Jerusalem
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Senior BBC official insists that all of Jerusalem is an “Israeli” city By Amena Saleem
The BBC has provided evidence this week that it prefers to use the territorial claims of the Israeli government to the whole of Jerusalem as a framework for its reporting, rather than acknowledging international law. Continue reading
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Senior BBC official insists that all of Jerusalem is an “Israeli” city By Amena Saleem
The BBC has provided evidence this week that it prefers to use the territorial claims of the Israeli government to the whole of Jerusalem as a framework for its reporting, rather than acknowledging international law. Continue reading
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Movie Review: Robbery of Books and Ownership of Narrative By Susan Abulhawa
I finally watched The Great Book Robbery at the University of Pennsylvania this weekend with some friends. It’s a film documenting Israel’s systematic looting of over 70,000 books from Palestinian public and private libraries after Jewish gangs in Palestine proclaimed the state of Israel and ethnically cleansed the native population. Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (03- 09 January 2013)
10 January 2013 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD (non-profit) Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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PCHR_e Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (29 Nov.- 05 Dec 2012)
6 December 2012 — Palestinian Centre for Human Rights Ltd (non-profit) Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Continue reading
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Gaza Ceasefire: An Early Assessment By Richard Falk
The Gaza Ceasefire, unlike a similar ceasefire achieved after Operation Cast Lead four years ago, is an event that has a likely significance far beyond ending the violence after eight days of murderous attacks. It is just possible that it will be looked back upon as a turning point in the long struggle between Israel… Continue reading
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FAIR: Palestinians and the Proper Way to Grieve Dead Children
That question might not occur to you, but readers of the New York Times (11/20/12) were treated to correspondent Jodi Rudoren’s unusual critique of a funeral for members of the Dula family, whose home in Gaza City was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday. Continue reading
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Video: Israel’s Media Joins the War
The Israeli media has adopted the government’s line that only military targets are being hit regardless of the rising Palestinian casualty toll, reported at 115 on Monday night. The Real News’ Lia Tarachanky summarizes the coverage of Operation Pillar of Defense in the Israeli press, quotes Editor-in-Chief of Ha’aretz Aluf Benn, and speaks to Michael… Continue reading
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Video: Israel's Media Joins the War
The Israeli media has adopted the government’s line that only military targets are being hit regardless of the rising Palestinian casualty toll, reported at 115 on Monday night. The Real News’ Lia Tarachanky summarizes the coverage of Operation Pillar of Defense in the Israeli press, quotes Editor-in-Chief of Ha’aretz Aluf Benn, and speaks to Michael… Continue reading
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From the horse’s mouth
20 November 2012 If anyone has any doubts about the racist nature of Israeli society then the following quotes by Gilad Sharon, son of Ariel Sharon should clear the mist from your eyes: “There should be no electricity in Gaza, no gasoline or moving vehicles, nothing. Then they’d really call for a ceasefire,” he wrote. Continue reading
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Who is Jonathan Sacerdoti, the BBC’s Go-To Man on Gaza? by Hilary Aked
The BBC presented Sacerdoti as a neutral Middle East commentator, the director of an innocuously named organisation called the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy; this neutrality was clearly implied by the lack of any alternative perspective offered and the failure to identify him as affiliated to either the Israeli or Palestinian ‘camp’. Each time he… Continue reading
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Who is Jonathan Sacerdoti, the BBC’s Go-To Man on Gaza? by Hilary Aked
The BBC presented Sacerdoti as a neutral Middle East commentator, the director of an innocuously named organisation called the Institute for Middle Eastern Democracy; this neutrality was clearly implied by the lack of any alternative perspective offered and the failure to identify him as affiliated to either the Israeli or Palestinian ‘camp’. Each time he… Continue reading
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Anonymous hack hundreds of Israeli websites, delete Foreign Ministry database in support of Gaza
Hacker group Anonymous has launched a massive attack named #OpIsrael on almost 700 Israeli websites, protesting against Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza. Israeli media confirmed the group’s move. Continue reading
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Video: Israeli Occupiers Suppress Gaza Protest in Jerusalem By Martin Iqbal
Today at approximately 12:30pm Israeli forces put down a Gaza protest at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. Several youths were abducted by the occupying forces, and women were shoved to the ground by soldiers and border police. Continue reading
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For Israel, Imperialism Isn’t Enough By Dan Freeman-Maloy
Things in Palestine have developed far beyond the point where any given ‘flare-up’ in the constant violence that defines Israeli rule can be addressed in isolation. The significance of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza has absolutely nothing to do with the tired, dull hasbara talking points being peddled by Israeli diplomats — less still… Continue reading
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Video: Hamas says now in ‘open war’ with Israel, promises ‘gates of hell’
Hamas says that it is now in a state of “open war” indefinitely with Israel after the killing of the Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari by an Israeli airstrike. Continue reading
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Video: Hamas says now in 'open war' with Israel, promises 'gates of hell'
Hamas says that it is now in a state of “open war” indefinitely with Israel after the killing of the Hamas commander Ahmed Jabari by an Israeli airstrike. Continue reading
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Video: Lifta – film-in-progress (must watch)
Lifta is the only remaining Arab village depopulated in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence that has not been completely destroyed or re-populated by Jews. Lifta’s Arab heritage, architecture and history are about to be erased by Jerusalem’s municipality that plans to build over 250 luxury villas, shops and a hotel on this site. An international… Continue reading
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Why / Who Died? By David Grossman
All said and done it is merely a minor story about an illegal alien who stole a car, was injured in an accident, then released from hospital to have cops dump him, still injured to die the by the roadside. What are the building blocks that lead to such an atrocity? Continue reading
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Ethnic Cleansing of “Invented” People By MIKO PELED
Mostafa Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, Bahjat Zaalan and his son Ramdan from Gaza died on my 50th birthday and just a few days after Newt Gingrich declared them an “invented” people. They were murdered by the Israeli terrorist organization, the IDF, an organization that is supported and funded by the United States. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 