Palestine
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Netherlands cancels Israeli mayors tour By Jonathan Lis
The Netherlands on Sunday cancelled a tour of the country by a forum of Israeli mayors because their group included representatives of West Bank settlements. Continue reading
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Lieberman: Peace talks must reassess Israeli-Arabs’ right to citizenship By Barak Ravid
With the Palestinians refusing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, negotiations must tackle issue of Israeli-Arab ‘loyalty’, foreign minister says – prompting accusations of ‘apartheid and ethnic cleansing’ from Arab MK. Continue reading
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For Palestinians, settler abuse is only the beginning of the ordeal By Avi Issacharoff
A Palestinian from the northern West Bank looking to file a complaint against settlers must appear in person at the Ariel police station – but Palestinians are prohibited from entering Israeli territory. Continue reading
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Israel at Abdallah Abu Rahma’s trial: .22 bullets are ok for crowd control
Military prosecutor said harsh sentence should serve as a deterrent to other protesters. Despite military orders to the contrary, army officer said 0.22 caliber bullets are considered crowd control measures. Continue reading
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Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy: by Ran Greenstein Part 2
In the previous section I made a distinction between historical apartheid (unique to South Africa) and apartheid in its generic form — a structured system of political exclusion and social marginalization on the basis of origins (including but not restricted to race). I concluded that Israel is different from historical apartheid, but it displays characteristics… Continue reading
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Israel/Palestine and the Apartheid Analogy by Ran Greenstein Part 1
In the last decade, the notion that the Israeli system of political and military control bears strong resemblance to the apartheid system in South Africa has gained ground. It is invoked regularly by movements and activists opposed to the 1967 occupation and to various other aspects of Israeli policies vis-à-vis the Palestinian-Arab people. It is… Continue reading
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BBC Bias: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla
12 September, 2010 An invaluable film by the master documentary maker Anthony Lawson http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Video.4423824 BBC Bias: The Gaza Freedom Flotilla, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Letter to Israel
Journalist Lauren Booth was on the first Free Gaza voyage and stayed to work in Gaza after the boats left. Her heartfelt letter to the people of Israel should be read by everyone who hopes for peace in the Middle East. This stunning video tribute to her words was designed and produced by the Free… Continue reading
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Protest in Silwan: It’s about the Settlement not the Archeology, 1/9/10
On September 1st, the settlers in Silwan had a conference on the archeology of what they call “The City of David”. A group from Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity (www.justjlm.org) came to protest and inform the participants of the political meanings of the event. The police did the work of the settlers and kicked them out. Continue reading
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Israelis Risk Jail to Smuggle Palestinians – 600 sign up for campaign of disobedience By Jonathan Cook
Nearly 600 Israelis have signed up for a campaign of civil disobedience, vowing to risk jail to smuggle Palestinian women and children into Israel for a brief taste of life outside the occupied West Bank. Continue reading
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Checkpoint: A Video Documentary By Yoav Shamir
An ambulance is stopped, and the sick people inside brought out to explain their ailments. A mother is separated from her very young children. Young Palestinians laugh and throw snowballs at Israeli soldiers, who jovially respond in kind. One Israeli soldier harasses a pretty Palestinian girl. Another refers to the Arabs as “animals,” and suggests… Continue reading
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GazaFriends] In celebration…and anticipation
28 August, 2010 — Gaza Friends When we wrote the text for Happy Birthday, Free Gaza, our wonderful video producer, Paola, asked if she could design a video tribute to Free Gaza. It is here. Many of you have also sent birthday wishes to us as we get ready to sail again in the fall.… Continue reading
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Major Israeli Theaters Embrace The Settlements + Big Update
Ariel lies 20km inside the West Bank, deeper than any other sizable settlement. The divided highway leading to it – the best road in the West Bank – is open to Israelis only, *and* lacks any signs naming the numerous Palestinian towns and villages flanking the road. According to Peace Now’s 2006 settlement land report,… Continue reading
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The NS Interview: Haneen Zoabi By Samira Shackle
“I was not elected to keep silent or to sit at the table and clap” – Haneen Zoabi, Palestinian member of the Israeli Knesset. Israel did everything it could to make us forget our history: controlling education and the media, putting us in a ghetto, preventing us from having normal relations with the Arab world… Continue reading
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Happy Birthday, Free Gaza
23 August, 2010 — Free Gaza Two years ago today, 44 people from 17 countries were on the Mediterranean heading toward Gaza. We were in two dilapidated fishing boats, the seas were rough, most of us were seasick, and all of us were worried that Israeli military warships would prevent us from getting into the… Continue reading
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Hudson’s co-founder, the Israeli academic purge and the subversion of US Middle East policy
Evidence is mounting that the Institute for Zionist Strategies (IZS) — an Israeli NGO at the forefront of an ongoing campaign to purge Israeli Universities of faculty and programs deemed “left-wing” — is a creature of The Hudson Institute, a major Washington based neoconservative think-tank, which played an active role in shaping the Bush administration’s… Continue reading
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From Mairead Maquire Re: BBC Panorama programme on the Mavi Marmara
Sadly, the Panorama programme did not see the true significance of this historic journey and missed an opportunity for the media to fulfil its responsibility to ‘tell the truth and nothing but the truth’. They choose instead to try to demonize the passengers on the from the word go MV ‘Mavi Marmara’ by trying to… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: First Murder, then Theft and Lies from the “World’s Most Moral Army”
An investigation revealed by Israeli news sources confirms that an Israeli military officer and soldiers stole and sold laptops belonging to passengers on board the Freedom Flotilla, which was illegally boarded by Israeli forces on May 31, 2010. Continue reading
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Jerusalem train company asks passengers: ‘Do you mind traveling with Arabs?’ By Nir Hasson
“The light rail includes three stations in Shoafat. Does that present a problem for you?” the questionnaire asks. In another question: “All passengers, Jewish and Arab, enter the train freely and without the driver’s inspection. Is that a problem for you?” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 