Category: In the Media
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Author Naomi Klein calls for boycott of Israel
AFP 26 June 2009 Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. “It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy,” the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined…
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Children ‘very scared’ in Israeli incursion
Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 25 June 2009 Benjamin Netanyahu’s government hopes the move will help defuse growing tensions with the Obama Administration in America. A rift between the two countries appears to be widening over Israel’s refusal to halt settlement building. A meeting between Mr Netanyahu and US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell has…
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‘Free Gaza’ boats stopped in Cyprus
The Jerusalem Post 25 June 2009 Cyprus’ Merchant Shipping Department on Thursday prevented international activists from sailing to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid in defiance of Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory. Department chief Sergios Sergiou said that a fishing boat and a small ferry that the Free Gaza Group were to use…