Palestine
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Wednesday 19 January – ‘This is Not a Subject for Comedy’
Don’t miss a one-off performance by Jewish comedian Ivor Dembina’s sixty-minute solo comedy show about Israel Palestine and the Jews. A story with jokes about a London Jew brought up to love Israel who has his support for the Jewish state challenged by his visits to the West Bank after the outbreak of the second… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION Newsletter No.11834 7th January 2011
7 January, 2011 — STOP THE WAR COALITION IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 1) AFGHANISTAN AND THE WAR ON TERROR 2) UPCOMING EVENTS Continue reading
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Guest Media Lens Alert – Tilting Towards Israel By Jonathan Cook
Towards the end of last year, we sent out two media alerts – Put The Palestinians On A Diet and Too Toxic To Handle? – about the corporate media’s failure to report the release of documents detailing Israel’s deliberate policy of near-starvation for Gaza. “The idea”, explained a senior Israeli official, “is to put the… Continue reading
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Al-Haq, “Beyond Words: Palestinian Voices in Search of Justice”
‘My name is Bassam ‘Aramin. I am a resident of the town of Anata. . . . At 9:30 am on 16 January 2007, an Israeli Border Guard soldier shot my daughter ‘Abeer in the head from a distance of 15 meters. She died two days later in the hospital. . . . The soldier… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 November, 2010: Media: Rattling The Cage: The Face of Israel in a West Bank Courtroom
27 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center European Parliamentarians Arrive In Gaza IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Saturday November 27, 2010 – 12:00, The Borders Authority in Gaza reported late on Friday at night that European Parliamentarians made it into Gaza on Friday evening through the Rafah Border Terminal between… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 26 November, 2010: MK proposes bill to declare Jerusalem Jewish capital
26 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Rabin’s Son Proposes Alternative Israeli Peace Initiative IMEMC – 27 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 17:39, The son of Yitzhak Rabin and businessman Koby Huberman presented a plan in response to the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Haaretz said quoting a source… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 25 November, 2010: Israel conducts ‘wave of demolitions,’ including mosque, across West Bank
25 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Demolishes Ten Structures In the West Bank IMEMC – 25 Nov 2010 – Friday November 26, 2010 – 01:54, The Arabs48 News Website reported that Israeli soldiers demolished on Thursday ten structures in two areas in the occupied West Bank, mainly in a… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 November, 2010: “War Criminals” Leak Strikes at Heart of Israeli Society
23 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Internal Revenue Service Asked to Revoke AIPAC’s Tax Exemption IMEMC – 24 Nov 2010 – Tuesday November 23, 2010 – 17:40, An 1,389 page filing, demanding that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC’s) tax exempt status be revoked, was received by the Internal… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 November, 2010: VIDEO – Footage contradicts arson allegations / Residents say settlers behind torched grove
16 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Palestinians and Arab League likely to reject US proposal IMEMC – 16 Nov 2010 – Tuesday November 16, 2010 – 16:58, According to Maan News, a proposal from the United States for a 90-day temporary freeze on construction in Israeli West Bank settlements might… Continue reading
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Media Lens: “Put the Palestinians on a Diet”
Israel has been forced to reveal what Palestinians and other observers on the ground have known for a long time: that the blockade of Gaza is state policy intended to inflict collective punishment, not to bolster Israeli “security”. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 10 November, 2010: New plans part of Judaising Occupied East Jerusalem
10 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two Officers Feared Dead As Israeli Jet Crashes In The Negev IMEMC – 10 Nov 2010 – Thursday November 11, 2010 – 03:21, Israeli sources reported Wednesday that rescue teams are now searching for an Israeli Air Force pilot and his navigator after their… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 November, 2010: Settlers Open New Settlers Only Road in Hebron
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 – www.vtjp.org Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 November, 2010: Israeli police demolish mosque in impoverished Arab town
7 November, 2010 — VTJP News Ma’an News Soldiers shoot worker on north Gaza border 11/7/2010 – GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was injured Sunday when Israeli forces opened fire at a group of workers collecting stone aggregates near an evacuated Israeli settlement in northern Gaza. Eyewitnesses said 19-year-old Karam Al-Adham was shot… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 6 November, 2010: Cornerstone of Zionism is to Conquer, Not Negotiate
6 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli government documents show deliberate policy to keep Gazans at near-starvation levels IMEMC – 7 Nov 2010 – Saturday November 06, 2010 – 21:32, Documents whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year have been released after a legal battle… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 5 November, 2010: “Traffic Accidents” in occupied Palestine: Another Form of Zionist Terrorism
5 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Three Injured at an-Nabi Saleh Anti-Wall Protest IMEMC – 5 Nov 2010 – Friday November 05, 2010 – 18:06, At least three civilians were injured and many others treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation on Friday, after Israeli troops violently suppressed the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 November, 2010: Children of Silwan to Be Placed Under House Arrest
3 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Adhan Banned at Hebron’s Al-Ibrahimi Mosque 54 Times in One Month IMEMC – 3 Nov 2010 – Wednesday November 03, 2010 – 18:50, The Muslim call to prayer (Adhan) was prohibited by the Israeli authorities at Hebron’s Al-Ibrahimi Mosque for 54 times, during the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 1 November, 2010: ‘Israeli society doesn’t feel the need for peace’
1 November, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Troops Invade Houses in Hebron IMEMC – 1 Nov 2010 – Monday November 01, 2010 – 12:04, Security sources reported that the Israeli military invaded, on Monday morning, several houses in Hebron. Erekat: “Egypt Proposed A Joint Plan For Submitting Palestinian Demands To… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 31 October, 2010: Segregation of Jews and Arabs in 2010 Israel is almost absolute
31 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Hamas Leader Denies Secret Talks with Israel IMEMC – 31 Oct 2010 – Sunday October 31, 2010 – 09:51, Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida’s claims that Syria had approved secret negotiations regarding a prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas were denied today by a Hamas leader.… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 28 October, 2010: Suffering of Palestinian Children Rated Among Highest in the World
28 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Rivlin: “Settlement Issue used by Palestinians as an excuse to End Peace talks” IMEMC – 28 Oct 2010 – Thursday October 28, 2010 – 16:39, On Thursday, Israeli Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin lambasted the Palestinian leadership, accusing them of using the issue of Israeli… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 27 October, 2010: Open Letter to Cape Town Opera: Boycott Apartheid
27 October, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Kidnap Seven Children In Silwan IMEMC – 27 Oct 2010 – Thursday October 28, 2010 – 03:57, Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that Israeli soldiers and undercover units of the Israeli army kidnapped seven children in Silwan town, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque,… Continue reading
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