Al Jazeera have taken an innovative and unprecedented step in allowing their footage to be used under the Creative Commons Licensing for people to blog, put on websites and distrubute in whatever way they choose (non-profit). The repository can be accessed here: http://cc.aljazeera.net.
The Rt. Hon. Gerald Kaufman MP likened Israeli actions against the Gazans to the Nazi treatment of the Jews during World War II. He said: “My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town .. a German soldier shot her dead in her bed. “My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza.” “The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploit the continuing guilt from gentiles over the…
The Peace Cycle have sponsored a petition to get the EU to Suspend EU-Israel Association Agreement. The EU is Israel’s biggest importer of goods, and its second biggest exporter. In 2006 the total traded between the EU and Israel amounted to 23.5 BILLION Euros. The EU-Israel Association Agreement forms the legal basis for this relationship which gives Israel preferential trade terms with EU countries. Article 2 of the Agreement states that these relations shall be based on respect for human…