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Memorandum

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MEMORANDUM

ISRAELI MASSACRE IN GAZA

Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Republic of South Africa

We, representatives of various sectors of civil society (including social and religious organizations and labour unions) are gravely concerned about the political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has been imposed on the people of Gaza, which has now been reinforced by the merciless and unceasing bombing, shelling and attacks by Israeli Occupation Forces. Today is the 13th day of the relentless bombardment of Gaza, resulting in the destruction of civilian infrastructure, including mosques, churches, universities and UN Schools, and the massacre of more than 600 people and wounding of more than 3,000. Most of the dead and injured are civilians.
Like President Kgalema Motlanthe, we too are shocked by what he called ‘the sheer savagery’ of the Israeli attacks.

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Holocaust denied

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January 8, 2009 

Holocaust Denied

The lying silence of those who know

by John Pilger

"When the truth is replaced by silence," the Soviet dissident Yevgeny Yevtushenko said, "the silence is a lie." It may appear the silence is broken on Gaza. The cocoons of murdered children, wrapped in green, together with boxes containing their dismembered parents and the cries of grief and rage of everyone in that death camp by the sea, can be viewed on al-Jazeera and YouTube, even glimpsed on the BBC. But Russia’s incorrigible poet was not referring to the ephemeral we call news; he was asking why those who knew the why never spoke it and so denied it. Among the Anglo-American intelligentsia, this is especially striking. It is they who hold the keys to the great storehouses of knowledge: the historiographies and archives that lead us to the why.

 

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Hamas speaks

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Hamas speaks

A Hamas official insists that a ‘legacy of suffering’ under Israel is what fuels Palestinian resistance.

By Mousa Abu Marzook
January 6, 2009

From Damascus — While Americans may believe that the current violence in Gaza began Dec. 27, in fact Palestinians have been dying from bombardments for many weeks. On Nov. 4, when the Israeli-Palestinian truce was still in effect but global attention was turned to the U.S. elections, Israel launched a "preemptive" airstrike on Gaza, alleging intelligence about an imminent operation to capture Israeli soldiers; more assaults took place throughout the month.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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No one has the right to murder

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No one has the right to Murder

Yusuf Abramjee 

 Anger and emotion is running high following the death of hundreds of Palestinians and the injuring of many more. Israel started a series of air strikes on Gaza more than a week ago and a ground invasion got underway at the weekend. This is in response to rocket attacks from Hamas.

 The majority of those killed by Israel are civilians – men, women and children. Locally, anger is also running high and we have seen a number of protest.

 

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