David Baldinger - Cartoonist & Photographer

HANDALA 2007 Handala means bitterness. It’s the name of a desert plant growing in Palestine. It was also the name of a cartoon figure–a boy who never shows his face, created by famous Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali . Naji al- Ali was assassinated in 1987 while living in London. This means 2007 will be the 20th anniversary of his death. A cartoon exhibition featuring the works of world wide cartoonists will commemorate Naji al-Ali and 60 years of Israeli occupation. This exhibition will be accompanied by painting action with international and Palestinian cartoonists on the Wall. Workshops in schools with schoolchildren and college students in Ramallah, Abu Dis, Jenin, Nablus, Al Khalil, Tulkarem, Bil’in etc.

BBC NEWS | Americas | US anti-war mother ends protest Cindy Sheehan, the bereaved mother who became a figurehead for the US anti-war movement, is abandoning her fight after growing disenchanted with the campaign. She has camped outside President Bush’s ranch since 2005, demanding a meeting over the death of her son in Iraq. But announcing the end of her campaign, she also hit out at Democrats and anti-war campaigners who put “personal egos above peace and human life” She said she had sacrificed her health, her marriage and her finances. In a letter on the Daily Kos website titled Good Riddance Attention Whore - a reference to the abuse she says she has suffered, Ms Sheehan said: “I am going to take whatever I have left and go home. “I am going to go home and be a mother to my surviving children and try to regain some of what I have lost." Cindy Sheehan became a “postergirl” for the US anti-war movement after she set up her protest camp outside the president’s ranch in Crawford, T