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Open letter to Bono: entertaining apartheid Israel…U 2 Bono?

Posted on: January 13, 2010

Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI)

13 January 2010

Dear Bono,

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) was deeply disturbed to learn that that you are scheduled to perform in Israel this coming summer. Two years ago, you were invited by Israeli President Shimon Peres to attend a conference in Israel marking Israel‘s contributions to medicine, science, and conservation; we urged you then, as a prominent activist on issues of global inequality and a campaigner for basic human rights, to say no to Israel, especially since the invitation coincided with celebrations … Continue reading


Updated on January 18, 2010
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Israeli Apartheid Video Contest

Posted on: January 9, 2010
Israeli Apartheid Video Contest

9 January 2010

Put your ideas and convictions on film!
itISapartheid.org in partnership with Stop the Wall announce the first international
Israeli Apartheid Video Contest
As part of the colonial conflict in Palestine, Israel has instituted a policy of apartheid that separates Palestinians from Israelis and Palestinians from each other, creating an oppressive and racially discriminatory system. It denies basic Palestinian rights to land, education, movement, and housing while devastating the economy, trying to undermine civil society, and forcing continuous displacement upon … Continue reading


Updated on January 29, 2010
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Are Israel and apartheid South Africa really different?

Posted on: January 4, 2010
The Supreme Court ruled last week that route 443 must be opened to Palestinian traffic. (Reuters)

Akiva Eldar | Haaretz

4 January 2010

The day after the murder of the settler Meir Hai about 10 days ago, Major General (res.) Amos Gilad was asked to comment on the claim by settlers that the attack was able to take place because roadblocks had been lifted on West Bank roads. The security-political coordinator at the Defense Ministry told his radio interviewer that the policy of thinning out internal roadblocks has greatly contributed to the West Bank’s impressive economic growth. According to Gilad, who until recently was coordinator of … Continue reading


Updated on January 6, 2010
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Gaza Freedom Marchers issue the ‘Cairo Declaration’ to end Israeli Apartheid

Posted on: January 2, 2010

1 January 2010
Gaza Freedom Marchers approved today a declaration aimed at accelerating the global campaign for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israeli Apartheid.
Roughly 1400 activists from 43 countries converged in Cairo on their way to Gaza to join with Palestinians marching to break Israel’s illegal siege. They were prevented from entering Gaza by the Egyptian authorities.

As a result, the Freedom Marchers remained in Cairo. They staged a series of nonviolent actions aimed at pressuring the international community to end the siege as one step in the larger struggle to secure justice for Palestinians throughout historic … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Gaza Freedom March activists target Egypt’s complicity

Posted on: January 1, 2010
The author in Cairo. (Ali Abunimah)

Sayed Dhansay | The Electronic Intifada

31 December 2009

It was another eventful day here in Cairo at the inaugural Gaza Freedom March (GFM). On Tuesday night, organizers informed the 1,362-strong delegation that only 100 of them had been selected to travel to Gaza yesterday morning, Wednesday 30 December. After several hours of heated debate with organizers over whether this was an appropriate strategy, the meeting concluded without a consensus.

As of Tuesday night, only the South African, French, Canadian and Swedish delegations had decided to boycott the 100-person … Continue reading


Updated on January 2, 2010
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28 kilometers of distilled apartheid

Posted on: December 30, 2009
Palestinian, Israeli and foreign protesters run from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a demonstration on Highway 443 in 2008. (AP)

Gideon Levy | Haaretz

29 December 2009

This highway has told the whole story. They pave a road, expropriate Palestinian land and the High Court of Justice approves the expropriation, in its words, “provided that it is done for the sake of the local population.”

Afterwards they prevent the “local population” from … Continue reading


Updated on May 1, 2011
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From Hebron to Nablus

Posted on: December 27, 2009
From Hebron to Nablus

From Pork to Palestine Blog

27 December 2009

I’m banned from Sheikh Jarrah and occupied East Jerusalem so I spent the last two days in Hebron and recently arrived in Nablus.

Hebron is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and the place where Isaac and Ishmael buried their father, Abraham, signaling a reconciliating between the two feuding brothers. Unfortunately there is no such reconciliation in Hebron today.

Hebron is unlike any place I’ve ever seen before. The old city reminds me of the old city in Jerusalem, except … Continue reading


Updated on December 29, 2009
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Let’s Talk About Resistance

Posted on: November 29, 2009

Natalie abu Shakra

27 November 2009

The choice of civil resistance in challenging the Israeli occupation is considered by some as a form of “surrender.” In an interview on Al Aqsa, Palestinian activists Mazen Qumsiyeh and comrade Haidar Eid answer these questions.

Eid was asked about the meaning of civil resistance of which he spoke about the numerous terms coined to non-violent resistance, civil resistance, non-violent struggle and therefore multiple definitions to each term. There is, he says, the Gandhian non-violent struggle, Satyagraha, which is to depend totally on people power and the strength of economic boycott of the occupier’s products. “What … Continue reading


Updated on November 29, 2009
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South Africa: Israeli policy reminiscent of apartheid

Posted on: November 26, 2009

Ma’an News

26 November 2009

The South African government urged Israel on Tuesday to end practices toward Palestinians that it said were reminiscent of its own history of apartheid.

“We call upon the Israeli government to cease their activities that are reminiscent of apartheid forced removals and resume negotiations immediately,” the government said in a statement.

The unusually strong statement criticized the demolition of Palestinian houses and the expansion of Jewish-only settlement on land taken from Palestinians.

“We condemn the fact that Israeli settlement expansion in East Jerusalem is coupled with Israel’s campaign to evict and displace the original Palestinian residents from the City,” … Continue reading


Updated on November 29, 2009
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An open letter to Mr. Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa

Posted on: September 10, 2009

Haider Eid | The Palestine Chronicle

10 September 2009

Dear Mr. President,

I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment with both your attendance at the national conference of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies – a racist organization by any standards – as well as the content of your speech at that forum.

I am a naturalised South African of Palestinian origin. I spent more than five years in Johannesburg, during which I earned a PhD from the University of Johannesburg and lectured at the-then Vista University in Soweto and Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg.

I would like to take … Continue reading


Updated on September 10, 2009
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