Listen to show segment. Download MP3 of entire show. Watch 128k stream. Watch 256k stream. from Democracy Now, October 18th Israel has ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. We go to Gaza to speak ...
Read More »AP: Israeli army “accused of attacking journalists”
Associated Press The Tel Aviv-based Foreign Press Association on Thursday accused the IDF of “unprovoked violence against journalists” after two Palestinian journalists were beaten up and one of them detained in the West Bank. “In both cases there is no ...
Read More »Haaretz: “Judge orders probe over Palestinian cameraman hurt in Bil’in”
by Meron Rapaport, October 10th A military judge ordered to open an inquiry into an affair regarding a Palestinian cameraman who was wounded after soldiers arrested him during a demonstration against the separation fence in the village of Bil’in over ...
Read More »The Times: “Rabbi leads defence of Palestinian olive groves”
The Times of London, October 9th. by Ian Mackinnon Editorial note: A reporter from The Times of London joined Palestinian farmers accompanied by ISM, IWPS and Rabbis for Human Rights volunteers for picking as recorded in this report on our ...
Read More »Haaretz: Israeli army “aims to keep out ‘escorts’ of Palestinian farmers during harvest”
Ha’aretz, October 9th. by Amira Hass The Israel Defense Forces [sic] are demanding that Palestinian farmers not allow Israeli and foreign sympathizers to escort them during the olive harvest to places where military protection is needed against abusive settlers, Palestinian ...
Read More »Independent: “Despite the ‘Withdrawal’, the Siege of Gaza Goes on”
Independent, 5th of October. by John Dugard In August last year Israel withdrew its settlers and armed forces from Gaza, claiming that this brought to an end 38 years of military occupation. Of course, it did nothing of the sort. ...
Read More »Mother Jones Smears Rachel Corrie… Again
Click the above photo for a larger image Today, the 5th of October 2006, US magazine Mother Jones reposted on their website a slanderous article from 2003 by reporter Joshua Hammer called “The Death of Rachel Corrie”. The article contains ...
Read More »Haaretz: “Judge: Police Officers Lied While Testifying Against” Israeli Anarchists
by Nir Hasson, October 3rd Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court revealed Tuesday that police officers lied while testifying against 11 left-wing activists accused of violent acts during anti-fence demonstrations in the West Bank village of Bil’in. The court acquitted the activists. ...
Read More »Counterpunch: “An Interview With Tanya Reinhart: The Roadmap to Nowhere”
by Eric Hazan, Counterpunch, October 2nd Your new book, Roadmap to Nowhere, covers the history of the Israeli occupation of Palestine in the last three years, a period dominated by Ariel Sharon’s leadership. You argue that during this period it ...
Read More »Cook: “Bad Faith and the Destruction of Palestine”
Why Did Israel Blow Up Gaza’s Power Station? By Jonathan Cook, Counterpunch, September 29, 2006 A mistake too often made by those examining Israel’s behaviour in the occupied territories — or when analysing its treatment of Arabs in general, or ...
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