Palestine Think Tank: 3 videos and more

[mary <humdrum2 at libero.it>]

PTT has three videos by Palestinians that all should be seen:
1) Hip hop poet Remi Kanazi performs his latest work on GRIT TV. It ties
in everything: 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, Gaza, the ROR, Israeli
"peace activists", Obama, BDS, Quisling Arab governments... In
two short minutes, it is the manifesto inside our minds that should be
committed to memory. 

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/18/remi-kanazi-israelamerica-a-rambling-poem-video/

2) Haitham al Katib has filmed the night-time IDF raid into a
Palestinian home which took place on the 16th of September. They broke
into the home of one of the protesters in Bil'in, protests against the
hated Apartheid Wall that cuts into Palestine, destroying the lives of
those who live there. These demonstrations are entirely legal, and
generally met with violence against the protesters, even in their death.
In this raid you see exactly what the Israeli soldiers do, how they act
and the aggression and brutality they engage in, in this illegal activity
of bursting into homes and running amok.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/17/idf-brutes-invade-bilin-night-time-raid-injuring-those-present-see-film/

3) Palestinian filmmaker Hany Abu Assad has made a short film for the
series on Human Rights called "A Boy, A Wall and a Donkey". It
is powerful stuff, a must see. 

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/hany-abu-assad-short-film-a-boy-a-wall-and-a-donkey/

In addition, we have two new pieces by Khalid Amayreh, 
Ramadan Asserts Muslim Attachment to Jerusalem
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/17/ramadan-asserts-muslim-attachment-to-jerusalem/

and Normalization with Israel a Stab in the Palestinians' Backs
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/normalization-with-israel-a-stab-in-the-palestinians%e2%80%99-back/

A very interesting letter precisely about normalisation by Saudi
Prince Turki al Faisal which insists that Israel get the order right
before expecting normalisation: first they give back the Land, then talks
can start to resolve all the rest. 
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/land-first-then-peace-letter-by-former-saudi-ambassador-to-the-usa-and-uk/

Kawther Salam has a report about the former IDF commander engaged in
war crimes in her district of Hebron who now is trying to make a career
change. Would you buy coffee from a man who ordered that journalists'
wrists be broken? 
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/13/from-war-criminal-in-israel-to-coffee-salesman/

Shahid Alam has contributed a poem in honour of Arab Honour
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/m-shahid-alam-shoe-jihad-a-satire/

to which, Ben Heine revisits the divine Banksy
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/cartoon-of-the-day-124/

In our Campaigns, two are worth mentioning and involving yourselves
in
The Campaign for freedom of Movement for Palestinians. This campaign is
the first in a series. It is addressing the rights of free movement
between Jordan and the West Bank. Further campaigns will follow which
enlarge the scope of the protest. 

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/14/it-is-our-right-to-travel-with-dignity-petition/

The U.S. Palestinian Community Network (Palestinian Popular
Conference) has asked us to join in on their campaign protesting the
presence of Keith Dayton and the Mercenary Security Squadrons in
Palestine. The USA is investing billions to create a "contras"
force in Palestine, rather than in any kind of economic development.
Having the Palestinians serve as Israel's police in the West Bank is the
goal, and their techniques are no more humane than those of the IDF,
intimidation, raids, beatings, disappearances, arrests, assassinations...
Add your voice to the protest.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/dayton-and-his-mercenaries-out-of-palestine/

Haitham Sabbah presents two items for thought and action:
International Statistics on Child Labour and Forced Labour have just been
released. On the list for Forced Labour one sees for the first time
Jordan in the garment sector. Is it a coincidence that all of a sudden
the dramatic numerical upsurge of garment sweatshops owned by Israelis
have become the predominant aspect of this industry in recent years? Is
Jordan getting the "black shirt" of slave labour when it should
be Israel getting it instead? Read all about it.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/13/haitham-sabbah-jordanian-egyptian-and-lebanese-child-labor-and-zionist-businessmen/

We can't say New Yorkers just don't know anymore.... Haitham's found
the NYT publication of a photo of an aggression by an Israeli man to a
Palestinian woman in Hebron. See the photo and reflect upon his
musings.
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/17/haitham-sabbah-photo-of-the-day/

Yousef Abudayyeh asks Hussein Ibish just what the hell he wants.
While Ibish is busy defending every zionist position, he has the time to
chastise the Palestinians because they haven't bought his book which
gives his recipe for selling the Arab soul peace in the Middle
East. 

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/15/yousef-abudayyeh-ibishs-new-task-defending-the-zionists-right-to-palestine-and-hes-itching-for-a-fight-but-no-one-is-taking-him-up-on-it/

Nima Shirazi talks about the Obama Administration's Education plan,
militarism, and the REAL brainwashers of young minds... it's just about
everyone..... Exciting and well-documented reading from one of our
favourite authors.

http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/13/nima-shirazi-indoctrination-and-education-whos-really-brainwashing-our-children/

Two outstanding articles about the NEW Hasbara handbook by The Israel
Project. 
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/17/stuart-littlewood-how-low-will-israel-stoop-to-win-the-propaganda-war/
and 
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/16/paul-j-balles-the-israel-lobbys-global-propaganda-manual/

Our new feature dedicated to children kicks off: 
http://palestinethinktank.com/2009/09/13/helping-palestinian-children-confront-their-trauma-of-the-occupation/

and as usual, commentary, discussion and much more. 
www.palestinethinktank.com 

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