Gaza: Symbol of Resistance

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780895671745
• ISBN10: 0895671743
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2011-04-04
• Publisher: World View Forum Pub

Summary

Giving a voice to those often denied such in the media, this collection of essays and articles covers events in Gaza from the 2005 electoral victory of Hamas, through the siege and Israeli bombing, to the 2010 Israeli commando attack on ships bringing humanitarian aid. The stories told here describe how the Palestinian people of Gaza have withstood siege and war and how their resistance has inspired a worldwide grassroots movement to break the blockade and deliver aid. Contributors include members of the Palestinian community, Israeli soldiers who disagreed with the Gaza war, political activists, and many others. The book also analyzes U.S. corporate and government interests in the Middle East overall and Israel in particular.

Author Biography

Joyce Chediac writes on Middle Eastern affairs and is a contributor to the Workers World newspaper. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Editor's Introduction	p. vii
Foreword	p. 1
Hamas sweeps the 2006 Palestinian elections	p. 7
Palestinian vote jolts the imperialists	p. 8
Let's you and him fight: U.S., European governments try to increase Fatah-Hamas tensions (Editorial)	p. 11
Facts on the ground: Israel attacked the Palestinian Authority and people long before Hamas won the elections	p. 13
'Democratic' Israel tries to wipe out elected Palestinians	p. 15
Hamas assumes control of Gaza	p. 19
Chronology: How the U.S. plotted for 18 months to overthrow the unity government and remove Hamas	p. 20
National resistance confronts imperialism in Palestine-Not a ôpower struggle between factionsö	p. 23
New Palestinian premier has U.S. 'blessing'	p. 26
Hamas: 'We were forced to do it'	p. 27
Israel turns Gaza into a new Warsaw Ghetto	p. 29
U.S.-backed siege tries to break people's spirit through starvation	p. 29
Conditions grow desperate as food, fuel, medicine, water are denied	p. 31
Gazans stage biggest jailbreak ever: Palestinians lift siege by blowing up Egypt border	p. 36
Israel begins land, sea and air assault on trapped population	p. 41
U.S. paved the way for Israel's attack	p. 42
Hamas political leader: 'This brutality will never break our will'	p. 48
Israel withdraws and Gaza lives on, bloodied but unbowed	p. 51
The people have won the most uneven of battles	p. 51
Hamas calls war 'decisive loss for Israel'	p. 57
Tunnels of Gaza: Lifeline and symbol of resistance	p. 59
A movement grows in solidarity with Gaza	p. 63
People worldwide protest U.S.-Israeli massacre	p. 64
Outraged demonstrations in every major U.S. city	p. 66
Ramsey Clark petition against bombing and siege draws strong response	p. 68
Support for Gaza is not charity Workers World Party statement	p. 70
Jews in solidarity with Palestine	p. 72
Martin Luther King Day turns toward Palestine	p. 74
African Americans and Palestine solidarity	p. 76
Beirut Forum: Secular and Muslim groups stand together for Palestine	p. 81
'Palestine stands for global resistance' Excerpts from a talk	p. 84
U.N. and human rights reports and Israeli soldiers' testimony expose war crimes	p. 87
Israeli soldiers: 'Military command set tone for atrocities'	p. 88
Soldiers call war crimes an Israeli 'policy' and demand 'accountability'	p. 90
Operation Cast Lead and the distortion of international law Excerpts from Al-Haq report	p. 92
Goldstone Report: U.N. probe documenting war crimes is scathing indictment of Israeli policy Excerpts from report's Executive Summary	p. 96
The people break the siege	p. 103
We made it! Viva Palestina convoy delivers aid from U.S. people to Gaza	p. 104
Eyewitness Gaza: 'We saw courage and destruction'	p. 108
Seeing Israel's prisons through Palestinian eyes	p. 113
Report to Black community: ôPalestinian children also ask 'Why do they hate us?'ö	p. 117
Egypt enforces Israeli blockade	p. 119
2,000 Egypt police attack and beat volunteers in third Viva Palestina convoy	p. 119
Why Arab reactionary regimes like Egypt do imperialism's bidding	p. 124
Piracy at sea: Gaza Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israel	p. 129
Nine killed as 'Troops started firing before they even touched down'	p. 129
Gaza Freedom Flotilla-the new Freedom Riders	p. 133
South African trade unions call for boycott of Israeli apartheid	p. 138
San Francisco dockworkers honor picket, won't unload Israeli ship	p. 141
U.N. report: Flotilla activists 'killed execution style'	p. 143
Military-industrial-media complex 'rewrites' Gaza war	p. 145
$1,300 a second in profits trumps the truth about Palestine	p. 145
From the people's media: Who was Furkan Dogan? Blog of Ralph Loeffler	p. 158
Moving Forward	p. 161
A message from the Palestinian people: 'We must free all of Palestine' Excerpts from a talk	p. 162
'Support a campaign addressing all forms of Palestinian oppression' Statement	p. 164
Israelis need liberation from the crimes of their government	p. 167
Palestine, Israel and the U.S in a global perspective Excerpts from a talk	p. 169
Contributing writers	p. 173
Acknowledgements	p. 179
Index	p. 181
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