http://mecaforpeace.org/ Middle East Children's Alliance: supporting children and families in Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq through humanitarian aid, education, and community-based projects http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=472 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=472 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=471 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=471 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=470 <div class="text blurb">MECA is honored to present Professor NOAM CHOMSKY in a benefit event this fall.</div> http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=470 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=469 <div class="text blurb">Join us on the eve of the July 4 departure of Viva Palestina for live and local ElektroFunkIndyPop!</div> http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=469 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=468 <div class="text blurb">Help Send Five Trucks of Medical Aid to Gaza in July!</div> http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=468 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=467 <div class="text blurb">New report and video from Defense for Children International - Palestine Section </div> Thu, 11 Jun 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=467 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=466 <div class="text blurb">Children among Palestinian detainees abused during West Bank operation, according to soldiers' confessions </div> Tue, 09 Jun 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=466 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=465 <div class="text blurb">Young Palestinians Find Their Voice Through Hip-Hop</div> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=465 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=464 <div class="text blurb">The area is east of the Green Line and is recognized internationally as occupied territory. Legally the hotel would be a settlement.</div> http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=464 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=463 <div class="text blurb">A United Nations team has arrived in the Gaza Strip to investigate possible war crimes and other violations of international law during Israel's assault on the territory earlier this year.</div> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=463 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=462 <div class="text blurb">At 68, East Bay activist Barbara Lubin is still in the game, fighting to bring food, medical supplies, and more to children and families in war-torn zones through her nonprofit Middle East Children’s Alliance. For decades, she’s also been raising heck at home, scrapping to save Ozzie’s beloved soda fountain in the Elmwood, pressing Berkeley public schools to admit her special needs son, and taking life lessons from rebel poet Allen Ginsberg. </div> http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=462 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=461 <div class="text blurb">One-year-old Muhammad died at a Khan Younis hospital while doctors waited for the permit that never came. </div> Mon, 25 May 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=461 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=460 <div class="text blurb">At a time when the Palestinian people are under a siege that has prevented them from exercising their most basic rights and freedoms, the Gaza coast has become an important psychological tool.</div> Wed, 20 May 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=460 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=459 <div class="text blurb">Palestinian people are supposed to commemorate the Nakba; instead, 61 years on, they are still victims of Israel's military occupation policies and ongoing land grabs.</div> http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=459 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=458 <div class="text blurb">Containing numerous eye witness testimonies, the report brings to light Israel’s widespread targeting of unarmed civilians, including children, throughout the offensive.</div> Thu, 14 May 2009 http://mecaforpeace.org/article.php?id=458