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Hero of the French Resistance and concentration camp survivor expresses his outrage over Israel

by on 14. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Dr. Hanan Chehata   Middle East Monitor November 11, 2011   Stѐphan Hessel was one of the jurors of this year’s Russell Tribunal onPalestineheld inCape Town. Mr Hessel, who is of Jewish origin, is lauded as a hero of the French Resistance who survived torture in Nazi concentration camps following his capture by the Gestapo [...]

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Haaretz poll: 80% of Israelis believe Iran strike will lead to war with Hamas, Hezbollah

by on 04. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links

According to a Haaretz-Dialog poll, 59% of respondents say Iran attack would likely cause a regional war, while 20% believe that the probability of war is unlikely or entirely improbable.  By Ofir Bar-Zohar   Haaretz    Thu, November 03, 2011   A large majority of Israeli citizens believe that a military operation inIranwill lead to a [...]

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Israel Navy tracks new Gaza-bound flotilla

by on 03. Nov, 2011 in General

Two ships leave Turkey carrying between 20 to 30 pro-Palestinian activists; IDF says plans to intercept vessels, offer them to dock at Ashdod or port in Egypt.    By Anshel Pfeffer and Natasha Mozgovaya    HAARETZ    Wed, November 02, 2011   The Israeli Navy is tracking two ships, believed be part of a new flotilla [...]

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David Miliband : Remembering Gaza

by on 18. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

David Miliband was British Foreign Secretary from 2007 to 2010, and is currently a member of parliament for the Labour Party.   Looking beyond statistics, the future of the children of Gaza is at risk of being wasted due to politics. Al Jazeera    Last Modified: 17 Oct 2011 07:00   Government is all about statistics, [...]

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Changes to UK law didn’t protect Tzipi Livni

by on 12. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

A London judge ordered a former Israeli foreign minister’s arrest, but the UK is preventing this. Daniel Machover and Raji Sourani Daniel Machover is the head of the Civil Litigation Department at London-based law firm Hickman & Rose. Raji Sourani is the director of the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, based in Gaza.   Al [...]

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Talking With Alice Walker on Palestine

by on 06. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links

by DENNIS BERNSTEIN   Alice Walker is Pulitzer Prize winning poet, author and activist. She participated recently in the U.S. Boat to Gaza, which was a part of the Freedom Flotilla, to break the Israeli embargo on the Gaza Strip.   Counterpunch September 31-32, 2011   Last year, a flotilla was attacked by Israeli commandos [...]

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‘The Good Wife’ takes on Israel/Palestine, Islamophobia and the Israel lobby

by on 29. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

by Laila El-Haddad Laila El-Haddad blogs at Gazamom.com and is the author of Gaza Mom: Palestine, Politics, Parenting, and Everything In Between.   Mondoweiss       September 27, 2011 The CBS hit “The Good Wife” premiered its third season Sunday night with a story largely about Palestinian/Israeli politics, anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian bigotry, and theIsrael lobby. I say [...]

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Akiva Eldar: Netanyahu’s speech of lies

by on 27. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Benjamin Netanyahu promised he would feed us the truth, not another campaign speech, but a test of this promise seems apposite.   Haaretz     Mon, September 26, 2011   Bertolt Brecht wrote, in his poem “The Necessity of Propaganda,” “Even the hungry must admit that the Minister of Nutrition gives a good speech.” (Translation from the [...]

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The IDF quietly abandons its spin on Eilat attack

by on 27. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

The IDF admits that the Eilat attackers weren’t Gazans, but buries the news Yossi Gurvitz +972 Magazine   Monday, September 26 2011 Some 34 days ago, a group of terrorists attacked several points on the Israeli-Egyptian border, near Eilat. While the attack was still going on, Security Minister (the term “Defense Minister” does not capture the [...]

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Poll: 70% of Israelis say Israel should accept UN decision

by on 22. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

The Jerusalem Post             Wed, Sep 21, 2011    Joint J’lem-Ramallah survey questions Israelis, Palestinians on what should happen after UN bid; 80% of Palestinians support statehood.    Israel should accept the decision if the UN recognizes a Palestinian state, about  70 percent of Israelis answered in a recentHebrewUniversity poll.   The poll, which was conducted [...]

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The story of the watermelon and the forty prisoners

by on 22. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

Ameer Makhoul Ameer Makhoul is a Palestinian civil society leader and political prisoner at Gilboa Prison.    The Electronic Intifada   Gilboa Prison   19 September 2011   This piece was written from Gilboa prison following Israeli Prime Minister’s speech at the Israeli Presidential Conference on 23 June, 2011. During his speech, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel [...]

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Hamas official slams group’s opposition to statehood bid

by on 20. Sep, 2011 in Newsletter Links

By MOHAMMED MAR’I   Arab News      September 18, 2011    RAMALLAH: A senior Hamas official on Sunday criticized his movement for opposing the Palestinian statehood bid at the United Nations.    Ahmed Yousef, deputy foreign minister in the government of Ismail Haniyeh, also criticized his movement for barring popular activities in support of the move [...]

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