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- San Francisco bus ads condemn Israeli apartheid: backlash begins 121
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Activists call for a SodaStream boycott at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
A video produced by the Interfaith Boycott Coalition on the SodaStream boycott.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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Intense video challenges Catalan and Spanish collaboration with the Israeli occupation
A video that is part of a campaign to pressure the Catalan and Spanish governments to end military and security cooperation with Israel.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation
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Clashes break out across the West Bank as Palestinians mark the Nakba
Clashes broke out across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, yesterday as Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of the Nakba. Allison Deger reports from Ofer prison where protesters faced off with Israeli soldiers.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Reports/Video
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Christians denounce Israel’s manhandling of worshipers at Holy Sepulcher on Easter weekend; Israel apologizes to Egypt
Heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem denouncing attacks on worshipers: A day of joy and celebration was turned to great sorrow and pain for some of our faithful because they were ill-treated by some Israeli policemen
In 1948 the Nakba was carried out by the military, in 2013 it continues in courtrooms
Moriel Rothman uses the Shamasneh family eviction case in Sheikh Jarrah as an example of how the dispossession of the Palestinian people continues today, albeit in less dramatic fashion than 65 years ago.
International Criminal Court opens preliminary investigation into attack on Mavi Marmara
Yesterday May 14th Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), released a statement announcing her office would be opening a preliminary investigation into the massacre on board the Mavi Marmara in which the lives of 9 human rights activists were brutally cut short by the Israeli military on May 31, 2010, in international waters off the coast of Gaza.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Infographic: An Ongoing Displacement – The forced exile of the Palestinians
Visualizing Palestine has released its latest infographic to coincide with the 65th anniversary of the Nakba.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation
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Israel fires at Palestinian fisherman in Gaza and confirms military-controlled buffer zone three times larger than previously reported
Gaza siege IDF: ‘Forbidden zone’ in Gaza three times larger than previously stated [with map] 972mag 12 May by Noam Sheizaf — The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories has clarified that the ‘forbidden’ buffer zone in Gaza strip … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Today in Palestine
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Exile and the Prophetic: Henry Siegman — Elder Jewish (prophetic) statesman
At the Middle East Policy Council event, Siegman declared that the Middle East peace process is “probably the greatest scam in modern diplomatic history, and future historians are going to be absolutely in awe in how that was pulled off.” For Siegman, this isn’t a recent development.
Jerusalem Day’s unforgiving mix of nationalism and Judaism
Allison Deger reports from Jerusalem Day, a celebration of Israel’s 1967 conquest of the holy city, as religious-nationalists parade through the Palestinian sections of the Old City. Above, Israeli girls sing and dance in front of the Jaffa Gate entrance to the Old City.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, On the ground reports
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Musab Shawer sentenced to 5 months as Israel continues to target journalists
Another young Palestinian talent has been locked away by Israel. Broadcast Journalist Musab Shawer Al-Tamimi (22), who worked at Al-Khalil (Hebron)Radio, was sentenced to 5 months in prison on World Press Freedom Day.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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‘The policy of the present Israeli government is likely to lead to disaster’: Stephen Hawking pulls out of conference hosted by Shimon Peres, backs academic boycott of Israel (Updated)
Controversy erupted over a Guardian report last night that Professor Stephen Hawking backs the academic boycott of Israel and cancelled an appearance at an academic conference organized by Israeli President Shimon Peres. Initially Cambridge University issued a statement that Hawking pulled out over health concerns, but now it has now retracted that statement and affirmed that Hawking’s decision was made out of support for the Palestinian call for boycott. Above, Stephen Hawking visiting staff and students at Birzeit University in 2006.
Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Chomsky endorses Albany, NY ‘Stop $30 Billion Military Aid to Israel’ billboard
The Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel is proud to announce yet another billboard has just gone up calling for an end to military aid to Israel–this time in Albany, New York.
Israeli right denounces reported settlement freeze, promised by Netanyahu to Kerry
Israeli’s new Housing Minister Uri Ariel says Jewish Home Party will oppose any Gov’t budget without settlement expansion included
It’s in Jerusalem’s DNA to be under ‘sole Jewish rule,’ mayor declares
May 8 is Jerusalem Day, and Israelis are already celebrating by issuing declarations about how many Jewish babies Jerusalem Jews are producing and how many Palestinians are producing
Arab League slights boycott of Israel by backing ‘land swaps’
Until last week the Arab world’s position on Israeli borders was firm. Then Secretary of State John Kerry visited the Middle East and the Arab League reversed its stance on settlements, backing “land swaps” between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli minister: Google decision to recognize Palestine ‘pushes peace further away’
The Israeli government has responded to Google’s decision to recognize Palestine.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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In photos: Palestinian Christians welcome Easter’s ‘Holy Fire’ to Gaza

Greek Orthodox Christians marked the beginning of Easter Sunday with a four-hour midnight service in Gaza’s 1,606-year-old Church of Saint Porphyrius.
Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation
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Video: Aided by Israeli soldiers, settlers attack West Bank village Ras Karkar
No longer do the soldiers just protect the settlers, they attack Palestinians together with the settlers Israeli forces, settlers attack Ramallah village RAMALLAH (Ma‘an) 5 May — Settlers raided on Saturday night Ras Karkar village west of Ramallah, and attacked … Continue reading
Land swaps in Israel/Palestine (and a bridge for sale in Brooklyn)
Doesn’t the land-swap business in the Middle East strike you as political corruption in the international market place? The Arab League presented its amended “Land Swaps for Israeli-Palestinian Peace” plan yesterday and presented it to the US administration in Washington D.C. Secretary of State John Kerry heralded their plan as a “big step” toward peace in the Middle East. Swapping land in Israel/Palestine, where Israeli settlements stay in place and Palestinians receive land Israel doesn’t want, is a scam.
Ezra Nawi needs a truck
Noted Israeli activist Ezra Nawi faces a struggle to continue protesting in the West Bank. He needs a new truck.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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Video: Olmert booed in NYC for saying Israel should re-engage in the ‘peace process’
Over the weekend former Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spoke at a conference organized by the Jerusalem Post in New York City. As the the video above shows the crowd did not support his argument that a Palestinian state is in Israeli self-interest.
Israel demolishes home in East Jerusalem and forces Silwan resident to demolish their own home
Video: Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a house and a building in al-Tur village – Jerusalem Silwanic.net 24 April link to silwanic.net Video: East Jerusalem resident demolished a room in his house with his own hands Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) 2 Apr … Continue reading
A Catholic heritage community is next on the occupation’s chopping block
On Wednesday an Israeli court ordered an expansion of the separation barrier into the Cremisan Valley. The wall will now envelop a Catholic monastery and school on three sides, and confiscate precious wine-producing lands. Will this landgrab awaken the world to the plunders of Greater Jerusalem?
Gideon Levy: It’s time for a ‘one person, one vote’ movement to end Israeli oppression
Israeli columnist Gideon Levy calls for a “one person, one vote” movement to end Israeli control over Palestinian lives.
Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Occupation
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