Yahoo! News reports that Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote "The Color Purple," is traveling to Gaza with a group of female activists to deliver aid and meet with non-governmental organizations and residents. The trip was organized by U.S. anti-war group Code Pink.
The group's goal is to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents. Walker called for "Americans who give so much military aid to Israel to understand how their money was being used."
"It's very important that they understand what is happening, and that we hold our own administration accountable," she said."I feel that what is happening in the Middle East is very important because the situation is so volatile," said Walker, speaking by telephone Saturday from the Rafah border crossing as her group waited to travel into Gaza. "I love people, and I love children and I feel that the Palestinian child is just as precious as the African-American child, as the Jewish child."
The situation is volatile, that's for sure. I'm in Israel almost every summer, and every time there's some sort of violent incident--this year it's been bulldozer attacks in crowded places. I seldom comment on stories like this one because commentary on Israel from either side is rarely met with supportive and understanding discussion. However, I think the implication of this story and Walker's comments are that Israelis are using American aid to target Palestinian women children, which is simply untrue.
In many cases Hamas intentionally positions their operatives in civilian-heavy areas to force the Israeli military into an impossible choice: keep allowing terrorists to send rockets and bombs into their country to kill civilians and cause devastation; or take them out, knowing that because of Hamas strategy, devastation will likely be a byproduct, and civilians will likely get hurt or killed. If Israel does nothing, the world may not condemn them, but Israeli civilians remain targets. But if Israel does do something to protect its citizens, the world cries human rights violations. And either way, children and civilians will suffer.
What would you do, if your home was under attack?
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To JJ
ummm i am not sure that presdient of sudan is rightfully elected .. i consider him as a dictator like many US allies arab rulers whom they are called "Moderates".. personally i want the sudanese president to be arrested for the justisce of the voiceless people.
don't you know that Gaza is the MOST populist region in the WORLD? so i and entire districts were bombed and schools and legislative building.. actually i feel sorry that u aren't aware of these details.
if i suspect someone as terrorist .. i arrest him and try him .. not locking him in prison for years without trials .. the simple lgical concept that person is innocent till he's proved guilty .. unlike your mentality suggests that person is guilt till he PROVES himself innocent and he will not prove.. and i said kids and children among the prisoners.. the palestinians dont dance for killing kids .. but they are busy to bury their died kids cuz of slow death either by lack of medicines or essential equipments to survive. again you use Propaganda .. u are against illegal settelments but got astonised why the palestinians are angry. it's u dont like the kid be burned but u are surprised why is he screaming because he's burned ..!! hahaha
personally i don't like arafat too but he was described as peaceful leader and recognised israel and signed oslo accords and and .. and by the way US nor israel care if the palestinian leader is corrupt or not , what they only care that he serves the agenda and be toothless , and the palestinian chose hamas cuz of the severe corruption by (some) fateh candidates but the US and israel didnt like the result of the game they wanted to begin.
Again you discard that israel dont recognise the two states solution or even accept to withdraw from westbank .. and after rabin death , natanyahy and sharon ruined oslo accords and road map. hamas gave the fateh the oppurtunity to negotiate and show what they could gain .. only impotent negotiations with smiles and photos ..even Abbas told that israel doesn't want peace according to the URL above .. syria offered peace and no rockets from golan heights for decades .. but israel annexed golan heights.. so the excuse is not hamas or etc ..it's israel rejection of "peace" but wanting the "piece"
they are not just jewish extremists , they are cuddled by the zionist regime , they are protected by IOF troops , they have the right to vote in the elections and the israeli leaders appease them to gain more votes. plus the zionist decieving government are pumping money to expand settelments or build new colonies and clusters and the AIPAC which is very powerful lobby in US sugarcoat what israel did against the innocent palestinians. and israeli gov refused the return of the refugees who are expelled.. it's NOT just bunch of extremists .. it's a state policy and terrorism.
actually the propaganda that you try to use became too old to work , precisely it doesnt work anymore.. the current and new generations know more details and facts about the zionist regime and steps to confiscate lands at the expense of the indigenous people unlike the people who lived in the 50s and the 60s.
to JJ .. also i noticed that u visited israel every summer .. why don't you move your butt and take a taxi for 10 minutes and visit westbank .., i didnt say gaza, and stand for minutes with the JEWISH women in HUNDREDS of checkpoints who monitor the brutality of the IOF with the palestinians to cross from road to other in their OWN city to reach hospital or go to their work in hours while they are supposedly to reach it in less than 10 minutes. go ask those jewish woman about their investigations and notes or watch the vedio clip in the url above ..
go ask israeli gosh shalom organisation which slams israel and zionists about the human rights they violate and the inhumane treatment towards the palestinians.
i also noticed that u mentioned that some attacks with his bulldozer in sirael .. while you don't mention the fully armed bulldozers and dozers to destroy houses and farms in westbank .. and to install roads only for JEWS and no body else is allowed to walk in or be shot!.
i also noticed that you didnt mention the israeli refusniks who refuse to serve in the IOF army cuz they treat the palestinian like animals adn those refusniks are called in israel as cowards.
JJ i also notice that you are one eyed person who claim things and don't mention the other side's calamity ,and are not fair .. shame on you!
To Gly:
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF A GROUP OF TERRORIST THUGS BLEW UP YOUR GRANDPARENTS ENJOYING A HOLIDAY DINNER, YOUR TEENAGE CHILD (NIECE OR NEPHEW) DANCING AT A DISCOTEQUE, YOUR BROTHER OR SISTER ON A BUS GOING TO SCHOOL OR WORK, YOUR MOTHER, FATHER, SISTER, BROTHER, NIECE, NEPHEW, OR BEST FRIEND HAVING AN ICE CREAM CONE OR SLICE OF PIZZA AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT?"
Might you consider retaliating against those perpetrators. I think the answer would be "Yes" - by most normal humans.
lee ann , i would feel crazy that occupiers dance on my stolen land while i am expelled outta it... and i would turn their life to hell
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