Longing for home, from Palestine to Punjab
Last week marked the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba, meaning catastrophe, when an estimated 700,000 Palestinians were displaced from their homes with the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. I, and others, have argued elsewhere why the Palestinian struggle for freedom and self-determination...
UPDATED: US House of Reps Votes on Palestinian Self-Determination
The Chair of the US House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee, Rep. Howard Berman, is trying to push a resolution through Congress today “condemning unilateral declarations of a Palestinian state.”
The United Nations has long recognized the sovereignty of the Palestinian people...
Sikhs’ Reactions to the Israeli Government Terrorism
Posted by Jodha in News on 06 2nd, 2010 | 71 Comments
The story splashed all over the newspapers. An event that had been purposefully ignored by the US news could no longer be avoided when a number of humanitarian activists were killed (still no official number or names of those murdered??) by Israeli forces on Monday.
Activists from all over the world...
UPDATED: Whither a Voice: Sikhs and Palestine
Posted by Jodha in Activism on 01 12th, 2009 | 203 Comments
While emotions often run high on this issue, an email from a friend struck me enough to think about and create a forum for the issue.
As current estimates has over 850 Palestinian and 13 Israeli deaths, the tragedy in Gaza will be continued with Israeli strikes. Throughout the world, we have seen breath-taking...
