Palestine
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BDS: Boycotting Apartheid By Eric Walberg
In July, in Rachel Corrie’s hometown of Olympia, Washington state, the popular Food Co-op announced that no Israeli products would be sold at its two grocery stores. Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a principal endorser of this new Israel Divestment Campaign, issued a statement endorsing the boycott. “The Olympia Food Co-op has joined a growing worldwide movement… Continue reading
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The Settlement Freeze and the Peace Process Freeze
Video: On or about Sept. 26 the Israeli government’s declared settlement moratorium came to an end. This has been identified as a major obstacle in the nascent peace talks. The moratorium has been incomplete and settlement construction has continued in many areas despite the so-called “freeze.” As settlers awaited the coming of this date to… Continue reading
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Yonatan Shapira’s testimony from the Jewish Boat to Gaza
For some weeks already we have been making our way east, from the Greek island on which the yacht was bought, from north of the Peloponnese through the Corinthian Canal, the Cycladic islands. Already we have experienced just about every kind of mishap in the book: the engines overheated on us and died, the wheel… Continue reading
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South Africa’s Israel boycott By Ronnie Kasrils
The campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel has now launched in South Africa. Trade unions in South Africa have publicly committed their support; most notably with the action by South African Transport and Allied Workers Union dockworkers early last year to refuse offloading Israeli goods at Durban harbour – a commitment that was… Continue reading
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Seven deadly myths
28 September, 2010 — Seven Deadly Myths “When the truth is replaced by silence, the silence is a lie.” – Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Soviet dissident Please support Seven Deadly Myths and Donate today! Continue reading
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Avigdor Lieberman takes settlement policy to its logical conclusion By Jesse Bacon
Lost in the debate over the settlement phase is its real purpose, to claim Palestinian land for Israel. Even its hardcore defenders like Avigdor Lieberman, know there will come a time when that has reached its end, when all available Palestinian land has been taken, and all Palestinians capable of being forced to leave will… Continue reading
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Jewish Gaza-bound activists say IDF used excessive force in naval raid
Israel Defense Forces soldiers used excessive force while taking over a Gaza-bound aid ship organized by Jewish and Israeli activists, the boat’s passengers said Tuesday, countering the military’s official version claiming that the takeover had been uneventful. Continue reading
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PressTV – Israel warships intercept Gaza aid boat
Israeli warships have intercepted a Jewish aid boat bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip, forcefully diverting the aid vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod. Continue reading
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Something new is happening in Palestine By An-Nabi Salih
25 September, 2010 — The Only Democracy? Something new is happening in Palestine. I saw and heard things today that are relatively rare in my experience. I saw conflict erupt in the village between those who wanted to throw stones at the Israeli soldiers and generate more violence, as in the past, and the no… Continue reading
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Israel labels charity “terrorists” – RT Top Stories
Jewish activists aboard a boat sailing towards Gaza say they expect Israel to intercept them. The campaigners aim to show that not all Jews support their government’s policy towards the Palestinians. Continue reading
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Viva Palestina 5 in Ancona, a photo essay By Mary Rizzo
Yesterday, the Viva Palestina 5 convoy arrived in Ancona to end the first leg of their land journey, and sail closer to the final destination. We all think the destination is Gaza, Palestine, but actually, it’s freedom for all of us. Nobody among us is really free if we allow the atrocities against the Palestinian… Continue reading
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NO ONE WAS SAFE: UN INQUIRY INTO ISRAEL’S FLOTILLA RAID
No one was safe,’ once Israeli soldiers began using live ammunition on board the Mavi Marmara, says an authoritative UN investigation team into the Israeli attacks on the Gaza aid flotilla. Continue reading
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Video of Clashes in Silwan, East Jerusalem
The streets of Silwan were on fire Wednesday (22 September), as residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood expressed their anger in light of the shooting death of a member of their community. 30-year-old Palestinian man Samir Solhan was shot and killed by an Israeli settler guard at approximately 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Silwan residents clashed with… Continue reading
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Israel hides behind ‘armed conflict’ By Julia Romasevych
The Israeli military failed to investigate the killings of hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories between 2006 and 2009, according to a report by an Israeli human rights group. Continue reading
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Palestinians and the ‘Jewish state’ By Lamis Andoni
If Palestinians recognised Israel as a Jewish state they would be effectively legitimising their own dispossession. Continue reading
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U.S. BOAT TO GAZA UPDATE ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE
In just twelve short weeks the US TO GAZA campaign has galvanized people throughout this country and the world in a great civil society effort to send a U.S.-flagged ship, THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, as part of the next Freedom Flotilla sailing to break the illegal Israeli naval-blockade of Gaza. In record time we have… Continue reading
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Midnight on the Mavi Marmara: THE ATTACK ON THE GAZA FREEDOM FLOTILLA AND HOW IT CHANGED THE COURSE OF THE ISRAEL/PALESTINE CONFLICT
We are delighted to inform you that “Midnight on the Mavi Marmara”, the story of the Israel’s bloody assault on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, is available online. Continue reading
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APN Releases Revolutionary Settlement-Tracking iPhone and Web App
Americans for Peace Now (APN) is today proud to release a revolutionary interactive mapping tool, which will for the first time give anyone, anywhere, a comprehensive real-time view of what is happening on the ground in the West Bank. “Facts on the Ground: The APN Map Project,” APN’s “app” for iPhone and iPad devices, available… Continue reading
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Zionist incitement to violence against SPSC speakers: Gideon Levy and Ben White
The last speaker hosted by Scottish PSC was Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, in August. Shortly after his speaking tour, the Jewish Telegraph published a letter calling for the speaker to be ‘eliminated’, killed. The Jewish Telegraph is now the subject of several complaints to the Press Complaints Commission, on the grounds that publications in this… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 