Start, Wage, Loving: For Joy Serve Soul In Solidarity

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-14/fossil-fuels-just-lost-the-race-against-renewables?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=post&utm_term=Energy%20Revolution&utm_campaign=Climate&__surl__=IgD76&__ots__=1429120223039&__step__=1

SPDF Day 44: released from the emergency room after midnight.....

Initial report here

I was released from the emergency room at Georgetown University Hospital after midnight. During that time they conducted appropriate exams to see if the flow of blood had stopped, which it had. They did blood work and found no abnormalities. As a preventative measure they administered fluids. They are urged me to get a colonoscopy. this is not the time for that. They directed that if the blood flow returns, or I feel light headed, or pass out, but I am to return to the ER.

SPPDF Day 44: When shooting a Palestinian in the back is merely 'reckless'

http://972mag.com/when-shooting-a-palestinian-in-the-back-is-merely-reckless/105549/

For more than a month now political prisoners in Greece have been on hunger strike demanding the removal of various repressive and anti-terror structures.

https://libcom.org/blog/continuing-hunger-strike-political-prisoners-15042015

Loretta Lynch supporters stage hunger strike to urge confirmation

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/loretta-lynch-supporters-hunger-strike-confirmation-116994.html?cmpid=sf#ixzz3XO9HyqBa

***** SPDF Day 44: Man Kills Himself Holding 'Tax The 1%' in Front of the Capitol -- and Nobody Hears About It The exhortation of the unknown man's sign is focused and direct, and frighteningly accurate.

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/man-kills-himself-holding-tax-1-front-capitol-and-nobody-hears-about-it

Holocaust scholar cancels prestigious Illinois lecture over Palestinian Steven Salaita firing

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/holocaust-scholar-cancels-prestigious-illinois-lecture-over-steven-salaita-firing

4.14.2015

Muslim girl. Got Accepted To All 8 Ivy League Schools, Plus A Few More

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/14/teen-ivy-league-schools_n_7064890.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

SPDF Day 43: Immigrant Mothers in Detention Launch Second Hunger Strike Despite Retaliation

http://m.democracynow.org/web_exclusives/2493

***** SPDF Day. 43: I am headed to the emergency room. The bowel movement I just had was small but it was 100% blood......

SPDF Day. 43: I am headed to the emergency room. The bowel movement I just had was small but it was 100% blood. I am aware of no concern within me regarding my own health or even my life, only that of my tormented family that is Palestine. But I need two or three or four more weeks of this fast to be able to fully as I can express the utter urgency, the need for us all to devote our entire lives to stop this Holocaust, and now is too soon for some health problem to stop me. I considered waiting until tomorrow morning to go to my doctor at my clinic but I think that by going to the emergency room tonight there is a better possibility that whatever they are going to do they can do tonight so I can be back on Capitol Hill all day tomorrow as is my plan.

Chef ticketed, facing $2,000 fine for feeding homeless in San Antonio

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Chef-ticketed-facing-2-000-fine-for-feeding-6198766.php

BOYCOTT HATEMONGER BILL MAHER. JUST DO IT. Bill Maher’s Bigoted Atheism: His Arrogant Shtick Is Just as Ugly as Religious Intolerance As the 'Real Time' host and his ilk prove, you don’t need a religion to be in the business of spreading hate.

http://www.alternet.org/media/bill-mahers-bigoted-atheism-his-arrogant-shtick-just-ugly-religious-intolerance

***** Robert Reich: Hillary’s values aren’t the problem. The former secretary of labor examines how she can win the election -- and win over the American people Robert Reich

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/14/robert_reich_hillarys_values_arent_the_problem_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

SPDF Day 43: The Numbers Are Staggering -- The US Is a 'World Leader' in Child Poverty

http://www.alternet.org/economy/numbers-are-staggering-us-world-leader-child-poverty

SPDF Day 43: I am on day 43 of this fast. I had hoped that it would work out to take it to completion....

I am on day 43 of this fast. I had hoped that it would work out to take it to completion. It has become clear to me that that may not be the case. It is probably 30% yes, 70% no, at this point. I've written several times on my blog the reason behind these probabilities. I expect to go another 2 or 3 weeks, and decide then, tho, lol, the choice could be taken out of my hands by body failure, but that is an inconsequential price to pay given all that is at stake in the world. Without another 2-3 weeks of this fast I'll not have made my full statement. Yes, no one is listening, even the few that used to, a little, but that is not my business. Mine is to speak the Truth, the emergency, the absolute need to put and keep our lives TOTALLY in the way of the unfolding Armageddon (Palestine, Eocide, American Fascism) as fully and clearly and loudly and unequivocally as I see it. And this I shall do.

SPDF Day 43: vid. Heart. Courage. Focus. Humanity... JUST WATCH. 4 min. Emanuel

vid. Interspecies Friendships. 2 min

SPDF Day 43: Promised by God, what a complete sham.... Israel among the least religious countries in the world. Only 30% of Israelis say they are religious, survey finds

http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.651616

SPDF Day 43: Report: Israel uprooted 700 trees in Nablus in March

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/18035-report-israel-uprooted-700-trees-in-nablus-in-march

International aid agencies call for sanctions on Israel over Gaza “stalemate”

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/international-aid-agencies-call-sanctions-israel-over-gaza-stalemate

“Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” ~ Eugene V. Debs

“Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” ~ Eugene V. Debs

SPDF Day 43: Noam Chomsky: America hates its poor Linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky on our country's brutal class war -- and why it's ultimately so one-sided

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/01/noam_chomsky_america_hates_its_poor_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

4.13.2015

SPDF Day 42: pic. article. Gunter Grass 1999 Nobel Prize - Literature 1927-2015, ""Israel doesn't just need to clear out of the occupied areas," he said at the time. "The appropriation of Palestinian territory and its Israeli settlements are also a criminal activity. That not only needs to be stopped -- it also needs to be reversed. Otherwise there will be no peace."

"Israel doesn't just need to clear out of the occupied areas," he said at the time. "The appropriation of
Palestinian territory and its Israeli settlements are also a criminal activity. That not only needs to be stopped -- it also needs to be reversed. Otherwise there will be no peace."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/nobel-laureate-guenter-grass-under-fire-for-israel-comments-a-825712.html

SPDF Day 42: The FBI kept (Helen) Keller under surveillance for most of her adult life for her radical views. But Keller, who died in 1968, never saw a contradiction between her crusade to address the causes of blindness and her efforts to promote economic and social justice.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-radical-dissent-of-helen-keller

***** SPDF Day 42: vid. 40 min. Paul Krugman - This is the worst economic situation since the 1930s. BOOK: End this depression... NOW.

***** SPDF Dayi 42: Hell. Clinton PASSES THE ISREALI GENOCIDE TEST WITH FLYING COLORS... detailed article. HEIL NETANYAHU!!!!

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4646394,00.html

***** Disturbing quotes from some Zionists.... (1 of dozens) ""We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab villages, Jewish villages were established. You even do not know the names of those villages, and I do not blame you because these villages no longer exist. There is not a single Jewish settlement that was not established in the place of a former Arab Village." Moshe Dyan, March 19, 1969, speech at the Technion in Haifa, quoted in Ha'aretz, April 4, 1969."

Disturbing Quotes From Leading Zionists
From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_and_racism
(Note - Wikipedia is 'considering removal' of this page as of 8-21-7) 8-21-7

There are some pretty choice quotes from shockingly honest Zionists.

1. "We came here to a country that was populated by Arabs and we are building here a Hebrew, a Jewish state; instead of the Arab villages, Jewish villages were established. You even do not know the names of those villages, and I do not blame you because these villages no longer exist. There is not a single Jewish settlement that was not established in the place of a former Arab Village." Moshe Dyan, March 19, 1969, speech at the Technion in Haifa, quoted in Ha'aretz, April 4, 1969.

The State of Israel was built after a movement called Zionism.The term Zionism first came to public attention as a result of the works of Viennese Jewish journalist Theodor Herzl, who argued in his 1896 book Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State) that the best way of avoiding anti-Semitism in Europe was to create an independent Jewish state or national homeland. (He was originally thinking of Uganda or South America). The movement eventually culminated in establishing the State of Israel in 1948 in Palestine. Some 700,000 Palestinians became refugees and a similar number of Jews arrived in the new state. Since then, the term "Zionism" properly refers to supporters of the Israeli state.

The term racism refers to discriminatory beliefs and practices that presume inherent and significant differences exist between different human races; that assume these traits can be measured on a scale of "superior" to "inferior"; and that can result in the social, political and economic advantage of one group in relation to others.

In November 1975, the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 declared that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination." In December 1991, the General Assembly rescinded this resolution through Resolution 4686. At the time, the Soviet Union, a major sponsor of the "Zionism is racism" doctrine (see Zionology), had completed its rapid collapse. Israel made revocation of resolution 3379 a condition of its participation in the Madrid Peace Conference.

Some Racist statements by main Israeli and Zionist figures

* "The Palestinians are like crocodiles, the more you give them meat, they want more".... Ehud Barak, Prime Minister of Israel at the time - August 28, 2000. Reported in the Jerusalem Post August 30, 2000.

* " (The Palestinians are) beasts walking on two legs." Menahim Begin, speech to the Knesset, quoted in Amnon Kapeliouk, "Begin and the Beasts". New Statesman, 25 June 1982.

* "The Palestinians" would be crushed like grasshoppers ... heads smashed against the boulders and walls." " Isreali Prime Minister (at the time) in a speech to Jewish settlers New York Times April 1, 1988.

* "When we have settled the land, all the Arabs will be able to do about it will be to scurry around like drugged cockroaches in a bottle." Raphael Eitan, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defence Forces, New York Times, 14 April 1983.

* "How can we return the occupied territories? There is nobody to return them to." Golda Maier, March 8, 1969.

* "There was no such thing as Palestinians, they never existed." Golda Maier Israeli Prime Minister June 15, 1969.

* "The thesis that the danger of genocide was hanging over us in June 1967 and that Israel was fighting for its physical existence is only bluff, which was born and developed after the war." Israeli General Matityahu Peled, Ha'aretz, 19 March 1972.

* Ben Gurion also warned in 1948 : "We must do everything to insure they ( the Palestinians) never do return." Assuring his fellow Zionists that Palestinians will never come back to their homes. "The old will die and the young will forget."

* "We declare openly that the Arabs have no right to settle on even one centimeter of Eretz Israel... Force is all they do or ever will understand. We shall use the ultimate force until the Palestinians come crawling to us on all fours." Rafael Eitan, Chief of Staff of the Israeli Defense Forces - Gad Becker, Yediot Ahronot 13 April 1983, New York Times 14 April 1983.

* "We must do everything to ensure they (the Palestinian refugees) never do return" David Ben-Gurion, in his diary, 18 July 1948, quoted in Michael Bar Zohar's Ben-Gurion: the Armed Prophet, Prentice-Hall, 1967, p. 157.

* "We should prepare to go over to the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan, and Syria. The weak point is Lebanon, for the Moslem regime is artificial and easy for us to undermine. We shall establish a Christian state there, and then we will smash the Arab Legion, eliminate Trans-Jordan; Syria will fall to us. We then bomb and move on and take Port Said, Alexandria and Sinai." David Ben-Gurion, May 1948, to the General Staff. From Ben-Gurion, A Biography, by Michael Ben-Zohar, Delacorte, New York 1978.

* "We must use terror, assassination, intimidation, land confiscation, and the cutting of all social services to rid the Galilee of its Arab population." Israel Koenig, "The Koenig Memorandum."

* "Jewish villages were built in the place of Arab villages. You do not even know the names of these Arab villages, and I do not blame you because geography books no longer exist... There is not a single place built in this country that did not have a former Arab population." Moshe Dayan, address to the Technion, Haifa, reported in Haaretz, April 4, 1969.

* "We walked outside, Ben-Gurion accompanying us. Allon repeated his question, What is to be done with the Palestinian population?' Ben-Gurion waved his hand in a gesture which said 'Drive them out!'" Yitzhak Rabin, leaked censored version of Rabin memoirs, published in the New York Times, 23 October 1979.

* Rabin's description of the conquest of Lydda, after the completion of Plan Dalet. "We shall reduce the Arab population to a community of woodcutters and waiters" Uri Lubrani, PM Ben-Gurion's special adviser on Arab Affairs, 1960. From "The Arabs in Israel" by Sabri Jiryas.

* "There are some who believe that the non-Jewish population, even in a high percentage, within our borders will be more effectively under our surveillance; and there are some who believe the contrary, i.e., that it is easier to carry out surveillance over the activities of a neighbor than over those of a tenant. [I] tend to support the latter view and have an additional argument:...the need to sustain the character of the state which will henceforth be Jewish...with a non-Jewish minority limited to 15 percent. I had already reached this fundamental position as early as 1940 [and] it is entered in my diary." Joseph Weitz, head of the Jewish Agency's Colonization Department. From Israel: an Apartheid State by Uri Davis, p.5.

* "Everybody has to move, run and grab as many hilltops as they can to enlarge the settlements because everything we take now will stay ours... Everything we don't grab will go to them." Ariel Sharon, Israeli Foreign Minister, addressing a meeting of militants from the extreme right-wing Tsomet Party, Agence France Presse, November 15, 1998.

* "It is the duty of Israeli leaders to explain to public opinion, clearly and courageously, a certain number of facts that are forgotten with time. The first of these is that there is no Zionism,colonialization or Jewish State without the eviction of the Arabs and the expropriation of their lands." Yoram Bar Porath, Yediot Aahronot, of 14 July 1972.

* "Spirit the penniless population across the frontier by denying it employment... Both the process of expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly." Theodore Herzl, founder of the World Zionist Organization, speaking of the Arabs of Palestine,Complete Diaries, June 12, 1895 entry.

* "One million Arabs are not worth a Jewish fingernail." -- Rabbi Yaacov Perrin, Feb. 27, 1994 (Source: N.Y. Times, Feb. 28, 1994, p. 1).

* "We will establish ourselves in Palestine whether you like it or not...You can hasten our arrival or you can equally retard it. It is however better for you to help us so as to avoid our constructive powers being turned into a destructive power which will overthrow the world." (Chaim Weizmann, Published in "Judische Rundschau," No. 4, 1920).

Arie Dayan: "The Debate over Zionism and Racism: An Israeli View"; Haaretz, 27 December 1991; translated in Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 22, No. 3. (Spring, 1993), pp. 96-105.

Michael Adams: "Israel's Treatment of the Arabs in the Occupied Territories"; Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 6, No. 2. (Winter, 1977), pp. 19-40.

Janice J. Terry: "Zionist Attitudes toward Arabs; Journal of Palestine Studies", Vol. 6, No. 1. (Autumn, 1976), pp. 67-78.

Roselle Tekiner: "Race and the Issue of National Identity in Israel"; International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 23, No. 1. (Feb., 1991), pp. 39-55.

Right of return

The Israeli law of the right of return which, despite Israel's otherwise restrictive immigration policies, grant every Jew in the world the right to settle in Israel. This is especially agitating for the Palestinian refugees, who were expeled from their lands that is modern Israel, but are denied their right to return.

The Article 11 of the UN General Assembly Resolution 194, "resolves that the refugees wishing to return to their homes and live at peace with their neighbours should be permitted to do so at the earliest practicable date, and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property...". Like many other resolutions by UN, Israel still refuse to comply with this resolution.

Many opponents of Zionism declare that Zionism is racist, and compare its continuation to the reform of Germany's former 'Blood Laws', which had allowed ethnic Germans to claim citizenship, even if they were nationals of another country.

Zionism Racism Against Some Jews

Zionists hold that any person may choose to become a Jew, after meeting the necessary requirements, and enjoy all the benefits and responsibilities of membership. Since anyone can (i.e., regardless of race, ethnicity or nationality) both join the Jewish people and equally enjoy the benefits of membership, Zionists conclude that Zionism is anti-Racist among jews at least. Even this claim was challenged all over the history of Israel. The jews of Eastern origins (called Sephardim or Mizrahim) suffered from various kinds of racism by Ashkenazic Jews.

The Jewishness of many jewish minorities in Israel (like the Ethiopian Jews, the Russian Jews and Indian Jews) has been always questioned by the religious authorities[1].

In many Israeli settlements they refuse to accept Falasha jews and The Falasha rabbis privileges are not recognized in Israel[2] and the unemployment rate among them is at least three times the Israeli average[3].

According to prof. Esther Herzog: The Falasha jews where brought to Israel to work in the inferior jobs... and they are considered as third class citizens (after the Ashkenazim and the Sephardim)[4].

Falasha used to complain from the systematic racism against them everywhre in Israel because of their origin and black colour. In the last few years Falasha demonstrations erupted after the exposure of the scandal of throwing the blood donated by Falasha in the Israeli hospitals and medical clinics[5].

The modern founder of Zionism Theodor Herzl once said:

"It is essential that the sufferings of Jews. . . become worse. . . this will assist in realization of our plans. . .I have an excellent idea. . . I shall induce anti-semites to liquidate Jewish wealth. . . The anti-semites will assist us thereby in that they will strengthen the persecution and oppression of Jews. The anti-semites shall be our best friends".[6][7]

UN resolutions

Main articles: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379 and UN General Assembly Resolution 4686

On November 10, 1975 the United Nations General Assembly adopted, by a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), Resolution 3379, which stated that "Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination."

However, on 16 December 1991, it was rescinded by Resolution 4686, with a vote of 111 to 25 (with 13 abstentions). The resolution 4686 was acheived under a severe pressure from US and Israel. Israel made it a condition to participate in the Peace process in the Middle East.

Bill Maher’s bigoted atheism: His arrogant shtick is just as ugly as religious intolerance. His showdown with Fareed Zakaria shows how far he's fallen

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/13/bill_mahers_atheism_is_just_bigotry/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

The Clinton dynasty’s horrific legacy: How “tough-on-crime” politics built the world’s largest prison system Over the past two decades, the Clintons' version of the "War on Drugs" has inflicted needless suffering on millions

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/13/the_clinton_dynastys_horrific_legacy_how_tough_on_crime_politics_built_the_worlds_largest_prison/

SPDF Day 42: Life Rights group: Israeli settlers profit from Palestinian child labor Human Rights Watch say settlement farms, mostly in the Jordan Valley, employ children as young as 11, pay them low wages and subject them to dangerous working conditions.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.651544

Chris Hedges Print this item The Whoredom of the Left

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_whoredom_of_the_left_20150308

Norman Finkelstein on right of return

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eMMeRbIKTEc

Darkness ahead for Israel. It has doomed its democracy.

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.vox.com/2015/4/13/8390387/israel-dark-future&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTOTQyMzIyNzc0NjA0MjU5NTM0OTIaZDNkN2RkNDhkODU2MWQxZDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AFQjCNH9jd7m-GZKEiX4M9EKU5KU_hNGkw

SPPDF Day 42; Israel’s 51-day conflict with Gaza ended last summer, more than seven months ago. You would not believe it if you were there. Rubble and twisted metal still mark the remains of hospitals, schools and houses, as though the bombs had only just stopped falling.

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2015/04/13/Gaza-another-conflict-looms-amongst-the-ruins-.html

SPDF Day 42: Our Coming Theocratic Hell: The Right’s “Religious Freedom” Push Is Just the BeginningReligion is far too dangerous to our liberties to be laughed off or mischaracterized as harmless.

http://www.alternet.org/belief/our-coming-theocratic-hell-rights-religious-freedom-push-just-beginning

SPDF Day 42: Why Is No One Talking About the GOP's Plan to Send Millions of Disabled Americans Into Poverty?

http://m.thenation.com/blog/198193-why-no-one-talking-about-gops-plan-send-millions-disabled-americans-poverty

Dear Vivian Wineman, I’m writing as a British Jew wanting to bring a dissenting Jewish perspective to the Board’s fifty page denouncement of peaceful protest in support of human rights.

http://mondoweiss.net/2015/04/there-better-boycott

***** This is how much Israelis really care about the Holocaust: On eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, 45,000 survivors living under poverty line

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/On-eve-of-Holocaust-Remembrance-Day-45000-survivors-living-under-poverty-line-396924

***** Just days after israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza in 1967. David Ben Gurion, 81 years old, insisted that Israel, which had conquered the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank in the war, must immediately give them up. If they did not, he said, this act of forcible occupation would corrupt the Jewish state and possibly destroy it outright. His speech was barely covered in the Israeli press and widely ignored by Israelis. The Palestinians have lived under Israeli occupation for now 48 years

http://www.vox.com/2015/4/13/8390387/israel-dark-future

SPDF Day 42: 8 striking parallels between the U.S. and the Roman Empire Is our republic coming to an unceremonious end? History may not be on America's side

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/26/8_striking_parallels_between_the_u_s_and_the_roman_empire/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

4.12.2015

***** SPDF Day 41:vlog. "THEY ARE NOT WORTH MY LIFE." This is the ONLY MESSAGE that the world's bystanders hear from the Free Palestine activists. THIS IS MURDER.

Free Palestine activists, our message could not be more clear. The only message that matters to the onlookers when the issue is social change is, in the case of Palestine, with our actions, every day, we scream, at the all important onlookers - THE PALESTINIANS ARE NOT WORTH OUR LIVES. THE PALESTINIANS ARE NOT WORTH MY LIFE. STOPPING THE SLAUGHTER OF PALESTINIANS BY ISRAEL AND THE UNITED STATES, IS NOT WORTH MY LIFE.

This is all the matters. This is all the onlookers hear. And as long as the onlookers hear that message with resounding clarity then extermination of the Palestinians is exactly what we should expect to see. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.

The thousands of young people that went to Tahrir Square, three years ago or so, screamed a very different message - THIS IS WORTH OUR LIVES. RIDDING EGYPT OF MUBARAK, IS WORTH OUR LIVES. They said it individually, they said it collectively, with their actions, with their lives, with their commitment. And the onlookers of the world saw that, understood the message, that something noble was worth the lives of indivuduals, and they screamed - NO, DON'T LET THOSE PEOPLE IN TAHRIR SQUARE BE KILLED, at the powers that be, and they heard, and they stopped the slaughter.

Well, Free Palestine activists, be it JVP, J Street, Ali Abunimah, Norman Finkelstein, Max Blumenthal, Open Hillel, If Not Now When, Peace Now, FaceBookers... etc, on and on and on. Yes, your behavior in many cases is infinitely more heroic than mine was for most of my years. Yes, your behavior screams, at the onlookers of the world, THIS IS NOT WORTH OUR LIVES.

And of course the heroes in Palestine, who are standing up nonviolently, with their bodies, to stop this slaughter, aren't heard, aren't seen, because of the cowardly treason of the US media.

So, unless those of us in countries like America that can do so, put our bodies on the line, and keep them there, offering or giving our lives for the freedom of Palestinians, for their full human rights, then we are simply counting the days until the next slaughter, which may be only 2000, could be 20,000, could be 200,000.

Netanyahu is evil but he is not stupid. He knows that slowly the tide is turning against him. He knows that now he can get away with finishing the job, finishing 48, with impunity, now.

The Israel Lobby: Is It Good for the U.S.? Is It Good for Israel

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.651326

Obama Takes Shot At Israel Over Iran Deal: "Consistency Is The Hobgoblin Of Narrow Minds"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2015/04/11/obama_takes_shot_at_israel_over_iran_deal_consistency_is_the_hobgoblin_of_narrow_minds.html

***** SPDF Day 41: THIS COULD BE BIG. "Paul R. Pillar, formerly a senior member of the U.S. intelligence community, explained in a brilliant lecture the advantages of the nuclear agreement with Iran, and argued that Israel’s opposition to it stemmed from the fear that, in its wake, the occupation would become the main issue."

I've written over the last 6 months that I suspect Pr. Obama detests the Israel's savagery on Palestine as much as I, and that Iran could be part of his long game to put Israel in a box that no American president has even approached doing. http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.651326

SPDF Day 41: There are hundreds of people in the Administration whose salaries are paid by the U.S. taxpayer and who believe their sole mission is to defend Israel, even by destroying freedom of expression, Congressman Findley added.

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.651326

Israeli activist against Israel's war on Palestine are beaten by Israeli government supported mobs, and victimized by the Israeli police

https://fbcdn-video-m-a.akamaihd.net/hvideo-ak-xfa1/v/t43.1792-2/10957823_511807395627439_54422686_n.mp4?efg=eyJxZSI6InZpZGVvX3ByZWZlcnJlZF90YWdzXzIwMTUwMTIxLDIwMTUwMTAxIiwidmVuY29kZV90YWciOiJsZWdhY3lfaGQifQ%3D%3D&oh=01a0145e60fad3e771bc244aec8e9d57&oe=552AAD3B&__gda__=1428863106_03176b8e4d7e0e63f759170c0ba9bd0f

SPDF Day 41: Israeli courts convict hundreds of Palestinian children

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/israeli-courts-convict-hundreds-palestinian-children-150405064416744.html

SPDF Day 41: Environmental Terrorism Cripples Palestinian Farmers

http://www.mintpressnews.com/environmental-terrorism-cripples-palestinian-farmers/203988/

5. Silicon Valley’s culture is hurting our economy. Politicians like to celebrate the tech industry as a boon to the economy, but for most Americans the opposite is true. As economist Joseph Stiglitz and others have documented, monopoly practices exert a significant drag on the economy. The economy becomes increasingly capital-driven, rather than labor-driven. Monopolies suppress wages, overcharge consumers, mistreat suppliers, and drive the economy increasingly off-course.

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/12/rise_of_the_techno_libertarians_the_5_most_socially_destructive_aspects_of_silicon_valley_partner/

***** SPDF Day 41: authoritative history of the atrocity. 'The Establishment of Israel’s very statehood was contingent upon upholding the UN UNIVERSAL DECLARATION of HUMAN RIGHTS and as a Member State, America is obligated to hold ALL other Member States to it....'

http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/04/12/senator-elizabeth-warrens-crash-course-in-apartheid-israeli-style/

Could Saudi Arabia Need Israel More than Vice Versa?

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/193913

4.11.2015

Survival and struggle in 'the other Israel'

http://972mag.com/poverty-kills-survival-and-struggle-in-the-other-israel/105484/

SPDF Day 40: "It is up to all of us dedicated to peace and justice to do all we can to help the Palestinians prevail in the legitimacy war and bring their long ordeal to an end." - Richard

http://www.countercurrents.org/falk050410.htm

Meet the Muslims who sacrificed themselves to save Jews and fight Nazis in World War II

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/09/08/meet-the-muslims-who-sacrificed-themselves-to-save-jews-and-fight-nazis-in-world-war-ii/

Take Action: Palestinian former prisoner Jaafar Awad, 22, dies as result of Israeli medical neglect

http://samidoun.net/2015/04/take-action-palestinian-former-prisoner-jaafar-awad-22-dies-as-result-of-israeli-medical-neglect/

SPDF Day 40: 'The people we call the prophets I think are the earliest dissident intellectuals, and they’re treated like most dissident intellectuals—very badly.....' Noam Chomsky

https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/chomsky-romero

SPDF Day 40: Massively ill today.....

Arrived at the White House at 830 this morning but was massively ill halfway on the 18 block walk to get here so it was another half hour in the bathroom trying to clean up my pants and legs enough that I could spend the day here at the White House demonstrating to free Palestine and not stink so bad that my rain pants couldn't protect the visitors. Thanks to the creator I think it will work. I have advised my friends in the Secret Service that I am extremely weak and ill today so that if there is a park closing and I am a little slow and moving my stuff out of the park they will understand. With few exceptions they are a stunningly decent group of human beings, way way way above the norm.

4.10.2015

SPDF Day 39: so tired it took me more than an hour just to get into bed tonight.....

Was at npr beginning 7 this morning until 130 p_m. Then library of congress, and picking up some depends that my doctor prescribed for me for when I am on capitol hill all day where sometimes they make using their restroom impossible.

SPDF Day 39: Israeli Blogger Yochanan Gordon argues that the solution to opponents in Gaza is to "obliterate them completely"

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/01/genocide_is_permissible_according_to_insane_times_of_israel_op_ed/

vid. 2hr. Dr. Finkelstein: 'Yes, anti-semetic acts in Europe absolutely follow Israeli Terrorism of Palestine....'

SPDF Day 39: Albanian Muslims massively saved Jews from the Holocaust

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/03/documentary-seeks-to-explain-why-albanians-saved-jews-in-holocaust/

Chris Hedges: vid. 60 min. the question is how do we make the elites afraid of us? Wages of rebellion part 2

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=-nV9OtEdQjU

***** SPDF Day 39: Is No One COMMITTED to Palestine? Outside of Palestine I see dozens or even thousands of involved citizens....

SPDF Day 39: outside of Palestine I see dozens or even thousands of involved citizens. I am not sure that I see any that are committed. There is no hope, there has never been any hope, except when citizens were committed. 'The chicken is involved, the pig is committed.'

Americans have yet to grasp the horrific magnitude of the ‘war on terror'

http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/4/americans-have-yet-to-grasp-the-horrific-magnitude-of-the-war-on-terror.html?utm_content=opinion&utm_campaign=ajam&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow

appalling ways America leads the world Welcome to the new American exceptionalism: Number one in obesity, guns, prisoners, anxiety and more ...

http://www.salon.com/2013/07/29/8_appalling_ways_america_leads_the_world_partner/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

***** SPDF Day 39: why did we go war Iraq? "The Israel lobby and [former Deputy Secretary of Defense] Paul Wolfowitz wanted to get rid of Saddam....." "We wantto Iran because... We have come to the point where we blindly follow Israel. Congress gave multiple standing ovations to Benjamin Netanyahu. If Middle Eastern countries are in chaos, they can’t unify against Israel."

http://www.salon.com/2015/04/10/the_gop_has_scores_of_racists_a_former_bush_official_condemns_modern_republican_orthodoxy/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

SPDF Day 39: Gazan Fisherman Builds Reef So His People Won’t Starve, Israeli Navy Shoots Him Dead (VIDEO)

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/29/tawfiq-gazan-fishermen-killed-israel-reef-video/

4.09.2015

***** SPDF Day 38: STOP THESE F'ING SAVAGES. STOP THEM. YOU ARE F'ING NEXT, IF YOU DON'T....... Israeli official: Lebanon will go back 200 years if war breaks out

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/middle-east/17960-israeli-official-lebanon-will-go-back-200-years-if-war-breaks-out

SPDF Day 38: A note from a fellow who was very kind to me several years ago, and my reply...

"My friend you have been in my thoughts lately. I want to bring you some lunch when your fast is complete, if it is ever complete?"

My Reply: "What a kind note, brother. Yes, this is Day 38. Creator only knows how it will end. I WANT it to end with the price of my life, because only when enough of us pay that will things change for Palestine. But, if I can see a better way before the end, or if it appears that going to death's door, but not thru, is the maximum constructive impact of this campaign, then so be it. I won't know for 2-6 more weeks, I expect.

I almost never post on FB anymore, but I post a lot at my blog: http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/ "

***** SPDF Day 38: WTF!?!?!?? HILLARY???? YAHOO???? Clinton Accuses Israel of Being Occupying Force New book takes aim at Israel, angers pro-Israel community....

http://freebeacon.com/issues/clinton-accuses-israel-of-being-occupying-force/

***** SPDF Day 38: My email to JewishVoiceForPeace.org

I'm on Day 38 of the Stop Palestines Death Fast here in

Washington DC.

Given that, maybe you can take the moment

or two it will take to read the following. I don't ask for a reply.

I ask that you think. Deeply deeply think.

"Never Again" suggests, implies, states, pretty explicitly, that

humanity should stop, and pay any personal price necessary,

to stop another Holocaust, and although the scale is different,

Palestine is another Holocaust.

You all do some good stuff. Do you care enough about the

Palestinians to ask the question - given what we and others

will do, what is the likely hood that we will EVER bring them

the mass Human Rights they deserve? Do you care enough

about them to ask that question? If you do, the answer you will

see is - NO. Given all current efforts not in 10, 20, or 50 years

is it LIKELY that full human rights will come to the Palestinians.

Is that acceptable to you?

If not, will you escalate? How? What price will you individually

be willing to pay?

I suggest that this is the Law of Social Change that must be satisfied to make

it LIKELY that Palestines will be saved:

http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/03/spdf-day-14-law-of-social-change-is-law.html

I suggest that this is the only (nonviolent) weapon (I can think of after decades

of practice and study) that they can be saved, or something

equivalent:

http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/03/spdf-day-20-vlog-death-fast-is-only.html

James McGinley

***** SPDF Day 38: Einstein NYT Letter (images, Deir Yassin, and text) - "Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our time is the emer¬gence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvini«t or- ganization in Palestine. The current visit of Menachen Begin, leader of this .party, to the United States is obviously calculated to give the impression of American support ..."

New Palestine Party

Visit of Menachen Begin and Aims of Political Movement Discussed

To the Editor or The New York Times :

Among the most disturbing political phenomena of our time is the emergence in the newly created state of Israel of the “Freedom Party" (Tnuat Haherut), a political party closely akin in its organization, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties. It was formed out of the membership and following of the former Irgun Zvai Leumi, a terrorist, right-wing, chauvini«t or- ganization in Palestine.

The current visit of Menachen Begin, leader of this .party, to the United States is obviously calculated to give the impression of American support for his party in the coming Israeli elections, and to cement political ties with conservative Zionist elements in the United States. Several Americans of national repute have lent their names to welcome his visit It is inconceivable that those who oppose fascism throughout the world, if correctly informed as to Mr. Begin's political record and perspectives, could add their names and support to the move- ment he represents.

Before irreparable damage is done by way of financial contributions, pub- lic manifestations in Begin’s behalf, and the creation in Palestine of the impression that a large ' segment 'of America supports Fascist elements in Israel, the American public must be Informed as to the record and objec- tives of Mr. Begin and his movement.

The public avowals of Begin’s party are no guide whatever to its actual character. Today they speak of freedom, democracy and anti-imperialism, whereas until recently they openly preached the doctrine of the Fascist state. It is in its actions that the ter- rorist party betrays its real character; from its past actions we can judge what it may be expected to do in the future.

Attack on Arab Village

A shocking^- example was their be- havior in the Arab village of Deir Yassin. This village, off the main roads and surrounded by Jewish lands, had taken no part in the war, and had even fought off Arab bands who wanted to use the village as their base. On April 9 (The New York Times), terrorist bands attacked this peaceful village, which was not a military objective in the fighting, Killed most of its inhabi- tants—240 men, women and children— and kept a few of them alive to parade as captives through the streets of Jerusalem. Most of the Jewish community was horrified at the deed, and the Jewish Agency sent a telegram of apology to King Abdullah of Trans- Jordan. But the terrorists, far from being ashamed of their act, were proud of this massacre, publicized it widely, and invited all the foreign correspondents present in the country to view the heaped corpses and the general havoc at Deir Yassin.

The Deir Yassin incident exemplifies the character and actions of the Freedom Party.

Within the Jewish community they have preached an admixture of ultra- nationalism, religious mysticism, and racial superiority. Like other Fascist parties they have been used to break strikes, and have themselves pressed for the destruction of free trade unions. In their stead they have proposed corporate unions on the Italian Fascist model.

During the last years of sporadic anti-British violence, the 1ZL and Stem groups inaugurated a reign of terror in the Palestine Jewish community. Teachers were beaten up for speaking against them, adults were shot for not letting their children join them. By gangster methods, beatings, window- smashing, and wide-spread robberies, the terrorists intimidated the popula- tion and exacted a heavy tribute.

The people of the Freedom Party have had no part in the constructive achievements in Palestine. They have reclaimed no land, built no settlements, and only detracted from the Jewish defense activity. Their much-publicized immigration endeavors were minute, and devoted mainly to bringing in Fascist compatriots.

Discrepancies Seen

The discrepancies between the bold claims now being made by Begin and his party, and their record of past per- formance in Palestine bear the imprint of no ordinary political party. This is the unmistakable stamp of a Fascist party for whom terrorism (against Jews, Arabs, and British alike), and misrepresentation are means, and a “Leader State" is the goal.

In the light of the foregoing considerations, it is imperative that the truth about Mr. Begin and his movement be made known in this country. It is all the more tragic that the top leadership of American Zionism has refused to campaign against Begin's efforts, o» even to expose to its own constituents the dangers to Israel from support to Begin.

The undersigned therefore take this means of publicly, presenting a few salient facts concerning Begin and his party; and of urging all concerned not to support this latest manifestation of fascism.

Isidore abramowitz, Hannah arendt, abraham Brick, Rabbi jessurun CARDOZO, (’albert ElNSTEINTI HERMAN Eisen, M. d., Hayim Fine- MAN, M. GALLEN, M. D., H. H. HAB*.

Ris, Zeliq S. Harris, Sidney Hook, FRED KaRUSH, BRURIA KAUFMAN, IRMA L. LlNDHElM, NACHMAK Majsel, Seymour Melman, m:yer D. Mendelson, M. D., harry m. Orunsky, Samuel Pitlick, frit* Rohruch, Louis P. Rocker, ruth Sager, Itzhak Sankowsky, I. J.

, SCHOENBERG, SAMUEL. SHU MAN, M. Znger, Irma Wolpb, stkfajt WOLfB. “ 'vjL: ^

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***** SPDF Day 38: vid. 5 min. Deir Yassin, one of 30 Israeli, Plan Dalet mass attrocities launched in Dec 1957 to Terrorize and Expel 250,000 Palestinians against all international law and agreements.

***** SPDF Day 38: vid. 20 min. FOX - Israel KNEW BEFORE 9.11. At War ON US

SPDF Day 38: HA'ARETZ - " The United States of Israel: The chutzpah, the megalomania The brain refuses to believe what the eyes read: Israel will push Congress to pass a bill, Israel will lobby the Congress. Imagine the scandal the reverse headline would ignite."

http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.651069

SPDF Day 38: My email to Ali Abunimah, the Great writer at ElectronicIntifiada.net

Ali,

This is day 38 of my Stop Palestines Death Fast. http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/03/spdf-day-20-vlog-death-fast-is-only.html

If 1000 ever undertook paying, or atleast offering to pay, this price, Palestine might have a prayer.

Ali, your work has been instrumental to getting us this far. But if you lack the courage and the humanity to see no one else will see... that some of us have to pay, or at least offer, the price of our own lives, so that not ALL the Palestinians have to... well, then it is OVER. This is the immutable Law of Social Change, the Law of Personal Sacrifice, the Law of Paying the Price. http://jesusgodgoodetcnjay.blogspot.com/2015/03/spdf-day-20-vlog-death-fast-is-only.html

BDS is like wings on a rocket ship. But without sufficient Rocket FUEL the rocket never reaches orbit, and all the passengers, Palestinians, DIE. For God's sake man, can't even you face this?

IF NOT YOU, WHO. IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

pic. SPDF Day 38: 4th day this week at NPR Netanyahu's Propaganda Radio

SPDF Day 38: When conservatives want something badly they pay the price or make others pay the price for it. When liberals want something...

When conservatives want something badly they pay the price or make others pay the price for it. When liberals want something they find excuses for themselves, don't pay, and don't make anyone else really pay either.

***** SPDF Day 38: A liberal on FB complaining about, Schumer, the Israeli, fighting to bomb Iran: "When will they ever learn?" My reply: ""THEY" HAVE learned.....

A liberal on FB complaining about, Schumer, the Israeli, fighting to bomb Iran: "When will they ever learn?" My reply: ""THEY" HAVE learned. Each day of the last 50 years they've learned that the liberals are all talk, whiners, blamers, complainers, FaceBookers... and will NEVER pay the price for what they want, even if it means the end of creation. Learning is not the problem of the hawks. It is the problem of the lip-service liberals... cept they want NOT to learn, cuz then they'd have to pay. Yes, creation will not end from denial on the right of the science, but from denial of the left of what price they have to pay now, to save Creation. This is so obvious to all but the pathologically in denial."

SPDF Day 38: Western wars have killed four million Muslims since 1990

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/unworthy-victims-western-wars-have-killed-four-million-muslims-1990-39149394

***** SPDF Day 38: vid 7 min. "The Israeli decision to rain death and destruction on Palestine is the final phase of a decades long campaign to finish the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians."

4.08.2015

SPDF Day 37: Pope Francis: "EEach child who begs for money on the street and who is denied medical care and education is “a painful cry that goes directly to the heart of the Father, and accuses the system that we adults have built.... Children are the responsibility not just of their parents, but of everyone....”

Each child who begs for money on the street and who is denied medical care and education is “a painful cry that goes directly to the heart of the Father, and accuses the system that we adults have built.... Children are the responsibility not just of their parents, but of everyone....”

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/pope-francis-brings-down-hammer-says-dont-mess-with-children-80226/

vid. "Don't console yourself that you are the 99 percent," he says. "If you live near a Whole Foods; if no one in your family serves in the military; if you are paid by the year, not the hour; if most people you know finished college; if no one you know uses meth; if you married once and remain married; if you're not one of 65 million Americans with a criminal record — if any or all of these things describe you, then accept the possibility that actually, you may not know what's going on, and you may be part of the problem."

http://www.vox.com/2015/4/8/8325613/privilege-anand-giridharadas-ted

SPDF Day 37: War Crime Happening NOW: Israeli Occupation Illegally Seizes Over 1,000 Dunums Of Palestinian Land for Settlement

https://occpalgaza.wordpress.com/2015/04/08/war-crime-happening-now-israeli-occupation-illegally-seizes-over-1000-dunums-of-palestinian-land-for-settlement/

SPDF Day 37: A new set of racist anti-Arab laws is before the Knesset

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/articles/middle-east/17926-a-new-set-of-racist-anti-arab-laws-is-before-the-knesset

***** SPDF Day 37: Chris Matthews: the neocons continue to fight to destroy the Middle East and remake it as pro Israel

http://www.ringoffireradio.com/2015/04/chris-matthews-quit-running-these-goddamn-right-wing-ads-on-msnbc/

vid 4min. Activists on the high seas climbing the Shell Oil Rig headed to the Arctic. This is what paying a price, this is what activism, looks like.

https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t43.1792-2/11048526_890447437664829_2049780471_n.mp4?efg=eyJxZSI6InZpZGVvX3ByZWZlcnJlZF90YWdzXzIwMTUwMTIxLDIwMTUwMTAxIiwidmVuY29kZV90YWciOiJsZWdhY3lfaGQifQ%3D%3D&oh=c5eeedc10629abafebed0d489bd20f3b&oe=5525769D

SPDF Day 37: vid 2 min. Israeli sadism in Jerusalem. Statistics. Facts. Slaughter.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?spfreload=10&v=A8wb0uqDvRs

SPDF Day 37: NBC, you murdering, savage, Israeli bastards. 1 Palestinian is murdered by Israel every 4 days and you report this? Palestinian Stabs Two Israeli Soldiers in West Bank Attack

http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/nbc-news/palestinian-stabs-two-israeli-soldiers-in-west-bank-attack-424709699890