Category: In the Media
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Seattle Post Intelligencer: Corrie personified Northwest idealism
Activist Corrie personified Northwest idealism by Joe Copeland, 28 April 2007 Rachel Corrie’s beautiful life and sad story echo with the Northwest: idealism, independence and adventure. It’s fitting the inspiring play, “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” will be back in Seattle after a weekend trip to her hometown, Olympia. As to how much of America…
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IMEMC: Palestine Information Minister visits Spain, meets Spanish Foreign Minister
P.A Information minister visits Spain, meets Moratinos by Naseer Faleh, 28 April 2007 Photo: IMEMC Spanish Foreign Minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, welcomed at the Spanish Foreign Ministry, the Palestinian Minister of Information, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Who is also the official spokesperson of the Palestinian National Unity Government. The meeting is considered a positive step towards…
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Haaretz: Protest in Jaffa against home demolitions
Protestors rally in Jaffa against move to evict local Arab families By Yigal Hai, 28 April 2007 Hundreds of Jaffa residents on Friday participated in a march to protest measures that the Israel Lands Authority and the Amidar housing company have taken in the past year to evict Arab families from Jaffa. The Israel Lands…
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YNet: Leftists say violently attacked by settlers
Leftists say violently attacked by settlers by Ali Waked, 27 April 2007 Photo: Dalit Shaham Two Israeli left-wing activists claim to have been beaten by settlers from the Pnei Hever settlement Friday morning. “One of the settlers saw me filming him and tried to grab my camera” Vivi Zuri, one of the two attacked, told…
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End the Occupation Now
End the Occupation Now by Mairead Corrigan Maguire, 26 April 2007 On Friday April, 20th, 2007, my friend Ann Patterson and I joined the Bil’in Peoples Committee, a Palestinian peace group (based outside Ramallah) for their weekly nonviolent protest and march to the Apartheid Wall. We were joined by Israeli peace activists and some two…