• El-Farra: Palestinians must have hope to move forward

    by: Mona El-Farra, SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR As a physician from Gaza, I have treated far too many Palestinians wounded by Israeli troops. Now a day has come that I thought I would never see. Throughout our 59-year struggle to obtain our freedom, we Palestinians debated strategy and tactics. Political factions competed for popular support. But never would I have believed that we would turn guns against each other. What brought us to this point? In 2006, Hamas…

  • YNet: UK trade union backs total boycott of Israel

    UNISON calls for cultural, economic, academic and sporting boycott of Israel until it ends occupation by Ronen Bodoni The UK’s largest trade union, UNISON, advocated on Wednesday a total boycott of Israel over its continued occupation of Palestinian territories. A statement issued by delegates meeting in Brighton read: “The conference believes that ending the occupation demands concerted and sustained pressure upon Israel including an economic, cultural, academic and sporting boycott”. In addition, delegates called on the…

  • Soldier to human rights worker: “In case you haven’t noticed, Israel is not a democracy”

    by ISM Hebron On Saturday June 16, at 8.15 am, two human rights workers (HRWs) were taking a tour through the olive groves near the illegal Israeli settlement of Tel Rumeida when they heard dialogue in Hebrew coming from the second floor of a Palestinian home. The owner of this house is a Palestinian man who recently purchased it. Because of the daily harassment by Israeli soldiers and settlers, the house was abandoned by its original…

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