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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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