Category Archives: Israel/Palestine

Halper vows to rebuild Palestinian home destroyed five times by Israeli soldiers

Sharamwehs’ house was demolished in middle of the night in Occupied West Bank, by Israeli soldiers

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Israel’s latest threat — the silver screen

Two documentaries focus on the Israeli occupation at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.

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The agenda behind the anti-Muslim film screened to NYPD: protecting Greater Israel

The backers of an anti-Muslim film shown to the NYPD are major financial backers of Israel’s settlement project.

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The great book robbery

The Great Book Robbery film, due to be released in May 2012, tells the story of the systematic looting of 70,000 Palestinian books during the war of 1948.

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In the last 24 hours an orgy of land theft and political arrests of children

Land Theft & Destruction / Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid / Refugees Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire community of Beit Arabiya in West Bank, Philip Weiss Tne tragic night in the West … Continue reading

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Video: Atlanta Jewish Times publisher’s tearful anti-apology

Sunday, Atlanta Jewish Times owner and publisher Andrew Adler issued a 20-minute tearful explanation for his January 13 column, which called for a “hit” on president Obama, in an interview with a public access channel.

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Tribute to a Palestinian ‘Gandhi’ — Mahmoud Abu Rahma of Al Mezan

The unrecognized heroes of Palestine are the human rights investigators.  Their job is to investigate and expose the atrocities committed against their people, no matter who the perpetrator — Israeli or Palestinian. Nine times out of 10, they are stymied, … Continue reading

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Seeing Rawan Yaghi on Skype

A young Palestinian writer living in the open-air prison that is Gaza makes a connection to the States via Skype

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Some elephants aren’t fit to print: ‘NYT’ front-pages Adelson gift to Gingrich PAC without a word about Israel!

This is so shocking it’s funny. LOL funny. ROTFLMAO funny. The New York Times has a long front-page story by Nicholas Confessore about Sheldon Adelson’s wife Miriam donating another $5 million to the Gingrich campaign and there is no mention … Continue reading

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Ynet manufactures new threat to promote Ben White book

Israel’s self-delegitimization campaign intensifies as Ynet, the website of Israel’s second largest daily, publishes a news article headlined, “Zoabi Endorses Anti-Semitic Author.” The article, which also appears in print in Hebrew, is a shocking exposé that reveals that Palestinian-Israeli Knesset … Continue reading

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Israel arrests two more Palestinian lawmakers in Jerusalem

Exile / Ethnic cleansing / Land, property theft & destruction Israel detains 2 more lawmakers JERUSALEM (Ma‘an) 23 Jan — Israeli forces on Monday detained two Palestinian MPs during a raid on the Jerusalem headquarters of the International Red Cross. … Continue reading

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Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire Bedouin community near Anata in West Bank

Israel destroys a Bedouin community

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Adelson’s millions come tipped with missiles aimed at Iran

Newt Gingrich once encouraged diplomacy for dealing with Iran. Today he’s a leading hawk. What changed? Beginning in 2006, Sheldon Adelson began pouring millions into a Gingrich PAC.

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Why Christian Zionism is nothing short of outright heresy

In his new book Israel-Palestine: A Christian Response to the Conflict (2011), Craig Nielsen investigates Christian Zionism in the religious right.

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Israelis arrest Dweik in latest effort to put Palestinian spring on ice

Talks in Jordan are going nowhere as Quartet deadline for border proposals looms. Israel throws another wrench in the works!

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Assassination has been a trusty tool in Zionism’s rightwing movement

Rabin’s murder destroyed the peace process, so it’s no wonder that a rightwing American publisher fantasizes about killing Obama

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Israel is at the heart of Jewish identity, Gorenberg says

Israeli political leader says no majority exists in Israel for giving up the West Bank

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Military indoctrination at Nazi death camps stokes… universal democratic values!

Israeli officers who tour Nazi death camps come back less committed to Jewish values

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Israel’s Al Jalame prison: ‘Palestinian children are locked in solitary confinement for days or even weeks’

The Guardian published a scathing article over the weekend by Harriet Sherwood on human rights abuses suffered by Palestinian children in Al Jalame prison in northern Israel.

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‘Peace Now’ and Rob’t Wright stand up for CAP bloggers

Critics of Israel at Democratic Party-linked Center for American Progress gain support from two strong mainstream voices

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Report: Israel to give US only 12-hour warning before attacking Iran because Netanyahu doesn’t trust Obama

From the Israeli newspaper Ma’ariv (in Hebrew, translated by MW contributor Shmuel): Israel: We Won’t Give Advance Notice of Attack on Iran Sunday Times reports that Israel told Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff it would give only twelve hours’ … Continue reading

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Children in Nabi Saleh play their favorite game called ‘Mustafa Tamimi’ during weekly protests

this is the game #NabiSaleh kids were playing yesterday..the one called #MustafaTamimi facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… it’s their fave from what i hear — Linah Alsaafin (@LinahAlsaafin) January 21, 2012 Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Land, Property Theft & Destruction / … Continue reading

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After its diplomats slam Israel’s illegal settlements, can EU continue funding them?

Representatives of the EU’s own member states called to end financial support for the settlements. Can the same body possibly attempt to justify direct funding for the pillaging of Palestinian resources by those same illegal settlements?

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Community Radio: Media opportunity of a lifetime to build the Palestine solidarity movement

Community radio is a bridge to internet streaming, social networking, and media-making that connects new and old technologies to amplify voices of social justice.

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New book Palestinians in Israel explores the contradiction of the ‘Jewish and democratic’ state

Ben White discusses his new book “Palestinians in Israel.”

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