This is Chavka Fulman-Raban, one of the last survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto, she calls for a rebellion against the Israeili occupation:


Rebel against the Occupation. No–it is forbidden for us to rule over another people, to oppress another [people]. The most important thing is to achieve peace and an end to the cycle of blood[letting]. My generation dreamed of peace. I so want to achieve it. You have the power to help. All my hopes are with you. If only [you could]. - Chavka Fulman-Raban, arrested and imprisoned at Auschwitz, two of her family members died as resistance fighters.

http://kafila.org/2014/07/21/last-of-warsaw-ghetto-survivors-calls-for-rebellion-against-israeli-occupation/

Walter Wolfgang, the 91-year-old German-born British socialist and peace activist, told the protesters outside the Israeli embassy today: "I stand here to protest against Israel's barbarism, and I do so as a Jew. This is naked aggression by the Israeli government, and it must be treated as such. We need economic measures. We need to end the siege of Gaza. We need a free Palestine

Anonymous wrote:From an outsider's perspective, I wonder if you could explain why Palestinians and their supporters often continue to use the word "martyrs" to refer to Gazans killed in this conflict. The pain and devastation is obvious and palpable, yet I believe the language suggests to many Americans that Hamas treats killed "martrys" as their currency in trade.

I wish for a world with fewer martyrs and more children growing up with their basic needs met.

That is just an Islamic term and really has been vilified by the West. We even call people who die in childbirth and car accidents martyrs. In Islam, we believe that certain types of deaths elevate the person to a certain level in the Hereafter, because of how painful or tragic the death is. The arabic term is "Shaheed". This has nothing to do with wanting to die, or suicide bombing, terrorism ect.

-The one who dies from a long disease is considered a martyr
-A pregnant woman who dies in pregnancy or while giving birth is considered a martyr
-Whoever is killed defending his property is a martyr.
-he who dies in defense of his own life is a martyr; he who dies in defense of his faith is a martyr; and he who dies in defense of his family is a martyr.
-The one who speaks to a tyrannical leader and commands and forbids him, then the latter kills him–he is a martyr
-Whoever is killed unjustly is considered a martyr.
ect....

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So, whenever a Muslim dies in one of these ways, you will hear other Muslims call him/her "Martyr" and that is why you hear that in Palestine. Muslims believe that the highest and most honorable death is to die as a Martyr, that doesn't mean we walk around wanting to die or we want to die on a battlefield. To the contrary, like i said earlier even dying in a car accident is considered dying as a martyr. We just believe that the reward of the martyr is superior to any other in the after life, and we consider people who are killed in Palestine of having been killed unjustly, that is why you will hear people call them "Martyrs"

War is ugly, but it showed how beautiful and loving the relationship between Muslims and Christians in Gaza are! Gaza priest Emmanuel Msallam to Muslims: if Israel destroyed your
mosques, our churches are open for you. Respect

I tried these and they worked fine for me

I will use this page to share stories/pictures and messages of Palestinians, the ones I get from friends & people who are in Palestine right now

This photo shows a Gazan Girl collecting her school books from the Rubble of her destroyed house!

Actually, no later than this morning, Israeli warplanes bombed a house of a Palestinian Christian family in Gaza City. 1 reportedly killed.

These are the faces of the victims of the attack on Ghaza in the past 2 weeks. Humanize Palestine attempts to restore the humanity that is often stripped away when Palestinians are reduced to calculative deaths, forgettable names, and burned and mutilated bodies, rather than people who shared loved ones, stories, dreams and aspirations

http://humanizepalestine.com

I would love to see a one state solution work. That would certainly shock the world and change the course of history, it would be beautiful. That day when palestinians and isrealis can live together, in peace, palestinian children going to school without being terrorized and stopped at checkpoints, the dream!!

Sheja'eya in Gaza (Before and After)

This is the letter of a Norwegian Doctor currently in Ghaza
http://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/12920-letter-from-gaza-by-a-norwegian-doctor

extract:

Mr. Obama - do you have a heart?
I invite you - spend one night - just one night - with us in Shifa. Disguised as a cleaner, maybe.
I am convinced, 100%, it would change history.
Nobody with a heart AND power could ever walk away from a night in Shifa without being determined to end the slaughter of the Palestinian people.
But the heartless and merciless have done their calculations and planned another "dahyia" onslaught on Gaza.
The rivers of blood will keep running the coming night. I can hear they have tuned their instruments of death.
Please. Do what you can. This, THIS cannot continue.

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Anonymous wrote:

From one ex to another --

God created blind people too. He loves them and they are allowed to have sex (provided it's not gay sex) but he can't make them see. Until they get to heaven.

God also created depressed people, but he recently gave humans the ability to invent depression medication so that these days, depressed people can lead pretty normal lives if they take their meds -- and if they are not gay.

This is what Catholics and people of some other religions are taught, but I don't believe it.

Curious why you guys are always bashing Catholics but not, for example, Muslims. In some Muslim countries gays are executed. But your most rabid hate is directed against the Catholics. Why?

Why do you always want to bring the Muslims into it? Can a Muslim enjoy a discussion without being called into it? I was just starting to relax, smh

Anonymous wrote:PP
Where does your quotation come from?

It's an islamic reminder

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Anonymous wrote:You might want to listen to what I have to say, because I am trying to explain why Americans are not moved to support your case the way you (or others) keep saying they are in other parts of the world. It's because of what goes into making the American psyche what it is -- namely, being made up of all kinds of people from all parts of the world in a country that is constantly changing as a result of world turmoil. But peace be with you too Spock.

Has it occurred to you that this woman you are talking to could be American? Or that some of the other posters are American?

He has assumed that I was unAmerican and needed to move to a Muslim country a few pages ago . I let him live in this utopia

I don't think anyone has ever denied that there are tunnels in Gaza...I believe that Gazans have a right to tunnel out from under their open air concentration camp. How many times has Hamas come through these tunnels to place indiscriminate IEDs on Israeli roads? to put bombs beneath cars or trucks? to commit home invasions or murders? Who is killing babies as we type, bombing schools, mosques, hospitals? The majority of the 1000+ Palestinians killed are civilians, and they have the guts to put up cartoons of tunnels to convince the world they are in such danger?