Report From Gaza - Phil Weiss

Report From Gaza - Phil Weiss: "Phil Weiss, a co-founder of the Mondoweiss. In late May and early June, 2009 he joined the Code Pink delegations to Gaza. Their mission was to bring playground equipment to the children of Gaza and to break the Israeli siege and blockade that imprisons 1.5 million Palestinians.. One part of the delegation attempted to enter Gaza from Israel. They were denied entry. The other entered through the Rafah crossing in Egypt. On June 14th 5 members of the delegations reported their experience to a packed auditorium at the Brecht Forum in New York City. Speaking of the Palestinians he met in Gaza, Weiss commented: 'Our knowig their story has given us a great deal of power over here. because we can't change our society on these issues without knowing their experience. Similarly, they will never change their conditons without us being about to change our society.'

Mondoweiss- the war of ideas in the middle east is a news website devoted to covering American foreign policy in the Midedle East, chiefly from a progressive Jewish perspective. It has four principle aims:

1. To publish important developments touching on Israel/Palestine, the American Jewish community and the shifting debate over US foreign policy in a timely fashion;

2. To publish a diversity of voices to promote dialogue on these important issues;

3. To foster the movement for greater fairness and justice for Palestinians in American foreign policy;

4. To offer alternatives to pro-Zionist ideology as a basis for American Jewish identity."



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