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There Was a Palestine by Dick Bennett

'Indiscriminate' Killing in Gaza WasTop-Down War Plan, say Israeli Veterans

RESISTANCE

POPE FRANCIS

Today Pope Francis visited the israeli apartheid wall built thru occupied territory.

The Pope at the Wall By Mazin Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem

[Qumsiyeh, formerly a university professor in the US, now works in Bethlehem.  He visited Fayetteville while he still resided in the US.   –D]

The children of Al-Rowwad from Aida Refugee Camp delivered a message to Pope Francis when he stopped to pray at the apartheid and annexation wall. They emphasized prisoners plight and the right to return home. This impromptu

stop was in my opinion the most memorable part of the Pontiff's visit to

Bethlehem. The Pope recognized "The State of Palestine" (Google just did it

too!) and also met with refugee children at Dheisheh and shared food with

some family members who each had a story to tell him about horrific

suffering under Israel's colonial occupation. Christians and Muslims here

were all genuinely touched by the visit of this more humble Pope and his

gestures of understanding and solidarity. But most said they wished he

would use his influence more to pressure the Zionist regime. The Western

Zionist dominated media tried to hide things including the Pope's gestures

of solidarity with us but social media was prominent and the story could

not be ignored.

See pictures here

www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.662587883813204.1073741947.409078369164158&type=1

[HumanRights] The Pope at the Wall

Pope: Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare    http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-peacemaking-calls-for-courage-much-more-so-th 

James R. Bennett

Stephen Zunes [Zunes@usfca.edu]

 Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:45 PM

You replied on 6/9/2014 10:45 AM.

Excerpt from The Battle for Justice in Palestine

ast Wednesday in Jerusalem, a three-month-old American baby was killed, and eight other people injured, when a car plowed into a crowded sidewalk; the driver, a 20-year-old Palestinian named Abed a-Rahman a-Shaludi, was killed by police when he tried to flee the scene. The family of the driver insisted it was an accident, but Israeli officials immediately called it a “terrorist act.” Some Israelis speculated that it was in retaliation for the killing in the West Bank of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl days earlier by an Israeli settler who ran his car into her (and another Palestinian girl, seriously injured) and then fled the scene (Palestinian officials denounced that incident as “terrorism”).