the very mention of Israel turned the question into a hostile interview.   More

 

Israel uses Palestinians as human shields but US lawmakers condemn Hamas

Both houses of the US Congress are considering passing a resolution [since passed in the House and Senate “by unanimous concent”] that condemns Hamas for using human shields despite not having any evidence to prove Hamas is employing this tactic… But even The New York Times has conceded that “There is no evidence that Hamas and other militants force civilians to stay in areas that are under attack.” The BBC’s Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, similarly declared, “I saw no evidence during my week in Gaza of Israel’s accusation that Hamas uses Palestinians as human shields.” ... Israel was condemned by the United Nations as recently as last year for its “continuous use of Palestinian children as human shields and informants.” More recently, Palestinian civilians have accused Israeli forces of using them as human shields in the Khuzaa neighborhood in Gaza, which has been the site of heavy shelling.  More

 

Much more on the Gaza crisis below.

 

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