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Saed Bannoura November 21, 2011 A grandson of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, best known for his belief that Arabs should be ethnically cleansed from historic Palestine, is leading a movement to document and boycott all businesses in Israel that employ Palestinians. The plan was discovered when 19-year old Meir Ettinger was [...]
By Mutasem Awad and Hiyam Noir November 20, 2011 Richard Goldstone’s op-ed published for New York Times and dated October 31 2011, with the offensively noticeable title: “Israeland the Apartheid Slander”, astounded us because of the fallacies, aimed at blurring the truth and to justify the policies pursued by the Israeli occupation for [...]
A Frantic Counter BDS Campaign Under Way in Israel Kairos Palestine November 18, 2011 A Frantic Counter BDS Campaign Under Way in Israel Statement by Kairos Palestine on “Buy Israel Week” Bethlehem, 17.11.2011. Anything but subtle – that sums up the desperate campaign recently launched by an assortment of anti-Palestinians conglomerates. [...]
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD I was honored to be a freedom rider and it was team effort at its best (those who rode and the many who worked behind the scenes). Two other Palestinians were also arrested with us who were there as a reporters/observers not participants. All eight of us were released eventually pending [...]
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 [...]
Al-Akhbar English Wed, 2011-11-09 13:52- Gadfly On October 25, here at Al-Akhbar, I drew attention to Washington Post “Right Turn” columnist Jennifer Rubin’s re-tweet of a call by professional neocon Rachel Abrams for the mass murder of Palestinians. In my post, I urged readers to write Washington Post ombudsman Patrick Pexton and inquire if [...]
The Electronic Intifada November 11, 2011 A bill introduced in the United States Congress last month would require the State Department to investigate “The sources of any logistical, technical, or financial support for the Gaza flotilla ships, including the Audacity of Hope, that were set to set sail from Greece on July 1, 2011.” [...]
By Alan Hart Information Clearing House November 02, 2011 After UNESCO voted to give the Palestinians full membership, the words of State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland contained a hint that the Obama administration at the highest levels is quite seriously concerned about the possible consequences forAmericaof cutting off funds to the UN [...]
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