WAWA/WeAreWideAwake is my Public Service to America as a muckracker who has journeyed seven times to Israel Palestine since June 2005.
WAWA is dedicated to confronting media and governments that shield the whole
truth.
We who Are Wide
Awake are compelled by the "fierce urgency of Now" [Rev MLK, Jr.] to raise
awareness and promote the human dialogue about many of the crucial issues of our
day: the state of our Union and in protection of democracy, what life is like
under military occupation in Palestine, the Christian EXODUS from the Holy Land,
and spirituality-from a Theologically Liberated Christian Anarchist
POV.
"We're on a mission from God." Jake Blues/John Belushi
"Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all...and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated. The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave...a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils." George Washington's Farewell Address - 1796
"My aim is to agitate & disturb people. I'm not selling bread, I'm selling yeast." Unamuno
"Imagine All the People Sharing All the World." John Lennon
"If enough Christians followed the gospel, they could bring any state to its knees." Father Philip Francis Berrigan
"You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down." Tom Petty
"If I can't dance, it's not my revolution." Emma Goldman
"We have yet to begin to IMAGINE the power and potential of the Internet." Charlie Rose, 2005
Only in Solidarity do "We have it in our power to begin the world again" Tom Paine
"Never doubt that a few, thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world: Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead
"You shall know the truth and the truth will set you free." John 8:32
DO SOMETHING!
Photo of George shown here and in web site banner courtesy of Debbie Hill, 2000.
We hold these truths to be self-evident: That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights; that, among these, are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; that, to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; and, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it. -July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence
Eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi was a lone Christian voice out of the wilderness that rose up against The Crusades and the hypocrisy in the Church Institution. The Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi is courtesy of Tommy's Window
http://www.wrmea.com/ The US Campaign focuses on US government, corporations, and other institutions that sustain Israel's domination of the Palestinian people and denial of their human rights. The US Campaign believes that US citizens have a duty to hold their government and corporations accountable. It seeks to educate US citizens on the way that these institutions function to undermine the rights of the Palestinian people and mobilize them in support of human rights. Without justice grounded in human rights, peace will never prevail.
American Association for Palestinian Equal Rights (AAPER) is a nonprofit educational organization whose mission is to inform the American public about the role of the United States in the Middle East and the human and national rights of the Palestinian people.
The
Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of
instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and
increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the
goal of "If Americans Knew" to provide full and accurate information on
this critical issue with the desire to bring a resolution: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/
"Iran's
New Voice" is a creatively satirical news segment about a NEW Iran
policy inspired by Martin Luther King, JFK, and Ghandi:
Hedy
Epstein; a German Jewish Holocaust survivor, born in 1924, whose
parents were sent to Auschwitz in 1942, where they perished. In 1948,
Hedy Epstein went to live in United States. In 2003, she decided
to make a trip to Palestine. Shocked by the oppression that the Israeli
government is imposing on the Palestinians, she has since devoted
herself to make it known to the world the true facts on the ground:
Thanks to Angela Godfrey-Goldstein, Action Advocacy Officer
The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, ICAHD, Jerusalem, for the following
"We'll make a pastrami sandwich of them. We'll insert a strip of Jewish settlements in between the Palestinians, and then another strip of Jewish settlements right across the West Bank, so that in 25 years, neither the United Nations, nor the U.S.A, nobody, will be able to tear it apart." Ariel Sharon to Winston S. Churchill III in 1973.
Watch ZOCHROT (Refugees, Demolished Palestinian Villages, "Transfer" & Remembering the Nakba): [google Zochrot's webpage, the link is blacklisted by servers]
'The Unrecognized' -- a short documentary, highlights the plight of Bedouin Israeli citizens living in the Naqab (Negev) desert. Approx. 70,000 live in the poverty of 'unrecognized villages', denied essential public services, facing fundamental human rights violations due to institutionalized discrimination.
The
Israeli-Palestinian conflict is one of the world’s major sources of
instability. Americans are directly connected to this conflict, and
increasingly imperiled by its devastation. It is the
goal of "If Americans Knew" to provide full and accurate information on
this critical issue with the desire to bring a resolution: http://www.ifamericansknew.org/
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict -- 'Occupation 101' presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions.
The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets.
The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948 war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process, Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this tragedy.
VIEW 5 CLIPS AND MAKE SURE YOU TURN THE MUSIC OFF FIRST!!!
If you are American DO NOT SKIP NUMBER 4: US Financial Aid to Israel
Historical Facts, Maps, and Current Events:*** International Middle East Media Coverage provides news updates several times each day of events unfolding in Israel/Palestine ( www.imemc.org)
Amnesty International Report on Israel and the Occupied Territories: updates on the state of human rights www.amnestyusa.org/countries/israel_and _occupied territories/index.do
Applied Research Institute of Jerusalem (ARIJ): statistical data (www.arij.org )
Arab American Institute: weekly updates and action alerts (www.aaiusa.org )
Bitter Lemons Newsletter: weekly updates and commentary by both Israeli and Palestinian writers( www.bitterlemons.org)
International Solidarity Movement: non-violent resistance movement provides on site reports from international volunteers working with Palestinians ( www.palsolidarity.org)
Middle East Research and Information : good basic facts (www.merip.org )
***Palestine Monitor, the Voice of Civil Society: fact sheets, reports from the ground, media watch ( www.palestinemonitor.org)
Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy: group founded by Hanan Ashrawi reports on current affairs ( www.miftah.org)
Pengon: Palestinian environmental coalition focusing on the effects of the Wall on village life, farming, water resources ( www.pengon.org)
Christian Groups: Christian Peacemaker Teams: stories of Christian non-violent resistance, especially in the Hebron area ( www.prairienet.org/cpt)
***Churches for Middle East Peace: umbrella ecumenical organization provides links to other Christian groups and e-mail alerts ( www.cmep.org)
***Holy Land Trust Palestinian News Network: group committed to non-violent solutions provides daily updates of facts on the ground ( www.palestinenet.org)
***Sabeel Palestinian Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center offers news of Palestinian and interfaith peace efforts, worship resources, newsletters ( www.sabeel.org)
World Council of Churches Ecumenical Accompaniment Program: reports of Christian volunteers supporting Palestinian life ( www.eappi.org)
Jewish Groups (Israeli and American):
Americans for Peace Now: weekly updates, news reports, and action alerts (www.peacenow.org )
B'Tselem Israeli Human Rights Organization provides papers and statistics on wide variety of human rights issues ( www.btselem.org)
Courage to Refuse: Israeli soldiers refuse to serve in the Occupied Territories (www.seruv.org )
***Gush Shalom sends updates on peace efforts within Israel and commentary by Uri Avnery ( www.gush-shalom.org)
Israeli Committee against House Demolitions seeks to prevent destruction of homes and olive groves as well as to rebuild demolished homes ( www.icahd.org)
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. -Article 19.
" In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."-Mother Teresa
“You cannot talk like sane men around a peace table while the atomic bomb itself is ticking beneath it. Do not treat the atomic bomb as a weapon of offense; do not treat it as an instrument of the police. Treat the bomb for what it is: the visible insanity of a civilization that has ceased...to obey the laws of life.”- Lewis Mumford, 1946
The age of warrior kings and of warrior presidents has passed. The nuclear age calls for a different kind of leadership....a leadership of intellect, judgment, tolerance and rationality, a leadership committed to human values, to world peace, and to the improvement of the human condition. The attributes upon which we must draw are the human attributes of compassion and common sense, of intellect and creative imagination, and of empathy and understanding between cultures." - William Fulbright
“Any nation that year after year continues to raise the Defense budget while cutting social programs to the neediest is a nation approaching spiritual death.” - Rev. MLK
Establishment of Israel
"On the day of the termination of the British mandate and on the strength of the United Nations General Assembly declare The State of Israel will be based on freedom, justice and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel: it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion it will guarantee freedom of religion [and] conscience and will be faithful to the Charter of the United Nations." - May 14, 1948. The Declaration of the Establishment of Israel
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