Category: Press Releases
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Israel’s “Relief”:
Fuel Cuts of Up to 81% New Electricity Cuts Beginning February 7 Monday, January 28, 2008: After more than a week of near-total ban on fuel supplies, Israel said yesterday that it would resume permitting Gaza residents to purchase fuel – but would limit the amount they could buy by as much as 81% and…
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Student murdered by Israeli army, Palestinian activist Mousa Abu Maria wounded
On January 25th, an 18 year old youth was shot and killed in the village of Beit Ummar in retaliation for the recent attack on settlers in Kfar Etzion. The army entered the village around 11:30am, a day after two men from the village were killed after stabbing three settlers in Kfar Etzion. The army…
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The Arab American News: New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder
New York activists take on Israeli settlement builder By Will Youmans The Arab American News Saturday, 01.19.2008, 02:49am http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/index.php?mod=article&cat=USA&article=538 A network of pro-Palestinian organizations in New York is working hard to expose Israeli businessman Lev Leviev’s sponsorship of Israeli settlement construction. The groups have engaged in creative protests and organized boycotts and pressured those linked…
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Adalah-NY: Film screened in front of Leviev New York about Palestinian village protesting Leviev’s settlements
Adalah-NY contact: justiceme@gmail.com New York, NY, Jan 21, 2008 – Twenty-five New York protesters and dozens of Madison Avenue passers-by braved sub-freezing temperatures Monday evening to watch the award winning documentary “Bil’in My Love” on the sidewalk 20 feet from the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli diamond magnate Lev Leviev. Leviev’s company Danya Cebus…
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Rafah: the breach in the wall is an act of freedom and a strong warning to the EU, the Quartet and Egypt
By Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament Brussels, 23rd January 2008, “The thousands of Palestinians crossing the Rafah border point these last hours, the breach in the wall and the breaking of the siege decided by Israel against the civil population, are all true acts of resistance and an affirmation of the freedom of…