31 dezembro, 2010

Feliz Ano Novo desde Bil'in, que seja o ano da "libertação da Palestina e de uma paz justa"

At the threshold of the New Year, I write to wish you a new year of freedom and liberation. This has been an unbelievable year for me in both highs and lows. A year during which I have witnessed how, despite repression, ordinary people all across Palestine take to the streets for freedom.

In my village, Bil'in, thousands of people marched on the Wall today to take it down. During the demonstration, one protestor, a 36 year old resident of the village, Jawaher Abu-Rahmah, was critically injured by severe tear-gas inhalation. She is currently hospitalized in Ramallah, unresponsive to medical treatment as the doctors are fighting for her life.

Bil'in has been struggling for almost six years against the Wall that was built on our lands. The illegality and absurdity of this wall has been recognized worldwide, and even by the Israeli Supreme Court, which ruled it must be dismantled over three years ago. Yet the Wall still stands. We, the people of Bil'in, the people of Palestine, have waited enough. Today was therefore declared by the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements as the last day of the Wall. Together with our supporters, we managed to bring a substantial part of the wall down but we still have a long way to go.

On a personal note, the beginning of 2011 also strikes notes of fear. In just a few days, on January 3rd, 2011, my trial in front of an Israeli military court will draw into conclusion. Captain Sharon Rivlin, the soldier-judge presiding in my case, will hand down my verdict. If found guilty of "incitement", my next letter will likely be written from inside a prison cell; If found guilty, despite having proved that evidence against me was falsified, I will proudly join my friend and comrade, Abdallah Abu Rahmah, who is now spending his second new year's eve behind bars.  PSCC's media coordinator, my friend and brother in struggle, Israeli activist Jonathan Pollak, will also be going to prison, again, for three months on January 11th, for protesting Israel's siege on Gaza.

We are all facing tremendous challenges, as individuals and as a movement. It is our pride and strength that keeps us going. It is your support and involvement, which is becoming more crucial than ever. Join us – take our struggle forward, so that the year of 2011 will become an historical year of Palestinian liberation and a just peace.

In solidarity,

Mohammad Khatib



For real time updates on the popular struggle, see the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee's Twitter account.


Popular Struggle Coordination Committee | Amarat alRamouni | Ramallah | Occupied Territories

Entre marido e mulher não metas tu a colher? Contra a violência: SEMPRE!

Um outro poster da campanha brasileira sobre a violência contra as mulheres.


Esperança de Mário Quintana

Mário Quintana
(1906/07/30- 1994/05/05)

Esperança

Lá bem no alto no décimo segundo andar do ano
Vive uma louca chamada Esperança.
E ela pensa que quando todas as sirenas
Todas as buzinas
Todos os recos-recos tocarem
Atira-se
E
- ó delicioso vôo!
Ela será encontrada miraculosamente incólume na calçada
Outra vez criança...
E em torno dela indagará o povo:
- Como é teu nome, menininha de olhos verdes?
E ela lhes dirá:
(é preciso dizer-lhes tudo de novo)
Ela lhes dirá bem devagarinho,para que não se esqueçam:?
- O meu nome é ES-PE-RAN-ÇA"

do livro "Nova Antologia Poética", Editora Globo - São Paulo, 1998, pág. 118.

Mário Miranda Quintana - Natural de Alegrete, no Rio Grande do Sul. É o poeta das coisas simples. Despreocupado em relação à crítica, fez poesia porque "sente necessidade", segundo as suas próprias palavras.


Para conhecer mais: http://marioquintana.blogspot.com/

30 dezembro, 2010

Entre marido e mulher não metas tu a colher? Contra a violência: SEMPRE!

Um poster da campanha brasileira  sobre a violência contra as mulheres.


Snipers de Israel matam jovem que comprava morangos

 Hatem (17 anos) foi baleado na cabeça,  a 800 metros da cerca da fronteira com Israel, quanto comprava morangos para vender no mercado, na Faixa de Gaza.



29 December 2010
Voices from the Occupation

Hatem (17) was shot in the head whilst purchasing strawberries to sell at market in the Gaza Strip, about 800 metres from the border fence with Israel.

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ACTUALIZAÇÃO DO APELO URGENTE - Crianças dos Escombros

 Apelo para parar com o tiro-ao-alvo contra crianças desarmadas a trabalhar perto da fronteira com Gaza - 23 casos documentados.



29 December 2010
UPDATED URGENT APPEAL - Children of the Gravel

Appeal to stop the targeting of unarmed children working near the border in Gaza - 23 cases documented.

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