Real World Radio interviewed Hernan Zin, an independent journalist who lives in Spain. Zin has been traveling around the world for 13 years —as he explains in his own blog — in order to “give voice to the excluded, the ...
Read More »St Louis Post: “Area woman, 24, places herself as human shield for Palestinians”
by Sylvester Brown Jr. St. Louis Post, 08/29/2006 The woman’s defiant stance – back arched, arms outstretched – seemed to say, “Bring it on!” Yet, the scene seemed to betray her resolve. St. Louis County resident Jennifer Presson, 24, stood ...
Read More »Baltimore Sun: “Unilateral Action by Israel Spawns Violence in Gaza”
Published on Thursday, August 17, 2006 by the Baltimore Sun (Maryland) by George Bisharat SAN FRANCISCO – With the spotlight on Lebanon, another Middle East milestone is passing largely unnoticed. However, its lessons are just as important. A year ago ...
Read More »AP: Gazans Protest Journalists’ Abduction
Associated Press Palestinian journalists in Gaza protested on Saturday against the kidnapping of a Fox News correspondent and cameraman, as concern about the men’s safety grew. Cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, of New Zealand, and American correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, were ...
Read More »Daily Star staff: Palestinian-led International Solidarity Movement comes to Lebanon
Ecumenical, non-violent opposition group organizes civilian convoy to South By Jim Quilty for The Daily Star Thursday, August 10, 2006 BEIRUT: “We’ve been told the situation here is different from Palestine,” says Huwaida Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement. ...
Read More »Lebanon Articles and Sites Round-up
Demonstrators Rally for Victims in Lebanon in Ramallah, West Bank July 31 Lots of people have asked us for information about Israel’s current aggression against Lebanon. ISM works in Palestine and as such we are not directly involved in Lebanon. ...
Read More »Palestine Info: “Palestinian captives in Negev wage hunger strike over Qana massacre”
July 31st, 2006 Ramallah – Palestinian prisoners in the infamous Israeli Negev prison went on a hunger strike Monday in condemnation of the Israeli massacre in the Lebanese town of Qana as well as the intensified quelling measures the IPA ...
Read More »Observer: “We suffer together, we leave together”
from the Observer, Sunday July 30th By Fida Qishtais, a 23 year old community activist and educator from Rafah in the Gaza Strip. She founded Lifemakers Center which serves 300 children in Rafah. July 13th After two weeks of waiting ...
Read More »Round-up of Recent Media on the Boycott of Israel from PACBI
A collection of recent press articles on the Boycott, Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign from around the world. Compiled by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI). The links below are all to PACBI site, on ...
Read More »PHCR: “Four from One Family Killed and 3 Injured in Gaza City, 20 Killed and 193 Injured in El-Maghazi and Nablus”
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 22 July 2006, 11:00 GMT Large scale destruction in houses, agricultural fields, infrastructure, and governmental and security buildings In another crime of disproportionate use of lethal force, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed 4 members of ...
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