Palestine
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Alan Hart – How Zionist lobby stooges in Congress brought shame to their institution
As expected, the U.S. House of Representatives voted, on Tuesday 3 November, by 344 votes to 36, to urge the Obama administration to oppose endorsement of the Goldstone Report. But for those who are interested in truth and justice, not to mention democracy, the highlight of what passed for debate was the two-minute contribution of… Continue reading
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Adam Shapiro speaks about Gaza’s suffering from Israel
7 November, 2009 — Palestine Think Tank http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.3857356 more about “Adam Shapiro speaks about Gaza’s suff…“, posted with vodpod Adam Shapiro is an American co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Continue reading
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Daniel Machover: No Safe Haven for Suspected War Criminals
London – The Jerusalem Post recently quoted Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to the US, as lamenting the “tactical” problem of Israel being unable to defend itself without facing prosecution. He added that “no one in Israel buys” that the Israeli military targeted civilians during Operation Cast Lead last winter.” It goes not just against all… Continue reading
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Israel’s Right To Exist? By Alan Hart
On Monday 12 October, Prime Minister Netanyahu opened the Knesset’s winter session by blasting the Goldstone Report that accuses Israel of committing war crimes and vowing that he would never allow Israelis be tried for them. But that was not his main message. It was an appeal, delivered I thought with a measure of desperation,… Continue reading
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Khaled Islaih – Re-spacing Zayta: Exploring Transnational Geographies
During the last century, the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and later the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank in 1967, uprooted Zayta villagers from their lands and homes. In 1948, the majority of the village’s agricultural land was seized by Israel. The Israeli towns of Maggal, Sde Yizhaq, and parts… Continue reading
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“A remarkable failure for a journalist” – 2009 Courage in Journalism Award Acceptance Speech by Amira Hass
What is so generously termed today by the International Women’s Media Foundation as my lifetime achievement needs to be corrected. Because it is Failure. Nothing more than a failure. A lifetime failure. Continue reading
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The Goldstone Report at the UN General Assembly: States Must Uphold International Law to Ensure Accountability for the Victims of War Crimes in Gaza
On 4 November 2009, the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) is scheduled to be tabled before the Plenary of the UN General Assembly in New York. Following the Report’s endorsement at the Human Rights Council on 21 October 2009, it now falls to the General Assembly… Continue reading
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Justice Goldstone and the Jews By TONY JUDT
We Jews should be very proud of Richard Goldstone. In an ancient tradition of Jewish self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling, the author of the recent report from the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict has braved personal vilification and institutional mendacity to describe the crimes committed by Israeli forces in the course of their… Continue reading
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Six Questions for Desmond Travers on the Goldstone Report By Ken Silverstein
Desmond Travers was one of the four members of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which produced the controversial Goldstone Report. Continue reading
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Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report Pt 2
Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi talks to Judge Richard Goldstone about the investigation into the Gaza war. He travelled to the United Nations in New York to find out if the war on Gaza has transformed Richard Goldstone from a sober jurist into a man on a mission to discredit Israel on an international stage. Continue reading
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Did Richard Goldstone hide more sinister crimes in Gaza? – Part 1: White Phosphorus and Flechettes By Peter Eyre
There was much praise for the UN investigations into war crimes committed in Gaza, led by Richard Goldstone. However, I feel that this report did not go far enough to investigate some other more serious allegations that were made. Continue reading
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Goldstone’s Detailed Response to the Berman- Ros-Lehtinen Resolution Criticizing the Report
I fully respect the right of the US Congress to examine and judge my mission and the resulting report, as well as to make its recommendations to the US Executive branch of government. However, I have strong reservations about the text of the resolution in question – text that includes serious factual inaccuracies and instances… Continue reading
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Chomsky on Palestine and the region in the Obama era: the emerging framework
The Imperial College Political Philosophy Society, in association with Palestine societies at UCL, SOAS, Goldsmiths, LSE, Imperial and Kings, proudly present one of the greatest political philosophers of all time: MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky, for what could be his last trip to London. Continue reading
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Student Palestine Solidarity Campaign Conference London 31 October, 2009
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign’s Student Conference will be a brilliant opportunity for students from across the country to meet and discuss what can be done to support peace and justice for Palestine. Continue reading
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Nuke Gaza By Jeff Gates
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman may have tipped his Masada hand when he reportedly told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan that Israel may use nuclear weapons against Gaza. The threat to Israel is not the 1.5 million Gazans who reside in the world’s largest open-air prison. The threat is the fast-growing global outrage at the… Continue reading
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WHO’S AFRAID OF RICHARD GOLDSTONE? By Ronnie Kasrils
Where the Gaza atrocity of 2009 has changed things is that a turning point has been reached in the history of Israel’s persecution of the Palestinians. World opinion has been aroused against Israel as never before. In fact things can never be the same again and that is why Zionists like Goldstein are so vicious… Continue reading
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Every Kind of Weapon Was Used Against the People of Gaza
Video: Ewa Jasiewicz, Free Gaza Coordinator in Gaza, talks in Berlin, Germany about what she witnessed during the 22-day massacre of civilians in Gaza. Her on-the-ground reporting of what she and seven others saw during that time is heart-wrenching. Israel deliberately murdered 16 medics trying to do their job of rescuing other injured Palestinians, targeting… Continue reading
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Locked in: Life in Gaza – 19 Oct 09 – Part 2
Video Part 2: Munzer al-Dayyeh is a 40-year-old mechanic living in Gaza. And while the effects of war and ongoing siege may be good for his business, he can’t manage to secure medical treatment for his disabled … Continue reading
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Locked in: Life in Gaza
24 October, 2009 — Al Jazeera Filmmakers: George Azar and Mariam Shahin Munzer al-Dayyeh is a 40-year-old mechanic living in Gaza. In a land of ruin and disrepair, Munzer is kept busy fixing generators and repairing motorbikes. In June 2007, Israel placed Gaza under siege and imposed an unprecedented blockade on nearly all movement and… Continue reading
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Criminals shouldn’t be allowed to investigate themselves By Khalid Amayreh
In its rabid efforts to whitewash the Goldstone report, Israel is likely to carry out another disingenuous probe into its genocidal onslaught against the Gaza Strip nearly ten months ago. Continue reading
