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Believing in the nonviolent struggle
Jody McIntyre | Electronic Intifada 20 October 2009 The following is Palestinian nonviolent resistance activist Ahmed A. Khatib’s story as told to The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre: My name is Ahmed A. Khatib, I am 32 years old, and married with four children. I live in the village of Bilin, where I work on […]
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Filling up Israel’s jails to no avail
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 20 October 2009 The plight of Palestinian activist Mohammad Othman has dominated the agendas of NGOs in the region ever since his detention in late September. However, while his case is at the forefront of their minds, Othman is just one of 11,000 Palestinian prisoners currently held in Israeli jails, […]
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Israel pulls textbook with chapter on Nakba
Or Kashti | Haaretz 19 October 2009 The Ministry of Education has taken the unusual step of collecting all copies of the history textbook, “Nationalism: Building a State in the Middle East” which was published about two months ago by the Zalman Shazar Center. They will be returned to the shelves only after corrections are […]