Category Archives: Gaza

Khader Adnan ends strike and will be released in April, under reported deal

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Allison Deger

Israeli officials today offered a deal to hunger striker Khader Adnan, now in his 66th day of protest against his administrative detention.

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Gaza sit-in, rally back Khader Adnan; general strike set for Tuesday

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Joe Catron

Every Monday morning the families of 445 Gaza Palestinians detained by Israel occupy the courtyard of Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters to demand that the ICRC fulfill its obligation to protect the rights of their imprisoned relatives. This week’s gathering was infused with fresh energy and a singular focus as Khader Adnan.

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Half the story: What @IDFSpokesperson leaves out about Gaza

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Yousef Munayyer

Regular updates on just about every projectile fired from Gaza is reported by the Israeli military’s official twitter account @IDFSpokesperson as well as from the accounts of other Israeli military figures like that of spokesperson @AvitalLeibovich. But what about projectiles fired by Israel into Gaza?

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The end of the ‘two-state solution’ is the beginning of a more just future

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Jeff Halper

Ever aware that the struggle for liberation must be led by Palestinians, our collective task at the moment, in my view, is to bring about the collapse of the present situation in Palestine in order to exploit its fundamental unsustainabilty.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, One state/Two states, US Policy in the Middle East | 31 Comments

Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Annie Robbins

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) book A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship offers a behind the scenes window into a continued struggle to give voice to a people whose cultural identity has been assaulted, ignored, hidden, repressed, attacked and stolen.

Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, Gaza, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror | 22 Comments

Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A Palestinian prisoner on his 61st day of hunger strike while shackled to a bed in an Israeli hospital is in immediate danger of death, according to a medical report submitted to the supreme court in an effort to secure his release.

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News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Today in Palestine

As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life.

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Dying to live: A hunger striker speaks in Gaza

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Joe Catron

As hundreds of Palestinians rallied in Gaza today to demand that Israel release Palestinian administrative detainee Khader Adnan, Yassar Salah, a 17-year veteran of Israel’s prison system, spoke about Adnan’s 60-day hunger strike and his own reasons for joining it.

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Hip hop leads the way in Gaza’s first talent show

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Annie Robbins

Gaza’s first and only Break Dance team, Camp Breakers, share Mohammed and Abdullah’s inspiration and dream of establishing a Break Dance academy in the Gaza Strip.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 3 Comments

Thirsting for justice

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Ishraq Othman and Leila Al-Najjar

Participating in “Youth for the Right to Water and Sanitation” project (YRWS) has opened our eyes to a deeper and wider range of information regarding the water crisis that Palestinians have been suffering from, for years.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports | 15 Comments

Israeli military escalating arrests in Hebron of boys aged 12-15 years old; at least 10 children arrested last week

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Hebron: At least 10 children arrested by Israeli military in one week The extreme Golani Unit of the Israeli military is escalating its arrests of Palestinian children in Al Khalil (Hebron), targeting boys between the ages of 12 to15 years … Continue reading →

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As Khader Adnan struggles through his 55th day on a hunger strike, a reminder that he has not been charged with a crime

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Khader Adnan enters the 55th day of his hungry strike in Israeli detention, he has not been charged with anything Palestinian hunger striker nearing death A Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike for 55 days to protest against his detention … Continue reading →

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After 55 days of hunger strike MSM finally reports on Khader Adnan

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Allison Deger

After 55 days, Khader Adnan is still held in Israeli administrative detention without charge. Today a court will hear his last appeal in the military system, from a “special session,” in his hospital room.

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Settlers spray ‘Death to Christians’ on a monastery, ‘Death to Arabs’ on a school and ‘Mohammad is a pig’ on village entrance

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Today in Palestine

More “pricetag” attacks by Israeli settlers

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine | 9 Comments

New Knesset bill, ‘Regulation of the Bedouin settlement in the Negev’ seeks to turn Bedouin dispossession into law

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A new bill seeks to turn the controversial Prawer Plan into Israeli law. If the Knesset passes the legislation, it will pave the way for Israel to step up its efforts to disposess the Negev’s Bedouin and relocate them to impoverished townships.

Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Gaza, Gaza 2 Years Later, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, US Politics | 1 Comment

Tadamun: Israel detained student because of computer engineering graduate project

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Tadamun: Israel detained student because of his graduate project The international Tadamun society for human rights said the Israeli occupation forces detained about one month ago a university student from Tulkarem city because of his graduate research project. link to … Continue reading →

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My life without a title

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Yousef M. Aljamal

A new day begins in Gaza, as the dead were peacefully buried.

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Two settler attacks on Palestinian teens, both are tragedies but one ended in death

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Palestinian teen hit by Israeli car at checkpoint JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was struck and injured by an Israeli driver near an East Jerusalem checkpoint on Saturday morning, witnesses told Ma’an.  Suleiman Abu Mahamid, 18, was waiting to … Continue reading →

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Rains white phosphorus here

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Lillian Rosengarten

A poem by a refugee of the Nazis, Lillian Rosengarten, on the collective punishment of the people of Gaza

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Jabara and Ross thrill a drizzly Brooklyn crowd

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Philip Weiss

‘Iran is the scapegoat for all Israel’s problems’ — Jack Ross in Brooklyn

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Iran, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | Tagged | 17 Comments

Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who is the subject of Palestinian liberation?”

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Max Ajl, “One State, Two States: Who Is the Subject of Palestinian Liberation?” In Finkelstein’s explicit demands to water down the struggle lies a tacit recognition that his battalions of disaffected liberals, Jewish and non-Jewish alike, are not the ones … Continue reading →

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O, Earth

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Refaat Alareer

                                                                                                                                                      O, Earth                                                                    Hug me                                                            And hold me tight                                                                Or devour me                                                            To suffer no more.                                                                   I love thee … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Today in Palestine

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

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Pam Bailey

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

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Philip Weiss

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

Posted in American Jewish Community, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, US Politics | 16 Comments