Category: In the Media
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Tristan Anderson civil suit delayed as new evidence emerges
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 have to shout for him to hear her when he was shot in the head…
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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 bedroom of Nasser Abu Said features two-meter holes punched by Israeli rockets and his front…
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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 Gaza Strip have suffered gravely from an intensified land, air and sea blockade imposed by Israel.…
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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 of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling in 2004 that the wall is in violation of several international…
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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 by Fadi Kawasmi, a lawyer who specializes in working with Palestinian prisoners. “In order to…
