Palestine
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Fault Lines – Canada-Israel: The other special relationship
The Reut Institute is an Israeli extreme right think tank with very close ties to the Israeli government. In some degree, this institute dictates the activities of Israeli governmental agencies in Israel and abroad. The rhetoric and tactics initiated by them is adopted by various bodies including “friends of Israel” and foreign governments. Continue reading
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Israel Effectively Denies Palestinian Victims of Operation Cast Lead Access to Justice
As a result of the physical, financial, and legal obstacles imposed by Israel, Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip – including the thousands of victims of Operation Cast Lead – are effectively prevented from seeking redress before Israeli courts. This situation results in the systematic denial of fundamental human rights. Continue reading
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Raji Sourani – Petitioning the Israeli High Court for Justice
The reality of life in the Gaza Strip is hard to convey. Individuals throughout the world have seen the pictures and the images: shootings and maiming, air strikes and artillery shelling, and the unforgettably horrific sight of white phosphorous raining down over Gaza city. However, beneath these images lies a complex reality. The civilians of… Continue reading
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Rachel Corrie’s Dream
20 December, 2010 Must watch! Rachel Corrie’s Dream Follow my videos on vodpod Continue reading
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GAZAN YOUTH’S MANIFESTO FOR CHANGE
We, the youth in Gaza, are so fed up with Israel, Hamas, the occupation, the violations of human rights and the indifference of the international community! We want to scream and break this wall of silence, injustice and indifference like the Israeli F16’s breaking the wall of sound; scream with all the power in our… Continue reading
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Palestinians call for state recognition without peace deal — RT
‘If the European Union would indicate to the government of Israel that the association agreement with Europe will be frozen until such time as there is a complete settlement freeze on part of the Israeli government and serious consideration of the rights of the Palestinian 1948 refugees to return and to recover their property rights… Continue reading
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Scott Horton Interviews Max Blumenthal
More about the fire in Israel and its symbolic meaning. Continue reading
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Bil’in weekly demonstration 17-12-2010
Bil’in- Ramallah: Today dozens of people were injured from asphyxia as a result of inhaling the tear gas due to the clashes that took place in the village of Bil’in. Along with the peace activist and foreigners who camed to give solidariety to Bil’in people especially after the decision of the Israeli Defence Force to… Continue reading
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Latest demo in Bil’in, brutally attacked by IOF. Live video
Bil’in- Ramallah: Today dozens of people were injured from asphyxia as a result of inhaling the tear gas due to the clashes that took place in the village of Bil’in. Along with the peace activist and foreigners who camed to give solidariety to Bil’in people especialy after the decision of the Israeli Defence Force to… Continue reading
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“Hate the Gentile!” – Israel’s Racist Rabbis By Jonathan Cook
In October, Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, delivered a ruling, signed by 17 other rabbis in the city, telling Jewish residents not to sell or rent property to members of the country’s Palestinian Arab minority, who make up a fifth of the population. In October, Shmuel Eliyahu, the chief rabbi of Safed, delivered… Continue reading
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BDS update: ‘Besiege your siege!’ By Eric Walberg
As Canadians turn their thoughts to Noel feasts, boycott divestment sanction (BDS) activists are finding that what’s sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander. Harper’s over-the-top obsession with Israel has been a boon to educating Canadians about Israeli apartheid. Continue reading
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On Adeeb Abu Rahmah’s release By Rebecca Vilkomerson
After serving an eighteen month jail serving for organizing unarmed demonstrations in Bil’in, Adeeb Abu Rahmah is a free man. Before he had even reached the gate of Ofer military compound, Adeeb Abu Rahmah had his hands in the air in celebration. Continue reading
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EI: Israel thinks we’re “very powerful.” So keep us strong
14 December 2010 — The Electronic Intifada Now we know why Israel is trying to shut down The Electronic Intifada. Recently I wrote to you and other friends about the attack on The Electronic Intifada by NGO Monitor, an extremist Israeli group that works with the Israel’s far-right government and wants to shut us down.… Continue reading
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Mavi Marmara Witness
Ken O’Keefe and Kevin Neish, both survivors of Israel’s 31 May 2010 attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla vessel Mavi Marmara, offer rare and candid views of the fateful and tragic night, commenting along the way on what it means. Continue reading
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Al-Haq, “Beyond Words: Palestinian Voices in Search of Justice”
‘My name is Bassam ‘Aramin. I am a resident of the town of Anata. . . . At 9:30 am on 16 January 2007, an Israeli Border Guard soldier shot my daughter ‘Abeer in the head from a distance of 15 meters. She died two days later in the hospital. . . . The soldier… Continue reading
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An ugly video to get Jews to support war with Iran – Blog Post
A friend just sent me this video. It’s posted on the website of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, one of the largest mainstream Jewish organizations with offices in every major city and many small town across America. Continue reading
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Top rabbis issue rabid racist fatwa By Chaim Levinson
A number of leading rabbis who signed on to a religious ruling to forbid renting homes to gentiles – a move particularly aimed against Arabs – defended their decision on Tuesday with the declaration that the land of Israel belongs to the Jews. Continue reading
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GILAD ATZMON: EIN HOD AND THE ISRAELI SIN
Israel and Israelis are very proud of their artists’ colony. Israelis are totally devastated by the impact of the fire on their beloved artist village. Yet, there is something Israelis may prefer to hide. Ein Hod’s new artistic habitants are far from being innocent. Ein Hod is in factAyn Aawd, a 1948 ethnically cleansed Palestinian… Continue reading
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GILAD ATZMON: THE BURNING BUSH
The fire in northern Israel is far from being a coincidence. Israel’s rural landscape is saturated with pine trees. These trees are totally new to the region. They were not there until the 1930’s. The pine trees were introduced to the Palestinians landscape in the early 1930s by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in an… Continue reading
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I pledge allegiance… By Harry Feldman
The Nationality Law of 1952 provides mechanisms for obtaining Israeli nationality by ‘return’, residence, birth, or naturalization. The residence provisions only apply to those resident prior to the promulgation of the law. Only children of Israeli nationals are entitled to nationality by birth — children born in Israel to non Israeli parents apparently have no… Continue reading
