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Israel lobby’s favorite senator tries to erase Palestinian refugee status for millions
Senator Mark Kirk (above) of Illinois is leading an effort that would redefine who a Palestinian refugee is. Critics say the move is one step in a larger strategy to take refugee rights for Palestinians off the negotiating table.
Posted in Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
Tagged Danny Ayalon, Mark Kirk, right of return, UNRWA
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US to differentiate between ‘personally displaced’ Palestinian refugees and their descendants
Today the U.S. government approved the “Kirk amendment,” a resolution to differentiate between Palestinians “personally displaced” in 1948 and their millions of descendants.
Bob Simon misses the story on Tel Aviv
People who are still fuming over Bob Simon’s 60 Minutes piece from last month, which was critical of Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Christians and called Michael Oren to task for attempting to kill the story before it aired, received a gift last Sunday – a fluffy superficial ode to the city of Tel Aviv’s undeniable awesomeness.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Nakba
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Senate fight today over the number of Palestinian refugees
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Palestinian Authority and Israel on an arresting spree, children and activists detained
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
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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South African artists, intellectuals and gov’t ministers take steps to isolate Israel
How long before South Africans are accused of being anti-Semites? South Africa to ban labeling West Bank settlement products as ‘made in Israel’, Amira Hass Minister of Trade and Industry says South Africa recognizes the State of Israel only within … Continue reading
The awakening: Missouri paper runs a Jew’s call for equal rights for all
Columbia (MO) Daily Tribune runs article exposing the ‘Zionist mythology’ that covers up the Nakba
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation
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U. of Haifa stops Nakba commemoration, as prof writes hate post calling for ‘Many Nakbas’
Israeli reality TV star, Saar Szekely, was supposed to appear at U of Haifa Nakba commemoration, but university shut it down
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Nakba
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In photos: San Francisco commemorates Nakba
Ramsey El-Qare photographs Palestinian activists and their political allies at a silent vigil in San Francisco’s Union Square, May 15, commemorating the “Nakba,” or catastrophe, an expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinians from their homeland between 1947 and 1949.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics
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Daily escalations in Occupied Palestine
Eight Palestinian farmers are injured in an unprovoked attack
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Neocons, Occupation, On the ground reports, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Nakba consciousness-raising… in our nation’s capital
Photos by Dan Sisken of Nakba commemoration in Washington, D.C.
Posted in Activism, Nakba
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Nakba 64 years later, we will never forget
News and headlines from Nakba Day, 2012.
For Palestinians, the Nakba has been perpetuated for decades
A statement from Palestinian organizations on Nakba Day, 2012.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation
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Nakba Day 2012: Refugees waiting, 64 years and counting
Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American based in Al-Bireh/Ramallah, speaking at TEDxRamallah in April 2011.
Posted in Nakba, Reports/Video
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‘The Nakba is BS’: Right-wing Israelis protest student-run Nakba commemoration at Tel Aviv U
Tel Aviv University’s student union disavows a Nakba commemoration event at the campus, which is built on the ruins of a Palestinian village. The students were joined by hundreds of right-wing Israelis and extremist members of the Knesset
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba
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At Ohio State, a week of events on the Nakba and apartheid
‘What is Palestine?’ What is the Nakba? What is apartheid? Ohioans dare to ask these questions
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Nakba
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Israeli officer threatens to rape Palestinian activists in custody (if this happened in Syria it would be headline news)
Israel faces major West Bank uprising over hunger strikers
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, Arab Spring, BDS, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, One state/Two states, Settlers/Colonists, Today in Palestine, Turkey, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
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Scorched earth in Bil’in
Settlers are laughing about burning fields in Bil’in
Right of Return key goes on tour
Al Arabiya: A huge key that weighs approximately a ton and symbolizes the right of return for Palestinian refugees was transported from the Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem to the Berlin Biennale in Germany.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, Reports/Video
Tagged featured
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Nowhere to go — Jahalin Bedouin homes slated for destruction outside Jerusalem
‘Forcible transfer’ is the measure Israel has adopted for 27,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in Area C in territory filled with settlements
Obama’s next evolution: Nakba remembrance outside White House next Tuesday
Nakba commemorators hope to have 531 candles, one for each village obliterated
Posted in Nakba, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Standing up for equality at the ‘Equality Forum’ celebration of Israel
A report from a protest at the Equality Forum’s celebration of LGBTQ rights in Israel.
High Court refuses Israeli gov’t petition on Ulpana, will the reprecussions be felt in the Israeli elections?
There was a showdown at Israel’s High Court of Justice yesterday over the continuing saga of Ulpana that promises to thrust the settlement issue front and center in Israel’s upcoming election. This time, the rule of law prevailed and today the High Court rejected the State’s request to cancel its September 2011 ruling in the case. The High Court orders illegal Ulpana outpost homes demolished by July 1.
Settlers poison grapevines belonging to occupied village, Beit Ummar
Beit Ummar is also attacked by soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets after a funeral