by Charlotte Silver 3 Demember 2011 | The Electronic Intifada “If he had been a Palestinian, he would have gone to the Ramallah hospital and died,” Gabby Silverman said firmly. Silverman was close enough to Tristan Anderson that she didn’t even ...
Read More »Gaza: Rebuilding from rubble
by Ruqaya Izzidien 29 November 2011 | Al Akhbar English Despite Israel’s blockade on building materials entering the Gaza Strip, local entrepreneurs have come up with a way to turn destruction into reconstruction by recycling rubble into construction material. The ...
Read More »Gaza lives on
16 November 2011 | Al Jazeera English The Israeli blockade may have taken a heavy toll on Gazans, but this film reveals life and hope among the devastation. Since 2007, most of the approximately 1.5 million Palestinians living in the ...
Read More »Global week of action against Israel’s wall in the West Bank
by Nora Barrows-Friedman 9 November 2011 | The Electronic Intifada Since the beginning stages of Israel’s implementation and continued construction of its illegal wall in the occupied West Bank nearly ten years ago — and compounded with the International Court ...
Read More »Prisoner release: Palestinian narratives
Fadi Kawasmi 9 November 2011 | PASSIA Below is an abridged transcript of a talk given at PASSIA (Palestinian Academic Society for the Study of International Affairs ) Round table on ‘Prisoner Release – Palestinian Narratives’ on 31 October 2011 ...
Read More »Russell Tribunal on Palestine finds Israel guilty of the crimes of apartheid and persecution
by Dr. Hanan Chehata 7 November 2011 | Middle East Monitor The Russell Tribunal on Palestine and its eminent panel of jurists has determined that Israel’s practices against the Palestinian people are in breach of the prohibition of apartheid under international ...
Read More »Jerusalem offices of Peace Now evacuated after bomb threat
by Oz Rosenberg 7 November 2011 | Haaretz Anonymous attackers spray-painted “price tag” and threatened to plant a bomb in the Jerusalem offices of “Peace Now” on Sunday. Hagit Ofran, director of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project, said that at ...
Read More »Freedom Waves prisoners abused and imprisoned; ‘Anonymous’ hackers strike back
by Ben Lorber 7 November 2011 | Mondoweiss In the immediate aftermath of the illegal capture of the Freedom Waves flotillas, Israel’s public image has been tarnished, as reports of violence at sea surface to counteract its claims of a ...
Read More »Activists react to Gaza flotilla assault
by Ruqaya Izzidien 4 November 2011 | Al Akhbar English Palestine activists call on the international community to keep pressuring Israel to end the blockade of Gaza after the Freedom Waves flotilla was assaulted by Israel in international waters. Gaza ...
Read More »Al Jazeera: Resistance is fertile: Palestine’s eco-war
James Brownsell | Al Jazeera English After uprooting thousands of olive trees, Israel’s latest plantation may pose a fire risk to its own citizens. They come from across the planet and meet in the shadow of Israel’s 12m concrete wall. They ...
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