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der khurbn gaza

By: daniel on: Dec 29,2008 In: 60 years later, Anti-war, Gaza, Global Jewish Life, Human Rights, Humanitarian Crisis, Imperialism, Israel, Media, Middle East, Murder, Occupation, Palestine, Protest, Racial Justice, Racism, Resistance, Take Action, Violence, War

all of the journalistic words have been, are being, said already.

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to me, there’s only one thing worth saying on the journalistic side:
24 israelis have been killed by rocket or mortar attacks from gaza, ever.
more than 300 palestinians have been killed by the israeli blitzkrieg in gaza in the past 2 days.
more than 3,300 palestinians have been killed by the israeli military in gaza since 2000.
and it needs to be said over and over and over again.

beyond the journalistic. words aren’t worth much, or are everything.

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It’s US and THEM: thoughts on NOLA today

By: Zach on: Sep 16,2008 In: Humanitarian Crisis, Racial Justice

I wrote the statement below about two and half years ago after volunteering in post-Katrina & Rita New Orleans. Since then, I’ve graduated college and now work at the Progressive Jewish Alliance from its SF Bay Area office. This passed summer I returned to NOLA with a Jewish folks from the Bay Area through Jewish [...]

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Tags: Katrina, New Orleans, NOLA, Racial Justice, Social Justice, Travel

While we may be without matzah, Gaza has barely any fuel

By: Cole on: Apr 24,2008 In: Fuel, Gaza, Humanitarian Crisis, JVoices, Occupation, Violence

In the last hour, I’ve received a startling amount of information about the horribly, grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The lack of fuel impacts a number of critical basic necessities for folks living in Gaza, everything from refrigeration, transportation, food and water supplies (which are predominantly being sent into the region), hospitals, any and all [...]