Addressing The Rebel’s Distorted and Lying Report on The Toronto (2018) Al Quds Day Protest

On Al Quds Day in Toronto, Canadians from many faiths and backgrounds came out in solidarity with Palestinians who have been and continue to be brutally oppressed by Israel. Notably, in recent months elite Israeli army snipers have gunned down unarmed Palestinian protesters, including medics, photographers, children. Corporate media describes these as ‘clashes’ and… Read More Addressing The Rebel’s Distorted and Lying Report on The Toronto (2018) Al Quds Day Protest

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Eva Bartlett3 Comments

Eva Bartlett Interview – Gaza, Syria and North Korea: The Truth Behind The Lies

An interview on The Last American Vagabond, November 18. Please do check out his other videos and support his work! Follow him here: https://www.patreon.com/TheLastAmericanVagabond/posts In his introductory remarks, he writes: “In a time of universal deceit, telling the Truth is truly a revolutionary act, and that has never been more apparent than in today’s hyper-partisan climate,… Read More Eva Bartlett Interview – Gaza, Syria and North Korea: The Truth Behind The Lies

November 29, 2017 Eva Bartlett3 Comments

Gaza Looks For Work, Not Aid

GAZA CITY, Sep 30 2012 (IPS)-By Eva Bartlett “The overwhelming majority of people we work with tell us, ‘We don’t want the aid, we want to have an opportunity to work and earn money’. Especially people who had a decent job but lost it in the last many years: before asking for any aid, they… Read More Gaza Looks For Work, Not Aid

September 30, 2012October 12, 2012 Eva Bartlett3 Comments

Gaza Farmers and Fishers Find Canadian Support

“This particular aspect of the siege is quite compelling because when a society is deprived of the ability to fish and to farm, it is deprived of its ability to sustain itself. It’s part of the ongoing Nakba, and part of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine,” says Charlotte Kates, a lawyer and one of the Day of Action coordinators.… Read More Gaza Farmers and Fishers Find Canadian Support

September 29, 2012September 30, 2012 Eva Bartlett11 Comments

Palestine’s Paralympians: Without Medals, With Pride

*Mohammed Fanouna is welcomed back proudly at the Rafah crossing after the Paralympics. RAFAH, Gaza, Sep 14 2012 (IPS) – By Eva Bartlett The car’s engine revs, wheels spinning in vain, as it sinks deeper into the sandy lane near Rafah, southern Gaza. Members of the Palestinian Paralympic Committee (PPC) are en route to welcome… Read More Palestine’s Paralympians: Without Medals, With Pride

September 14, 2012September 21, 2012 Eva BartlettLeave a comment

tweets from Gaza Under Attack

*over-crowded living, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine The above photo isn’t even in one of Gaza’s numerous refugee camps, invariably aptly described as “squalid, over-crowded, under-serviced (or not at all) hell-holes”–not reflecting their inhabitants but rather the impossible standard of living in the camps. It is a district of Gaza City, families piled upon on… Read More tweets from Gaza Under Attack

September 10, 2012September 11, 2012 Eva Bartlett3 Comments

Gaza Economy Tailored to Fail

JABALIYA, Gaza, Sep 8 2012 (IPS) -By Eva Bartlett **(blog version longer than original published) “Gaza’s economy is expected to grow modestly and people will likely still be worse off in 2015 compared to the mid-1990s,” reads a press release announcing the United Nations’ August 2012 report, ‘Gaza in 2020 – A Liveable Place?’ In… Read More Gaza Economy Tailored to Fail

September 8, 2012September 11, 2012 Eva Bartlett3 Comments

morning serenade

Israeli warplanes and drones roaring and buzzing overhead are so normal in Gaza that one usually doesn’t consciously acknowledge their presence. But when you do, you get to thinking about all of the terrors they are capable of. This brief, low-quality recording is only a sample of the air activity over Gaza on any given… Read More morning serenade

September 5, 2012September 5, 2012 Eva BartlettLeave a comment

disappointed Calvin

Fufu is a precocious child, with impressive determination and intelligence. The last of six children, he is coddled only with love, not with money. Like his siblings, he finds creative ways to amuse himself most of the time. He’s a couple years younger than Calvin, but as mischievous Watterson’s boy, and I wouldn’t be surprised… Read More disappointed Calvin

September 2, 2012September 5, 2012 Eva Bartlett1 Comment

Glimpse of Freedom at Rafah Crossing

The Rafah crossing. Credit: Eva Bartlett/IPS. RAFAH, Gaza, Aug 30 2012, 1st Published at Inter Press Service (IPS) -By Eva Bartlett “I waited from 10 am till 5 pm for my wife to cross from Egypt. She was among many hundreds who were coming into Gaza. Some waited since 6 am, some since the day… Read More Glimpse of Freedom at Rafah Crossing

August 30, 2012September 5, 2012 Eva BartlettLeave a comment

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