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Israeli Soldier Shoots American Art Student in Face

US activist loses eye after being shot in face with tear gas canister, she was protesting the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla.

(JERUSALEM ISM) - An American solidarity activist was shot in the face with a tear gas canister during a demonstration in Qalandiya, today.

Emily Henochowicz is currently in Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem undergoing surgery to remove her left eye, following the demonstration that was held in protest to Israel’s murder of at least 10 civilians aboard the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in international waters this morning.

Interfaith Freedom March May be Most Important Ever

To free the terrible bondage of continued conflict.

(JERUSALEM) - You are welcome to participate in The Interfaith Freedom March on Monday, June 7th, 2010.

Muslims, Jews, Christians, Sufis, Kabbalists, Buddhists, Hindus, atheists, etc., and members of all faith communities are welcome.

U.S. Memorial Day Overshadowed by Israel`s Deadly Attacks on Humanitarian Relief Ships

Jordan called Israel's raid a "heinous crime" and Britain's Foreign Secretary, demanded an end to the blockade of Gaza.

(SALEM, Ore.) - I have high regard for the military and for veterans but I refuse to kid myself about what is wrong and what is right in the world. Some people see military strength as the answer to resolving international problems, but it goes against every religions teaching in the book.

Israel's attack on unarmed aid ships trying to reach the sick, starving, struggling and tired people of Gaza, will always be remembered as a turning point in the world's history.

Remembering Rachel Corrie

It is fitting to remember Rachel's fight to end injustice as the world contemplates Israel's latest outrage.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - The MV Rachel Corrie is one of the ships in the international aid Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was attacked by Israeli naval forces on

May 31, 2010. Remember Rachel Corrie, the 22-year old peace activist from Washington State, who attempted to stop a bulldozer operated by the Israeli military from demolishing homes and other buildings in Gaza. Rachel was struck and killed. Some witnesses claimed she was struck deliberately, but an Israeli inquiry found her death to be an accident.

What if Iran Had Carried out the Gaza Carnage?

Would my country have been treated the same way as Israel?

(TEHRAN) - It's not unjustifiable to consider Israel as the absolute incarnation of fraudulence, relentlessness and brutality.

Since its establishment, the Zionist regime has carried out actions which contravene the international regulations and cancel out the human rights in a way or another. Only a brief look into the account of Israel's bloody interaction with the Palestinian people over the past years shows us that this fabricated regime does not deserve "the right of existence", as the U.S. and European officials put it periodically.

Time to Redefine U.S.-Israel Foreign Policy

President Obama recognizes that the U.S. must make real progress on Israeli-Palestinian peace in order to regain credibility in the Middle East.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Isn't it time for a long overdue debate of our current Israeli foreign policy? The fallout from Israel’s 2006 war with Lebanon; its 2009 invasion of the Gaza strip; its erecting a wall or fence, which cuts deep into Palestinian territory, joining large Jewish settlement blocks to Israel; and its establishment of new settlements (called outposts), demolishing homes and uprooting plantations in the process.

And now Israel's predawn attack against the international aid convoy Gaza Freedom Flotilla, in which 20 activists on the board were killed and more than 30 wounded.

American Uprising?

If the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico doesn’t wake up the American people, then nothing will.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - At mid-morning on a Saturday, November 1, 1755, an estimated magnitude 9 earthquake destroyed Lisbon, Portugal.

There were between 10,000 and 100,000 people killed. The quake, subsequent fires and tsunami (the epicentre was 120 miles WSW of Cape St. Vincent) killed indiscriminately—young and old, rich and poor, men, women and children—no matter their station in life.

GAZA Flotilla Massacre

While the Palestinian cause was only the cause celebré of Europeans with conscience, it was containable. Now, when it has become the concern of the local region, the countdown for the freak Zionist mini-Empire has begun.

(JAFFA, Israel) - Terrible news: dozens of our friends and comrades are dead and wounded in the pirate attack in the high seas on humanitarian aid boats by crazed Israeli Jews. This is a dreadful crime that will forever be remembered.

Massive Protests Planned Over Israel`s Pirate Massacre in International Waters

Israeli criminal navy attacks humanitarian ships after saying they would not.

(JERUSALEM) - Reports are circulating of 10-16 humanitarian activists killed and 50-60 injured.

The Israeli army had tried to make the media maneuver of saying they would arrest and take the boats when they enter Gaza coastal waters and tow the boats to port in Asdod (renamed Ashdod after the occupation of 1948) and had prepared tens to house the arrestees at that southern port.

A Western Perspective on Islam

Understanding the connections between modern philosophy and the Qur’an, as well as recognition of the true meaning of Islam, are essential to understanding the modern world.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - As a westerner, raised in the Christian religion, I have only an external view of Islam. My perspective on Islam is only a personal interpretation, influenced by literary research, and not a religious or spiritual belief based on participation in a religious community.

It is important to make clear here that I am not ascribing anything to Islam, or making any claim whatsoever as to what Muslims believe.