Get Israel Out of Gaza, tell Obama - make the call!
I'm writing from London. And support for Israel is ebbing away here. And by that I mean not just support for Israel in this conflict but support for Israel at all.I sincerely believe that if Israel...
View ArticleBreaking: Israel Votes for Unilateral Ceasefire
I'll be brief.Via Haaretz:Prime Minster Ehud Olmert on Saturday night announced that Israel's government has voted in favor of a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, and will halt its fire from 2...
View ArticleIsrael's Calculated Gaza Success?
Whether or not you agree with Israel's invasion of Gaza or not, give them credit for the cold efficiency of their operation. For over a year now, Israel has been planning military action against Hamas,...
View ArticleIsrael breaks unilateral ceasefire- Western media silence. Israeli dies -...
Various Western media sources are buzzing over the latest exchange where an Israeli died on the Gaza border. Yet there were earlier Israel strikes on Palestinians after their "unilteral ceasefire"...
View ArticleThe Christmas Truce of 1914: "Threat to National Security"?
As we celebrate Christmas 2010, 100,000 US troops languish in Afghanistan, and Bradley Manning sits in "maximum custody" in Quantico for the alleged crime of disclosing classified "secrets" about U.S....
View ArticleChicago According to Patricia Watkins
Patricia Watkins wasn't invited to the televised January 17 debate between the candidates for Chicago mayor, but that didn't stop her from declaring herself the winner in a statement released after it...
View ArticleI/P: Some interesting things which are nice to hear or just interesting.
While the battle of words goes on here and in other places, at least one conference nice to hear about has been reported here in Ha'aretz tonight, and here somewhat differently in JP. and a related one...
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I hate guns. Passionately. Intensely. Now and forever.
When we think of Americans at war, we usually associate that with some far away place. We see mental images of Humvees, attack helicopters, desert camouflage, heavy backpacks and polarized...
View ArticleStop the War on Christmas: Cease Fire in Afghanistan
Shouldn't Americans of every faith tradition band together to stop the war on Christmas? Let us call on President Obama to announce that on December 24th and 25th, the United States will observe an...
View ArticleBREAKING: CEASEFIRE! (MAYBE)
Cross Posted at The Progressive ZionistI just saw this on FaceBook from a friend in Modi'in (in Israel) and then got this Headline in Haaretz: Ceasefire to go into effect at MidnightHOWEVER... I am not...
View ArticleIsraeli Government Balks at Ceasefire, Gambles with Lives of Millions...
I kinda expected this, but it's still infuriating (Hebrew, translation and emphasis mine)....the announcement of a ceasefire scheduled to begin last night at midnight was postponed at the last moment....
View ArticleIsrael/Palestine News: Gaza War & Ceasefire, Demos, Kissing For Rabbi
After several days, Israel stops bombing Gaza & agrees to a ceasefire with Hamas.
View ArticleIf Pope Called for Christmas Ceasefire in Afghanistan, Could "Ceasefire!"...
When the Israeli military sharply escalated its attacks on Gaza and threatened a ground invasion in late October, the demand for ceasefire entered mainstream public and media discourse in relation to...
View ArticleNetanyahu's War: What Is It Good For?
Originally published at Huffington Post.The government of Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a new war on Palestinians in Gaza, a war whose purported justifications make George W. Bush's excuses for his...
View ArticleBefore Unleashing Gaza-like Airstrikes on Iraq, Congress Must Vote
In the early hours of Friday morning, Gaza's Ark - the boat preparing to sail from Gaza in defiance of the Israeli blockade on Palestinian exports - was hit by an Israeli missile and caught fire. When...
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TNR: For a moral world to exist, Israel must kill innocent Palestinians
Originally published in Tikkun DailyOn Sunday evening, a four-story house in Gaza was decimated by an Israeli missile. At the moment of impact, 25 people belonging to four families, including 19...
View ArticleIsrael Rejects Kerry Humanitarian Pause Plan UPDATE: IDF may "significantly...
The Israeli government has rejected the proposal from John Kerry for a seven day humanitarian pause to the conflict:Mr Kerry has been pushing for a halt to 18 days of fighting between Israel and...
View ArticleUPDATED: Israel and Hamas agree to 12-hour ceasefire for Saturday
At 16:30 EDT SPIEGEL ONLINE posted an article whose title translates to Gaza conflict: Israel and Hamas agree to a 12-hour ceasefire. This comes a few hours after Netanyahu rejected John Kerry’s...
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Playing Tennis in Gaza
There is a right side and a wrong side in the Gaza conflict. But the fact that I am right and you are wrong, or vice versa, is not going to deliver a durable peace or justice to anyone. And the...
View ArticleBREAKING: UN Security Council unanimously calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
At 00:29 EDT SPIEGEL ONLINE published Krieg in Gaza: Uno-Sicherheitsrat fordert einstimmig sofortige Waffenruhe (War in Gaza: UN Security Council unanimously demands ceasefire). According to the...
View ArticleSecretary of State John Kerry's remarks on the ceasefire announcement in Gaza
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEOffice of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release July 31,...
View ArticleGaza Ceasefire Collapses; What Should We Do Now?
The Gaza ceasefire has collapsed, the New York Timesreports.This is terrible news, obviously, and there is no reason to belabor why, for anyone following the news.However, there are three positive,...
View ArticleWho Broke the Ceasefire?/Netanyahu: US must 'never second-guess me again'
Netanyahu spouts off / JP says only durable solution requires dismantling Gaza and doubts arise about evidence in the 'captured' soldier event.Latest: We are not sending a delegation for talks in...
View ArticleIsraeli Troops out of Gaza by Inauguration
Yeah, the headline says:"Israeli officials: Gaza troops out by inauguration" and I would bet that almost no one is surprised. The bombing starting after Christmas, and the invasion and devastation of...
View ArticleWhere did all the pro-Palestinain People Go?
There were a pleathera of diaries criticizing Israel for the military action against Hamas...You asked Israel to: Unliaterally declare a cease fire (because Israel is stronger than Hamas) - Done Stop...
View ArticleThe power of a cease fire...
... is in your hands and voice! Using yours until a true victory is achieved is the best way we can show the world what kind of values the majority of Americans really hold. I'm certain this is the...
View ArticleJust what is "justice" in Afghanistan?
After being on the Ed Schultz radio show again, I sent this message:
View ArticleCall for cease fire heard in California
Please ask all your elected officials, local, State & Federal, to call for a cease fire before we put one more person in peril. A cease fire would be a carbon free solution. Let's take that to...
View ArticleGive Peace a Chance - honor Lennon & end war
29 years ago, he was taken from us on this day by violence.He used his many resources to try to stop violence.To honor John Lennon, his work and vision to create peace, please take some action today to...
View ArticleYou can't call it "war"
There has not been a declaration of war since WWII; we entered WWIII without a declaration of war by Congress, or consent of voters; all without the funds or taxes to pay for it. And of course no...
View ArticleHelp for Haiti - is to end hate now
Hey Patriots,Will you tell Obama & ALL your Representatives - Federal/State/County/City:Help for Haiti is the United States and United Nations calling for a global cease fire; and sending our...
View ArticleResponse to Cheney hospitalization
The following is my response to an e mail sent to me by one of my favorite City Council members.What is your wish?Will it bring real peace?How can you help manifest it?Here are some...
View ArticleWe need YOU for PEACE today!
Dear Community,Our world needs you to respond to organizing a regional Peace Day event.I very much need your assistance in my personal campaign for peace in our dear Sebastopol, California.Also need...
View ArticleHappy Valentine's Day - let's make peace!
Sending you love, blessings & warm wishes.In peace,ColleenBe Love. Happiness will follow.
View ArticleResponse to Radical Center NYT piece
July 23, 2011 Make Way for the Radical Centerhttp://www.nytimes.com/... By THOMAS L. FRIEDMANDID I mention that I’ve signed a pledge — just like those Republican congressmen who have signed written...
View ArticleDe-fund optional conflicts; no more debt
Will you please ask your all your reps to do the same?BIG THANKS!!!
View ArticleJoin Occupy Santa Rosa For PEACE today!
www.occupysantarosa.orgHooray!!! The movement lives on!Please join us with another March and Rally today.Santa Rosa City Hall, downtown; on to Julliard Park for awhile with music by the Hubbub Club;...
View ArticleTough love needed for Cease Fire Accord now!
http://news.yahoo.com/...Israel's Peres warns attack on Iran getting 'closer'Israeli President Shimon Peres warned on Sunday that an attack on Iran is becoming increasingly likely, days before a report...
View ArticleSoS Hillary Clinton and Egyptian Foreign Minister Announce Cease-Fire Between...
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Egypt is assuming responsibility for this cease fire which will begin at 2:00 p.m. E.T. (90 minutes away) She says now we have to focus on implementation, but...
View ArticleBREAKING: UN requests humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza - Hamas and Israel...
Turkish media are reporting breaking news that the Israeli government has announced that it will agree to a six hour ceasefire after the UN requested one for humanitrarian reasons.When the ceasefire...
View Article24 hour Cease Fire collapses as rockets are fired and the IDF resumes bombing...
The latest 24 hour extension of the cease fire in Gaza collapsed when some rockets were fired from militants in Gaza with Israel responding by resuming bombing.Watch live: Israel strikes Gaza after...
View ArticleVoluntary Moratorium On Negative Comments
Hey all,I just finished posting some really angry comments and I don’t feel good about it. I suggest we all agree to take a three day moratorium on negative comments. For the next three days we only...
View ArticleLet's Have a Cease Fire on Daily Kos *Updated*
I’m calling for a cease fire on Daily Kos. The 2016 Presidential Elections are in the books — it was one that will likely go down in infamy — for numerous reasons. It was the perfect storm of outside...
View ArticleBREAKING: Cease Fire in Syria
Breaking news, so this is short: Pence and Erdogan have apparently negotiated a temporary cease fire, supposedly Turkish forces will halt their advances long enough for the Kurds to “get out of the...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trump Breaks Afghanistan. Again.
WaPo: Trump’s talk of Afghanistan cease-fire appears to surprise the Taliban, Afghan governmentNovember 29, 2019 at 11:57 PM ESTPresident Trump’s confident assertion that the Taliban is ready and even...
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Unilateral Ethiopian Ceasefire in Tigray
The Tigray region of Ethiopia has been a disaster area during nine months of civil war, with all of the problems you would expect. The war is now officiually over, to much rejoicing in the Tigrayan...
View ArticleRussians leaving IEDs that look like toys in Mariupol
As most of you know, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a ceasefire in Mariupol, in southeastern Ukraine—but Russia is accused of blatantly disregarding the ceasefire.What most of you don’t know is that...
View ArticleHOW IT ENDS?
The Ukranians have stood up to Russia valiantly. But even if the Ukraine fights Russia to a draw or is winning, the problem is Vladimir Putin is backed into a corner. He cannot end this war looking...
View ArticleProgress on a possible cease-fire for Russia and Ukraine?
This doesn’t seem to be anywhere, so I’m putting it out there. This is from a (free-to-all) article in the Financial TimesUkraine and Russia have made significant progress on a tentative 15-point peace...
View ArticlePutin Calls for Orthodox Christmas Ceasefire; Ukraine Resists
UPDATE: Friday, Jan 6, 2023 · 1:00:53 AM +00:00·avatarabbiehoffmanApparently, Russian milbloggers are very upset with Putin for this request, and what they fear most is that it presages some sort of...
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