Showing posts with label Gaza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gaza. Show all posts

Thursday, 30 August 2018

The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), the British Labour Party, and antisemitism



Gerard Guiton shared a video.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT video because Quakers, who are most definitely NOT antisemitic, have rightly criticized the Israeli State over many years for its policies and often lethal actions against Palestinians. 

Quakers do NOT condone violence whether from the Palestinians or Israelis. This debate, current in the UK, will most certainly come to Australia's shores. We need to be prepared for it, especially those Friends who have visited the Holy Land in whatever capacity. 

To conflate antisemitism with a justified concern about the violence directed towards Palestinians (on many levels) is not only immoral but is supportive of that violence, and thus a serious violation of the spirit of our Peace Testimony.
The Labour Party is under pressure to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism with all eleven of its 'illustrative examples'. Many people, including the original author of the examples, have serious concerns about it being used in this way.

Monday, 12 February 2018

...the son of the refugee will be a refugee too...

From Walid Mahmoud's Facebook post:

Before 70 years from now, the Zionist gangs occupied the state of #Palestine. It killed and injured thousands as well as migrated millions of innocent civilians from their native land to the neighboring countries.

In each single year, the Palestinians celebrate this sad anniversary with hope to go back to their land. We all know that the son of the refugee will be a refugee too since he is not going back to his original land he was expelled to leave.

So far, my grandfather is 80 and still tells about his immigration from Jaffa to Gaza in 1948. People migrated at that time to live in tents when #UNRWA undertook the responsibility to help and provide the required service for them till the crisis ends. " the Palestinian refugee crisis". Thus, there is no doubt that the mission of UNRWA ends only when the crisis of the Palestinian refugees comes to the end. All the international laws and organizations have undertaken the right of the return for the Palestinians.

Yesterday, one of the grandsons of the refugees set a tent, the same as it was used at that time, on the borders which separate between Gaza and the occupied Palestine. The grandson says that this tent is to make the world about the misery and pain that we are still living as refugees in Gaza strip.
What-so-called Trump, with his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, is trying to ignore this crisis.

How come for those who do not know the cause of the Syrian refugees talk about the Palestinian ones?
Muthana Al Najjar مثنى النجار , who set this tent, says this tent is peaceful and carries the stories of millions of the Palestinian refugees, who still believe in their right of return to the occupied.
This world has to know this very well.

I call for everyone who believes in humanity and peace to put the Palestinian cause is his/her priorities. This is my message to the whole world, the Arab and the west.


Monday, 4 September 2017

GAZA : Under siege from Israel --- but still working towards normalcy and improvement in life




We all think this is insane, it has to be stopped. The people are not anybody's card to use in political games.
The electricity in Gaza is everything in this situation. It's the air we breathe and the water we drink, and the beach we go to. No electricity means no air, no water, and no where to go when life turns an ugly face on you.
I promise myself every day that this will get better tomorrow. But it just keeps getting worse and worse with every day.

SALAM ALIKOM 

Empower Gazans Lives .
People in Gaza have been living under of unjust siege for more than ten years .
Electricity crisis is a major one in  Gaza Strip where power failure rate is up from 8 to 12 hours a day .
Allah has given us one of the brightest places in the world and I was always thinking why not taking an advantage of this brightness as an alternative energy. So I decided to start this Project as a solution of Electricity in Gaza .

Over the past years, I have succeeded in installing LED lights to hundreds of homes Here in Gaza. Through this first experiment in solar energy installation that I will Provide; The Solar panels, we will distribute the electricity lines so that we can alleviate the suffering of electricity which is OFF All the time. By such a project, the solar energy will be an alternative for good.

Walid Mahmoud is a Palestinian and humanitarian activist who is working in the humanitarian and relief field to help the Palestinian community. He has a lot of development and relief projects to empower Gazan people. One of these Small Projects is  "alternative energy" to help People overcome the electricity crisis. The LED projects are good examples for such a charity.


Electricity is one of the most important necessities in human life. No one can continue living without electricity. The consequences of power failure in Gaza Strip has caused a lot of problems in all areas of life here.


The Details :
Solar Energy Project, is a project made to use the sun's energy to produce electricity at home. Through this project, 3 homes will be targeted at 100% which will come with the amazing results of the reality of life for these families.
These three houses will dispense the industrial electricity 100%  The families will be able to run electrical appliances As "  washingmachines, refrigerator, water heater, fan, television ... etc "
The cost of solar panels in one home is 2.600 Euro . 
The fund will go for purchasing the solar panels, wires, batteries, power adapters and chargers, and power supply which will be used to produce Electricity from the sun .
 Last April, a  first experiment succeeded in installing solar panels for three houses in  Gaza Strip, and now we re-experiment it because I have received dozens of calls asking for the project. 
To achieve this project and make it successful, to help all children to see and do their homework, to play at night with other children of the same age. Let's help them and make smiles on their faces. Children must be saved from the siege. Thus, I need your financial support or spread this Link with your Friends, Family and others on Social Media.

All special documents will be sent to you via e-mail or via the updates .
More Details At : www.wrouk.com
Contact ’Me At :  walid.m.rouk@gmail.com

Monday, 14 August 2017

Crowd funding - Muslim style - comes to Gaza and its communities.

During a workshop in Gaza city, I talked about my success on the
LaunchGood funding platform and the impact which I made in the community.
I was invited by a local charity association.

For a long time now, I have been a Facebook Friend of Walid Mahmoud. Walid lives in Gaza - a very troubled place, a teeny-weeny strip of land in the world caught between two competing Palestinian political factions, the Israeli Government and the West Bank Jewish Settlers.  It is not a placid place. It is a place to test your survival skills each and every day.

So I am pleased to hear of Walid's initiative and wish him well and hope that it is able to bring brightness into the lives of down-on-the-ground Palestinians.