excellent video to watch

I came across this video on a fellow bloggers blog (hat tip). What got me was the passion of the people who participated in some of the demonstrations.
I had come to the conclusion that campaigning/changing the world must be done objectively, that one needs to bury the emotions. As efficient as that is, a [...]

Poll on the Academic Boycott

BMJ Poll – Sign for the Boycott!

The British Medical Journal is running a poll on the Israeli boycott issue. It is currently at 77% against so please sign up and lend your support.

Click on the link below (or cut and paste it..) and send to friends who you think might be sympathetic.  
 
http://www.surveymk.com/s.aspx?sm=zrDgLYed7wn_2fe_2bcR2lC4Pw_3d_3d  

it [...]

Colin Powell Speaks Sense :O

Colin Powell: Talk to Hamas
Colin Powell: Talk to Hamas July 20 (LPAC)–Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that the only way to move the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians was to engage Hamas. This was in sharp contrast to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Her Majesty’s former prime minister [...]

forget the bus, i’ll swing to work tomorrow :)

what great motivation to improve my fitness… am getting ready to scale buildings

Spider-Man suit ‘by 2017′
Wednesday, 25 Apr 2007 18:15
A fully-working prototype of a suit that would enable people to climb walls and sling webs like comic book hero Spider-Man could be just ten years away.
Italian researchers say they have developed [...]

Will Palestinians ever learn?

historic anomaly between the Fatah – Hamas divide in the ‘fight’ against Israel, and 1930s divide between Palestinians and their rebellion against the British.
Have highlighted points of interest
To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited site, go to http://www.guardian .co.uk
A historic anomaly
The rift between Fatah and Hamas is far more damaging [...]

Boycotts: weapons of the weak?

Another excellent article by Ghada Karmi Re: Acadamic Boycott of Israel in UK 
Weapon of the weak
By Ghada Karmi
In conflicts, boycotts are the weapons of the weak. Their chief importance lies in their ability to raise public awareness and arouse disapproval. Yet, going by the paranoid reaction to the academic boycott of Israel, it might as [...]

British Gas, Israel to freeze Hamas out of $4b. gas deal

British Gas, Israel to freeze Hamas out of $4b. gas deal
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Matthew Krieger, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 5, 2007
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Israel and the British natural gas company BG Group Plc will move ahead with controversial plans to drill for natural gas in the Gaza Marine field, despite Hamas’s takeover of the Gaza [...]

Alan Johnston– hamdillah

Has thankfully been released safely… and the journalist in him intact
“It’s the biggest story since I’ve been in Gaza, but I couldn’t utter a word.
Johnston describes kidnap ordeal and Photos of his release

I would be interested to know how his release came about, and why.. well why it took so long?