Richard J. Goldstone: Israel and the Apartheid Slander By RICHARD J. GOLDSTONE Richard J. Goldstone, a former justice of the South African Constitutional Court, led the United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict of 2008-9. The New York Times Published: October 31, 2011 THE Palestinian Authority’s request for full United Nations membership [...]
Russell Tribunal — 3 articles: Richard J. Goldstone / Ali Abunimah / John Dugard
by RAINman on 02. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Exclusive interview with UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk
by RAINman on 01. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Dr. Hanan Chehata The Middle East Monitor October 29, 2011 In an exclusive and extensive interview with the Middle East Monitor Prof. Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in theOccupiedPalestinianTerritories, talks about the on-going intransigence ofIsraeland its continued failure to abide by international law. In his frank interview Prof. Falk [...]
Tunisia issues warrant for Yasser Arafat’s widow Suha
by RAINman on 01. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
BBC 31 October 2011 Last updated at 16:24 GMT Tunisian authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for Suha Arafat, the widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. The justice ministry said she is suspected of involvement in financial corruption with the family of deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Mrs [...]
BDS Victory: Alstom loses Saudi Haramain Railway contract worth $10B
by RAINman on 01. Nov, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Palestinian BDS National Committee October 27, 2011 The BDS National Committee (BNC) has declared a long sought-after victory as Alstom lost the bid for the second phase of the Saudi Haramain Railway project, worth $10 billion US dollars, after pressure from the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, including effective campaigning from the [...]
Saudi cleric offers cash for Israel soldier kidnap
by RAINman on 28. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Maan Thursday 27/10/2011, 16:34 (Jerusalem) DUBAI (Reuters) — A prominent Saudi cleric has offered to pay $100,000 to any Palestinian who kidnaps an Israeli soldier, according to his Facebook page. Awad al-Qarni said he had made the offer in response to a similar reward promised by an Israeli family for anyone who catches the [...]
U.K. court upholds ban against Islamic leader in Israel, Sheikh Ra’ad Salah
by RAINman on 28. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Salah appealed against June decision to ban him from U.K., but immigration tribunal rules he is likely to incite hatred and should not be allowed in Britain. Haaretz Thu, October 27, 2011 Tishrei 29, 5772 AU.K.immigration tribunal ruled Thursday in favor of upholding the ban against leader of the northern wing of the [...]
Israel stopped mother visiting prisoner son for 11 years
by RAINman on 27. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Rami Almeghari Rami Almeghari is a journalist and university lecturer based in the Gaza Strip photo: http://electronicintifada.net/content/israel-stopped-mother-visiting-prisoner-son-11-years/10520#.TqhBsYRmlYQ The Electronic Intifada Maghazi refugee camp 25 October 2011 “Eid was born on the night of Eid al-Fitr 47 years ago,” Eid Abdallah Misleh’s mother, Umm Eid, explained, referring to the feast marking the end [...]
Finnish FM: Israeli occupation is ‘apartheid’
by RAINman on 27. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Finland‘s Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja describes occupation of Palestinian lands as apartheid and stresses Israel’s failure to move forward with two-state solution Ahram Online AFP , Wednesday 26 Oct 2011 Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories is tantamount to apartheid, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said Wednesday, warning time was running out for a [...]
Video: Stand by me!
by RAINman on 26. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
“From the first day I was detained, I always expected I would be released, that one day, someone would work to free me” – Nael Al Barghouthi, a Palestinian released after 31 years of imprisonment. see here: http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/stand-by-me/ Stand by me! from Sana Kassem on Vimeo.
In Israel, it is very clear where you can and cannot live as a Palestinian
by RAINman on 25. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
Palestine Monitor October 22, 2011 With the legalizing of admissions committees and strict restrictions on building in Palestinian communities, Palestinians will soon have nowhere else to live inIsrael. After a six-year legal campaign, a Palestinian-Israeli couple has been granted the right to build a home in the communal settlement of Rakefet in the [...]
Greater Israel—or Peace?
by RAINman on 20. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
The American Conservative October 19th, 2011 Pathbreaking scholars Norman Finkelstein and John Mearsheimer speak out about the precarious future of the Jewish state. Shortly before Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived inNew Yorkto seek United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state, TAC’s Scott McConnell sat down with Norman Finkelstein and John Mearsheimer to [...]
Cain tells McFarland: Only preemptive strike can stop Iran
by RAINman on 19. Oct, 2011 in Newsletter Links
By ALEXANDER BURNS POLITICO 10/17/11 3:39 PM EDT Updated: 10/17/11 5:08 PM EDT I posted earlier on Herman Cain’s unusual list of foreign policy role models: Henry Kissinger, John Bolton and Fox News contributor and 2006 Republican Senate candidate KT McFarland. It turns out that Cain and McFarland have discussed foreign policy [...]
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