Interviews Archives - Havana Times

Israeli Comic Uses Humor to Oppose Occupation & Genocide

A new documentary opening Wednesday in New York highlighting Noam Shuster Eliassi, an Israeli comedian and peace activist.

“After having released almost 2,000 people last week, the Israeli military is still holding about 9,000 Palestinians, as “security prisoners”

Palestinians who released from Israeli prisons as part of the hostage exchange with Hamas are describing physical and psychological torture.

“These are not mining companies on the Chinese stock exchange; they are private capital, like the scheme of the failed Interoceanic Canal.”

Boris Muñoz: In the fog, what stands out is that the US will launch military actions to weaken the regime, seeking “an internal rupture.”

Cuban businessman Mike Fernandez believes the thaw with the US failed because “the Cuban leaders, being older, were afraid of change.”

Alaqad says “Israel succeeded in isolating and dividing Gaza from the rest of the world” and making daily life intolerable for Palestinians.

Kieran Andrieu is a British Palestinian journalist who was recently deported to Britain after being detained aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla.

Israel’s Navy has intercepted dozens of ships in international waters, halting efforts by activists to break Israel’s siege of the Gaza.

As the Israeli blockade of Gaza continues, a nearly 50-boat flotilla carrying humanitarian aid is some 150 nautical miles from Gaza.