Nakba
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Jews for Justice for Palestinians Weekly newsletter 20 June 2011
20 June 2011 — Jews for Justice for Palestinians The state of Jews June 18th, 2011 From its origin as ‘Jew-state’ through various twists of meaning, the current ‘Jewish state’ which Palestinians must recognise has more in common with Pakistan than the USA or any European state of all its citizens. Uri Avnery traces the Continue reading
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War Zone Qalandyia By Radically Blonde
It is Sunday morning, and I am at the Nakba Day protest in Qalandyia refugee camp. The long and beautiful march with the songs, slogans and high spirit has been dispersed quickly with massive shooting of tear-gas, and all attempts to resume the march have been dispersed as well, with ever growing violence. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 May, 2011: America’s Coming Nakba
25 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Amnesty International Demands End To Destruction Of “Unrecognized” Villages In Israel IMEMC – Wednesday May 25, 2011 – 16:27, Amnesty International has called on Israel to cease the demolition of the Bedouin village of al-‚ÄòAraqib in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Continue reading
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Scandal at the IMF and the Gaza Flotilla Selected Articles
24 May 2011 — Global Research Scandal at the IMF Former Head of IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn accuses Vladimir Putin of Being Part of a Plot to Have him Fired from his Post – 2011-05-23 Continue reading
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Media Lens: Bad News From The BBC – Part 1: ‘Replete With Imbalance And Distortion’
One of the main headlines on the BBC news homepage earlier this month read, ‘Violence erupts at Israel borders’. Israeli soldiers had shot dead at least 12 protesters and injured dozens more. BBC ‘impartiality’ decreed that the brutal killings were presented almost as an act of nature, a volcanic eruption that simply happened. Continue reading
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On an old anniversary, a new sense that change is possible By Jonathan Cook
Waving Palestinian flags, the marchers braved a minefield, then tore down a series of fences, allowing more than 100 to run into Israeli-controlled territory. As they embraced Druze villagers on the other side, voices could be heard saying: ‘This is what liberation looks like.’ Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 18 May, 2011: Amnesty International Calls For Investigation Into Nakba Killings
18 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Prison Protest Expands IMEMC – Wednesday May 18, 2011 – 18:33, Protests against conditions in Israeli jails have continued recently, with two additional institutions joining the hunger-strikers’ action. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 17 May, 2011: Israel’s Nightmare: Nonviolent Palestinians
17 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Local Palestinian Elections Due To Be Delayed IMEMC – Tuesday May 17, 2011 – 15:00, The Palestinian Authority has stated it will delay local elections due to be held in July. The elections are now due to be held on the 22nd of October Continue reading
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A Freedom Charter or A Second Nakba? By Kenneth O’Keefe
Imagine this, imagine that Nelson Mandela and the African National Congress negotiated a deal with the South African Apartheid regime and settled for a ‘two-state solution.’ Imagine Mandela negotiating with the Apartheid regime a land deal in which less than 15% of current day South Africa went to the black South Africans, the remaining 85%… Continue reading
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Hazem Jamjoum: Palestine from Nakba to the Global Movement for BDS
Hazem Jamjoum is a very distinguished activist and one of the key organisers of the Stop the JNF Campaign, which was formalised 8-9 May 2010, in Edinburgh. Information about this campaign will be circulating soon. He will be speaking in Bradford tonight, London on Wednesday, Nottingham on Thursday. Continue reading
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Nakba London Commemoration 2010 – National Day of Action Saturday 15 May
LONDON EVENT: Free Palestine! Saturday 15 May, 12–2pm. Opposite 10 Downing Street, London SW1 (nearest tube Westminster) Continue reading
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Between the Fleeting Words A Palestinian dance production inspired by the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish
Al Zaytouna is proud to present a new full-length production entitled Between the Fleeting Words, directed by Ahmed Masoud. The production fuses traditional dabke, contemporary dance, poetry, music and digital media. The show is a unique tribute to the work of the late great Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, celebrating his poetry and the musical interpretations… Continue reading
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I will mourn on Nakba Day By Nurit Peled-Elhanan
The “Nakba law” passed in a first reading last Tuesday. The law forbids mourning the Nakba on Israel’s Independence Day. Breaking the law will result in high fines and withdrawal of gevernmental financing from municipal authorities. Continue reading
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On the day Yafa’s refugees return – zochrot 2010
Zochrot [“Remembering”] is a group of Israeli citizens working to raise awareness of the Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 February, 2010: Knesset criminalises the commemoration of the “Nakba”
One of the best aggregations of news and analysis on the situation in Palestine. Frequency: almost daily. More material available from Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel Continue reading
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Help save the Palestinian village of Lifta from total destruction
Lifta, a most picturesque Palestinian village, lies on the slopes of West Jerusalem below the highway linking it to Tel-Aviv. It has been abandoned since the invading Hagana underground forces backed by the Stern Gang drove the last of its Palestinian inhabitants in 1948 during the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Continue reading
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Video: AL NAKBA: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 by Benny Brunner
Al Nakba: The Palestinian Catastrophe 1948 (58 min. documentary, Israel-Germany-The Netherlands, 1997). Arguably the first film that seriously tackles the historic events that lead to the creation of 750.000 Palestinian refugees at the end of the first Israeli-Arab war of 1948. Based on historian Benny Morris’ book “The birth of the Palestinian refugee problem, 1947-49”. Continue reading
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Hisham Zreiq’s film Sons of Eilaboun: introduction by Gilad Atzmon
Sons of Eilaboun is a story of one small village in the Galilee, one village amongst many. It is a story of one massacre, one massacre amongst many. It is a story of a small community that is tormented and traumatised for generations. Sons of Eilaboun is in fact the story of Palestine. Continue reading
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Reham Alhelsi — 61 Years of On-Going Nakba: the Old Still Live through Us and the Young Never Forgot
The greatest threat to Israel is our existence, and as long as we are steadfast in Palestine, they can’t take Palestine away from us. The destroyed homes will be rebuilt one day, and the empty villages will be refilled one day and all those ethnically cleansed will return one day. This is no wishful thinking,… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 