Category Archives: Gaza

Rafah march for deteriorating hunger strikers as family appeals for support

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Joe Catron

Hundreds of Palestinians, led by Scouts from throughout the besieged Gaza Strip, marched in Rafah today to demand that Israel release Mahmoud Sarsak and Akram Rikhawi, two detainees still on hunger strike.

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Rafah’s nicest tunnel: Siege meets surf in Gaza

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Joe Catron

Joe Catron photographs Gaza’s clay sea huts in a coastal resort in Rafah, one kilometer from the Egyptian border.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, On the ground reports | 7 Comments

Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Senate fight today over Palestinian ‘refugees’ Thirty U.S. senators will vote today over whether there really are 5 million Palestinian “refugees” or just around 30,000 — a hot-button issue that has already become the subject of a vigorous international debate involving … Continue reading →

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Why ‘Brand Israel’ is failing

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Ahmed Moor

Ambassador Michael Oren’s recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal is timely – and appropriate. Israel is less popular among young Americans than ever before. And it will only grow more unpopular as more facts about the occupation make their way into the American mainstream.

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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Detainees and Other Prisoner News Palestinians arrest 10 Islamic Jihad members Palestinian security forces arrested 10 members of the Islamic Jihad in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, a local leader of the radical movement said. link to news.yahoo.com Islamic … Continue reading →

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Israeli judge to issue verdict in Rachel Corrie case

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Allison Deger

Nearly a decade after Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by the Israeli military with a weaponized Caterpillar D9 tractor, an Israeli judge will issue a ruling in August on the civil suit filed by the Corrie family.

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Bill Kristol celebrates Republican Party purge of ‘oldfashioned Arabists’ Scowcroft, Baker and Bush I

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Republican Party boss Bill Kristol is treated like royalty on the Upper West Side in a “communal” Jewish conversation

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Censored children’s art show returns to California in San Diego exhibition

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Allison Deger

After being censored in Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art, the art exhibit “A Child’s View from Gaza” is scheduled to appear at the World Beat Center in San Diego on May 24, 2012 alongside the local premier of the film “Tears of Gaza”.

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Daily escalations in Occupied Palestine

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Eight Palestinian farmers are injured in an unprovoked attack

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‏Inside, outside, Never Mind

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Mohammed Said AlNadi

Mohammed Al Nadi’s latest poem ‏Inside, outside, Never Mind.

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Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Today in Palestine

News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.

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In power shortages, cuts should go to ‘Gaza first,’ says Israeli minister

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Philip Weiss

For those who claim that Gaza is not occupied…

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation | 29 Comments

Israeli officer threatens to rape Palestinian activists in custody (if this happened in Syria it would be headline news)

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Israel faces major West Bank uprising over hunger strikers

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Under mounting pressure from hunger-strikers and UN protest, Ban Ki-moon criticizes administrative detention (but weakly)

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Allison Deger

Following 23 days of open-ended hunger strike by more than 2,500 prisoners, today Palestinians fed up with the lack of support to their cause shut down a United Nations (UN) building in Ramallah.

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‘Battle of the Empty Stomachs’: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab surpass 70 days on hunger strike

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Addameer: Thaer Halahleh and Bilal Diab’s petitions to the Israeli High Court regarding their administrative detention orders were rejected yesterday, four days following their High Court hearing on 3 May. Thaer and Bilal are on their 71st day of hunger strike and at immediate risk of death.

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Settlers poison grapevines belonging to occupied village, Beit Ummar

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Beit Ummar is also attacked by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets after a funeral

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As prisoners’ hunger strike grows, solidarity expands in Gaza

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Joe Catron

As the number of Palestinian detainees on hunger strike in Israeli prisons reaches 2,500, Joe Catron photographs Palestinians in Gaza protesting in a solidarity tent in the Unknown Soldier’s Square (al-Jundi).

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Egypt grants travel permits to Palfest participants to enter Gaza

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Arab Spring has produced greater openness for Gaza at last

Posted in Egypt, Gaza, Israel/Palestine | 24 Comments

Situation for Palestinian Hunger Strikers grows more and more dire– 2 at death’s door

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Hunger Strike & Prisoner News Gravely ill Palestinian hunger striker faints in court as Israeli judges sentence him to slow death, Ali Abunimah Two days after doctors warned that hunger strikers Bilal Diab and Thaer Halahleh are at immediate risk … Continue reading →

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No books, no writers, no words for Gaza

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Philip Weiss

The Palestinian festival of literature, Palfest, has never been into Gaza

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To counter the injustice of Israeli impunity, remember the Samouni family

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Nima Shirazi

With such impunity for war crimes and crimes against humanity a benchmark of the Israeli state, any hope for real justice is futile. Read the story of the Israeli military’s willful murder of the Samouni family’s men, women, and children, as reported in relevant sections of the Goldstone Report.

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Israel closes investigation of those responsible for al Samouni family massacre, no legal action taken

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Haaretz: Israel’s military prosecution announced Tuesday that no legal steps will be taken against those responsible for the killing of 21 members of the Samouni family during the 2009 Operation Cast Lead in Gaza.

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Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab in serious condition after 63 days on hunger strike

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) – Israel Branch, warned that the health condition of Thaer Halahla and Bilal Thiab, who entered their 63rd day of hunger strike is causing grave concern, adding that both detainees suffer from an acute decrease of muscle tone and are bedridden, which puts them under dual threat; muscle atrophy and Thrombophilia, which can lead to a fatal blood clot.

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Mass Palestinian prisoner hunger strike reminiscent of the first Intifada

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Allison Deger

Now in its second week, a mass hunger strike is spreading across Israeli prisons with some 2,000 Palestinians protesting for their basic rights: an end to solitary confinement and imprisonment without charge, and access to education, media and family visits.

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John Wesley advises Methodist delegates on divestment

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Joe Catron

John Wesley’s writing on slavery from 1774 can offer guidance to Methodists considering divesting from the occupation.

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