A group from New Orleans traveled to the Gaza Strip in June 2009 to document, witness and talk with people affected by Israel's massive attack in December 2008 and January 2009 on this 140 sq mile section of land bordering Egypt and Israel/Palestine. [Report] includes recordings of several speakers who went to Gaza, along with the delegation's answers to audience questions. Photo by Abdul Aziz. Read More & AUDIO

Related Stories from New Orleans Indymedia: Starting Over in Gaza - Report from a New Orleanian in Gaza | New Orleanians in a delegation during the siege | Local Protests Continue in January | Protesting the Attacks on Gaza via New Orleans | | | Past Coverage from Indymedia.US: Protests Converge on Anniversary of Gaza Occupation, Relief Caravans Push On

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Last week, demonstrations were held on July 6 in solidarity of the 42nd anniversary of Israel's occupation of the Gaza Strip. San Francisco, protesters gathered at the UN Plaza (pictured) and in Washington, DC, hundreds converged on the Israeli Embassy.

The following morning, former U.S. Congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney arrived in New York's JFK airport after being jailed for a week in Israel for carrying relief supplies to Gaza. Audio from WBAI: Mckinney Lands in NYC, speaks to Wake-up Call | | | Reports from Free Gaza Movement: June30 | July7 | | | McKinney: Letter from an Israeli Jail

Meanwhile, another caravan, which organizers say is the largest ever US humanitarian aid convoy, has been delayed by the Egyptian government while en route to Gaza. Demonstrations have been called for Tuesday at the Egyptian Mission to the UN. Roundup from NYC-IMC

Today, June 30, 2009, Israeli Occupation Forces attacked and boarded the Free Gaza Movement boat, the SPIRIT OF HUMANITY, abducting 21 human rights workers from 11 countries, including Noble laureate Mairead Maguire and former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (see below for a complete list of passengers). The passengers and crew are being forcibly dragged toward Israel.

On the US State's feigned "outrage" over the Iranian State's suppression of the "Twitter Revolution".

Naomi Klein advocates Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israeli products, in Bil’in

On, Friday, June 26, the Bil’in village held press conference and a the usual weekly demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall. Palestinian residents, alongside international and Israeli activists gathered today in Bil’in to demonstrate against the theft of their land.

Among those who attended the demonstration was Naomi Klein, who is visiting Palestine on the occasion of the publication of her latest book, “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” in Arabic and Hebrew. Klein is an advocate for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign and spoke about her choice to respect the 2005 call for BDS from Palestinian civil society. She explained that the international community can actively support the Palestinian people in their non-violent resistance to the Occupation through BDS. Explaining her role as a writer, Klein said, “We believe that art and culture are political... Bil’in has integrated art and culture into their resistance. ” Read more | Bil'in Weekley Demonstration-June 26

On June 24, Nearly five months after opening an investigation of University of California sociology professor William I. Robinson for alleged faculty misconduct, university officials abruptly announced that it has dismissed all charges and terminated the case. Robinson has been targeted by the Anti-Defamation League for forwarding images that made a historical comparison to the state violence of the Israeli military actions in Gaza with that of German Nazi Wehrmacht in Warsaw.

Richard Silverstein Writes:, YouTube may have banned Max Blumenthal's Feel the Hate video, but I guess the hasbara (pro-Israel propaganda) crowd hasn't yet gotten around to complaining about the multiple YouTube abuse videos documenting verbal and emotional abuse of innocent Palestinian civilians by thuggish Israeli Border Police.

On Saturday, June 20, activists gathered at Trader Joe's in Oakland and San Francisco to demand that the company stop carrying Israeli goods. Protesters removed Israeli products from the shelves in order to show customers which products they should not buy. They also met with the store managers and asked them to notify their headquarters that they no longer wanted to carry Israeli herbs, couscous and cheese. Similar actions were held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Seattle, Washington, and Sacramento, California. The activists were inspired by campaigns to deshelve Israeli products in Wales and France.

In the early hours of Monday, June 22, 2009, settlers from the Bat 'Ain settlement set fire and cut down more than 125 grapevines and fruit trees. Israeli soldiers said they saw a fire in the Palestinian agricultural fields some time during the night and went to put it out, though they did nothing to collect the evidence; kerosene canisters and matches were still there the next morning when activists from the Palestine Solidarity Project accompanied the farmer's family to survey the damage.

New York City, NY: About 300 people gathered at the UN to show their solidarity for the anti-government protesters in Iran. [...] There were a lot of Mousavi photos with the word "Change", a lot of calls for the UN to speak more forcefully, and a lot of condemnations of the Iranian government. Photos

Boston, MA: More than one hundred declared supporters of democracy, free communication, and peace in Iran gathered at Copley Square in Boston on Saturday afternoon, as widespread protests against the present regime continued one week and one day after an illegitimate election. [...] Organized nationally by Where Is My Vote, which presents itself as a voice for the Iranian diaspora, and locally online with postings on Craigslist, Yelp, and especially a Facebook event page. Read More

Background: Iranians Take to the Streets to Contest Election Results; Protesters Shot by Police | | | Commentary: A Question Over Iran: Can the People Make History or Not? | "Is the Uprising in Tehran a CIA Backed Exercise? Tehran Protesters Address Progressives" | Wake Up Jim Cramer! In Iran It’s Much Ado About Something

Related: US Department of State asks Twitter to suspend its expected service shutdown

It’s not like the US intervenes in elections in the Middle East. This week the US Department of State asked Twitter to suspend its expected service shutdown, explicitly in reference to the crisis in Iran. This in itself is evidence of an attempt to influence events in Iran’s domestic crisis, even though the US Department of State has no presence in Iran.

On June 21st, the Israeli State Prosecutor ordered police to start an investigation of Indymedia Israel. At the heart of the investigation is an article posted to the site with a picture of a soldier who, according to witnesses, murdered protest organizer Abu Rahma on April 17th. The posting with the heading "murderer" asks for the name and any other relevant information of that soldier so that he can face murder charges.

More than one hundred declared supporters of democracy, free communication, and peace in Iran gathered at Copley Square in Boston on Saturday afternoon, as widespread protests against the present regime continued one week and one day after an illegitimate election. Read More & Pics

Background: Iranians Take to the Streets to Contest Election Results; Protesters Shot by Police | | | Commentary: A Question Over Iran: Can the People Make History or Not? | "Is the Uprising in Tehran a CIA Backed Exercise? Tehran Protesters Address Progressives"

Davey D, producer of KPFA's Hard Knock Radio , writes: "It's interesting to hear a number of progressives who immediately jumped out the box telling people that they were being duped by supporting the protests in Tehran. Many arrogantly pointed out that we were somehow carrying the mainstream party line and what we were seeing in the streets was a CIA backed operation. In fact one person hit me up and told me I should be ashamed of myself and that I was somehow pushing the mainstream party line.