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For real this time :$

*must not fail finals*

Get your news on Palestine from Gaza Solidarity. And follow these amazing blogs:

• mehreenkasana (South Asian politics, feminism)
• readyokaygo (American politics, Palestine/Israel)
• verbalresistance (Palestine/Israel)
• docshoesoapbox (Iraq war)
• leptiir (information about various conflict zones)
• theyellowcrayon (various Human Rights issues)
• palestinianrefugeerevolution (Palestine activism information)
• thepalestineyoudontknow (Palestinian history and culture)
• israelfacts (documentation of Israeli crimes)
• arielnietzsche (content regarding Palestine/Israel)

And now I’m going to stop because this list is getting long *too lazy to mention everyone* XP But yeah, these guys should keep you more than up to date ;)

Fuck the ICC. Seriously, fuck the UN, fuck the ICC, fuck the World Bank, fuck the IMF, fuck all these ‘omg we’re here for the whole fucking world’ self-proclaimed international organizations that are either utterly useless or just another way for the U.S. and all its fucking buddies to stick their fucking dicks into fucking everything. Fuck you all.

1,400 dead. 300-400 fucking children. But fuck them right. Fuck the kid living in a tent because his house was bombed in 2008 and can’t be rebuilt because Israel’s put him in a fucking open air prison and won’t let the materials needed to put a roof over his head in.

“In a statement, the ICC prosecutor acknowledged that over 130 countries and some UN bodies recognize Palestine as a state.”

Ahahah but fuck them because the ones that count aka the amazing U.S. of A. hasn’t so fuck everybody else.

You know what’s funny. They won’t investigate it because Palestine isn’t a state, when Palestine tries to get accepted as a state, it gets fucking vetoed by the assholes helping prop up their occupiers. Hilarious.

International Law, Universal Human Rights, unless you had the fucking misfortune of being born in the Gaza Strip. Then fuck you, kid. It’s totally your fault that you were born in a place that we don’t want to call a state because one fucking dick on the Western side of the globe likes the dudes who shot your dad dead. Infact they probably helped pay for the gun that did it too. Tough fucking luck.

Don’t mind me, I’m just the idiotic lunatic who gets pissed off at silly things like this. Silly because lol did you really expect Palestinians to be treated like human beings, ha, funny.

grave-wisdom:

In a bold and unprecedented move, representatives of the Lakota Freedom Delegation recently declared the Lakota Nation is formally and unilaterally withdrawing from all agreements and treaties with the government of the United States.

“We are no longer citizens of the United States,” said longtime indigenous rights activist Russell Means at a press conference at Plymouth Congregational Church in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 19. “We offer citizenship to anyone provided they renounce their U.S. citizenship,” said Mr. Means.

The Lakota delegation delivered signed documents to the U.S. State Department informing officials of the decision to formally declare sovereignty from the United States as a result of its genocidal assault on the political, cultural and economic freedom of the Lakota Nation. The geographic area making up what will be called the Republic of Lakota covers portions of northern Nebraska, half of South Dakota, one-quarter of North Dakota, 20 percent of Montana and 20 percent of Wyoming. Mr. Means used the term “apartheid” to describe the dire conditions facing the Lakota Nation.

The life expectancy of Lakota men is less than 44 years; 97 percent of the Lakota people live below the poverty line. The Lakota infant mortality rate is 300 percent higher than the national average. The tuberculosis rate on Lakota reservations is 800 percent higher than the national average; cervical cancer is 500 percent higher than the national average; the rate of diabetes is 800 percent higher than the national average

The unemployment rate on reservations is over 85 percent with the median income between $2,600 to $3,500 per year. One-third of the homes on reservations lack clean water and 40 percent of the homes lack electricity. In addition, alcoholism affects 8 in 10 Lakota families with rates of drug abuse and suicide increasing.

“Should the United States and its subordinate governments choose not to act in good faith concerning the rebirth of our nation, we hereby advise the United States Government that Lakota will begin to administer liens against real estate transactions”

Yes. This is good. Fuck the so-called treaties, they never kept up their end even after years of human rights violations against the indigeous population from whom they stole ‘their country’ to begin with.

I urge you all to read the entire article. (Click title)

This is fading-revolutionary’s response to my post on violence on part of the rebels in Syria

It’s a damn war, what the fuck do you want an army to do? Sit and watch their people suffer without fighting? These are human beings that have been going through hell for four decades. Libya is different, don’t start acting all knowledgeable and compare such things, Libya had a bigger fan base for this, they didn’t have an opposing force that is similar to Bashar’s militia. They were rebels, not an army like the FSA. They were made up of “off the street angry men”, FSA is 99% made up of defected soldiers, with knowledge of combat. This whole “Anti-Shia” is bullshit, the Syrian army and shabeeha is already mainly Shia, why the hell does that make a difference? If the army was made up of Sunnis, the FSA would still attack. Think.

Also, who were the ones attacking churches and known Sunni neighborhoods? Oh yeah, Bashar’s army.

The Syrian army has killed tens of thousands, detained 200,000 and kidnapped and raped a huge amount of women. So hush.

What is a war in which the other side doesn’t fight back? What is a war in which an army throws Iranian made missiles and the other meets them with a word of Freedom?

But it’s okay, I totally understand if you support the notion that a mass murdering army should be met with a freedom driven army that sits and drinks shai, totally.

I think you misunderstood the notion behind that post. I am in no way saying that the FSA is even slightly comparable to Bashar and the atrocities carried out by his army. But the fact of the matter is, that when situations like this arise, there will always be bad people who’ll take advantage of the situation for their own gain. It’s useless pretending that there aren’t human rights abuses committed by “our” side too.

There is no way in hell I’d deny the right of the FSA or infact civillian Syrians with arms the right of self-defense and the right to fight for their freedom- but I do think that we cannot ignore the fact that in these volataile situations misconceptions can be spread (eg. black people who were lynched in Libya mistaken as Gaddafi’s mercenaries) and that hatred can run rampant. I will absolutely oppose the murder of innocents by either side. The reason I posted that Human Rights Watch report was because it documented a few incidents where supposed Bashar supporters were abused. If that becomes an accepted practice then that is quite literally just another form of suppression of political views which happens to be the exact policy of the current regime. The reason people need to know about these is because there are many who start supporting outright murder of anyone and everyone on the other side, and their rhetoric is harmful because it creates a hyped-up atmosphere where such atrocities actually start taking place.

I think that in our rage of (understandable) emotions we forget sometimes that the truth is just as important as exposing the atrocities that are being committed. For example, remember the time we were all losing our heads in February about the 200+ massacre, turns out that those numbers were exaggerated and the toll was closer to 55- which is horrible enough as it is because those were all precious human lives- BUT because of incidents like this pro-Bashar groups actually have more ammunition since they can claim the opposition exaggerates the situation. The situation is bad enough as it is, and for raising awareness properly, we need to focus on the truth, whole as it is without any exaggerations or omissions.

I’m sorry I’m ranting but I have one last point; the idea is that overthrowing Bashar should lead to a better country for the Syrian people is it not? So, taking that into account, we already know Bashar’s an asshole but shouldn’t we focus especially on those who may be committing crimes on the side of the revolution so those elements don’t hinder the revolution or cause trouble post-Bashar? I’m sorry if I’ve ever overstepped my bounds as an outside observer, it’s honestly just food for thought. Still have an immense amount of respect for you and all of the amazing people of Syria.

From Human Rights Watch:

(New York) – Armed opposition elements have carried out serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today in a public letter to the Syrian National Council (SNC) and other leading Syrian opposition groups. Abuses include kidnapping, detention, and torture of security force members, government supporters, and people identified as members of pro-government militias, called shabeeha. Human Rights Watch has also received reports of executions by armed opposition groups of security force members and civilians.

Leaders of Syrian opposition groups should condemn and forbid their members from carrying out abuses, Human Rights Watch said. Some of the statements collected suggest that certain armed attacks by opposition groups were motivated by anti-Shia or anti-Alawite sentiments arising from the association of these communities with government policies.

This happened in Libya, and now it’s happening in Syria, and this is exactly what I was referring to in my post about you idiots who hype up violence against anybody who doesn’t share your goddamned political fucking opinion. These are human beings, and they’re going through hell.

thepalestineyoudontknow:

This Thursday, on World Water Day, a protest called ‘Thirsting for Justice’ will take place in front of the Israeli High Court of Justice, Jerusalem. The demonstration for the Palestinian right to water has been organised by the Society of St. Yves, Catholic Centre for Human Rights who are based in East Jerusalem.

The right to water is a universal human right yet Palestinians suffer from a lack of this vital resource. Denying the Palestinian people proper access to water is just another policy of oppression employed by the Israeli authorities.

While most West Bankers (Palestinians) have access to an average of 73 litres of water per day, Israelis use an average of 300 litres of water per day (Thirsting for Justice). The difference is even starker when comparing the illegal Israeli settlements with West Bank villages. In the Jordan valley, those living in the settlement of R’oi enjoy an average of 431 litres of water per day. Nearby, the Palestinian villagers of Al-Hadidiya have access to just 20 litres of water per day - 20 times less than the R’oi settlers and the UN level for a humanitarian disaster (B’Tselem 2011).

This form of apartheid has a catastrophic effect on agriculture and the Palestinian economy as well as on the daily lives of Palestinians.

The focus of the Thirsting for Justice Protest is on Israel’s increasing use of targeting Palestinian wells and cisterns with demolition orders, for many people who have been cut off from mains water pipes; the water cisterns collect is their only source of non-drinking water. Destroying these cisterns is a human rights violation.

The Society of St Yves writes why the demonstration is so important:

‘Increasingly since 2010, Israel has disproportionately targeted Palestinian cisterns with demolition orders which are illegal by all standards of Human Rights law, Humanitarian law, Israeli and domestic planning laws.

We believe that in the backdrop of World Water Day, March 22, we should bring attention to this very important issue by staging a demonstration in front of the Israeli High Court of Justice.

The High Court, in an unprecedented move, will start large-scale responses to the pending petitions and cases linked to planning laws in the West Bank that have accumulated over the years.

This remains the ideal time for the Society of St. Yves and other organizations to bring attention to not just individual cases but to the collective Israeli policies of destroying cisterns.

We hope to combine our resources in order to argue against the legality of Israel’s unfair military orders and their application.

As local and international organizations pertaining to water prepare for the World Water Forum in Europe, a domestic campaign must complement their actions. The intention of this demonstration will be to sensitize the public, media, and the judges of the High Court of Justice about the issues involving water structure demolitions, particularly cisterns.

We hope that the symbolism related to the date, the setting, and the solidarity between different organizations regularly facing the consequences of demolitions, will have an effect on public opinion and open the way to legal amendments of the planning laws’.

The Society of St. Yves is a human rights association that provides legal assistance for Palestinians. the main issues they focus on are Jerusalem Residency, Child Registration, National Insurance, Freedom of Movement, Land Confiscation, House Demolitions, Family Unification and awareness raising. For more information about the protest or the organisation, contact advocacy@styves.org.il or see http://saintyves.org.il/

To find out more about Palestinian rights to water and sanitation see http://www.thirstingforjustice.org/new/

Ella David for PNN

[Everything in brackets is mine. Btw you should all follow leptiir ASAP because this girl is keeping up with everything, everywhere somehow because she possesses superhuman powers or something but the point is that you’ll learn a lot just by going through her blog on an immense range of issues.]

leptiir:

There are issues in the entire world. Every single issue deserves awareness not just those you think are important. I think it’s quite sad we pay attention to a few countries here and there while ignoring those who people have barely heard about.

[These links will lead you to mutiple posts on her blog about whichever cause -please do go through them over time, it’s an amazing archive that she’s collected]

Chechnya

Kashmir

Yugoslavia / Bosnia & Hercegovina / Kosovo

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Darfur

Sri Lanka / Tamils

Sudan

DRC Congo

Bangladesh

Roma

Nomads

Native Americans

Albino Peoples

Armenian genocide

Afghanistan

Iraq

Iran

Palestine / Israel / Zionism

Syria

Uganda

Somalia

Rio de janerio

Colombia

Georgia

Guantanamo bay

Terrorism

Islamophobia

War

Animal Cruelty

Child soldiers

Genocide

Torture

USA

Prostitution

Injustice

Pain is still pain if you’re a person that’s missin’
We all deserve a life in this Earth that we live in
- Lowkey.

February 25, 2012

The Israeli military is pushing legislation allowing settlers to bypass the state’s convoluted building permit system in the occupied West Bank. The new law would allow settlers to create unpaved roads without a permit. If the law passes, these settlers would be the only Israeli citizens able to build roads in this manner. Currently, only the military is able to build roads without a permit.

Under the proposed legislation, Israeli-only roads in the West Bank will begin to take on a different function. This network of roadways currently exists to speed travel between the settlements and create physical barriers between Palestinian villages. The new law would treat roads as something similar to the caravans in illegal settler outposts - a means of pushing Palestinians off their land. The Civil Administration confirms the land grabbing function of the bill, stating: “the request did not deal with the paving of roads for vehicular traffic to preserve this land.”

Chiam Levinson explains in Haaretz, “as a practical matter it would significantly expand the amount of land around West Bank settlements that is off-limits to Palestinians.”

Currently, the permitting process for settler roads requires both local and national approval.  Individual settlers are limited to building only on approved government “owned” land.  In this system, building in a settlement is carried out under the same “legal” process as building in Tel Aviv.  Under this system of state planning, roads on both sides of the Green Line serve a cohesive “greater Israel.” 

Levinson concludes the new law will give “access to security vehicles from the settlements, in an effort to keep the West Bank’s Arab residents from encroaching on the land.”

In other words, settlers would be given a quick and cheap holding tactic, to confiscate Palestinian land.

Mondoweiss