Gaza

The bombs keep falling on Gaza right now, and the ground invasion is really taking hold. The mainstream media reports in the UK are shockingly biased, and are not reporting on the true stories of human tragedy unfolding in Gaza itself. These stories reveal the consequences of Israel's Zionist actions.

Hospitals and medics are being targeted! Mosques are being bombed when people are inside praying! These are not signs of military campaign aiming to minimise civilian casualties. Keep up to date with what's really going on in Gaza by following these blogs: ingaza.wordpress.com, talestotell.wordpress.com

My friend Jen is keeping up to date and summarising what's going on in Gaza in her blog. She's also been reporting on what the British people are doing in the streets, holding vigils, and protests. But is this really working?

I was at the Leeds Coalition against the War meeting last night, who were organising people to get to the big London march on Saturday 10th January, and also a smaller demonstration here in Leeds. Thousands, millions have marched around the world in recent days, but Hamas and Israel are firmly saying "no" to a ceasefire. MPs have spoken out, but not enough. They need to go even more public, to pressure the UK Government, to not be soft with Israel with any actions or statements. And where is Obama? He hasn't spoken out on this yet. In my opinion, he is failing his first test. He's not the President of the USA yet, but he's certainly been very vocal about the economic crisis and Guantanamo. Will he lead the USA into another 4 years of arming and faithfully siding with Israel? I would certainly like to see Ehud Barak and Szipi Livni & Co. charged with war crimes.

I'll stop here. I'm ranting now. I'm angry with the situation, the lack of accurate media reportage, the silence of our leaders. But I still stand side by side with our Palestinian friends who are going through dark times right now.