Lauryn Hill Shows Solidarity With Palestian Activists Against Israeli Oppression

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

“Free All Political Prisoners”

“Free All Political Prisoners”

Lauryn Hill Joins Black, Palestinian Activists in Solidarity Video:
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/10/14/lauryn-hill-joins-black-palestinian-activists-in-solidarity-video.html

(Al Jazeera) Five months after canceling a scheduled concert in Israel, Grammy Award-winning artist Lauryn Hill appeared in a video on Wednesday with African-American and Palestinian activists, drawing comparisons between the struggles for justice in both communities.

The short video, titled “When I See Them I See Us,” was released by a range of African-American and Palestine-solidarity groups. In it, Hill holds a sign that reads “Free All Political Prisoners.”

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Props to you, Ms. Hill!

Israel Still Continues to Commit Crimes Against Humanity in Their Attack Upon the the Residents of the Gaza Strip

The following is a fully updated version of my two posts, “In the Past Two Weeks, Israel’s Government Has Massacred Nearly 600 Gazan Civilians, Because… Terrorism!,” and “Israel Continues to Commit Crimes Against Humanity in Their Attack Upon the the Residents of the Gaza Strip,” with many new links included at end. Like the previous two articles, I originally posted it to my Facebook wall…

I created this chart using the latest data from United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and a previously-published version of their “Palestinian Casualties” illustration, which I have modified to reflect the newest figures, since OCHA doesn’t release graphics as quickly as data…

 

According to the latest figures from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli military forces have killed an estimated 1,843 Gazans since their July 7th launch of Operation “Protective Edge.” About 73% of this total represents civilian casualties. In other words, approximately 1,354 civilians have been murdered by Israel’s government so far, with about 415 of that total being children, and 214 being women, which together represent 46% of all civilian deaths…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Gaza Crisis:
http://www.ochaopt.org/content.aspx?id=1010361

Sadly, these numbers reveal that the world’s “Most Moral Army” continues to snuff out the lives of more children than it is killing Hamas “militants” in its latest war-criminal adventures inside Gaza! Gazan youths represent about one quarter of the Israeli governments total killings, and almost one third of their total civilian murder victims!

Israel’s Offensive in Gaza has ‘Killed More Children than Fighters’, Say Human Rights Groups:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10984451/Israels-offensive-in-Gaza-has-killed-more-children-than-fighters-say-human-rights-groups.html

‘No Safe Place for Civilians’ in Gaza, United Nations Says:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/no-safe-place-civilians-gaza-united-nations-says-n162706

Israel’s Gaza Offensive Has Killed Child Every Hour for Two Days:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israels-gaza-offensive-has-killed-child-every-hour-two-days-n162751

Israel’s government is executing a full-scale massacre of purely cowardly proportions – to the welcoming cheers of celebrating Israeli audiences, in some cases! (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)

Israel Continues to Commit Crimes Against Humanity in Their Attack Upon the Residents of the Gaza Strip

The following is an updated version of my post, “In the Past Two Weeks, Israel’s Government Has Massacred Nearly 600 Gazan Civilians, Because… Terrorism!.” Like the previous article, I originally posted it to my Facebook wall…

Latest Gazan Fatalities, according to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as reported by their Facebook page, here

According to the latest figures from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli military forces have killed an estimated 1,118 Gazans since their July 7th launch of Operation “Protective Edge.” About 74% of this total represents civilian casualties. In other words, approximately 827 civilians have been murdered by Israel’s government so far, with about 243 of that total being children, and 131 being women, which together represent 45% of all civilian deaths…

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – Gaza Crisis:
http://www.ochaopt.org/content.aspx?id=1010361

Sadly, these numbers reveal that the world’s “Most Moral Army” has snuffed out the lives of more children than it has killed Hamas “militants” in its latest war-criminal adventures inside Gaza! Gazan youths represent about one quarter of the Israeli governments total killings, and almost one third of their total civilian murder victims!

Israel’s Offensive in Gaza has ‘Killed More Children than Fighters’, Say Human Rights Groups:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10984451/Israels-offensive-in-Gaza-has-killed-more-children-than-fighters-say-human-rights-groups.html

‘No Safe Place for Civilians’ in Gaza, United Nations Says:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/no-safe-place-civilians-gaza-united-nations-says-n162706

Israel’s Gaza Offensive Has Killed Child Every Hour for Two Days:
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/middle-east-unrest/israels-gaza-offensive-has-killed-child-every-hour-two-days-n162751

Israel’s government is executing a full-scale massacre of purely cowardly proportions – to the welcoming cheers of celebrating Israeli audiences, in some cases! (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)

Support Israel’s Indiscriminate Bombing of the Gaza Strip, or Recognize it as Mass Murder?

The following debate originally took place on my Facebook wall, upon my post, “Props to All 7,000 Peace-Loving Israelis Who Protested in Tel-Aviv Against Gaza Massacre!“…

2014-07-29 - Support Israel's Indiscriminate Bombing of the Gaza Strip, or Recognize it as Mass Murder

Rayn: In Tel Aviv, Thousands Protest Against the Gaza Operation:
http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/1.607311

Props to every last the 7,000 peace-loving citizens of Israel who risked their safety on Saturday to gather together at Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in order to firmly let the world know that being Jewish DOES NOT mean being PRO-WAR-CRIMES against the innocent civilians of Gaza! These brave Israeli war protesters faced off against an angry mob of their own fellow citizen-terrorists from the right wing, who not only chanted death threats at them, and continuously sang a song celebrating the IDF’s mass murder of Gazan children, but also eventually forced their way through police barricades, where they immediately began to block protesters from accessing one of Tel Aviv’s major streets. After the cavalry cops finally arrived and broke the up the roving mob, police then requested organizers to wrap up their event early for “safety” reasons. Protesters complied, disbanding without further incident…

Some excerpts from the article…

“The former demonstration was organized by Hadash, the leftist political party, and the organizations Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum…

The ill-will felt towards the Israeli left could be gauged well among the group of right-wing protesters that the police corralled in a separate part of the plaza. They continually shouted ‘Death to the leftists’ and expressed hope that ‘a rocket from Gaza’ would kill them. In addition they merrily sang ‘WHY IS THERE NO SCHOOL IN GAZA? BECAUSE NO MORE KIDS ARE LEFT.’ [emphasis mine] Some protesters tried to convince this group to stop singing these songs as they were detrimental to the message of support for the IDF that they were trying to promote, but to no avail.

Later in the evening these right-wing protesters tried to break through the police barrier into the greater demonstration and even succeeded for a short while to block Ibn Gevirol St., one of Tel Aviv’s major arteries. The police quickly pushed them out of the street with cavalry. During the clashes four protesters were arrested. Due to these outbursts of violence the police asked the organizers to cut the protest short. The demonstrators eventually left without incident.”

Here is a video recording of the large group of right-wing Israelis who showed up to this peace-promoting event in Tel Aviv in order to celebrate the Israeli government’s Gazan massacre, gleefully singing and chanting, “There’s no school tomorrow! There’s no children left in Gaza! Oleh!”:

Israelis in Tel Aviv 26.7.2014: “There’s no school tomorrow,there’s no children left in Gaza! Oleh!

Melissa M.: Really? IDFs mass murder? Their people wouldn’t be getting killed if they weren’t operating out of their homes and in front of their citizens. What is Israel supposed to do? If they see they are being targeted from a civilians home they need to take the home out. Of course it’s a no win for anyone but Hamas is giving Israel no choice.

Melissa M.: Hamas has not honored the cease fire agreements so what is Israel supposed to do

Genaire: Israel is suppose to not keep these people in an open air prison. Israel is suppose to stop illegally expanding its borders into Palestinian territory.Israel is suppose to either give these people the right to take part in their government our release them from occupation (that has lasted 40+ years). Israel suppose to not intentionally target journalists offices. Israel is suppose to not intentionally target schools. Israel is suppose to not intentionally target UN facilities. Israel is suppose to not target children playing on the beach.Israel is suppose to not be a state based on an apartheid system. Should I go on?

Rayn: Yes. Really, Melissa. I consider the actions of the IDF to be mass murder, as well as a Crimes Against Humanity (or a War Crime, if you’re willing to qualify the Israeli government’s attack against the civilians of Gaza as a “war”). To blame Hamas for the massacre of Gazan civilians is a flawed exercise in causality. Since IDF forces are the ones pulling the triggers of their weapons, and executing trial-free death warrants on the hundreds upon hundreds of innocent, unaffiliated civilians of Gaza, all in pursuit of Hamas – terrorizing men, women and children, alike, in the process – truly, these victims “wouldn’t be getting killed if ” Israel’s government would simply refuse to indiscriminately murder them, and finally reject the immoral claim that such criminal activity EVER qualifies as a “right,” or as “self-defense,” since such logic is, indeed, EXACTLY the IDEOLOGY of a TERRORIST!!! What Israel is “supposed to do” is RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS! They absolutely have a “choice,” and have chosen the COWARD’S ROUTE! (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)

Israel Cuts Off Water Supply to Gaza Strip, Yet Again…

The following debate originally took place upon my Facebook wall, after I posted a photo being shared by the page, “Freedom Is A State Of Mind ”…

Rayn:

"Today is the fifth day Israel has cut off water to the Gaza Strip"

“Today is the fifth day Israel has cut off water to the Gaza Strip”

Genaire: Check it out, Ron.

Ron K.: I heard about that..smh. On top of that tha military riding threw Gaza teasing civilians w/ water..smh

Diana B.: BULLSHIT!!!!! These hamASSHOLES spend money on rockets, but don’t spend money on fuel to run the sewage treatment centers. they are polluting their own water supplies….yet the leadership are all millionaires!!!! fuck these demons!!!

Genaire: We’ve had this discussion already. When your country is considered the occupying force I find it hard to look at these people as “demons”. They have no standing army, they have no air force, no missile defense. You have nukes, f16 fighters, tanks, spending millions on P.R. in America, one of the most powerful lobbying groups I’m Washington, still Israel’s actions aren’t allowing them to look like the victims in this conflict (who would have thought). Yes Hamas may have fired rockets into Israel (killing absolutely no one) while Israel’s death toll of non combatants is in the hundreds. (Click Here to Continue Reading This Post)