Palestine
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‘If Jesus were to come this year, Bethlehem would be closed’ By Phoebe Greenwood
Bethlehem is the heart of Christian Palestine and it swells with pride every Christmas. Manger Square is transformed into a grotto of lights and stalls crowned by a towering Christmas tree. Strings of illuminated angels, stars and bells festoon the streets. But just a few minutes’ drive to the north, the festive atmosphere stops abruptly. Continue reading
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Video: Amira Hass: Israel & Palestine-Fear of the Future
A talk by Israeli journalist, Amira Hass on the 5th of October 2011 in the McLeod Auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building on the campus of the University of Toronto. Hosted by Canadians for Justice & Peace in the Middle East (CJPME), KAIROS, the Health Studies Program at the University of Toronto, the Near Eastern… Continue reading
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PCHR Condemns Placing Large Floats 3 Miles from Gaza Seashore to Tighten the Siege Imposed on the Gaza Strip
PCHR Condemns Placing Large Floats 3 Miles from Gaza Seashore to Tighten the Siege Imposed on the Gaza Strip Continue reading
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BDS update: BDS unites East and West By Eric Walberg
As people of conscience around the world marked the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, ever new actions help bring Palestinians closer to achieving a state of dignity, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Israel’s grand hypocrisy By Jonathan Cook
As protests raged again across the Middle East, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, offered his assessment of the Arab Spring last week. It was, he said, an “Islamic, anti-western, anti-liberal, anti-Israeli, undemocratic wave”, adding that Israel’s Arab neighbours were “moving not forwards, but backwards” Continue reading
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Update from EI: Gaza patients’ burdens | BDS grows in UK trade unions | East Jerusalem killings | And more …
30 November 2011 — UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA LATEST FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA BLOGS The ridiculous burdens borne by Gaza medical patients By Rami Almeghari, Cairo, 30 November 2011 Though EI correspondent Rami Almeghari’s family has finally accessed medical treatment for his ailing wife, unlike other less lucky families in Gaza, the obstacles they… Continue reading
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EI banned from “delegitimization” meet | Pinkwashing | BDS victories | And more …
29 November 2011 — Update from the Electronic Intifada Bono must ditch Belgian maker of warplane parts for Israel By David Cronin, 27 November 2011The firm that installed screens and lightning on U2’s stage for its world tour also supplies components to Israel’s war industry.http://electronicintifada.net/blog/david/bono-must-ditch-belgian-maker-warplane-parts-israel Continue reading
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Video: Interview In Conversation with Norman Finkelstein
In an exclusive and revealing video interview, internationally-renowned scholar and author Norman Finkelstein talks to Ceasefire editor-in-chief Hicham Yezza about life, politics and peace in the Middle East. Continue reading
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United against cultural fascism – a letter to every cultured person in this country BY Gilad Atzmon
There was a time when Jewish politics and culture were associated with liberalism, human rights, pluralism and freedom of expression. Those days are clearly over. Nowadays, it is pretty much the opposite. Continue reading
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Narratives under siege: Not feeling safe in your own home
Israeli Occupation Forces often use airstrikes to target fighters in the densely populated Gaza Strip. However, on many occasions such attacks also injure and kill civilians who are in the vicinity of the target. Since the beginning of this year 18 civilians have been killed and 16 have been injured in airstrikes that targeted fighters… Continue reading
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A whiff of Egyptian freedom for Gaza BY Eric Walberg
Israel got a taste of the new people’s Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist on the flotilla to Gaza and plans for the biggest aid convoy yet, reports Eric Walberg Continue reading
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Land Research Center: Increasing Attacks on Jerusalemites and their Properties in October 2011
October, 2011, has witnessed radical escalations and a brutal assault against Palestinians and their properties all around the West Bank especially the Occupied City of Jerusalem. Continue reading
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Palestinian Freedom Riders On Their Way to Jerusalem Violently Arrested on Israeli Settler Bus
Palestinians who boarded a segregated Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem were arrested for taking action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Rides Continue reading
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“Freedom Waves” — Another Challenge to the Israeli Naval Blockade of Gaza and the US Congress By Kit Kittredge
As one of two American citizens on the Gaza “Freedom Waves,” I represented hundreds of thousands of Americans who are challenging Israeli and US policies concerning Palestine. Continue reading
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PALESTINIAN FREEDOM RIDERS to Board Settler Buses to Jerusalem
Palestinian activists will attempt to peacefully board segregated Israeli public transportation in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem in action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Rides to the U.S. South Continue reading
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Video Clip: Gaza – Where Should the Birds Fly?
The site is for a film being made by a Palestinian woman about Israel’s multiple military attacks on Gaza, esp. the 2008-2009 “operation cast lead” where Israel allowed no journalists or human rights observers into Gaza to witness the devastation (ironically Israel today is calling for UN observers to enter Syria to document the killings… Continue reading
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Gaza Friends: ISRAELIS PREVENT IRISH ACTIVISTS FROM BOARDING FLIGHT HOME
The seven Irish human rights activists due home in Ireland this afternoon at 2:25 pm were at the last minute prevented from boarding their flight out of Ben Gurion airport by Israeli armed guards. Continue reading
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Video: STAY HUMAN – The Reading Movie
Stay Human – The Reading Movie has 19 chapters for 19 readers. Each chapter will be read by personalities who have worked to support cultural, human and in particular the Israeli-Palestinian issue: Akiva Orr, Amira Hass, Brian Eno, Desmond Tutu, Egidia Beretta, Hilarion Capucci, Huwaida Arraf Ilan Pappé, Mairead Corrigan-Maguire, Massimo Arrigoni, Mohamed Bakri, Moni… Continue reading
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EI 8 November 2011: Russell Tribunal hacked | Video: student walkout | Freedom Waves | Pinkwashing delegation protested
8 November 2011 — UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA THE LATEST FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA BLOGS Professionals said to be behind hack attack on Russell Tribunal website By Asa Winstanley, 8 November 2011 As the second day of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine’s South Africa session was underway in Cape Town on Sunday, the tribunal’s… Continue reading
