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Israel’s Lesson to Palestinians: Build More Rockets?

Posted by in Economic Activism for Palestine, Global Exchange News & Events, Peace, Democracy and Human Rights, People Power, Not Corporate Power, Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 5th December, 2012 | 1 Comment

IMG_0301Medea Benjamin is cofounder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange. She was recently part of an Emergency Delegation to Gaza and heard: “Please don’t wait for the third Israeli round of attacks,” said Hala Ashi, a 24-year-old whose home was badly damaged and whose neighbor was killed, “and help show us, the youth of Gaza, that violence is not the answer.”
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VIDEO: Activists Express Condolences for Victims of Flotilla Attack

Posted by in Stop Funding War, World News & Events on 7th June, 2010 | No Comments

Turkish-Embassy-VideoPeace activists, led by CODEPINK and Global Exchange Co-founder Medea Benjamin, convened in front of the Turkish Embassy, in Washington, D.C., on Friday, June 4, 2010. They were there to express their condolences for the “deaths of the Turkish citizens,” as a result of Israel’s lethal attack, in international waters, “on the nonviolent Gaza Freedom »
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