Palestine
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Gaza: The Tip of an Iceberg By Francis Clark-Lowes
This is part of an intentional war on the part of Israel, and, moreover, it clearly coincides with the international legal definition of genocide. Continue reading
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Ilan Pappe: State of Denial: Israel, 1948-2008
The 1948 war’s diplomatic maneuvers and military campaigns are well engraved in Israeli Jewish historiography. What is missing is the chapter on the ethnic cleansing carried out by the Jews in 1948: 500 Palestinian villages and 11 urban neighborhoods were destroyed, 700,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes, and several thousands more were massacred. Why… Continue reading
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Sonja Karkar: Gaza`s Death Throes
What kind of government seals a heavily populated territory of 1.5 million people so that no person can enter or leave without permission, fishermen cannot fish in their own waters, and world food aid cannot be delivered to the starving population? Continue reading
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Uri Blau: Targeted Assassinations – a License to kill
Malaisha was a target for assassination. His fate had been decided several months earlier, in the office of then head of Central Command, Yair Naveh. As far as the public was concerned, on the other hand, the last declared assassination carried out by the IDF in the West Bank took place in August 2006; at… Continue reading
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Gaza: Beyond the blockade
Sameh Habeeb reports on the humanitarian crisis taking place inside Gaza’s sealed borders http://widgets.vodpod.com/w/video_embed/Groupvideo.1812244 more about “Gaza: Beyond the blockade“, posted with vodpod Continue reading
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Akram Awad – The Siege on Gaza: We Share the Blame
As an international community, we all share the responsibility for the ongoing brutal siege on Gaza, and not until we utilise all possible means of peaceful and nonviolent resistance shall we hope for a close end of that siege. Continue reading
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Gaza: Siege report for the past 20 days
Popular Committee Against Siege PCAS issues a comprehensives report on the latest of siege outcomes which hit all life aspects. The crisis came up strongly as Israel completely closed crossings, banned food stuff, fuel shipments and all products into Gaza Strip. Continue reading
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In besieged Gaza, Journal of a voyage by Gideon Spiro : A call for civil disobedience
When Mairead Maguire, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate from Northern Ireland, called me and asked me to join the sea-voyage of the humanitarian delegation from Larnaca (Cyprus) to Gaza to break the Israeli closure and to bring medicine to the besieged city, I answered positively without hesitation. Continue reading
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Blockade plunges Gaza Strip into darkness
Israel’s defence minister has said the border crossing between Israel and the Gaza strip will stay closed, putting the life of Gazans at risk as they feel the pinch of the blockade. Al Jazeera’s Sherine Tadros reports from the impoverished strip where shortages are threatening those who are already most vulnerable. Continue reading
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Abu Kamel of the al-Kurd family has died two weeks after Israel forcibly evicted him from his home of 52 years
Abu Kamel of the Al-Kurd family, died two weeks after he was taken immediately to hospital following the night-time invasion and forcible eviction from his home of 52 years by Israeli forces. Continue reading
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Sameh Habeeb – Gaza: a Dire Life Zone Still Clings to Hope
Afterwards, Israel started a new phase of collective punishment and began more violent prevocational measures against 1.5 million people. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Human Rights Observers Start Hunger Strike in Israel
Three Human Rights Observers (HRO) with the International Solidarity Movement will begin a hunger strike tomorrow in protest over their illegal detention by Israel. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: A Plea for Funds for Legal Support
Under tremendous pressure, the Israeli government, released the 15 fishermen but are so far refusing to return the most precious possessions these men own – their boats. Continue reading
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GazaFriends Update on the three internationals abducted by Israel
Then they came for me and forced me into the Zodiac at the point of a gun. They said, “You are in Israeli territory.” even though is was obvious that all three boats were in Palestinian territory. They kidnapped me and Andrew and Vik and all of the Palestinian fishermen.” Continue reading
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GazaFriends URGENT: Kidnapped by the Israeli Navy
Fourteen Palestinian fishermen along with three internationals have been kidnapped out of Palestinian waters by the Israeli Navy. They were fishing seven miles off the coast of Deir Al Balla, clearly in Gaza fishing waters. Continue reading
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The price of resisting the occupation in Israel: “leftists aren’t allowed…”
Having all traveled that road many times before with no problem, and watching settlers whiz by us, we asked to see the military order. Before producing it, the soldier said, ‘I am very happy for any Jew to visit the Land of Israel, but leftists aren’t allowed.’ Continue reading
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Free Gaza to Aid Agencies: “Deliver it by Sea!”
18 November, 2008 The Free Gaza Movement today issued this open letter to all organizations delivering humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip Israel’s closure of its land borders with Gaza, and Egypt’s submission to Israeli pressure to close the Rafah border is a humanitarian disaster for 1.5 million Palestinians. The United Nations announced last Thursday… Continue reading
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John Spritzler: A New Path For Israel?
Hours after resigning as prime minister of Israel on September 21, 2008, Ehud Olmert gave an interview to the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth (excerpted in the New York Review of Books), in which he seems to have made a 180 degree turnaround from his former views. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 