Genkai Nuclear Power Plant Radiation Leak

In Japan, Genkai Nuclear Power Planst in Kyusyu just had a radiation leak on Dec 11. The extent of the radiation leak is still hidden from the public. It may be as bad as Three Mile Island. It has so-called "plu-thermal" fuel, (uranium with plutonium mixed fuel) which is more unstable and dangerous than enriched uranium fuel.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20101210/k10015775891000.html

When more information becomes available, I will post it here.

For FREE PRESS and Freedom of Expression, Sign NOW!

I am away for 4 days and will not be able to read/reply e-mails till Tuesday night.

I would like you to consider supporting AVAAS as this is really important for us to win:
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/donate_to_avaaz/?cl=848795068&v=7724

Dear friends,

The *massive campaign of intimidation* against WikiLeaks is sending a chill through free press advocates everywhere.

*Legal experts say WikiLeaks has likely broken no laws. Yet top US politicians have called it a terrorist group and commentators have urged assassination* of its staff. The organization has come under massive government and corporate attack, but WikiLeaks is only publishing information provided by a whistleblower. And *it has partnered with the world's leading newspapers (NYT, Guardian, Spiegel etc)* to carefully vet the information it publishes.

*The massive extra-judicial intimidation of WikiLeaks is an attack on democracy.

* We urgently need a public outcry for freedom of the press and expression.

*Sign the petition to stop the crackdown and forward this to everyone

* -- let's get to 1 million voices and take out full page ads in US newspapers this week!
http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=848795068&v=7724

*WikiLeaks isn't acting alone* -- it's partnered with the top newspapers in the world (New York Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, etc) to carefully review 250,000 US diplomatic cables and remove any information that it is irresponsible to publish.

*Only 800 cables have been published so far.

* Past WikiLeaks publications have exposed government-backed torture, the murder of innocent civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, and corporate corruption.

The US government is currently pursuing all legal avenues to stop WikiLeaks from publishing more cables, but *the laws of democracies protect freedom of the press.* The US and other governments may not like the laws that protect our freedom of expression, but that's exactly why it's so important that we have them, and why only a democratic process can change them.

*Reasonable people can disagree* on whether WikiLeaks and the leading newspapers it's partnered with are releasing more information than the public should see. Whether the releases undermine diplomatic confidentiality and whether that's a good thing. Whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has the personal character of a hero or a villain.

*But none of this justifies a vicious campaign of intimidation to silence a legal media outlet by governments and corporations. Click below to join the call to stop the crackdown:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/wikileaks_petition/?cl=848795068&v=7724

Ever wonder why the media so rarely gives the full story of what happens behind the scenes? This is why - because when they do, governments can be vicious in their response. And when that happens,

*it's up to the public to stand up for our democratic rights to a free press and freedom of expression. Never has there been a more vital time for us to do so.*

With hope,

Ricken, Emma, Alex, Alice, Maria Paz and the rest of the Avaaz team.

SOURCES:

Law experts say WikiLeaks in the clear (ABC)
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2010/s3086781.htm

WikiLeaks are a bunch of terrorists, says leading U.S. congressman (Mail Online)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333879/WikiLeaks-terrorists-says-leading-US-congressman-Peter-King.html

Cyber guerrillas can help US (Financial Times)
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d3dd7c40-ff15-11df-956b-00144feab49a.html#axzz17QvQ4Ht5

Amazon drops WikiLeaks under political pressure (Yahoo)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101201/tc_afp/usdiplomacyinternetwikileakscongressamazon

"WikiLeaks avenged by hacktivists" (PC World):
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/212701/operation_payback_wikileaks_avenged_by_hacktivists.html

US Gov shows true control over Internet with WikiLeaks containment (Tippett.org)
http://www.tippett.org/2010/12/us-gov-shows-true-control-over-internet-with-wikileaks-containment/

US embassy cables culprit should be executed, says Mike Huckabee (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/us-embassy-cables-executed-mike-huckabee

WikiLeaks ditched by MasterCard, Visa. Who's next? (The Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/Innovation/Horizons/2010/1207/WikiLeaks-ditched-by-MasterCard-Visa.-Who-s-next

Assange's Interpol Warrant Is for Having Sex Without a Condom (The Slatest)
http://slatest.slate.com/id/2276690/

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Check out this explanation of by Glen Beck on Assange's "Rape" charges:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQUYfSo1i2E

Help BayNVC YouTopia grant (and pass it on)!

I got the email below from my NVC teacher Francois Beausoleil and Jared Finkelstein. They are both marvelous communicators and I would love you to support their cause.

It is outdated (vote before Oct 31）, but still, I would like you to know this is happening and they need funding support.

*** PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY ***

Dear Friends,

As some of you may remember, last year at this time BayNVC Collaborative Trainer Jared Finkelstein and myself attempted to win a service grant from Free Range Studios, the same company that produced 'The Story of Stuff,' in the hopes of collaborating with them to produce an animation that would be distributed on the web to increase awareness of NVC around the world.

Thanks to all of your help we ran a very successful campaign and came in a disappointing second place, shy of their final goal by less than 300 people. This year we are full of confidence that with your help we can win this grant!!

We are requesting for the following support:

1 Please vote BEFORE MIDNIGHT (PST) ON OCTOBER 31st.
2. Please encourage no less than 5 people you know who value NVC to vote
3. Please encourage those 5 people to encourage 5 people they know who value NVC to vote.

We are so confident that the global NVC community is large enough to win this grant easily. We are hoping for at least 3000 people to vote. We would love to see the people whose lives have been touched by NVC to use this as an opportunity to show our solidarity, our passion, and our vision. We are so hopeful that a collaboration with Free Range Studios could bring tremendous visibility to the concepts and skills of NVC and contribute powerfully and effectively to all our shared vision of a world where everyone's needs matter.

Thank you for your help; it contributes heartily to our needs for hope, meaning, and purpose in the world.

Sincerely,
Francois Beausoleil
HOW TO VOTE

1. Go to the following link. http://youtopia.freerangeproject.com

2. Click where it says VOTE NOW.

3. On this screen you will be welcomed to Youtopia 2010 and given instructions on how to browse and vote. In the upper right hand corner you will see a SIGN IN button. You will need to click this and sign up in order to vote.

4. The easiest way to sign up is to use either your Facebook or Gmail username and profile if you have one or both of these. Simply click the corresponding icon and a pop up screen will ask you if you wish to authorize that profile. Click 'yes' and you will be signed up and ready to vote.

5. If you do not have a Gmail or Facebook account already, you will need to write in your email address and the display name of your choosing, and click 'sign in.' An email will be sent to your chosen address which you will need to find, open, and click the embedded link to complete sign up.

6. Once you have signed in, look at the list of categories on the right side of the screen, and find the category Peace and Nonviolence. Click it.

7. Our grant proposal is called Conscious Communication for Change. Just to the left of it is a button that says VOTE. Click it and a pop up screen will ask you how many votes you wish to award to our proposal. Please award our proposal all three of your votes.

8. Congratulations, you have successfully supported our grant, thank you! Would you now be willing to find 5 more people and encourage them to do the same...?

9/11 Family Group Releases TV Ad Calling for World Trade Center Building 7 Investigation

I have been waiting for this.

9/11 Family Group Releases TV Ad Calling for World Trade Center Building 7 Investigation. I know they have been raising fund for some time.
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/911-family-group-releases-tv-ad-calling-for-world-trade-center-building-7-investigation-106506548.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or-1GVknJjo

Robert MacIlvaine is the father of Bob Macllvaine Jr. who died on Sep 11, 2001, age 26. He is still seeking for truth.
http://www.ae911truth.org/en/news/41-articles/368-still-seeking-the-truth-support-bob-mcilvaine-by-sending-a-letter.html

He is the key figure in the film ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11, which is now being shown at Purebi Takasaki Cinema Complex from Nov 6 till Nov 20.

There will be more screenings in Yokohama, Sapporo, Osaka, Fukushima and Nagoya. The details in Japanese can be found here:
http://zero.9-11.jp/index.html

Finally, the ad for ZERO came out. I hope you will watch it and support 911 Truth by letting people know about it. Every bit helps.

Keep Your Dream Alive and Be the Change: Bioneers and The Best Game

"Keep Your Dream Alive and Be the Change" is what I brought home (Japan) from my 2 weeks trip to USA, learning NVC and participating/covering Bioneers Conference. These words wake me up this morning so laud that I decided to write here.

Every step about my trip to the USA was miracle for me. I was able to take time off from my work in Japan (including leaving two young kids), to enter the USA (even though I was stopped and questioned for 2 hours at the immigration), to understand and enjoy learning NVC in another language in spite of my lack of English ability, to be happy and relaxed about sharing NVC in Japan, to be able to attend the Bioneers Conference thanks to Miki Kashtan who was giving a NVC workshop there, to be at peace about how the film ZERO was doing whole I was absent (actually it did very well), to be able to spend a night at a hotel with a new friend Jane I met at Women's leadership training within Bioneers, and Jane has a dream house and a half acre of land that can be turned into permaculture garden and it even has a mature avocado tree, etc......all of these were miracle after miracle for me.

And most of all, I was able to interview and record Nina Simons words, co-founder of Bioneers, in spite of her super busy and tight schedule (she gave me a few minutes) while everyone there wanted to talk to her. It was amazing she took a few minutes to answer my question.

And what she told me is amazing and inspiring, exactly what I wanted to hear: isn't this a miracle?

So listen to the Podcast of Nina which will be posted soon (11:30second will be an interview with Nina. My question was "What inspired you to start Bioneers?").

It is important for me to focus on what I am for rather than what I am against. I am for PEACE rather than I am against war. YES PEACE, rather than NO WAR, yes for sustainablitiy rather than against unsustainability (such as clear cutting of forest, polluting air, ocean, soil, etc).

Bioneers is something I really would like to get involved more and I also would like to see if I can organize something like that in Japan.

I continue to be the change, be the media and be peace as I have been saying last couple of years like a mantra.

In a way, Bioneers gives me the similar inspiration as The Best Game, which was founded by Norie Huddle, and I really share the value of The Best Game even today (I got to know Norie in 1988).

The Goal of the Best Game is to create peace, health, prosperity and justice universally on earth by year 2012. And the Game has 10 rules on how to go about it. In a way, it is vague, but it really gives me the rules how I want to live daily life. I am a member of the Game since the time I know Norie Huddle.

TO learn more about the Best Game:http://www.bestgame.org/

Bioneers: A Place You Find Another USA

For the first time in my life I was able to attend Bioneers Conference.
http://www.bioneers.org/

It was an experience that gave me so much hope. Bioneers is a place you find another USA, completely different from what we hear from the media back in Japan.

I am placing some photos here so that you can taste the atmosphere of Bioneers a little. I intend to continue working with the people I met there and I mean to bring this message of hope to Japan will organize something like Bioneer in Japan with people who have similar intention as mine: creating more peaceful, sustainable, healthy and just society that works for all.

ZERO Completely SOLD OUT!

I do not know what is happening. Are people are finally waking up or what?

The number of advance tickets sales for ZERO for Saturday were less than 20 and for Sunday less than 10, but for the two days, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum for Photography theater was full for the screening of ZERO.

The sign reads: The 18:40 showing of ZERO is SOLD OUT.

You can see more photos and articles in the ZERO Gallery.

It is quite amazing.

My dream is to give share this movie with at least 1% of the Japanese population, which is about 1 million people.

So far, about 1000 people have seen it. That is still a small number, but every every person that sees it helps swell the truth.

If one person can tell two people, and those two people tell two people the next day, and the next day those four people tell two people each, by the 28th day the number will exceed the population of Japan. (Of course, this is how it would work in an ideal situation...)

If you have not yet seen ZERO yet, please make the time to see it:
http://zero.globalpeace.jp/english/index.htm

Right now it is screening at the Tokyo Museum of Photography, and next month it will be showing in Shibuya at the Image Forum. You can see detailed information on the English ZERO website.

I want every prefecture have at least one theater that shows ZERO, and for that, I need your support.

Please contact me by e-mail if you have information about independent theaters near you that you think might consider screening it or if you want to organize screening near you.

[email protected]

Thank you very much for your help.

Let's stop the fake war on terror and all the wars. We do not need them to live safely and happily.

YOU ARE THE MEDIA!

ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11 (Japanese subtitles): from 9/11~9/24@Tokyo Metropolitan Museum for Photography

I am SOOO excited!

Tomorrow is the first day of the screening of ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11 (English with Japanese subtitles): from 9/11~9/24@Tokyo Metropolitan Museum for Photography, starting 18:40. I was in charge of creating the Japanese version of this wonderful Italian documentary film.

I will be speaking before the screening, and my special guest tomorrow is Sarah Yamasaki, who was a victim of false charges in regard to the events of 911 and the war on terror! She was held in a US jail for almost 2 years!

For more detailed information and maps to the venue check out the English site: http: //zero.globalpeace.jp
Here is a link for your Japanese speaking friends: http://zero.9-11.jp

Please bring your friends and let's fill the hall and party afterwards!

Come & Join Us for 7th Tokyo Peace Film Festival (Jun 19-20, 2010)!

I am in the redwood forest of Santa Cruz (Ben Lomond) learning a new language called NVC (Non Violent Communication) and this is 4th day of the 2nd retreat. It is a year long program offered by BayNVC and Miki Kashtan and Roxy Manning are our trainers.

I am making a little bit of progress in understanding NVC and excited about using it in my real life back in Japan creating more sustainable and peaceful community.

I was so happy that the Yomiuri Shinbun (a big Japanese daily newspaper) wrote a story about the upcoming Tokyo Peace Film Festival that I shared about that news during the morning community time with my co-participants of the retreat.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/e-japan/tokyo23/news/20100604-OYT8T00087.htm

The 7th Tokyo Peace Film Festival will be on Jun 19 & 20, 2010 in the Main Hall of the Olympic Youth Center (near Sangubashi Station, Odakyu line). This year, we will show 10 films (including my talk and film cuts concerning War and lies and facts surrounding the events of Sept. 11, 2001) and tickets can be purchased from our website (unfortunately, there are no English pages):
http://www.peacefilm.net/home.html

If you have not seen Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, or Blue Gold, Under Cover in Tibet, Children of 911, and the other movies in the program, this is the chance for you to see them all at a bargain price.

I hope to see you there. If you do not read Japanese, you can order tickets directly to me by e-mail.

Click here to download the full color Japanese flyer that lists the movies and schedule.

Thank you/What's the Need Israel Trying to Meet?

Susan Livingstone, co-participant from Leadership program of NVC, really worked wholeheartedly to organize two events that I wanted to do for BayNVC. Thank you Susan and her friends who made these events possible. I think it has had some positive effect.

Below are some photos from Red Victorian where I talked and then played some music with Gen and Shigeko.

In my talk, I touched upon our organic farm, our sustainable simple life, The Department of Peace, Depleted Uranium, Article 9, The War on Terror and 911, Dennis Kucinich and on the need for each of us to be the MEDIA.

BUT......

My happy day suddenly ended with sad news that I need to find out more about. I am asking myself and co-participants of Leadership Program What's the core need of Israel trying to meet by those actions? Security?

Here are some tweets from Twitter:

I can't believe this is happening. Israel opens fire on Gaza flotilla, killing 10. I can't believe this is happening. Israel opens fire on Gaza flotilla, killing 10. http://bit.ly/cBYxEP

＋＋＋ Turkish TV: 10 dead, 60 injured in Israeli attack on Gaza aid boat from Turkey #flotilla ＋＋＋ Al Jazeera English reporting on Gaza Freedom Flotilla http://www.livestation.com/products/32-al_jazeera_en!

GO Jesse Ventura, GO! You Can Help USA and the World by Buying His Book

If you read English, please consider buying, reading, recommending, introducing and/or mentioning Jesse Ventura's new book "American Conspiracies", co-authored with Dick Russell. Dr. David Ray Griffin provided much of the information on 911 in the book.

Jesse Ventura, the former Minnesota governor, is now a strong supporter of the 9/11 movement. I am so happy his book is now NY Times Bestseller!
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/mar/28/book-best-seller/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6WdKnrjlBw

I think this is a big step for the unfolding of 911 truth. Thank you for being a part of this movement for humanity to survive. We can not keep killing and destroying each other any more. We must end War on Terror. The time has come to help and support each other for all life on earth to survive.

Even the chairman and vice-chaimen of the 911 Commission Report, Kean and Hamilton say this: "Stonewalled by the CIA", New York Times, January 2, 2008.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/02/opinion/02kean.html

As Elizabeth Woodworth points out, there were 18 case studies in the mainstream media investigating 9/11 during the past year. This is becoming common outside the US first, and now, with Governor Jesse Ventura's new book, things are starting to open up in the U.S. You can read her article here:

The Media Response to the Growing Influence of the 9/11 Truth Movement
Part II: A Survey of Attitude Change in 2009-2010
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?aid=17624&context=va

Each one of us here has at least two people we can tell what we know about 911, I guess. Let's imagine that one person finds out today on 911 (by reading Jesse's book or even this blog) and tells two friends about it within 24 hours. Those 2 friends also tell 2 friends about it within 24 hours. On the 3rd day, there will be 4 people, 4th day 8 people, 5th day 16 people and 6th day 32 people. On 15th day, 16384 people and on 21st day, 1,048,576 will know about it (this is more than 1 million!).

It won't happen like this calculation in reality, as it tends to stop happening further the source. But let's continue this line of thinking for fun.

I tell Japanese people all the time that by the 28th day, it will be 134,217,728 people, and exceed entire population of Japan. On 30th day it will exceed US population and on 31st day, it will exceed 1 billion people (1,073,741,824) and by the 34th day, it will exceed entire population of the planet!

Is not telling 2 people is doable? If we get serious, we can change the world within 34 days.

So, Tell every one you know the truth about 911 ( you can refer to my blog), and ask them "Please tell 2 people".

Word-of-mouth communication still is the strongest form of media!

BE THE MEDIA! (Gandhi says Be the change you wish to see in the world. This is my way of being the change)

Why did Washington Post attack Mr. Fujita on 911?

On March 8, 2010, the Washington Post published the editorial titled "
A leading Japanese politician espouses a 9/11 fantasy".

Here is what Mr. Fujita has to say on this. He is very calm and sincere as usual.
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March 10, 2010

Comment on Circumstances of Washington Post Editorial Dated Mar 8, 2010

Yukihisa Fujita
Member of the House of Councillors


At 10:30 am on March 3, 2010, Lee Hockstader, Editorial Writer for the Washington Post, visited myself (Yukihisa Fujita, member of the House of Councillors, and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) International Department Director General) having made an interview request on the subject of “Japan’s stance on and shifting attitudes toward immigration” via the Foreign Press Center, Japan. (original interview request and questions in Japanese available on request)

1. The requested interview time of one hour was spent discussing the current situation relating to Japan’s response to immigration and my opinions on this issue. During the interview Hockstader typed my comments into his laptop computer, as he had requested. However, once the one hour interview had ended and Hockstader had closed his laptop, he mentioned as an aside that he had noticed from my resume that I had raised the issue of the 9/11 terror attacks in a Diet committee, and asked whether I had some doubts about this issue. In response, I explained the circumstances that led me to become involved in the 9/11 issue and pointed out a number of points that still remained unexplained about the events of that day.

2. In other words, after answering questions on the agreed upon theme for around one hour, I naturally responded to this question as being separate from the interview itself.

3. Ms. Fukasawa of the Foreign Press Center, Japan also attended the interview (DPJ International Department Manager Ms. Uchida and Deputy Manager Ms. Burnicle were also in attendance), and she confirmed that during his visit to Japan, Hockstader did not conduct interviews on any other subject than immigration. (following the interview, I received a letter of thanks from Foreign Press Center, Japan President Terusuke Terada). The entire interview was recorded and I intend to disclose the content of the entire interview in due course.

4. As stated in 1. above, this was an informal chat regarding 9/11 following the actual interview itself. At no point did I draw the conclusion that 9/11 was a conspiracy, and I clearly stated that the collapse of the Twin Towers could not be judged to be a result of a controlled demolition. Rather, I stated I had made my speech in the Diet from the stance that it was necessary to investigate the origins of the “War on Terror” from the perspective of assisting the relatives of the victims of 9/11, and in relation to the war in Afghanistan and the provision of humanitarian assistance.

5. Furthermore, I have many American friends from various walks of life, and have worked for many years to serve as a bridge between Japan and the United States, including by providing assistance to former US POWs held captive by Japan.

6. I currently serve as Director of the Research Committee on International Affairs and Global Warming Issues in the House of Councillors, but I was introduced in the article as “the head of the Research Committee on Foreign Affairs”. Moreover, the article describes me as “a Brahmin in the foreign policy establishment” of Japan, while in fact, as Director General of the Democratic Party of Japan’s International Department, I am not involved in policy matters. I find it totally regrettable that this kind of biased article should be published in the Washington Post.
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By reading this, I am surprised to witness that a very credible paper like The Washington Post tricked him like this. This editorial is not only inaccurate but also Mr. Hockstader, the writer of this editorial, cheated him when asking for an interview. Why did Washington Post (he) do that?

I am guessing two possibilities:
They are really scared of the 911 truth coming out?
or
The editor may be an "angel" for us. He deliberately made mistakes in order to open the door to 911 Truth discussions in the mainstream media.

There is growing international support for the 911 Truth movement and I think this can be a great opportunity for 911 truth to be revealed in the main stream media.

♪ Know Talent Show ♪ - 19 min 19 sec - 4.8 MB

Today (Feb 26) was the last night of the NVC Leadership Training that I am attending, and we had "Know Talent Show" (sounds like No Talent Show, but it really means KNOW talent show).

It was an event of songs, dances, skits, story telling and talk show by the participants, assistants and trainers. I had so much fun and laughter that it met my need of joy, aliveness and connection.

I was amazed by some of the hidden talent of the people, especially the act/song by Ken (he normally looks quiet and sober). What a good singer he was! I already am looking forward to 2nd Know Talent Show, which will take place at the end of the next retreat in Jun.

What I did was my podcast I often do with a guest, this time with Miki and with audience. I set the situation that people do not know much about NVC and have an interest in peace making.

Miki and I had such a fun time and deep connection in the show and Ken's translation was marvelous. You can listen to the podcast by clicking the title of this blog. Half of the show is in Japanese as I originally made it for my Japanese audience who read my daily Japanese blog.

ENJOY!

"Israel DEFENDING itself" Really?

Click here to view a live web camera from Gaza.

The media says "Israel is DEFENDING itself"
Let's see if that is so... Have a look a the images on this page (the images of the missiles that have landed in Israel can be seen below the images of Gaza so scroll down!):
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/shamireaders/message/1233

Israel is even making an effort to control the Arabic media:
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/12/31/hussam-ayloush-dead-palestinian-children-have-names-too/

Fortunately we can see what is really happening if we look carefully:

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=K5wrwZlwAq8

I will post more footage in my Japanese blog. Please visit and spread to your western friends. Let's become the media ourselves when the mainstream media is not telling what is happening accurately. You MUST have a look at the page and watch the live news report from the excellent Iranian news service PressTV:
http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2008/12/31/hussam-ayloush-dead-palestinian-children-have-names-too/

"Hamas must stop attacking Israel to attain peace." Most political leaders and the US media voice this message. On the surface this seems to be right. However check out this movie and you will see why Hamas is doing what it is doing:

Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land: Media & the Israel-Palestine Conflict

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6604775898578139565

Violence and terrorism must stop, I agree, but the occupation by Israel also must stop. They have been making the life of the Palestinians impossible for a long, long time (60 years to be exact) and now they are killing them indiscriminately. Not long ago they built a wall to keep them apart from Israel and to make it impossible for them to escape anywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/v/-rCBJjCiLGc&hl=en&fs=1

The weapons used to kill the Palestinians are from the military aid provided by the USA (Read this story to learn more!). Part of the money comes from ordinary Japanese people's personal savings by way of Japanese Banks. Japanese people buy Japanese short-term government bonds. The Bank of Japan uses their money to sell yen and buy US dollars. The Bank of Japan than buys US Treasury Bonds, and part of that money goes to military spending and overseas aid.

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-60zSKiGE

One third of US overseas aid goes to Israel, which is one of the richest countries in the world. And more than half of US aid to Israel is military aid (3.5 billion USD in 2002, plus Israel receives free weapons from the US).

Americans and Japanese, do you see there is a direct relationship to you with what is happening in Gaza?

What would you do if you were a mother or a father living in Gaza right now?