Palestine
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Thought crimes in Israel – Nadim Rouhana: This suppression is symbolic of a state that fears its past
It is not only that they have been excluded from belonging to their homeland, which has been claimed by people who immigrated there and made exclusively Jewish; it is not only that their people have been expelled, occupied or dispersed to all corners of the world; it is not only that they are legally unequal… Continue reading
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Racists for Democracy By Uri Avnery
The private member’s bill, proposed by MK Zevulun Orlev of the “Jewish Home” party, which sailed through its preliminary hearing, promises one year in prison to anyone who publishes “a call that negates the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State”, if the contents of the call might cause “actions… Continue reading
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Video: AL NAKBA: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 by Benny Brunner
Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 (58 min. documentary, Israel-Germany-The Netherlands, 1997). Arguably the first film that seriously tackles the historic events that lead to the creation of 750.000 Palestinian refugees at the end of the first Israeli-Arab war of 1948. Based on historian Benny Morris’ book “The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947-49”. Continue reading
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Video: The Concrete Curtain by Benny Brunner
The film chronicles the daily life of two Palestinian middle-class professionals who live in the shadow of “The Wall” in the greater Jerusalem area. Continue reading
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Video: Free Gaza Promo
We are returning to Gaza… and not just once but the boats will be sent all summer Continue reading
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John Berger reads Ghassan Khanafani’s “Letter from Gaza”
Video: John Berger reads Ghassan Khanafani’s “Letter from Gaza” Continue reading
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Mohamed Khodr – The Three Branches of the AIPAC: The Executive, the Legislative and the Judicial
The very word AIPAC strikes the deepest fear and intimidation into the very souls of every American politician from the smallest town in America to the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court. This lobby for decades has demonstrated its power in electing subservient Congressmen and destroying those who dare speak against Israel. Every new… Continue reading
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Video: Free Gaza News 27th May 2009
Greta Berlin is asking questions, about Free Gaza summer plans, to Mary Hughes Thompson, one of the co-founders of The Free Gaza Movement Continue reading
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Aryeh Eldad: Israel’s Little Hitler By Khalid Amayreh
One of the proposals being discussed would criminalize the commemoration of Nakba by Palestinians holding the Israeli citizenship. Predictably, the brazenly racist proposal has infuriated Israel’s 1.5-million-strong Palestinian community. One Israeli Palestinian parliamentarian compared the proposed law with an imagined promulgation by Germany of a law banning all Jewish activities commemorating the holocaust. Continue reading
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Ken Loach open letter to the Edinburgh Film Festival
To be crystal clear: as a film maker you will receive a warm welcome in Edinburgh. You are not censored or rejected. The opposition was to the Festival’s taking money from the Israeli state. Continue reading
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Palfest closed by armed Israeli policemen BY BRENDA HEARD
Although a full programme had been publicly announced on 16 April 2009, the Israeli Ministry of Internal Security waited until moments before the Festival opening to dictate that the “event could not be held because it was a political activity connected to the Palestinian Authority.” Participants were ordered to leave and Israeli police were posted… Continue reading
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Netanyahu Chooses Warehousing By Jeff Halper
Although the Obama Administration may truly desire viable two-state solution and even understands all Israel’s tricks, it is also clear that without significant pressure it cannot be achieved. And here is where the real problem arises. Israel’s trump card has always been Congress, where it enjoys virtually unanimous bi-partisan support. And Obama’s own Democratic Party,… Continue reading
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‘Right to refuse’ By Harry Feldman
Obama’s hugely ambitious plan aims for an “independent, democratic and contiguous Palestinian state,” which would not have a military of its own and would be forbidden from entering into military pacts with other nations “for Israel’s security.” Continue reading
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Internet Threatened By Censorship, Secret Surveillance, And Cybersecurity Laws By Stephen Lendman
Net Neutrality must be defended at all costs. Preserving a viable, independent, free and open Internet (and the media overall) is essential to a functioning democracy, but the forces aligned against it are formidable, daunting, relentless, and reprehensible. Some past challenges suggest future ones ahead. Continue reading
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Iqbal Jassat – ‘Terror’ Channels Face Freedom Threat
The current move to ‘cleanse’ the airwaves involves pro-Israeli members of the congress who are in the process of submitting a bill that seeks to target satellite stations as “terrorist organizations”. Continue reading
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Hisham Zreiq’s film Sons of Eilaboun: introduction by Gilad Atzmon
Sons of Eilaboun is a story of one small village in the Galilee, one village amongst many. It is a story of one massacre, one massacre amongst many. It is a story of a small community that is tormented and traumatised for generations. Sons of Eilaboun is in fact the story of Palestine. Continue reading
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Media Lens 18 May, 2009: Beholden To The Big Powers: Israel, Gaza And The UN
For the corporate media, then, there is no need for forensic analysis of this latest cynical sidelining of the UN, a body set up to promote world peace after all. There has been no rottweiler unearthing of this UN capitulation which, once again, effectively covers up major atrocities committed by Israel with heavy backing from… Continue reading
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Video: EuroPalestine, “Action Boycott Israel in Montigny, Paris Region”
http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/ExternalVideo.824575 This action was led by the Anti-Capitalist Party (NPA), especially Omar Slaouti, who heads the NPA list in Ille-de-France, as well as by Senator Alima Boumediene-Thiery (Greens), conducted in a clear, educational fashion, with the participation of many local politicians. The NPA walks the walk, demonstrating that the call for the boycott of Israel,… Continue reading
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On TV: Israeli siege kills baby aged 2
Another Palestinian child died in a very dramatic scene documented on T.V. A baby aged 2 died today from a heart defect made worse by lack of medical care due to the Israeli imposed siege. Continue reading
