Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction……………………………………………………………. vii
Foreword by Ramsey Clark……………………………………………….. 1
I Hamas sweeps the 2006 Palestinian elections…………………. 7
Palestinian vote jolts the imperialists by Michael Kramer……….. 8
Let’s you and him fight: U.S., European governments try
to increase Fatah-Hamas tensions (Editorial)….……………11
Facts on the Ground: Israel attacked the Palestinian Authority
and people long before Hamas won the elections
by Joyce Chediac…………………………………………………………. 13
‘Democratic’ Israel tries to wipe out elected Palestinians
by Deirdre Griswold…………………………………………………….. 15
II Hamas assumes control of Gaza………………………………….. 19
Chronology: How the U.S. plotted for 18 months to overthrow
the unity government and remove Hamas by Joyce Chediac…. 20
National resistance confronts imperialism in Palestine—
Not a “power struggle between rival factions”
by Joyce Chediac…………………………………………………………. 23
New Palestinian premier has U.S. ‘blessing’ by Joyce Chediac 26
Hamas: ‘We were forced to do it’……………………………………. 27
III Israel turns Gaza into a Warsaw Ghetto……………………….. 29
U.S.-backed siege tries to break people’s spirit through starvation by Sara Flounders 29
Conditions grow desperate, as food, fuel, medicine, water
are denied (Editorial)……………………………………………………. 31
Gazans stage biggest jailbreak ever: Palestinians lift siege
by blowing up Egypt border by Joyce Chediac………………….. 36
IV Israel begins land, sea and air assault on trapped population……….. 41
U.S. paved the way for Israel’s attack by Deirdre Griswold… 42
Hamas political leader: ‘This brutality will never break our will’. 48
V Israel withdraws and Gaza lives on, bloodied but unbowed 51
The people have won the most uneven of battles
by Deirdre Griswold…………………………………………………….. 51
Hamas calls war: ‘Decisive loss for Israel’………………………….. 57
Tunnels of Gaza: Lifeline and symbol of resistance
by Sara Flounders……………………………………………………….. 59
VI A movement grows in solidarity with Gaza……………………. 63
People worldwide protest U.S.-Israeli massacre
by John Catalinotto……………………………………………………… 64
Outraged demonstrations in every major U.S. city
by Cheryl LaBash………………………………………………………… 66
Ramsey Clark petition against bombing and siege
draws strong response……………………………………………………. 68
Support for Gaza is not charity Workers World Party statement……….. 70
Jews in solidarity with Palestine by Shelley Ettinger……………. 72
Martin Luther King Day turns toward Palestine by Betsy Piette 74
African Americans and Palestine solidarity
by Abayomi Azikiwe…………………………………………………….. 76
Beirut Forum: Secular and Muslim groups stand together
for Palestine by Bill Doares…………………………………………….. 81
‘Palestine stands for global resistance’
excerpts from a talk by Sara Flounders………………………….. 84
VII U.N. and human rights reports and Israeli soldiers’ testimony expose war crimes 87
Israeli soldiers: ‘Military command set tone for atrocities’
by Michael Kramer………………………………………………………. 88
Soldiers call war crimes an Israeli ‘policy’ and demand ‘accountability’ by Dee Knight 90
Operation Cast Lead and the distortion of international law,
excerpts from Al-Haq report…………………………………………. 92
Goldstone report: U.N. probe documenting war crimes is
scathing indictment of Israeli policy
excerpts from report’s Executive Summary……………………. 96
VIII The people break the siege……………………………………….. 103
We made it! Viva Palestina convoy delivers aid from
U.S. people to Gaza by John Parker……………………………… 104
Eyewitness Gaza: ‘We saw courage and destruction’
by Sharon Eolis…………………………………………………………. 108
Seeing Israeli prisons through Palestinian eyes
by Sharon Eolis…………………………………………………………. 113
Report to Black community: “Palestinian children also ask
‘why do they hate us?’ ” by Dolores Cox………………………… 117
IX Egypt enforces Israeli blockade…………………………………. 119
2,000 Egypt police attack and beat volunteers in third
Viva Palestina convoy by Bill Doares……………………………. 120
Why Arab reactionary regimes like Egypt do
imperialism’s bidding by Joyce Chediac………………………….. 124
X Piracy at sea: Gaza Freedom Flotilla attacked by Israel. 129
Nine killed as ‘Troops started firing before they even
touched down’ by LeiLani Dowell…………………………………. 129
Gaza Freedom Flotilla—the new Freedom Riders
by Joyce Chediac……………………………………………………….. 133
South African trade unions call for boycott of
Israeli apartheid…………………………………………………………… 138
San Francisco dockworkers honor picket, won’t unload
Israeli ship by Judy Greenspan……………………………………… 141
U.N. report: Flotilla activists ‘killed execution style’……………. 143
XI Military-industrial-media complex ‘rewrites’ Gaza war… 145
$1,300 a second in profits trumps the truth about Palestine
by Joyce Chediac……………………………………………………….. 145
From the people’s media: Who was Furkan Dogan?
blog of Ralph Loeffler………………………………………………… 159
XII Moving Forward……………………………………………………….. 161
A message from the Palestinian people: ‘We must free all of
Palestine’ excerpts from talk by Lamis Deek………………….. 161
‘Support a campaign addressing all forms of Palestinian oppression’ Statement by Al-Awda, New York 163
Israelis need liberation from the crimes of their
government by Michael Kramer……………………………………. 166
Palestine, Israel and the U.S in a global perspective
excerpts from a talk by Bill Doares………………………………. 169
Contributing writers …………………………………………………………. 173
Index……………………………………………………………………………….. 179
