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The Guardian: Reality check
Despite the rhetoric of peace, on the ground the lives of Palestinians are being made worse by countless checkpoints By Ben White To view original article, published in The Guardian on the 14th May 2008, click here As Bush arrives in Israel, I remember a moment when the gulf between the language of the official “peace process” and the reality on the ground hit me. It was the summer of 2004, and before leaving my house…
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LA Times: Forget the two-state solution Israelis and Palestinians must share the land. Equally.
By Saree Makdisi To view original article, published in the LA Times on the 11th May 2008, click here There is no longer a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Forget the endless arguments about who offered what and who spurned whom and whether the Oslo peace process died when Yasser Arafat walked away from the bargaining table or whether it was Ariel Sharon’s stroll through the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem that did it in.…
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60 years of apartheid-60 years to long!: 20 Jewish activists arrested, disrupting Jewish Community & Relations Council’s (JCRC) 60th anniversary of Israel celebration
Jewish Activists Draw Attention to 60 years of Palestinian Forced Exile and Dispossession By M. Published in Indybay 08-05-2008. To view original article click here San Francisco—In response to Israel’s 60th anniversary celebrations, 20 Jewish activists were arrested, demonstrating Jewish opposition to Israel’s 60-year-old policy of dispossession, and highlighting the often-silenced struggle of Palestinian refugees. For over two hours, 20 Jewish activists disrupted San Francisco’s anniversary event, bunkering against the main atrium of the Jewish Community…
