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Now why can’t those damn Palestinians just disappear? By William Bowles
Unfortunately for Israel, those damn Palestinians persisted in ‘hanging around’, jammed into refugee camps across the Middle East, ghettoized and relegated to third class people in the land of their birth, Palestine. Continue reading
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Iranian Journalist Interviews musician Gilad Atzmon
The full text of an exclusive interview with Gilad Atzmon in which a variety of topics related to the ongoing slaughter of Gaza, Israeli crimes against humanity and the necessity of holding a trial for the Israeli officials in a just and objective international court is discussed Continue reading
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Name and Shame British Friends of Israel
Redress Information & Analysis names and shames members of Israel’s network of stooges in the British Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties Continue reading
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Another Nakba in the Making?
Under cover of announcing humanitarian relief for injured Palestinians, it is now emerging that Israel is planning the transfer of tens of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza into Egypt. Continue reading
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The Newsletter of the Free Gaza Movement, January 19, 2009
Free Gaza Movement: Israel Ready to Shoot at Emergency Boat More than 1.300 dead in Gaza and the world opinion is changing. Yet, this has not stopped the carnage and it cannot make us forget the dead, the injured, and the damage. Also, anti-Jewish tendencies rise in the world, because the butchers of Gaza claim Continue reading
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“The Gaza war” By Shmuel Amir
The combat that Israeli Defence Minister Barak announced is not a war but a hunt! A hunt for humans who lack the minimal means to resist and who are slaughtered from the air. Continue reading
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Birth Pangs of a New Palestine by Mouin Rabbani
Two issues rise head and shoulders above the rest: the urgency of beginning the process of reversing Israel’s impunity in its dealings with the Palestinian people, and the equally dire need to address the fundamental issue of occupation, without which ceasefires, sieges and code-named calamities like Operation Cast Lead would be unnecessary. Continue reading
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GazaFriends: Vittorio Arrigoni: Dante’s Hell is Alive and Well in Gaza
The cleaners are permanently busy wiping away the blood dripping copiously from the stretchers constantly carrying in the massacred bodies. Iyad Mutawwaq was walking in the street when a bomb tore open a building not far from him. He and other passers-by rushed over to try and bring some aid when a second bomb was… Continue reading
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History Repeating itself
Two images from a must see collection compiled by Norman Finkelstein, Nazis on the left, Israelis on the right. Continue reading
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PCHR: Weekly Report 8-14 January, 2009: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Have Continued Their War on the Gaza for the 3rd Consecutive Week under International Silence Continue reading
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Petition: Growing outrage at the killings in Gaza
This remarkable petition in today’s Guardian makes me wonder when American academics and literary figures will have the courage and decency to do the same. How many wars must we witness before our intellectuals will say enough? Continue reading
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Press Release — Calling to Prevent War Crimes is Not Breaking the Law
The request of the extreme right wing organization “Legal Forum for the Land of Israel” to the Attorney-General of Israel, to prosecute Attorney Shamai Leibowitz for the appeal to soldiers to disrupt and prevent war crimes is cynical, malicious and devoid of any legal basis. Continue reading
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Jonathan Cook: Israeli assault injures 1.5 million Gazans
This week the death toll in Gaza passed the 1,000 mark, after three weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks. But surprisingly, no one has reported an even more appalling statistic: that there are some 1.5 million injured Palestinians in Gaza. Continue reading
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Israel’s righteous fury and its victims in Gaza By Ilan Pappe, The Electronic Intifada
But the lies and distorted representations are not the worst part of it. It is the direct attack on the last vestiges of humanity and dignity of the Palestinian people that is most enraging. The Palestinians in Israel have shown their solidarity with the people of Gaza and are now branded as a fifth column… Continue reading
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Gaza-bound medical supplies hijacked by Israel
Our buses arrived in Ashkelon, where the buses were stopped by hysterical police forces who stopped us from continuing. Continue reading
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A burnt offering By William Bowles
Far from being the death knell of the Palestinian struggle for their national rights, I contend that this may well spell the end of Zionism. Continue reading
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The Israeli War on the Gaza Strip: “The Birth Pangs of a New Palestine/Middle East” By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya
What is taking place in the Palestinian Territories is related to what is taking place across the Middle East and Central Asia, from Lebanon to Iraq and NATO-garrisoned Afghanistan, as part of a broader geo-strategic objective. Continue reading
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PCHR: In Gaza All Of Our Humanity Is At Stake
Since December 27, 2008, the IOF have killed at least 983 Palestinians in Gaza. 85% of the victims are civilians, and 35% of them are children. In addition, more than four thousand Palestinians in Gaza have been maimed and injured by IOF. Continue reading
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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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PCHR 15 January, 2009: Testimony 2 – Gaza Ambulance Drivers Risk Life and Limb to Evacuate Civilians to Safety
“I have not been to my home for days now, and I can’t believe the situation we are facing. Ninety percent of the injured victims we try to rescue have already lost legs or arms, or both.” Continue reading
The New Dark Age 