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On the Twentieth Anniversary of the First Intifada
Click here for the original article The first Intifada began in a piecemeal fashion with demonstrations and civil disobedience sparked by an increasing number of shootings and human rights abuses by the Israeli occupation. The Intifada marked an end to passive resistance The grassroots protests of 1987 escalated into full-blown riots involving much of civil…
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Adalah-NY: Despite NYC Palestinian rights protest, Dershowitz buys jewelry from settlement mogul Leviev
Parts one and two of the Alan Dershowitz and Norman Finkelstein debate on Democracy Now. Part 1 Part 2 Notice in part 1 where he says he ‘opposes the settlements, [he] always opposed the settlements’. New York, NY, Dec. 8 – Wealthy Madison Avenue holiday shoppers were greeted Saturday afternoon by boisterous music and dancing,…
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AP: NY Judge Rules Against Principal Seeking Arabic School Job Back
December 5th NEW YORK (AP) — The free-speech rights of the founding principal of the city’s first Arabic-themed school were not violated when she was forced out after being criticized for what she said during a newspaper interview, a judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein made the finding as he read a…
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FFJ: Injuries and arrests at demonstrations across the West Bank on Friday
Four injured and two arrested in Bil’in anti-Wall protest After the weekly Friday prayers, residents of the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah and a group of international and Israeli peace activists took to the streets of the village. The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the first Intifada.…
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CAIA: Protesting the JNF: Community Groups Oppose Fundraising for Illegal “Canada Park”
On December 2nd, two hundred people from a host of community organizations braved the first snowstorm of the winter to protest the Jewish National Fund (JNF) annual Negev Dinner held at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Toronto. This year’s JNF dinner aimed to raise 7 million dollars for the refurbishment of the illegal “Canada Park”.…
