Direct Action @ Mascha Continues by Indy 2:47pm Wed Aug 6 '03 Activists return to Mascha to confront bulldozer. Another group of activists has now begun a direct action -- they are blocking the way of the bulldozer to prevent the destruction of Hani's house in Mascha, where yesterday, the family's goat shed was razed. add your comments

The World Is Watching by Jim 6:23am Thu Aug 7 '03 print comment We salute the activists who are giving their time to defend human and civil rights. We condemn you detention and ill treatment by the Israeli authorities. The world is watching and we are cheering you on for the brave work that you do on behalf of the Palestinian people. Just like those who opposed the actions of the Nazis in the 1940s you now face a powerful, racist, brutal force which respects little in the way of human rights or international law. The world is watching. Justice will prevail. If the state of Israel continues on the path of brutality and does not abide by international law then perhaps the international community will take back that which it granted to Israel out of pity in the 1940s. Take down the racist Apartheid wall. Remember Berlin, remember South Africa. Dismantle the settlements. End the occupation. Allow the refugees to return. There can be no peace without justice. The world is watching. We support those who are fighting for peace and justice. add your comments

Allah Akbar by Maria Hussain 2:18am Sat Aug 9 '03 print comment Allahu Akbar! That is the non-secular way of saying Peace and Justice shall prevail unto eternity, because Allah is The Lord, He is The Peace and He is The Just. He gave people the right to fight for their homes and to defend their way of life, and He cursed those who put another out of his home. So it shall be unto the Last Day. He created us as nations and tribes in order that we may know one another, not in order to despise one another. And Allah has said through His Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him) that he who glorifies his ancestors and practices the sin of nationalism will be considered by God as lower than a worm pushing its way through the filth. The evil doers plot and plan but Allah is the best of planners. I pray that all of Palestine be liberated in service to the One Lord and that all its people return to the true religion of Abraham. Amin. groups.yahoo.com/group/vwns add your comments