Gaza: more info for American readers

Updated as of Saturday 6 PM Pacific Standard Time:

As usual in the early days of a major crisis involving dead Arab civilians, the US media is busy looking elsewhere or making excuses. If you want more info on the Gaza strike than what the New York Times posts, check

UPDATE Tony Karon wrote this before the bombing but it applies.

Middle East Children's Alliance Call to Action and links here.

Philip Weiss, New York journalist who is outraged

Abu-Aardvark US political scientist, American-born, non-Arab. His delicious links at left provide a useful feed of relevant news.

As'ad Abu-Khalil: the Angry Arab. US political scientist, Lebanese-born.

Juan Cole has not posted yet. Look for his comment later today.

1. Contact the White House to protest the attack and demand an immediate cease-fire. Call 202-456-1111 or send an email to comments@whitehouse.gov.

2. Contact the State Department at 202-647-6575.

3. Contact your Representative and Senators in Congress at 202-224-3121.

Today we are all Angry Arabs. 

For the sake of my liver, I am going for a walk. Those of you who believe in prayer, please start now. The rest of you, call your Congresspeople or something. Not that they are in the office.

Here is my Twitter comment:
Friend asks re: Gaza - how can it stop? Via rule of law, diplomacy, US will to justice. Doable. Will it be done? I'm praying.
If US gov't wanted it to stop, it would stop. Diplomacy can work wonders. Lifting the siege too. Rule of law heals many ills.

Comments

[Maloof]

It makes me angry that the world can sit back and watch this happening. Gazans are starving for food, medicine, human rights...

[G Hazeltine]

These are also good sources, passionate and informed:

http://joelsuarez.com/
http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/
http://www.chris-floyd.com/

[Judy]

Juan Cole's comments were well worth waiting for.

Shame on us all.