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Author Naomi Klein calls for boycott of Israel
AFP 26 June 2009 Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters. “It’s a boycott of Israeli institutions, it’s a boycott of the Israeli economy,” the Canadian writer told journalists as she joined…
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Bil’in village holds press conference and demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall
For Immediate Release: Friday, 26 June 2009: Bil’in village holds press conference and a demonstration against construction of the Apartheid Wall. Palestinian residents, alongside international and Israeli activists gathered today in Bil’in to demonstrate against the Wall. Before the demonstration, Naomi Klein, Basel Mansour, and Attorney Wisam Ahmad held a press conference. Naomi Klein is…
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Palestinian kids with kites reclaiming land and rights
ISM Gaza | Farming Under Fire 25 June 2009 ISM Gaza Strip activists participated in a children event/protest organized by the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative, close to the so called “buffer zone” that Israeli occupation forces are trying to impose all along the Green Line. Among the ruble of recently demolished homes, with other children…
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We did not leave Cyprus today
Free Gaza Movement 25 June 2009 This is not the statement we in the Free Gaza Movement intended to release today. We had hoped to announce that our two ships, the Free Gaza and the Spirit of Humanity, departed from Larnaca Port on a 30-hour voyage to besieged Gaza, carrying human rights activists who have…
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Children ‘very scared’ in Israeli incursion
Dominic Waghorn | Sky News 25 June 2009 Benjamin Netanyahu’s government hopes the move will help defuse growing tensions with the Obama Administration in America. A rift between the two countries appears to be widening over Israel’s refusal to halt settlement building. A meeting between Mr Netanyahu and US Middle East Envoy George Mitchell has…
