Tag: Cast Lead
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Hebrew University bans student conference on anniversary of Gaza invasion
Saed Bannoura | IMEMC News 29 December 2009 A student group affiliated with the socialist ‘Hadash’ party in Israel had organized a conference commemorating and condemning the Israeli invasion of Gaza one year ago, but the Hebrew University administration banned the conference, saying that it violates the University’s principles. When students from the Hadash party…
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This is not humane. We need our dignity
Sami Abdel-Shafi | The Guardian 29 December 2009 On my way to visit a friend in the Abed Rabbo district, north of the Gaza Strip, the taxi driver handed me a small pack of biscuits for change. There are nearly no copper coins left here so cab drivers barter a half Israeli shekel for biscuits…
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1 Year after Gaza Massacre: Over 500 Academics and Cultural Workers Call for Boycott
United States Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel | Dissident Voice 27 December 2009 December 27, 2009 marks the one-year anniversary of the beginning of “Operation Cast Lead,” Israel’s 22-day assault on the captive population of Gaza, which killed 1400 people, one third of them children, and injured more than 5300. During…