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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 15 June, 2011: Netanyahu Seeks To Form Block Of 30 To Counter To Palestinian UN Bid
15 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli troops attack anti-Wall protest near Ramallah, injuring seven IMEMC – Wednesday June 15, 2011 – 23:06, According to local sources, Israeli forces attacked a non-violent action by Palestinian men, women and children trying to block Israeli bulldozers from bulldozing their farmland and orchards… Continue reading
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Video: Palestinian Political Prisoner: ‘I reject Israel’s laws’
Bassem Tamimi of Nabi Saleh delivered a court statement at the start of his trial last Sunday saying ‘I reject [these laws] and cannot recognize their validity.’ Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 12 June, 2011: I’m either an illegal citizen of one state, or an inferior citizen in another
12 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Troops Kidnap Three International Activists Near Hebron IMEMC – Sunday June 12, 2011 – 09:20, Israeli soldiers kidnapped on Saturday afternoon three international peace activists participating in the weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall and settlements in Beit Ummar town, near the… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 June, 2011: Israeli forces ransack Nablus offices of the Change and Reform Bloc
8 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Wine Bottles Smashed In Al-Aqsa Compound IMEMC – Wednesday June 08, 2011 – 17:56, Local sources report that a number of Jewish settlers broke into the al-Aqsa compound and began drinking wine and smashing bottles on the floor. Continue reading
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The rights of Israel By Joseph Massad
Israel’s entire basis for beginning negotiations lies in the false premise that it has a ‘right’ to exist Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 June, 2011: Jewish settlers vandalize mosque in Ramallah
7 June, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center US Seeks To Maintain Central Role In Peace Process IMEMC – Tuesday June 07, 2011 – 15:37, The US has signalled that it intends to maintain its leading position in facilitating Middle East peace talks with its announcement of discussions aimed at renewing the… Continue reading
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Video: Veolia AGM – BDS Action For Palestine
On Tuesday 17th May 2011 10 BDS activists from the UK, from various groups including London BDS, Palestine Solidarity Camapign, the BDS National Committee, as well as Innovative Minds travelled to Paris to show solidarity and support for french BDS activists in their action outside the Veolia AGM. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 21 May, 2011: Demonstrations in the Arab World: Reason for Introspection
21 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two young men wounded; dozens suffer gas inhalation in Bil’in weekly demonstration IMEMC – Saturday May 21, 2011 – 09:42, On Friday, in the weekly march in Bil’in organized by the Popular Committee Against the Wall with the participation of Sa’di Tameezi, the Palestinian… 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 9 May, 2011: Army Starts Illegal Wall Construction Around Palestinian Town North of Jerusalem
9 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Army Starts Wall Construction Around Palestinian Town North of Jerusalem IMEMC – Tuesday May 10, 2011 – 03:23, Local sources reported that the Israeli Authorities started the construction of a segment of the illegal Israeli Annexation Wall, around Qalandia Palestinian town, north of occupied… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 8 May, 2011: Israeli Officials Call For “Reoccupying” the West Bank
8 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Detained Legislator Receives Extended Administrative Detention Order IMEMC – Monday May 09, 2011 – 02:23, The Israeli Prison Authorities decided to renew the administrative detention order against elected legislator, Dr. Mahmoud Al Ramahi, for additional six months. Al Ramahi was placed under administrative detention,… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 2 May, 2011: Israeli Border Policewoman as Stone-Cold Killer
2 May, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Mashal Meets Egypt’s Security Chief IMEMC – Tuesday May 03, 2011 – 02:32, Head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Khaled Mashal, met on Monday with Egypt’s Security Chief, Murad Muwafi, and a number of Egyptian security leaders. Continue reading
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A Matter of Civil Rights By Sarah Leah Whitson
15 April 2011 — Huffington Post Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Washington earlier this month, hot on the heels of an announcement that Israeli authorities had approved yet more housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank. In a week when the U.S. paused to recall the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, President… Continue reading
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video: Eight arrested in Nabi Saleh demonstration: Six Palestinians and two Israeli supporters?
This Friday (8/4/11) Nabi Saleh demonstration against the settlements and occupation was joined by a group of West Bank March 15 activists and was larger than usual. Some 80 people marched through the village’s main street and then crossed into the fields to reach the spring and land being stolen and threatened by settlers. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 March, 2011: Knesset Passes “Nakba” and “Segregation” Laws
23 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Before Flying To Moscow, Netanyahu Approves Further Strikes In Gaza IMEMC – Wednesday March 23, 2011 – 23:05, Israeli sources reported Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, approved a series of strikes in the Gaza Strip before he headed to Russia. Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 7 March, 2011: Dirar Abu Seesi Kidnapped by Mossad, Now in Israeli Prison, Censor Gagged Reporting Story
7 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Israeli settlers and soldiers attack Palestinians near Nablus: 10 Palestinians, 1 settler injured IMEMC – Monday March 07, 2011 – 19:02, According to local sources, a large group of armed Israeli settlers invaded Qusra village, near the city of Nablus in the northern West… Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 3 March, 2011:
3 March, 2011 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Soldiers Break Into Eshil-Be’er Sheva Prison, Attack Detainees, Search Their Rooms Soldiers Kidnap Four Children In East Jerusalem Continue reading
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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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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 29 December, 2010: PA: Israel continues land confiscations in West Bank
29 December, 2010 — VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Two Years After Gaza War, Gaza Remains Sealed-Off, Suffering Continues IMEMC – 29 Dec 2010 – Wednesday December 29, 2010 – 23:09, Two years after Operation Cast Lead: Gaza Remains Sealed-Off from outside World, Impunity for War Crimes Prevails Continue reading
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VTJP Palestine/Israel Newslinks 23 December, 2010: Villagers watch settlement homes multiply
23 December, 2010 – VTJP News International Middle East Media Center Netanyahu Accuses the Palestinians Of Obstructing Peace IMEMC – 23 Dec 2010 – Friday December 24, 2010 – 04:38, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed that the International Community understands that the Palestinians, not Israel, are responsible for obstruction the efforts to achieve peace… Continue reading
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