By Meron Rappaport (Article from Ha’aretz, pictures from Reuters (Eliana Aponte & Yannis Behrakis)) More than 20 activists were wounded Friday as Israel Defense Forces troops fired rubber bullets and tear gas grenades at protesters marking three years of struggle ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: Report: U.K. gov’t hid reference to Israel on Iraq weapons dossier
Click here for the original article. The British newspaper The Guardian reported Thursday that the Foreign Office in London had successfully managed to conceal a reference to Israel in a September 2002 document on Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, fearing ...
Read More »Ha’aretz: Intifada redux
By Gideon Levy For the original article, click here. The intifada is back. Maybe not in full force, but the sights we saw last weekend suddenly brought us back 20 years. Israel Defense Forces bulldozers blocked the main entrance to ...
Read More »Yedioth Ahronoth: Polished Protest
By Yaniv Halili, our correspondent in New York (Translation from Hebrew by Adalah-NY) February 10, 2008 London and New York: Demonstrations Opposite Lev Leviev’s Jewelry Stores “Lev Leviev’s diamonds are a crime’s best friends.” This was not the least of ...
Read More »Adalah-NY: New York & London protesters call for Valentine’s boycott of Leviev over Israeli Settlements
For the original article, click here. New York, NY, Feb 9, 2008 – Forty-five protesters called on Madison Avenue shoppers to boycott the jewelry store of Israeli billionaire and settlement magnate Lev Leviev this Saturday, the last major shopping day ...
Read More »EI: George Habash’s contribution to the Palestinian struggle
By: As’ad AbuKhalil 30 January 2008 I lived more than half of my life in the US and I never felt the alienation that I felt on the day I read George Habash, the Palestinian revolutionary who passed away last ...
Read More »IHT: Light through the wall
By Fida Qishta Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won ...
Read More »IMC-Chicago: Hundreds Gather to Stand with Gaza and Protest Israeli War Machine
For the original article with many pictures, click here: http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81163/index.php http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/81168/index.php Hundreds of protesters rallied tonight in front of the Lakeshore Theatre on north Broadway to picket a benefit for the Friends of the Israeli Defense Force. The Chicago protest ...
Read More »AIC: Genocide in Gaza, Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank
Written by Ilan Pappé Wednesday, 30 January 2008 “There is no other way of stopping Israel than that of boycott, divestments and sanctions. The only soft point of this killing machine is its oxygen lines to ‘western’ civilization and public ...
Read More »The Arab American News: New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder
New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder By Will Youmans The Arab American News Saturday, 01.19.2008, 02:49am http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=USA&article=538 A network of pro-Palestinian organizations in New York is working hard to expose Israeli businessman Lev Leviev’s sponsorship of Israeli settlement ...
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