Thursday, May 13, 2010
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Amnesty steps up action against Israel - 'Amnesty International's UK branch is continuing to highlight Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with an exhibition planned in London for next month directed against its security barrier. "Against the Wall" features art and graffiti on the wall in the West Bank "which cuts through Palestinian communities with devastating effect", according to the publicity. The event follows a meeting last night on Israeli policy in East Jerusalem entitled "Capital Murder: Inside the Israeli authorities' regime of discrimination and control in Occupied East Jerusalem". Journalist Ben White, author of "Israeli Apartheid: A Beginners Guide", described what was happening in the city as "a microcosm of Israeli apartheid"...'
