May and June 2009 Delegations to Gaza and Occupied Territories of Palestine "Overcoming the Horror" Click here to read a beautiful piece by Alice Walker. It starts out with devastating stories about the Congo and then, on page 4, goes into astounding reflections on her Gaza trip with CODEPINK "You can call it a slaughter" Click here to read transcript of Dr. Norman Finkelstein's talk in Al-Arish, May 29, 2009 (you can listen to the talk here!) Photos and You Tube GAZA DELEGATION Cathy Gulkin's documentary of our Canadian CodePink Delegation to Gaza: Part 1 Rafah Gate  |  Part 2 36 Hours in Gaza Video of Protest of Israel Beach day in Central Park, Stop AHAVA Dead Sea Products Campaign, June 21, 2009 Abdul Aziz’s photo blog of Gaza Photo of Ibi on bus entering Gaza Building playground in beach camp-Oruba Rabie Interview with two Palestinians who are in need of prosthetic limbs –Oruba Rabie Oruba Rabie’s You Tube on Codepink in Gaza OCCUPIED TERRITORIES- PALESTINE DELEGATION Codepink Flickr Site – Palestine-Israel delegation Photos of Codepink Delegation in Israel and occupied territories Video of coordinated Gaza and Israel Erez border protest, June 9, 2009 Photos by Jesse Boylan in Gaza of the coordinated Gaza and Israel Erez border protest, June 9, 2009 Photos by Todd Prisky in Israel of the coordinated Gaza and Israel Erez border protest, June 9, 2009 Codepink and Coalition of women for Peace action at the Israeli Erez border protest, June 7, 2009 Todd Prisky’s photos at Israeli Erez border protest, June 7, 2009 Codepink Goes to Weekly Bilin, Israel Demonstration Codepink Goes to Ahava headquarters Photo of delegation member Jose Rodriguez as the Grim Reaper at the Erez border crossing http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/middle_east_enl_1244571582/html/1.stm June 9, 2009 Codepink demonstration against Ahava products at Hilton Hotel, Tel Aviv Jase Tanner’s videos Articles GAZA DELEGATION Anna Brown "Clowning Around in Israel," Common Dreams, June 13, 2009 Anna Brown "Broken Hearts and Bodies in Bil'in,” Waging Nonviolence blog site www.wagingnonviolence.org, June 16, 2009, (with YouTube video of Tighe at the Bil'in action!) Rich Moniac, “Humanity in the Eyes of a Militant,” June 21, 2009 Philip Weiss, “The Contraband Culture Created by the Gazan Tunnels,” Mondoweiss, June 14, 2009 Diane Shammis, “On the Beach They Smoke the Hubble Bubble and Yearn for a Connection with the World,” Mondoweiss, June 17, 2009 Emily Ratner, “Dreams of Flight in Gaza,” June 10, 2009 Emily Ratner, “I’ll Fly Away,” June 15, 2009 Laura Durkay, “The Ruins of Gaza,” Socialist Worker, June 22, 2009 CODEPINK Crashes Tel Aviv Beach Party in Central Park-Stop AHAVA Dead Sea Products Campaign, June 12, 2009 “Absurdity is the Norm in the Gaza Strip,” Stephanie Westbrook, OPED News, June 10, 2009 “Where Democracy Becomes a Prison,” Rich Moniac, Juneau Empire, June 10, 2009 Pam Rasmussen’s “Everyday life in Gaza-Reflections While Being Detained,” June 6, 2009 Jordan Flaherty, “Resistance in Gaza: Young Palestinians Find Their Voices Through Hip Hop,” Dissident Voice, June 6, 2009 Marryam Haleem, “The children of Gaza Will Show You,” Dissident Voice, June 5, 2009 Jordan Flaherty, “Life in Gaza,” Counterpunch, June 4, 2009 Medea Benjamin, “Obama Should Visit Gaza,”, Commondreams, June 3, 2009 Roane Carey, “The Rape of Gaza,” June 2, 2009 Rich Moniac, “Our Responsibility in Never Again,” May 24, 2009 Sandra Ruch, “On the Road to Gaza, Day Two,” May 21, 2009 Sandra Ruch, “New delegation from Canada to Gaza: Focus is on dire medical situation, plight of children,” May 20, 2009 OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF PALESTINE DELEGATION AHAVA Dead Sea Salt cosmetic star Kristin Davis snubs CODEPINK Campaign Against Ahava, June 11, 2009 “MasterCard and the Extremist Settles of Silwan,” Eileen Fleming, June 13, 2009 “CODEPINK Gets Gassed in Bilin,” Eileen Fleming, June 12, 2009 “Winning the War of Legitimacy-House Demolitions,” Eileen Fleming, Arabisto, June 10, 2009 Sasha Bollag, “Delegation to Gaza through Israel,” June 10, 2009 Todd Prisky, “Help Us Help Gaza,” June 8, 2009 Eileen Fleming, “An Evening in Sderot,” June 8, 2009 Eileen Fleming, “ Israel’s Future Leaders,” Arabisto, June 8, 2009 (about the 12th Graders of Conscience Refusing to serve in the Israeli military-the Shministi) Eileen Fleming, “Its all about the Children,” June 7, 2009 Anna Brown, “Grief and Solidarity on the Road to Gaza,” Commondreams, June 8, 2009 Blogs GAZA DELEGATION Eileen Fleming’s blog, www.wearewideawake.org Codepink’s Delegations for the Children of Gaza Codepink’s blog ‘Pink Tank” Phil Weiss’s blog “Mondoweiss” Pam Rasmussen’s Blog “Life is a Journey” Marryam Haleem’s blog “Muddled Thoughts” Ibrahim Keller’s blog “Notes of a Non-Combatant” Laura Durkay’s Blog “Laura on the Left Coast” Sandra Ruch’s blogspot (Canadian May 2009 delegation) “Miriam’s Well” Felice Gelman’s blog (New York May 2009 delegation) “Gaza Views” Ali Glensek’s blog (American University in Cairo Student May 2009 delegation) “Ali in the World” Jesse Boylan, Emma King, Danya Bryx’s Gaza Blogspot “Glimpses of Gaza” Doug Tickner’s blog “Gaza Saga” Blog for Delegation Camping at the Rafah border Website for the July 4 US ‘Viva Palestina’ convoy to Gaza OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF PALESTINE DELEGATION Codepink’s Delegations for the Children of Gaza Codepink’s blog ‘Pink Tank” Pam Rasmussen’s Blog “Life is a Journey” Ashley Annis’ Blogspot Felicia Parazaider’s Blog Todd Prisky’s Blog Rick Congress’ Blog Coalition of Women for Peace Newspaper Articles Eileen Fleming, “Security and Loose Canons,” Palestine Telegraph, June 21, 2009 “Palestinians, Israelis rally against siege on Gaza,” Xinhua, June 9, 2009 http://it.peacereporter.net/articolo/16128/ “Netanyahu plans major policy speech next week,” AP, June 8, 2009 http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12539223 (with photo) Pat Chaffee was interviewed by the Racine Journal Times, Racine, Wisconsin, Jun, 2009 “Area Jews and Muslims Find Hope in Obama’s Message,” Charlotte Observer, June 5, 2009 (quotes delegate on Israel trip Sascha Bollag) “Activists Barred from Gaza,” Toronto Star, Canada, May 26, 2009 “Hope for Gaza: Send in the Clowns,” The Palestine Telegraph, May 23, 2009 “CodePink to deliver playground equipment to Gaza children,” Oakland Tribune, May 20, 2009 “Sebastopol Activist Heads for Gaza (Barbara Briggs-Letson),” Press Democrat, May 18, 2009 “2 Kapa‘a women plan to help children in Gaza (Carla Daniels and Jessica Perry),” The Garden Island, May 10, 2009 Television, Radio & General Interviews June 29, 2009 Athena Viscusi will speak at Columbia Heights/Shaw Family Support Collaborative, 1420 Columbia Road NW, 4th floor, Washington, DC 20009 June 28, 2009, Patch Adams, Medea Benjamin and Gael Murphy give a “Gaza Playground Delegation Report Back,” 6-8pm, Busboys & Poets, 5th & K, Washington, DC June 23, 2009 Eileen Fleming has meeting with Florida Senator Mel Martinez’ staff in Florida Carolyn Coe’s conversations during her trip to Gaza with CodePink, WERU, Weekend Voices, Blue Hill Community Radio, Maine, June 20, 2009 Segment 1: Conversation with Um Khaled, who describes her experience living with the Israeli blockade, her hopes for her sons, and the contrast between life in Gaza and other places where she has lived. Segment 2: A woman’s story of living through the Israeli attacks during the “last war” and a call for the borders to open, with Nisreen Hisham AlBorno, Director of the National Center for Community Rehabilitation and John Ging, Director of UNRWA’s operations in Gaza. http://archives.weru.org/voices/weekend-voices-62009 Jeannie Toth, radio interview on WMNF, Tampa, Florida, June 16, 2009 Sandra Ruch, CIUT 89.5 AM, Toronto, Ontario, June 1, 2009 Sandra Ruch, WTOR 770 AM, Toronto, Ontario, June 4, 2009 Students for Gaza with Minister of Health, Press TV May 29 , 2009 Audio of Dr. Norman Finkelstein’s talk to Gaza group at the group dinner at al Arish, Egypt May 29, 2009, Transcript of Dr. Norman Finkelstein’s talk to Gaza group at the group dinner at al Arish, Egypt Rose Davis, WSMV-TV TV, Channel 10, Nashville, Tennessee, www.WSMV.com. , May 25, 2009 Ann Wright, internet streaming www.justgeorgemaurer.com , May 22, 2009 Jeannie Toth, WMNF, Tampa, Florida, May 21, 2009 Ann Wright, KTOO radio-Juneau, Alaska, May 11, 2009 Ann Wright, KRBD radio, Ketchikan, Alaska, May 11, 2009 Ann Wright, KCAW radio-Sitka, Alaska, May 7, 2009 Medea Benjamin, many, many radio interviews on the action at AIPAC, May 4-8, 2009 Twitter Students for Gaza: http://twitter.com/studentsforgaza Pam Rasmussen : PamAR on Twitter WEBSITES OF GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS WE VISITED GAZA DELEGATION | OCCUPIED TERRITORIES PALESTINE DELEGATION Coalition of Women for Peace POPULAR COMMITTEE IN BILIN Iyad Burnat- Head of Popular Commitee in Bilin co-founder of Friends of Freedom and Justice - Bilin Email- bel3in@yahoo.com Mobile- (00972) (0) 547847942 Office- (00972) (2) 2489129 Mobile- (00972) (0) 598403676 www.bilin-ffj.org CONGRESSIONAL CONTACTS GAZA DELEGATION | OCCUPIED TERRITORIES DELEGATION Sascha Bollag – June 11, 2009, Contacted North Carolina Congressman Larry Kissell about Israeli government’s decision to refuse entry into Gaza by our delegation MORE TRIPS/ACTIONS FOR GAZA International Movement to Open Rafah Border (Camping at the Rafah Border Now) Free Gaza Movement (Boats from Cyprus to Gaza to break the naval blockade) Viva Palestina (convoys from the UK to break the blockade) Viva Palestina-US (Vietnam Vet Ron Kovic and UK Parliamentarian George Galloway trip leaders (trip July 4-17 from the United States)