Why Were They Killed?Truth and Trauma in Gazaby KATHY KELLYDec 02, 2012Dr. T., a medical doctor, is a Palestinian living in Gaza City. He is still reeling from days of aerial bombardment. When I asked about the children in his community he told me his church would soon be making Christmas preparations to lift the children’s spirits. Looking at his kindly smile and ruddy cheeks, I couldn’t help wondering if he’d be asked to dress up as “Baba Noel,” as Santa Claus. I didn’t dare ask this question aloud. ??“The most recent...
Sunday, 2 December 2012
The Strong and the Sweet
The Strong and the SweetThe UN and Palestineby URI AVNERYDec 02, 2012It was a day of joy.Joy for the Palestinian people.Joy for all those who hope for peace between Israel and the Arab world.And, in a modest way, for me personally.The General Assembly of the United Nations, the highest world forum, has voted overwhelmingly for the recognition of the State of Palestine, though in a limited way.The resolution adopted by the same forum 65 years ago to the day, to partition historical Palestine between a Jewish and an Arab state, has at long last been...
Knocking on the Iron Wall
Knocking on the Iron WallPalestine, the UN and Australian Labor by RICK KUHN Dec 02, 2012 One week Australia’s Labor Party Prime Minister Julia Gillard cheers on Israel’s murderous assault on Gaza, the next the parliamentary Labor Party caucus rolls her over recognition of Palestine by the United Nations General Assembly.In the United Nations, Labor foreign minister Bert Evatt pushed for the partition of Palestine and in 1948 as the President of the General Assembly in 1948 supported the new Israeli state. Ever since Australian governments,...
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