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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 March 2012: Israel’s Nuclear Triggers
23 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Detains A Child At Roadblock Near JeninIMEMC – Israeli soldiers detained, on Thursday evening, a 12-year-old Palestinian child at a roadblock close to an illegal Israeli settlement, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. … Continue reading
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Occupied Palestine: The Freedom Bus – Ride for Justice!
From Sept 23rd – Oct 1st 2012, people from around the world will take part in a solidarity ride through the West Bank. Interactive performances will give voice to personal stories about popular struggle, political imprisonment, home demolitions, the Separation Wall and daily life under Israeli occupation. Continue reading
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A Call for the Disavowal of Splittism By Kim Petersen
I have not read every word or heard every speech by Atzmon, but I never came to a conclusion that he was defining anything for Palestinians. Atzmon has been focused on the occupiers, a group he stems from, and what makes them occupier-oppressors, and as a member of the group (he has since renounced allegiance… Continue reading
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Video: Afghan Activists Want US Out, No Deal with Taliban
Sonali Kolhatkar: RAWA women do not want any power sharing deal with Taliban but want US out now Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 9 March 2012: The strangulation of a village
9 March 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two protesters wounded in Friday demos against Israeli Annexation WallIMEMC – Weekly non-violent protests were held on Friday afternoon in the villages of Bil’in, Nil’in, Al Mas’ara and Nabi Saleh. Two citizens were injured in addition to dozens of cases of inhalation of military grade Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 16 February 2012: Standing in solidarity with Khader Adnan
16 February 2012 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli Extremists On Facebook Celebrate Death of Palestinian Children Killed In Traffic Accident IMEMC – Earlier on Thursday morning, 9 Palestinian children and one adult were killed, and 42 were wounded in a tragic traffic accident between a school bus and a truck, near Continue reading
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PCHR Holds Urgent Consultative Meeting Addressing the Case of Palestinian Detainee in Israeli Jails, Khader Adnan, Who Is on Hunger Strike
Adnan, Who Is on Hunger Strike In the context of its efforts to follow up the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, and its interest in the their detention conditions, on Tuesday afternoon, 14 February 2012, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) held an urgent consultative meeting in its Head Office in Gaza… Continue reading
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Activists denounce restrictions on Chicago G8/NATO protests By CHRISTINE MARIE
On Jan. 25, the Vancouver culture jammers known as Adbusters brought new attention to the need to protest the NATO/G8 summit occurring in Chicago from May 19-21. Adbusters played a large role in building the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York last fall and their call is expected to put the NATO/G8 summit meetings… Continue reading
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A Poisoned Chalice: Liberation, ANC-Style By John S. Saul
There is good and obvious reason to celebrate the long history of the African National Congress (ANC): the organization’s marked dedication over one hundred years to the cause of the betterment of the lot of the oppressed African people in South Africa. It has also sustained an honourable commitment to a multi-racial, pan-ethnic outcome to… Continue reading
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A nightmare that lasted three weeks; memories of Gaza massacre By Rafat Abushaban
Here comes that difficult time of year again: the anniversary of an event that changed the taste of life for Palestinians inside the Gaza Strip and throughout the world. It is three years since the Gaza massacre, or what Israel called Operation Cast Lead Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks, 16 November 2011: Q: Should Palestinians be able to ride Israeli buses? A: No, it’s a Jewish state
16 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Abbas: “We Seek Peace, We Want A Balanced U.S. Role” IMEMC – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated during a speech on the 7th anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat, and the 23rd anniversary of declaring independence, that the Palestinian Authority does not Continue reading
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November 30 Strike: student planning meeting tonight, plus demo details
As you’re probably aware, on Wednesday 30 November millions of public sector workers will be taking strike action across the country. A full list of unions taking action on the day is available here, but what’s clear is that N30 it set to see a major stepping up of resistance to austerity in the UK. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 14 November, 2011: Jerusalem: Explosions, arrests and violence as Israel clears way for settlement activity
14 November 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center French Consul and Family wounded in Israeli Attack on Gaza IMEMC – On Monday, 14 November 2011, the French Consul in the Gaza Strip, Majdi Jameel Yaseen Shaqqoura, 44, his wife and his two children were wounded in an Israeli attack on the Palestinian Continue reading
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Video: Police beat Occupy protesters at Berkeley — RT
Demonstrators at the University of California Berkeley were assaulted by police on Wednesday night for failing to leave a peaceful encampment they attempted to establish in solidarity with the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement. Continue reading
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A ‘Palestinian Spring’? Not Yet By Bashir Abu-Manneh
20 October 2011 — The Bullet • Socialist Project E-Bulletin No. 559 The ‘Palestinian Spring’ is the only one of the ‘Arab Springs’ to be announced from the General Assembly platform of the UN. “At a time when,” Mahmoud Abbas declared in his speech for UN recognition of Palestinian statehood, “the Arab peoples affirm their Continue reading
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Hundreds of Worldwide Occupy Protests Occupy One Inch of Front Page By Peter Hart
In case you’re having trouble finding it, it’s in the lower right-hand corner: a blurb approximately one column inch long, directing people to page A20 to find news about protests in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street in ‘more than 900 cities in Europe, Africa and Asia.’ Continue reading
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UK tour ‘Bedouin of the Negev’ / London, Jewish Identity and Palestinian Rights
Dr Awad Abu Freih heads the Chemistry Department of Sapir College in the Negev. He is also a Bedouin from Al Araqib, a village demolished twenty eight times since July 2010. He will speak about Israel’s little-reported ‘war’ against the Negev Bedouin who have been hounded from land they bought and inherited, and lived there… Continue reading
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Books: Gilad Atzmon: The Long Arm of Israel
We have learned in the last few days that some Jewish ‘anti’ Zionist elements are planning to interfere with Zero Books’ The Wandering Who book launch this Monday. Your support for the book and also for the freedom of speech is most welcome. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 