ALERT! Watch EU debate on Goldstone Report: 11amGMT Wed Mar 10

March 9th, 2010 • Awareness, News
Tags: cast lead, debate, EU, gaza, goldstone report, parliament

If you missed it, watch the archived video here…

Watch LIVE Online here… Tune in at 11am GMT Wednesday March 10, 2010

AGENDA – Document approved by the Conference of Presidents – Sittings of 10/03/2010 – Session Strasbourg

MRs – Implementation of Goldstone recommendations on Israel/Palestine Debate

Ha’aretz: Jewish lobbying sways EU against support of Goldstone Gaza report

Members of the European Parliament have backtracked from their plan to pass a resolution demanding implementation of the Goldstone report, in response to pressure from European Jewish leaders, Haaretz has learned.

After leaders of all the major EP parties had agreed on the wording of a draft demanding implementation of the controversial document – which accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza last year and proposed prosecuting Israeli officials in the International Criminal Court – the European Union’s legislative body was scheduled to vote on the measure Wednesday.

UK Green Party MEP Jean Lambert’s statement:

“I will endorse a European Parliament resolution which supports Israel being held to account; an end to the siege and an opening of crossings for civilian reconstruction; for steps to include Hamas in peace talks, removing them from the terrorist list as a constructive step and to help Hamas act in a way that assists the implementation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Palestinian territory; and which supports NGOs and civil society to uphold human rights and call those in authority to account. I have been a longstanding advocate of a lasting peaceful and just resolution, which respects democracy and human rights. Along with Green colleagues, I will continue to press for progress in line with these principles.”

To Shoot an Elephant

January 22nd, 2010 • Awareness, Events, Film & Documentary
Tags: cast lead, documentary, film, gaza, screening, to shoot, to shoot an elephant

We have produced a version with enhanced subtitles: click here to download (468mb)

ei interview with Ewa Jasiewicz: “We are all complicit”

If you missed the film or would like to share the film with others, the filmmakers have made it available on DVD & to download free here…

Thanks to all those that attended the Jan 21 screening in Reading!

“…afterwards, of course, there were endless discussions about the shooting of the elephant. The owner was furious, but he was only an Indian and could do nothing. Besides, legally I had done the right thing, for a mad elephant has to be killed, like a mad dog, if it’s owner fails to control it”. – George Orwell defined a way of witnessing Asia that still remains valid.

To shoot an Elephant, a film by Alberto Arce and Mohammed Rujaila, is an eyewitness account from the Gaza strip during the Israeli embargo. The film shot between December 25 2008 and January 16 2009, 21 days of urgent, insomniac dirty shuddering images from the only foreigners who decided and managed to stay in Gaza, embedded with the ambulance workers who pick up the wounded and dead from the streets. Read more »