Annie's New Letters (& notes): This Week in Palestine: Human Rights in Palestine

[AS ALWAYS PLEASE GO TO THE LINK TO READ GOOD ARTICLES IN FULL: HELP SHAPE ALGORITHMS (and conversations) THAT EMPOWER DECENCY, DIGNITY, JUSTICE & PEACE... and hopefully Palestine]

http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=4190&edid=227&ed=227

....Every time my children Basil and Taima cry because they are hungry or cold, I am immediately transported to Al-Yarmouk, and I imagine toddlers my children’s age crying endlessly, not having eaten for days, or even worse, not crying at all as they slowly slip into eternal silence. The world remains oblivious, uninterested, and unmoved by the Palestinian plight. And our cause is often diluted to a situation of two neighbours unable to live together, which could not be farther from the truth. This is why an issue on human rights had to be produced. This Week in Palestine’s main mission is to document and celebrate Palestine rather than mourn her, but this issue is far from celebratory. Nor is it mournful. If anything it is a solid documentation on the status of human rights in Palestine. We cover everything: prisoners, women, children, business, and human rights. We share the world’s pain on losing Nelson Mandela, as we also lost one of our own human rights champions, Eyad Sarraj. This issue is serious, well written, and heavy. It need not be taken lightly. However, you will, no doubt, feel a few rays of hope shimmering somewhere within its folds.

So read on. And could someone please send a copy to Scarlett Johansson!

Riyam Kafri AbuLaban
Content Editor