By Stuart Littlewood This morning I’m hearing reports of 20 or more dead and dozens injured after Israeli forces attacked the Free Gaza flotilla in international waters and gunned down unarmed crew and passengers. This is no surprise. Israel had been threatening for weeks to use violence, as is its style, to intercept the peaceful [...]

EMERGENCY ACTION MELBOURNE Tuesday 1 June, 4.30pm SONJA KARKAR EDITOR – Australians for Palestine Please ask our own government  to condemn this attack in the strongest possible terms Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs The Hon Stephen Smith Stephen.Smith.MP@aph.gov.au Tony.Abbott.MP@aph.gov.au‘ Julie.Bishop.MP@aph.gov.au‘ Live coverage: Israel’s flotilla raid FOOTAGEE OF THE ATTACK FROM PRESS TV/ CNN/ ALJAZEERA:

Editors Note:  Adam Shapiro Director of ISM (International Solidarity Movement) and member of www.freegaza.org confirmed 16 killed, with over 60 injured. We will keep updating as we receive news. SEE Latest Press TV VIDEOS. The Associated Press has finally corrected its earlier report, which claimed that only 2 people had been killed. It now reports [...]

By Tomás Rosa Bueno (For mycatbirdseat.com) But where are the tough sanctions of yester-week? Where’s Hillary, the iron-brained lady, for whose sake Barack, I ween, Lost his principles and went all shady?(Apud François Villon’s “Ballade des femmes des temps jadis”) Richard Falk’s article Rebalancing the World gives a fair and balanced view of the far-reaching [...]

By Joe Mowrey Occasionally, there are exchanges in the letters-to-the-editor section of our local newspaper concerning Palestine. The usual sequence of events begins with the publication of a letter either critical of Israel or supportive of the Palestinian people. Then one or more of our local hard-core Zionists weighs in with the usual talking points [...]

By Lauren Booth If you’re hoping to see news about the extraordinary events taking place in the Med sea around Cyprus on either the BBC or Sky this weekend. Forget it. For now. Despite the fact that almost three dozen Brits are amongst the 700 brave souls heading to Gaza on a fleet of ships [...]

A hate crime or bias motivated crime occurs when the perpetrator of the crime intentionally selects the victim because of his or her membership in a certain group. According to The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, 12 in 100,000 Muslims were reported as being the victim of hate crimes. It’s important to note that [...]

May 17th was the day that the Brazilian/Turkish initiative bore fruit in Tehran, with Iran agreeing to a ten-point arrangement designed to defuse the mounting confrontation with the United States and Israel with regard to its enrichment facilities. It may turn out that May 17, 2010 will be remembered as an important milestone on the [...]