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New York protest against detention without trial of Palestinian BDS activist
Adalah NY 17 October 2009 On Saturday forty New York human rights advocates rallied on a cold fall day at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli settlement mogul Lev Leviev to demand that Israel release jailed Palestinian boycott activist Mohammad Othman. Othman, held without charges and in solitary confinement since September 22nd, is from […]
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Family who lost 29 members in Gaza war: We envy the dead
Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 18 October 2009 Richard Goldstone visited the Gaza City neighborhood of Zaytoun in late June to tour the compound of the extended Samouni family, the subject of coverage here in recent weeks (“‘I fed him like a baby bird,’” September 17; “Death in the Samouni compound,” September 25). Twenty-nine members of […]
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Ni’lin demonstrates in solidarity with Palestine’s political prisoners
16 October 2009 More than 150 Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists gathered today in the village of Ni’lin to protest against the occupation and Apartheid Wall. The demonstration was dedicated to the 11,000 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails. Demonstrators brought signs with the names of the Ni’lin anti-Wall protesters who are currently […]