Palestine
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I Am Yusuf And This Is My Brother
Direct from a tour of Palestinian villages in Israel and the West Bank, a powerful story of life in 1948 at the moment of ‘the catastrophe’. From the frontline, a poetic exploration of loyalty and love by the director of Alive from Palestine Continue reading
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The Silencing of An Auschwitz Survivor – By the state’s Holocaust Memorial Trust
Hajo Meyer is an Auschwitz survivor, but it would seem that his message is not one that you wish to hear, because he draws parallels between the racism and dehumanisation which he experienced and that which Palestinians suffer today. The parallels may not be exact, there may not be extermination camps in Israel, but comparisons… Continue reading
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URGENT: Never Again For Anyone!
18 January, 2010 — Scottish PSC 1. Scottish PSC Activists in court 2. Never Again for Anyone speaking tour starts this week! – HMD Trust refuses to publicise meeting with Auschwitz survivor SPSC campaigners facing trumped-up political charges of ‘racism’ Thursday 21st and Friday 22nd of January, 9.30am outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court Help us fight… Continue reading
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Free Gaza Movement: ‘We’re Sailing Again – Join Us!’
This spring, the Free Gaza Movement is sending at least six boats to Gaza to break Israel’s illegal blockade on 1.5 million Palestinians. This blockade constitutes an act of collective punishment, a crime prohibited under international humanitarian law. Gaza’s man-made and internationally perpetuated crisis is set to deepen as Egypt builds an Iron wall 30… Continue reading
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Amira Hass: Pro-Gaza activists under siege – imposed by Egypt and Hamas
In the week before the planned march, the Foreign Ministry in Cairo made it clear that the protesters would not be permitted to enter Gaza. Boats even mysteriously disappeared from the Nile on Sunday evening. The Egyptian authorities knew that scores of activists were planning to sail and light candles to mark the first anniversary… Continue reading
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Gaza: Our Guernica – A series of events to commemorate Gaza one year after Israel’s attack
Gaza: Our Guernica organized by the Palestine Societies at SOAS University College London Imperial College Kings College Goldsmiths University of Westminster Continue reading
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It’s a long march to freedom By Mohamad Kharsa
Just one year ago, Gaza and its people were subject to the ultimate crime, victims (both living and dead) of the genocide of the Palestinian people. It is a genocide that began 61 years ago, and it’s had moments of escalation, the peak of which was reached with the attempted destruction of part of Palestine;… Continue reading
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Video: Who lives in Gaza?
A year after the war, the people in Gaza are the only people in the world still living under such a brutal siege, simply because they resist occupation, tyranny and racism. Is it acceptable in the 21st century for the world to be blind about the intolerable situation imposed by the Israeli regime on Gaza.… Continue reading
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Egypt deports British lawmaker Galloway
Cairo has deported British lawmaker George Galloway, following clashes between a Gaza-bound aid convoy he was accompanying and Egyptian police. The lawmaker was planning to return to Gaza via the Rafah crossing early Friday when several Egyptian plainclothes security forces detained him and bundled him into a plane and flew him to London. Continue reading
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Statement by SA Palestine Solidarity Movement and COSATU
We salute the gallant and heroic actions of over 1,400 people from around the world – especially the South African delegation – who went to Cairo to embark on the historic Gaza Freedom March (GFM). The South African delegation truly represented the revolutionary and humanitarian character of our country even when faced with the harassment… Continue reading
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Egypt ‘deports aid convoy leader’
George Galloway, the British MP leading the Viva Palestina international aid convoy to the Gaza Strip has been forced to leave Egypt, the group has said on its website. Galloway was apparently picked up by Egyptian officials at the Rafah border crossing on Friday and driven to Cairo where he was placed on a flight back… Continue reading
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Egypt deports MP George Galloway By Tim Moynihan
Plain clothes police officers bundled the Respect MP on to a plane bound for London, said a spokeswoman for the Viva Palestina convoy. Continue reading
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Abdul Aziz Tarakji – “Israel” has committed in Gaza, all crimes under international criminal law
Israel has committed a crime against humanity, known as a series of criminal acts committed as a part of a planned, systematic and widespread attack against civilians, including murder, torture, and the crime of apartheid and oppression against the Palestinians, and this would deprive some or all of population, intentional and severe deprivation of fundamental… Continue reading
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BRITISH MP GEORGE GALLOWAY in CAIRO ‘DEPORTATION’
British MP George Galloway was officially deported from Cairo today (Friday), when Egyptian ununiformed plane clothes police officers bundled him onto a London plane. Galloway had been trying to return to Rafah after news broke that seven of the Viva Palestina convoy members were said to be arrested. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Break the siege on Gaza, let them live in peace and dignity
As Israeli F16s attack northern, Western, Southern and Middle Gaza tonight, doing extensive damage, the Palestinians of Gaza are, once again, terrorized by American bombs and Israeli genocidal policies. Viva Palestina is still there, and the Gaza Freedom March has just finished. Continue reading
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Convoy Reaches Gaza! WE HAVE BROKEN THE SIEGE!
The Viva Palestine and PSC aid convoy arrived in Gaza last night at about 19:00pm, with thousands of Palestinians greeting and cheering the convoy to welcome them. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Break the siege of Gaza!
After days of pressure imposed by the Egyptian authorities the Viva Palestina Convoy have ‘triumphantly’ entered Gaza this evening! Continue reading
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Viva Palestina Starts Entry To Gaza – IMEMC News By Saed Bannoura
The Viva Palestina Convoy, and after facing ongoing Egyptian rejection and violent attacks by the Egyptian security forces, started on Wednesday evening to roll into the besieged Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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Riot police attack Britons in Gaza aid convoy by Terry Kirby
British members of a convoy of pro-Palestinian activists trying to take aid into Gaza have been injured in clashes with Egyptian riot police. The violence in the port of Al Arish erupted after the activists staged a demonstration protesting at the refusal of the Egyptian authorities to allow the convoy of more than 250 vehicles… Continue reading
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Egypt police clash with Gaza aid convoy activists
More than 50 people have been hurt in clashes between Egyptian police and pro-Palestinian activists seeking to take a convoy of supplies to Gaza. Continue reading
