Mideast Just Peace

March Is Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Action Month

Join activists for Justice around the world - take action supporting BDS campaigns this month!  Support Divestment at Hampshire College, participate in Israeli Apartheid Week March 1st-8th, celebrate Rachel Corrie’s life & work on March 16th, and join us in observing Global BDS Action Day on March 30th.
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Video Example of a wonderful boycott action in France (don’t worry if you don’t understand French, you will know what is going on)
http://www.europalestine.com/spip.php?article3908

This Series on the health status of 3·8 million people living in the occupied Palestinian territory details one of the most important flashpoints not only in Middle East politics, but for global security. The Lancet report examines aspects of the Palestinian health predicament: health services; maternal and child health; cardiovascular diseases; diabetes and cancer; health and human security; and the future of the healthcare system. The report has been written by a team of health scientists in the occupied Palestinian territory, together with international colleagues from WHO, associated UN agencies, and academic institutions in the USA, UK, Norway, and France.   Here
http://www.thelancet.com/series/health-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory

No Discrimination Against Palestinian Refugees in Gaza

On March 6, 2009, Senator Kyl (R-WI) introduced an amendment to the Omnibus bill that would deny Palestinian refugees from Gaza resettlement protection. The US is not likely to resettle this population in 2009, and therefore, the amendment is not only discriminatory but also unnecessary. The Kyl amendment seeks to discriminate against an entire group based on nationality alone. Tell your Senator that this discriminatory amendment must be defeated..

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BOYCOTT & DIVESTMENT UPDATE FROM THE U.S. CAMPAIGN TO END THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION www.endtheoccupation.org

* March is Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Month

Learn about opportunities for action on boycott, divestment, and sanctions this month, including supporting Hampshire College divestment, Israeli Apartheid Week, Rachel Corrie Day, and the Global BDS Day of Action, by clicking here.

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt

For the past several decades, and especially since the Six-Day War in 1967, the centrepiece of US Middle Eastern policy has been its relationship with Israel. The combination of unwavering support for Israel and the related effort to spread ‘democracy’ throughout the region has inflamed Arab and Islamic opinion and jeopardised not only US security but that of much of the rest of the world. This situation has no equal in American political history. Why has the US been willing to set aside its own security and that of many of its allies in order to advance the interests of another state? One might assume that the bond between the two countries was based on shared strategic interests or compelling moral imperatives, but neither explanation can account for the remarkable level of material and diplomatic support that the US provides.

http://www.lrb.co.uk/v28/n06/mear01_.html