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Gaza: The Blockade Runners: Pro-Palestinian activism to break the illegal siege By Julie Lévesque
The following article by Julie Lévesque is Part I of a review of the lone humanitarian ship to Gaza, “The Spirit of Rachel Corrie” which reached Palestinian territorial waters before being brutally intercepted by The Israeli Navy. Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 21, 2011: Banks to Pay $25 Billion Bribe For Immunity
21 July 2011 — Information Clearing House Headless Corpse, Mass Grave and Worrying Questions About Libya’s Rebel Army By Ruth Sherlock, Al-Qawalish The five corpses floated disfigured and bloating in the murky bottom of the water tank. Wearing green soldiers’ uniforms, the men lay belly down, decomposing in the putrid water. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28645.htm Continue reading
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A kinder Middle East hegemon By Eric Walberg
Unless Turkey’s NATO allies wake up and follow its lead, it could well abandon this 21st c white elephant. Whereas in 2004, 67 per cent in Turkey saw NATO membership as essential for national security, only 41 per cent did in 2011. And if Erdogan’s “new order” comes to fruition, with the region’s countries looking… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 20 July, 2011: The Method in Netanyahu’s Madness
20 July , 2011 — VTJP News Ma’an News Israel airstrikes hit targets south of Gaza City 7/21/2011 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli jet fighters launched air strikes on two sites in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning. The Az-Zaitoun and Ash-Shujaiyeh neighborhoods south of Gaza City were targeted causing massive structural damage.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 19 July, 2011: Israel seizes last flotilla boat in int’l waters 40 miles from Gaza
19 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Obama Demands Turkey To End Crisis With Israel IMEMC – Tuesday July 19, 2011 – 14:21, Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported Tuesday that American President, Barack Obama, is demanding Turkey to end its crisis with Israel in order to avoid any further deterioration in… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 July, 2011: Israel approves more settlement units in West Bank
18 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Silwan Family Fined $10,000. Face Home Demolition. IMEMC – Monday July 18, 2011 – 15:47, The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported Monday that an Israeli court fined a Palestinian family $10,000 for building its Silwan home without a permit. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 July, 2011: Congress Blesses Israel’s Matrix of Control
17 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli military links settlement school to ‘Jewish terrorist’ organizing efforts IMEMC – Monday July 18, 2011 – 01:32, The Od Yosef Chai yeshiva religious school in the settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus, faces a possible closure, after the Israeli military commander found it… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 July, 2011: US Congress loves being lied to about the Israel-Palestine conflict…
16 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinian Youth Moderately Wounded In A New Israeli Attack In Beit Hanoun IMEMC – Saturday July 16, 2011 – 09:33, Israeli soldiers bombarded, after midnight Friday night, an area in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 July, 2011: Confused strategy: How the PA sold out Palestinian unity
15 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Sheikh Salah, Detained By Britain, To Be Released On Bail IMEMC – Saturday July 16, 2011 – 03:49, The British Authorities decided to release Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in the 1948 territories, on bail after… Continue reading
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New York Times stands by Ethan Bronner’s Facebook fabrications By Ali Abunimah
The New York Times has told The Electronic Intifada it stands fully behind an article by its Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner despite compelling evidence that the article contains fabrications, misleading statements, and gross exaggerations. Continue reading
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Gaza rejects Greek government charity
The following letter was delivered to the Greek Government on July 12, 2011 making it clear that the people of Gaza seek freedom and respect for their human rights, including their right to lead a dignified life, not charity. Seemingly deaf to their call, yesterday a spokesman for the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 July, 2011: Israel’s Crackdown Grows with Boycott Bill
14 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Army Airstrikes Gaza; Four Residents, Including Two Children, Wounded IMEMC – Friday July 15, 2011 – 04:42, The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip leading to damages and four injuries among the… Continue reading
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Israel and the Flotillas: Clever madman By Eric Walberg
There is much angst among people of conscience over the fate of Freedom Flotilla II, but by effectively scuttling it, Israel is really just hammering more nails in its own coffin, says Eric Walberg Continue reading
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A Palestinian State Redeems the U.N.’s Historic Nakba (Catastrophe) By Mohamed Khodr
9 July 2011 — Intifada Palestine This September is the moment of truth for the United Nations Security Council and the U.N. General Assembly, despite the threatened U.S. veto. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 13 July, 2011: Israeli Press Mum on Murdoch
13 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center “Tolerance Museum” Given Go Ahead By Israeli Interior Ministry IMEMC – Wednesday July 13, 2011 – 17:58, Associated Foreign Press has reported that Israel has given the go ahead to build a planned “tolerance museum” on top of a Muslim burial site. The… Continue reading
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French Ship Carries Freedom Flotilla’s “Dignity” to Gaza By Begoña Astigarraga
Nearly all the ships have been confined to port in Greece for the last 10 days, except for the Dignité-Al Karama which sailed from the French island of Corsica Jun. 25, evaded the Greek blockade on more than one occasion and remains the only vessel of the flotilla still sailing freely. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 July, 2011: 4.2 million Palestinians in West Bank, Gaza Strip
12 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Over Two Thousand Jewish Americans And Canadians Make Aliyah This Summer IMEMC – Tuesday July 12, 2011 – 19:35, Twenty-five hundred Jewish Americans and Canadians are expected to immigrate to Israel this summer of 2011. The immigrants will be residing in areas with… Continue reading
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The boycott law subverts Israeli democracy — Haaretz
Knesset members who vote for the anti-Boycott Law must understand they are supporting the gagging of protest in an effort to liquidate democracy. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 11 July, 2011: Study: Israel’s wall segregates 13 percent of West Bank
11 July , 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Last witness testifies in Rachel Corrie case; family says Israel suppressed evidence IMEMC – Monday July 11, 2011 – 21:07, The last witness testified Sunday in an Israeli court case seeking justice for slain peace activist Rachel Corrie. Col. Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz claimed… Continue reading
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Information Clearing House Newsletter July 11, 2011: Next Up: Pakistan: Ominous signs of a major new war
11 July, 2011 — Information Clearing House Next Up: Pakistan Ominous signs of a major new war By Justin Raimondo While keeping the heat on for a direct attack on Iran, the powerful pro-Israel lobby – the driving force behind the anti-Iran crowd – is biding its time, confident they’ll win in the end. In… Continue reading
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