Is Peace Out of Reach?

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Major Gaza Demonstration Planned

Tomorrow, tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza will make a courageous stand and tell the international community that they have had enough of this illegal siege of Gaza. Thousands of men, women, and children will form a "human chain" across the entire Gaza Strip in protest of the current policies of the apartheid state against the improverished strip.

Articles on the demonstration:
BBC News
Aljazeera English

Gush Shalom Warning:

“When Qassam missiles are shot, the Government of Israel is quick to accuse the Palestinians of violent terrorism. But now, also the possibility of mass non-violent protest is presented as a threat justifying the brute force. There have been many cases when the army faced rampaging settlers, who resorted to the worst of violent behaviour – and not a single drop of blood was ever shed. The light finger on the trigger is reserved only for Arab demonstrators – but tomorrow, the whole world will be minutely watching the behaviour of the State of Israel and its armed forces. Your acts tomorrow might cause many to feel ashamed of being Israeli, and lose Israel a large part of the few international friends it still has”.

Collective Punishment

Reality of Occupation

A typical day at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem

West Bank settlements 'expanding'

Peace Now published a report stating that the apartheid state is still active in expanding it's illegal settlements. "Israel" openly makes promises to seize construction, but behind the scenes continues.

"Israel" does not want peace, it wants all of Palestine.

Construction is continuing in dozens of Jewish settlements in the West Bank despite Israel's pledge to freeze their expansion, an campaign group has said.

Peace Now says Jewish population growth is three times higher in the area occupied in 1967 than in Israel itself.

Israeli settlements in the occupied territories are deemed illegal under international law.

Israel had pledged to stop their construction as part of internationally-backed peace efforts.

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Ethnic Cleansing in Hebron

Palestinian Olive Farmers Face Threat of Attack

Palestinian Child Prisoners

It is illegal under international law to hold child prisoners.

This from "the only democracy in the middle east"