Category: In the Media
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Palestinian arrested after testifying in Geneva
Ali Waked | YNet News 22 July 2009 Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that a resident of the West Bank village of Naalin was arrested upon returning from Geneva, where he testified before a UN committee charged with investigating the IDF offensive in Gaza earlier this year. Mohammad Srur, who was injured during a protest in…
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‘Want to read Harry Potter in Arabic? Not in Israel’
Yuval Azoulay | Ha’aretz 22 July 2009 Books originating in Syria or Lebanon – the biggest publisher in the region of Arabic books – are illegal in Israel. The draft bill by MK Yuli Tamir (Labor), would change the embargo. But in the meantime, readers of Arabic in Israel will have to encounter roadblocks. Two…
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Why is South Africa still helping apartheid Israel?
Sayed Dhansay | Electronic Intifada 21 July 2009 A few weeks ago I departed from South Africa for the Gaza Strip in order to take up a short-term voluntary post with a humanitarian organization there. As the Rafah border crossing with Egypt is effectively the only passage in and out of the besieged territory, flying…