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RECOMMENDED READING
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Recommended
Reading:
Peggy Misch: International Human Rights Award Recipient
The Coalition of Peace with Justice
congratulates member Peggy Misch for receiving the 2008
International Human Rights Award by the Human Rights Coalition
of North Carolina. She is a founding member of North
Carolina Stop Torture Now and the Coalition for
Peace with Justice, as well as a primary organizer for
the Orange County Bill of Rights Defense Committee
which advocates for the rights of immigrants. Read her
award speech. |
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Recommended
Reading:
Interview with Angela Goldstein (ICAHD)
Angela Goldstein, policy officer at
the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) explains
the injustice of Israel's systematic destruction of Palestinian
homes and the symbolic and tangible effects of rebuilding.
Angela is also a member of the Internal Displacement Monitoring
Center, an international body established at the request of the
United Nations that monitors displacement by armed conflicts
across the globe. |
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Recommended
Reading:
An Israeli Jew in Gaza: A Statement by Jeff Halper
Jeff Halper, Founder of the Israeli Coalition Against House
Demolitions, reflects on his reasons for joining activists from
around the world on the Free Gaza Boats. The SS Free Gaza
and the SS Liberty will
attempt to deliver much needed humanitarian aid to the people of
Gaza, although they anticipate interception by IDF forces. |
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Recommended
Reading:
The Economist:
The Wandering Palestinian
It is always reassuring to see mainstream press addressing the
plight of the Palestinians. In this article, journalists
from the Economist cover the overwhelming hardships faced
by all Palestinians, including those in Gaza, the West
Bank, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, and beyond. |
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Recommended
Reading:
Stephen Sizer:
American Apocalypse: Anxious for Armageddon?
In this brief article, Christian Zionism expert, Stephen
Sizer describes the basic rationale behind the Christian Zionist
movement that is so powerful in dictating American policy toward
Israel. He then argues against this interpretation of the
Bible and asserts that
"Dispensational
Christian Zionism provides a theological justification for
racism and ethnic cleansing, rather than a theology of justice,
peace and reconciliation which lie at the heart of the New
Covenant." |
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Recommended
Reading:
Jeff Halper:
Rethinking Israel After Sixty Years
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In this article, Jeff Halper tells us that 60 Years of
Israel should be more a time for "sober reflection and
reevaluation than celebration." Israel is an occupying
power, in an ongoing conflict, but many are willing to set this
reality aside during celebrations, accepting lip service toward
creating a two-solution as adequate progress. However,
Halper argues that the Israeli settlements, bypass roads, and
other "facts on the ground" have made a two state solution
nonviable. Israel has backed itself into a corner, with
two feasible options, a bi-national state where both people
share the land, or an Israeli controlled apartheid state. |
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Recommended
Reading:
Ilan Pappe:
"State
of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008"
Ilan Pappe's
"State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008" is the feature article
in this months
The Link produced by
Americans for Middle East
Understanding. Pappe discusses the chapters of
Israeli history that have been "erased" from the social
collective conscience, focusing on the reality that the
Birth of Israel was based on the forced expulsion of 700,000
Palestinians and the destruction of 423 villages.
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Jeff Halper's
"Born to Demolish"
“Born to Demolish” was written by ICAHD’s Director, Jeff
Halper, after he was arrested on 3 April at the site of the
demolition of the Hamdan family home in Anata. Jeff was
shocked to hear one of the border police boast about on how
he loves demolishing homes and when he wakes up in the
morning he is “hungry to demolish homes” |
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