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The National: West Bank construction challenged

Posted on: July 23, 2008

By Brendan Howley

To view original article, published by The National on 21st July, click here

In an inventive legal action, two lawyers for the West Bank Palestinian village of Bi’ilin have filed a civil statement of claim against a pair of Jewish-owned Canadian construction companies building condominiums in the village for Israeli settlers.

Damages of $2 million Canadian (Dh7.3m) are sought as compensation, the suit said, for “crimes against humanity” alleged to have been committed by the occupying Israeli forces. The incoming settlers represent a transfer of the occupier’s civilian population to occupied territory, illegal under international war crimes law.

The statement … Continue reading


Updated on July 23, 2008
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PSC: Ask Gordon Brown why he fails to condemn the occupation and ignores the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) on its 60th anniversary

Posted on: July 22, 2008

Action alert

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Prime Minister Brown’s speech to the Knesset was a declaration of support for the Zionist project of dispossession and subjugation and a betrayal of the Palestinian people’s legitimate hopes for recognition of their human and national rights. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) is dismayed that he failed to mention the ethnic cleansing wreaked on the Palestinians, when 13,000 Palestinians were killed and 750,000 Palestinians forced from their homes, it what is known as the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe) to create the state of Israel.

Mr. Brown spent two thirds of his address … Continue reading


Updated on July 22, 2008
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Daily News Egypt: Scottish couple barred from delivering medical supplies at Gaza’s Rafah crossing

Posted on: July 22, 2008
Daily News Egypt: Scottish couple barred from delivering medical supplies at Gaza’s Rafah crossing

By Eva Bartlett
July 21, 2008

To view original article, published by the Daily News Egypt on 21st July, click here

Ten days after setting out from Edinburgh, five days past their projected July 15 arrival, Scottish humanitarian Khalil Al Niss and his wife Linda Willis finally pulled up Sunday afternoon at the Gaza-Egypt Rafah crossing only to be denied entry to Gaza.
The Gazan side, just over 100 meters from the Egyptian gate and Israeli-constructed wall, is visible from where the couple’s van sits idle; doctors inside Gaza wait for the expected delivery of essential … Continue reading


Updated on July 22, 2008
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Support Bil’in’s historic court case

Posted on: July 22, 2008

Dear Friends,

As you may already know, the village of Bil’in recently announced the launch of an unprecedented legal action against two Canadian companies, Green Park International Inc. and Green Mount International Inc., charging them with war crimes. The case has been filed in the Quebec Superior Court in Montreal, Canada.

What you can do to show your solidarity with this historic action:
The village of Bil’in is calling on supporters from all over the world to join them in solidarity actions during the court case. The village also needs your help setting up and financing a legal fund to fight the … Continue reading


Updated on July 22, 2008
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Scottish Medicines for Gaza stopped in El Arish

Posted on: July 21, 2008

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(SUNDAY JULY 20th 4.45pm) The 1.5 tons of medicines from Scotland to Gaza are now a few metres outside the gate into Gaza at Rafah on the Egyptian side of the Israeli-built wall that has enclosed the people of this area.

The Egyptian authorities in Rafah are refusing entry of the medicines to Gaza and are now demanding that Khalil and Linda drive the van away from their destination towards El Arish. They are threatening to load the van onto a truck and impound van and medicines.

Khalil and Linda, who have overcome may obstacles … Continue reading


Updated on July 21, 2008
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Hour: It takes a village

Posted on: July 18, 2008

Palestinians take Israeli settlements to Quebec court

By Stefan Christoff

To view original article, published by Hour on 17th July, click here
Palestinians in Bil’in hold their ground

Bil’in, a small Palestinian town in the West Bank, stands to make legal history in Canada. Palestinians from Bil’in have filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court against two sister companies registered in Quebec, Green Park International and Green Mount International, currently constructing in Modi’in Illit, an exclusive Israeli settlement on lands within Bil’in’s municipal jurisdiction.

“Bil’in village and human rights attorneys both share the same goal in this legal battle – to put pressure … Continue reading


Updated on July 18, 2008
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Adalah-NY: Palestinians sue Canadian companies owned by Shaya Boymelgreen for war crimes

Posted on: July 12, 2008

Adalah-NY: Lev Leviev’s Company Danya Cebus in Israeli Settlement Partnership with Boymelgreen

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New York, NY, July 10, 2008 – Evidence gathered by Adalah-NY indicates that Brooklyn-based billionaire Shaya Boymelgreen owns the two little-known Canadian companies sued Wednesday for war crimes in Canada by the West Bank Palestinian village of Bil’in. Three Hebrew language Israeli media reports from 2005-2006 report that Boymelgreen owns the Green Park companies that are now being sued for $2 million in Quebec Superior Court for building and selling the Israeli settlements of Mattityahu East/Modi’in Illit on Bil’in’s … Continue reading


Updated on July 12, 2008
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ISM London: ’60 years of ethnic cleansing is nothing to celebrate’

Posted on: June 30, 2008
ISM London: ’60 years of ethnic cleansing is nothing to celebrate’

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On June 28th, members of ISM London staged an action against the ‘Salute to Israel’ rally in Londons Trafalger Square. According to the organisers website, the rally was designed to ‘celebrate 60 years of the State of Israel’ and was an ‘affirmation of solidarity with, and support of, Israel’. Hundreds of Israel supporters came to hear Jewish and Israeli music, as well as a speech from cabinet member, and possible future Labour Party leader, Ed Balls.

The activists approached the edge of the rally, then revealed … Continue reading


Updated on June 30, 2008
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PCHR submits lawsuit against Israeli officials via Spanish national court

Posted on: June 29, 2008

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On 24 June 2008, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) filed a lawsuit at the National Court of Spain, the highest Spanish judicial council, against seven former senior Israeli military officials. These include former Defence Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor, Michael Herzog, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon and Dan Halutz, former Commander of the Israeli Air Force, who are all suspected of committing a war crime in the Gaza Strip in July 2002.

PCHR filed this lawsuit on behalf of … Continue reading


Updated on June 29, 2008
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itisapartheid.org: New anti-apartheid website launched

Posted on: June 25, 2008
itisapartheid.org: New anti-apartheid website launched

An incredibly useful new online resource has been created to spread the word about the Apartheid system being imposed by the Israeli state in Palestine. The web site has some very simple ways for you to join the World wide anti-apartheid movement. To view the website click here

The creators of this new website have stated that, “the purpose of the ITISAPARTHEID.ORG web site is to use the tools of the internet and ingenuity of its readers to spread the word about Apartheid in the Israeli Occupied Territories. Web savvy people sometimes … Continue reading


Updated on June 25, 2008
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