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  • Democracy Now: “A Mother Under Occupation”

    Palestinian Journalist Laila El-Haddad on Life in the Occupied Territories From Democracy Now, 9th June 2006. Watch 128k stream or Watch 256k stream We speak with Palestinian journalist and mother, Laila El-Haddad about life in the Occupied Territories. El-Haddad writes for Aljazeera.net and maintains her own blog titled “Raising Youssef: A Diary of a Mother…

  • Support CUPE’s Call to Boycott Israeli Apartheid

    Action Alert from the Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid (CAIA) In late May, the 200,000 member strong Ontario chapter of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) approved Resolution 50 supporting a growing global campaign initiated on July 9, 2005 by over 170 Palestinian organizations, including the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions for boycott, divestment…

  • The Nation: “A Thirst for West Bank Water”

    Fareed Taamallah, Op-ed for The Nation, June 9, 2006 (web only). During Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s recent visit to Washington, President Bush declared Olmert’s “convergence” plan “bold.” For Palestinians, however, it is disastrous, because it will annex much of the West Bank’s water and fertile land to Israel. Under Olmert’s plan, Israel aims to…