Tag: Electronic Intifada
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Arrest of Palestinian children on the rise
Mel Frykberg | The Electronic Intifada 25 September 2009 BILIN, occupied West Bank (IPS) – Eight children between the ages of 10 and 17 were arrested and detained by Israeli soldiers during military raids Monday night and Tuesday morning in the northern West Bank cities Nablus and Qalqiliya. Defence for Children International- Palestine Section (DCI)…
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Can we talk? The Middle East “peace industry”
Faris Giacaman | The Electronic Intifada 20 August 2009 Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote “coexistence” and “dialogue” between both sides of the “conflict,” no doubt expecting me to…
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Internet users paid to spread Israeli propaganda
Jonathan Cook | Electronic Intifada 22 July 2009 The passionate support for Israel expressed on talkback and comment sections of websites, internet chat forums, blogs, Twitter and Facebook may not be all that it seems. Israel’s foreign ministry is reported to be establishing a special undercover team of paid workers whose job it will be…
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Why is South Africa still helping apartheid Israel?
Sayed Dhansay | Electronic Intifada 21 July 2009 A few weeks ago I departed from South Africa for the Gaza Strip in order to take up a short-term voluntary post with a humanitarian organization there. As the Rafah border crossing with Egypt is effectively the only passage in and out of the besieged territory, flying…
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HeidelbergCement tries to sell West Bank mines as legal, boycott pressures grow
Adri Nieuwhof | Electronic Intifada 13 July 2009 HeidelbergCement, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of building materials, has become the target of legal action in Israel because of its activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The company’s subsidiary, Hanson Israel, manufactures ready-made cement, aggregates and asphalt for Israel’s construction industry and operates a…