Palestine
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Inquiry exposes massive Israeli media manipulation campaign in US
Files declassified in America have revealed the covert public relations and lobbying activities of Israel in the US. The National Archive made the documents public following a Senate investigation. They suggest Israel has been trying to shape media coverage of issues it regards as important. Continue reading
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Massacre, with a smile
A few days ago we learned about Eden Aberjil, an Israeli woman who posted pictures on her Facebook account of her abusing bound Palestinian prisoners at the time of her military service. Continue reading
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A beautiful gift from the BBC by Ken O’Keefe
18 August, 2010 — Uprooted Palestinians Uprooted Palestinians are at the heart of the conflict in the M.E Palestinians uprooted by force of arms. Yet faced immense difficulties have survived, kept alive their history and culture, passed keys of family homes in occupied Palestine from one generation to the next. If you haven’t seen it,… Continue reading
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We won’t give up our right to a Palestinian state – Haniyeh
In an interview to Russian correspondent Nadezhda Kevorkova, head of the government in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh shares his vision of different countries’ contributions to Middle East settlement and its perspectives. He also discusses if there is a difference between Russia’s and America’s contribution into the settlement. Continue reading
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Riddle Or Conspiracy of Traitors By Kawther Salam
My research is about the recent crimes of genocide and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by commanders who signed several military orders against Palestinian civilians in Hebron and around cities and towns in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. My research is towards a legal file which I could use to prosecute these criminals under the provisions… Continue reading
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IS ISRAEL AN APARTHEID STATE?
Renowned Nezareth-based journalist Jonathan Cook says not only is Israel’s control of the West Bank based on an apartheid system of segregation but also the system inside Israel proper. One of the top Israeli human rights lawyers, Michael Sfard, disagrees. In a Tel Aviv interview with The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky he talks about his… Continue reading
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Action Alert – Panorama ‘Death on the Med’ – Contact the BBC
On the 16 August, 2010, the BBC broadcast a Panorama programme entitled ‘Death on the Med’. It claimed to reveal ‘what really happened’ when Israeli commandoes boarded the Mavi Marmara on 31 May 2010. The programme was extremely biased, portraying the activists on board as violent terrorists who set out to kill Israeli soldiers. Continue reading
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Settlement trade in the spotlight By Simon Natas
The acquittal this week of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which originate from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The case also poses challenging questions for the UK authorities, who have failed to confront the legal and moral problems surrounding settlement… Continue reading
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Settlement trade in the spotlight By Simon Natas
The acquittal this week of four London-based activists for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) raises profound issues for traders in products which originate from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The case also poses challenging questions for the UK authorities, who have failed to confront the legal and moral problems surrounding settlement… Continue reading
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Israeli and Palestinian Women Find New Way to Challenge The Occupation
On Friday, July 23, we went on a trip – a dozen Jewish-Israeli women with a dozen West-Bank Palestinian women and four of their children, one of them a baby. We drove through the interior hill country (`Shfela’) and toured Tel Aviv and Yaffa together. We ate at a restaurant, bathed in the sea and… Continue reading
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MEDIA LENS ALERT: BOGUS PARALLELS – THE INDEPENDENT’S DONALD MACINTYRE RESPONDS
Does Macintyre really believe that our readers respond robotically to journalists without judging the arguments for themselves? Is it really lamentable for members of the public to take action in response to biased journalism when emboldened by the realisation that they are not alone in their concerns? Continue reading
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GazaFriends: All Aboard the Mavi Marmara
6 August, 2010 — witnessgaza.com David Rovics has written an evocative song called “All Aboard the Mavi Marmara.” The Free Gaza team has added images in tribute to the nine brave men on board who gave their lives in pursuit of justice for the Palestinians. This is our tribute to the men. They had names… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Keep your eye on witnessgaza.com for the US Boat to Gaza launch videos
They said it couldn’t be done, that Americans couldn’t raise money fast enough to buy a boat to join Freedom Flotilla 2 in the fall. But never underestimate American determination in the face of Israeli intransigence and brutality. The launch of the US Boat to Gaza began last night in New York, and Free Gaza… Continue reading
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Child confronts Israeli forces over father’s detention By Zuheir Al-Shaer
Video footage of a four-year-old child begging Israeli forces to release his father from detention on Monday has circulated the globe. Badran Jaber, the child’s grandfather, told Ma’an his son-in-law was detained after objecting to Israeli bulldozers overturning fields planted with vegetables near the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement. Continue reading
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UN Human Rights Committee concludes that Israel violates the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
As such, with respect to the findings of the UN Fact-finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, the Committee regretted that Israel “has not yet conducted independent and credible investigations into the serious violations of international human rights law, such as direct targeting of civilians and civilian objects, including infrastructure such as waste water plants and… Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Freedom Flotilla Coalition Meets in Stockholm Next Flotilla on its Way Back to Gaza
It has been over two months since Israel’s 31 May 2010 deadly assault on the Freedom Flotilla and little to nothing has been done to hold Israel accountable for its savage attack that led to the killing of nine of our colleagues, or to end Israel’s continued violations against the Palestinian people, especially the 1.5… Continue reading
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Narratives Under Siege (5): There’s Something in the Water: The Poisoning of Life in the Gaza Strip
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is pleased to announce the resumption of the Narratives Under Siege series, which aims to provide a human voice to the suffering caused by the illegal Israeli-imposed closure, applied continuously since 14 June 2007 and in various forms for over a decade. The Narratives series provides a glimpse… Continue reading
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FAIR: Does the NY Times Factcheck Op-Eds?
On August 2, the New York Times published an op-ed arguing that Arabs do not care much about Palestinians–and that this is a good thing, especially for Palestinians. But the argument relied on a “poll” of the Arab world that does not exist. Continue reading
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If I needed something to confirm I am going in the right direction: an interview with Yonatan Shapira By Jesse Bacon
[Yonatan-Shapira] I interviewed about Yonatan Shapira of Boycott from Within and Combatants for Peace after he was called in for an interrogation by the Israeli Security Services. Continue reading
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Live Video of Ethnic cleansing in the Israeli Negev
Around 300 Bedouins living in Israel’s Negev desert are homeless after Israeli police raided their village & razed their homes. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 