Where: All Souls Unitarian Church, 1157 Lexington Avenue between 79th and 80th Streets When:  7 p.m., Wednesday, June 9 Ann Wright at March 9 protest against fundraiser for the Israeli Defense Force. Photo by Ellen Davidson Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel, former diplomat, and outspoken antiwar activist, will talk about her experiences with the [...] read more »

Americans woke up this morning to the shocking news that the Israeli Navy killed up to 19 Palestine solidarity activists on board a flotilla of ships trying to break the crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip.  The attack on the “Freedom Flotilla,” which was carrying 10,000 tons of aid to Gaza, including wheelchairs, school supplies, [...] read more »

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/50645727@N08/4645370014/ As the “Freedom Flotilla” steams toward Gaza City in an attempt to break Israel’s crippling blockade of the Gaza Strip, activists in New York City continue to stage protests calling attention to the fleet of ships and the situation in Gaza. In New York, six Palestine solidarity activists dropped a banner yesterday inside of [...] read more »

Days before a probable showdown at sea between Palestine solidarity activists traveling with a nine-ship fleet and the Israeli Navy, demonstrations took place across the United States and the world today to demand that Israel allow the activists safe passage to Gaza to deliver 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. Protesters marched across 42nd Street in support [...] read more »

I was one of the 85 international delegates who entered the Gaza Strip in Occupied Palestine at the beginning of the year. I was recently interviewed by fellow Indypendent contributor Danny Valdes on his weekly radio show, Radio Provocateur, where we discussed my experiences in Gaza. To listen to the entire interview, click here. Valdes’ radio show is broadcast [...] read more »

On Tahrir Square in Cairo New Year's Eve. Photo by Ellen Davidson CAIRO, January 3–Taking advantage of the publicity generated by its attempt to reach Gaza, the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow it to do so, and its protests in Cairo, the Gaza Freedom March (GFM) concluded with plans to intensify its work when marchers return [...] read more »

Hedy Epstein (second row, third from left) with other hunger strikers on the steps of the Journalists Syndicate building in Cairo January 1. CAIRO, January 1–85-year-old Holocaust survivor Hedy Epstein ended her hunger strike today. She had begun the fast to protest the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow the Gaza Freedom March to cross the border [...] read more »

End Israeli Apartheid Cairo Declaration January 1, 2010     We, international delegates meeting in Cairo during the Gaza Freedom March 2009 in collective response to an initiative from the South African delegation, state:   In view of:   o   Israel’s ongoing collective punishment of Palestinians through the illegal occupation and siege of Gaza; o   the illegal occupation of the West Bank, including East [...] read more »

CAIRO, January 1—This morning, a couple of hundred Gaza Freedom March (GFM) participants ringingly endorsed the “Cairo Declaration,” the founding document of a new initiative for deepening opposition to Israel’s apartheid policies and increasing the reach and impact of the Palestine solidarity movement. Hammered out over the past week by a Gaza Freedom March committee [...] read more »

The question was like an electric shock to the six or so Palestine solidarity activists, including myself, as we were standing inside a classroom at a school in Gaza City. “Why the Palestinians? Why are we the only ones suffering?” asked a Palestinian girl who was probably about nine or ten-years-old. And then the enormity of [...] read more »