Interesting article, history is still changing the conflict

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_ARCHAEOLOGICAL_MYSTERY?SITE=NEYOR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The West Bank Story, the movie I brought up in class about falafel, is not on instant streaming on netflix...so here is the link to it on google video:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8860670051621711477

i dont know how to feel...

These two links to the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity Movement website informed me of what is currently going on in Jerusalem. I am saddened and discouraged by the news. I wonder how the people fighting for peace are still willingly to go out and protest this Friday. I believe it is very brave of them. It is very hard for me to fully conceptualize this situation fully. I am hoping that meeting Eitan Grossman tomorrow will give me a better understanding of how the people involved are feeling at this point and what they hope the outcome of Friday will be.

http://www.en.justjlm.org/617

http://www.en.justjlm.org/631

listen here :)

http://heartbeatmusic.bandcamp.com/

Thank you to Mariam Said

Thank You Professor Herrmann!

The following article, "Genuine solidarity vs. stale promises" was written by Eitan Grossman in July of this year. Grossman is the Isreali Sheikh Solidarity Movement organizer. The follwing statement by Grossman contains an important criteral of the negotations for peace and futher explanations is given in the following article. Enjoy!

"Solidarity is not making a theoretical argument for a two-state solution or for a unilateral declaration of independence. Rather, the struggle is for the recognition and support of the basic right of Palestinians to national self-determination, out of recognition that political independence is not the goal of negotiations, but rather a prerequisite for it. As Nelson Mandela put it, only a free man can negotiate: only when Palestinians and Israelis are free from the occupation will they be able to begin negotiating for peace."
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=229265