Little girl confronts soldiers with unworldly grace, courage and eloquence. share this

Little girl confronts soldiers with unworldly grace, courage and eloquence.

She’s Palestinian & the soldiers are Israeli but her message is universal.

The video is clearly post-produced to some extent, I’m trying to find the original and some more info & context. (*UPDATE BELOW, her name is Jana and she’s 6 years old )

Meanwhile it remains a powerful piece of video.

Please read the notes & comments too… and maybe use her courage to raise your voice against war & oppression

Angel of Peace

 

please send the video to your any politician you have a contact for…

Here’s more of Jana from our friends at Palestine Youth Voice

Mirror yourself in the courage of this little girl!
The important thing is to have the courage to care!
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 What are you waiting for? Now is the time to STAND UP for yourself, to be BOLD, be CREATIVE, be RADICAL To Dream BIG, IMAGINE, Feel the fear but DO IT! Anyway its time to Question Expert Authority, ASK hard questions, PROPOSE and DEMAND solutions. To Participate and AGITATE. DISOBEY if you must. To VISUALISE and Organise. To KILL the fear spreading Media – EDUCATE and INFORM yourself and Others. NOW is the time to invest in HOPE.

To cultivate LOVE To Give Thanks for what we have and to help those that Haven’t. We Must DANCE, PLAY, ENJOY ourselves. TRANSFORM your situation no matter how bad it is. It can be done, EAT WELL, REST, MEDITATE. PROTECT yourself. BECOME a SOUL WARRIOR. Don’t apologise for being a DREAMER – we need MORE DREAMERS. PERSIST Resist and ignore the begrudgers, hold firm to your vision. Don’t make up excuses or get caught up in Blame. In the Game of them and Us RESPECT Everyone, even if you dont like them. Enemies are Great Teachers. TRANSCEND, RISE, Reach for the STARS.

Don’t take yourself too seriously. LAUGH at yourself. LOVE YOURSELF. You are WONDERFUL if you let yourself BE. ABANDON JUDGEMENT, Age, Roles, Stereotypes. Take RISKS. Drop LEFT RIGHT and RELIGIOUS Dogma. THINK FOR YOURSELF. Take control of your Diet, Money, Home, Family, Work Spend Time in NATURE. Listen to your Gut, Instinct, Intuition, Heart. Go offline to get ONLINE. Take QUIET TIME for you, to WRITE, DRAW. EXPERIMENT. Learn a SONG, Call a Meeting, Start a Petition. BUILD COMMUNITY. See what happens. SHARE. Take your time. Slow Down – Small and Slow are POWERFUL and BEAUTIFUL. Wake up to REALITY. It’s not that bad. If it is THEN CHANGE IT. Don’t wait for others to do it. TELL OTHERS, JOIN them, ASK for HELP.

SING IT LOUD. BE Proud you’re not a Zombie caught up on the harsh production line of Commuting, Work, Shopping, Consumption and SLEEP. You’re MUCH MORE ALIVE This is not a PRACTICE RUN, THIS IS YOUR REVOLUTION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN THERE ARE ALWAYS MORE POSSIBILITIES THAT YOU THINK! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

BLEND OF LOVING ENERGIES

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SiNeh~

Jenny’s voice:
“All your armies, all your fighters All your tanks, and all your soldiers Against a boy holding a stone Standing there all alone In his eyes I see the sun In his smile I see the moon And I wonder, I only wonder Who is weak, and who is strong? Who is right, and who is wrong? And I wish, I only wish That the truth has a tongue….! “

{Palestinian girl Jenny (5 years) from the village of Nabi Saleh north west of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers courageously online on one of the entrances to the village in English and talk about the enormous injustice perpetrated against them by the Israeli occupation. These soldiers and tried to evade the voice of the girl Jenny who was wearing a dress and the Palestinian Toshan kuffiya which In place, and talked about the demise of Omnyatea occupation and said to them: “You are really crazy.” Topped with a Palestinian flag, where it has pursued a strong, courageous and personally directed their messages to each soldier is]

QC expects action on human rights from Barack Obama

Respected Human Rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC  ( see story below on his visit to Perth for UN HR anniversary ) has told Australian ABC’s Lateline that he expects a change in the US approach to human rights when Barack OBAMA takes over as US President next January.

He has also predicted sanctions and possibly charges against US lawyers who advised the BUSH ( dubya that is ) regime on issues such as torture and the shameful goings on at Gitmo.

In a 15 minute interview with Tony Jones he also lamented the lack of a Bill of Rights in Australia and foreshadowed challenges to the US occupation of Mauritian territory known as Diego Garcia and the displacement of its Indigenous people.

The Rhodes Scholar and celebrated Silk also highlighted the stupidity we spoke of here recently of martyring people like Hambali and the other Bali Bombers.

see it in full here
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2008/s2422192.htm

I wasn’t aware ’til tonight that the island of Diego Garcia was held back from the Independence granted to Mauritius by Britain and then given to the US to use as a strategic base during the cold war. The locals, who are a distinct race apparently now live mainly in poverty on other parts of the Indian Ocean Archipelago

It’s a shame that Geoffrey’s dinner speech in Perth is so expensive, but I figure that the top end of town could probably do with his wisdom and experience, and the big bucks will aid Amnesty’s ongoing battle against abuse.

I hope to speak to the good QC in the next day or so to bring you more

Barack Obama – just found this link to a collage of newspaper front pages

thanks to crikey.com.au for the following link

http://obama2008.s3.amazonaws.com/headlines.html?source=cmailer

it’s a massive collage of frontpage stories in the wake of the historic US. Presidential vote

the cynic in me is just waiting for the media to turn from adoring to damning – let’s hope the new President doesn’t get swamped by disillusioned folk who find out he CAN’T actually walk on water…but hang on – has anyone actually seen him NOT walk on water :*)

Obama offers hope

No matter what your politics, nationality, ethnicity or faith – you had to be impressed by that acceptance speech.

I remember JFK’s speech when I was a little boy and have revisited it often as an adult, and I believe Barack Obama’s words will echo longer and louder.

My fear is that cynicism, racism and just plain inertia from the established powers could snuff out the flame of hope lit today in a second, or starve it of oxygen over time.

Now is not the time to hang back and see how he goes in the US, but to get involved in positive change in our own countries and own ways because this is, as he said, is just a chance to make a change for those who follow us.

If you’re viewing this amazing event through the jaundiced eyes of liberal versus conservative, left versus right, it may take you some time to readjust your vision, but don’t be afraid, it’ll get better.

I don’t know about you – but the call and answer “yes we can” didn’t feel cheesy or reek of pop psychology at the acceptance rally – it just reminded me of the old adage for the sign on the gates of hell ” abandon hope all ye who enter here “

So if it’s alright with cynics and the partisan, I’m rapt we took door number 2.

Election USA – best coverage at a glance on BBC – Obama leads McCain

TV, Radio and the web are flooded with coverage and I’ve found there’s a lot of blab but little easy to absorb detail.  The easiest for my brain is the BBC page with the vote tally constantly updated;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/