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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 30 December, 2010: Netanyahu is sowing fear and we are harvesting hatred
30 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center 1,100 Palestinian Children Detained During 2010 IMEMC – 30 Dec 2010 – Thursday December 30, 2010 – 13:50, The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Detainees’ Affairs reported, on Wednesday, that Israeli forces arrested 1,100 Palestinian children in 2010, most of them in East Jerusalem and… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 29 December, 2010: Clinton Plays Russian Roulette With Justice
29 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Clinton Plays Russian Roulette With Justice By Yvonne Ridley Instead of sticking her nose in to other countries’ judicial processes, perhaps the US Secretary of State would care to look into her own backyard and tell us why one of her soldiers was given a mere nine month… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 December, 2010: PA: Israel continues land confiscations in West Bank
29 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two Years After Gaza War, Gaza Remains Sealed-Off, Suffering Continues IMEMC – 29 Dec 2010 – Wednesday December 29, 2010 – 23:09, Two years after Operation Cast Lead: Gaza Remains Sealed-Off from outside World, Impunity for War Crimes Prevails Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 December, 2010: ‘The great book robbery’
28 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Prominent Rabbis’ Wives Tell Fellow Jewish Women Not To Date Arabs IMEMC – 28 Dec 2010 – Wednesday December 29, 2010 – 03:50, In a letter published Tuesday in the Israeli press, around two dozen wives of prominent Israeli rabbis followed a recent edict… Continue reading
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Commemorating the Gaza Massacre – End Complicity, Intensify BDS
On the morning of 27 December 2008 Israeli forces initiated a 23-day military offensive against the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip killing more than 1400 and injuring over 5000 Palestinians, predominantly civilians and refugees since 1948. Two years have passed and those responsible for the atrocities committed have not yet been held accountable. Continue reading
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Jonathan Pollack sentencing statement: “I’ll Go to prison With my Head Held High”
I must add that, if His Honor decides to go ahead and impose my suspended prison sentence, I will go to prison wholeheartedly and with my head held high. It will be the justice system itself, I believe, that ought to lower its eyes in the face of the suffering inflicted on Gaza’s inhabitants, just… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 December, 2010: Squaring the Circle? Britain and the De-Legitimisation of Israel
27 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinians rally to mark 2nd anniversary of Israeli invasion of Gaza IMEMC – 27 Dec 2010 – Monday December 27, 2010 – 22:46, A somber gathering in Gaza City marked the day two years ago in which over 200 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed… Continue reading
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BDS 2010: More powerful than the sword By Eric Walberg
It was two years ago today, 27 December, that Israel launched its invasion of Gaza, carrying out 22 days of murder and mayhem, killing 1400 and leaving 5400 civilians crippled for life. Since then it has continued to besiege the 1.5 million Gazans, causing hundreds more unnecessary deaths. Its actions were deemed war crimes by… Continue reading
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1932 is already here By Daniel Blatman
The wild propagandists of the right like MK Michael Ben Ari (National Union) do not hesitate to use imagery and explanations taken from the anti-Semitic lexicon of Europe: Foreigners spread disease and take Jewish women; black refugees are violent criminals who endanger public safety. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 26 December, 2010: Weekend Edition – We Can't Always Be Lucky
26 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House We Can’t Always Be Lucky By Charles Peña Americans need to realize that building an absolute and perfect defense against terrorism is a Quixotic quest. – Intrusive pat-downs and body scans could be just the beginning. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27132.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 December, 2010: MK: World may recognize Palestine soon
26 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Youth Assaulted Near Nablus For Not Understanding Hebrew IMEMC – 26 Dec 2010 – Monday December 27, 2010 – 01:39, Israeli soldiers stationed at the Za’tara Roadblock, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, stopped three Palestinian youths and violently assaulted one… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 December, 2010: Jesus was Palestinian and why it matters
25 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israel Set To Build And Market 5000 Units In Occupied East Jerusalem, W. Bank IMEMC – 25 Dec 2010 – Saturday December 25, 2010 – 09:36, The Israeli Housing Ministry is planning to build and market nearly 5000 new units for Jewish settlers in… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 24 December, 2010: Gaza: Two Years after the Horror
24 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Carries Out Three Air Strikes In Gaza IMEMC – 24 Dec 2010 – Saturday December 25, 2010 – 04:51, The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday night after midnight, three air strikes targeting several areas in in central and southern Gaza; three… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter 24 December, 2010: The Government's One-way Mirror
24 December, 2010 — Information Clearing House Bradley Manning An “Ethical Giant” Manning Speaks About His Conditions By David House Bradley Manning confidant David House reports on the alleged whistle-blower’s confinement. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27123.htm Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 December, 2010: Villagers watch settlement homes multiply
23 December, 2010 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Obstructing Peace IMEMC – 23 Dec 2010 – Friday December 24, 2010 – 04:38, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that the International Community understands that the Palestinians, not Israel, are responsible for obstruction the efforts to achieve peace… Continue reading
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In a new 100-pages report PCHR details the collective punishment of the population of Gaza
The absolute closure of Gaza was imposed by Israel following the Hamas takeover in June 2007. For more than three years and a half, this most extreme form of closure has been continuously applied to the so-called “hostile entity” that is the Gaza Strip, cutting off 1.7 million individuals from the outside world. Continue reading
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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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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 December, 2010: Israel/West Bank: Separate and Unequal
19 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Teenage shepherd shot and injured by Israeli troops in Gaza IMEMC – 19 Dec 2010 – Sunday December 19, 2010 – 19:32, On Sunday, Israeli soldiers stationed on the northern border between Gaza and Israel shot a Palestinian shepherd, 19, who was herding his… Continue reading
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