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- If Khader Adnan was anything but Palestinian 303
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- Randa Adnan: The world must intervene to save my husband 167
- Khader Adnan’s dignity 149
- Norman Finkelstein slams the BDS movement calling it ‘a cult’ 124
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- New book explores the history of ‘New Jewish Agenda’ 133
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- BDS interview fallout: Finkelstein ‘showed his own fear of the … 95
- Mark Perry: Israel and Iran’s ‘low-level war’ is ‘dangerous stuff’ 55
- You won’t have Ethan Bronner to kick around anymore . … 54
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PennBDS still being smeared two weeks after student conference
Though it has been two weeks since the much-discussed PennBDS conference, it seems that some opponents of Palestine solidarity simply cannot let it go.
Posted in Activism, American Jewish Community, BDS, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Middle East, Occupation, US Politics
Tagged featured
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The Palestinian refugees of Lebanon
In my native Lebanon, where I volunteered last winter in a number of Palestinian refugees camps such as Burj el Barajne, I saw first hand the immense level of deprivation Palestinians face as refugees in Lebanon, where they are prevented from the right to work, from joining any Lebanese trade unions, from owning property and even denied social security.
Dog-bites-man story in NYT leads readers to say, tail wags dog
Republicans want to railroad us into a war that serves Israel, NYT readers write
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Israel Lobby, Neocons, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics
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Assault on Beinart begins with poll claiming young American Jews love Israel
Beinart is wrong about Zionism, say critics– American Jews heart Israel
Day and night in a Bahraini jail
Radhika Sainath describes her arrest and interrogation in Bahrain: “They had got me. In Bahrain, supporting human rights was something akin to terrorism, and I had just admitted to it.”
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, Reports/Video, US Policy in the Middle East
Tagged featured
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Greenwald: Indefinite detention policies have become normalized legally, politically and culturally in Israel and the US
Glenn Greenwald: “abuses have now been going on for so long in the two countries, are so entrenched, that they have been absorbed into the political landscape as barely noticed accoutrements.”
A criminal for witnessing: A US activist’s deportation from the Kingdom of Bahrain
K. Flo Razowsky describes her tumultuous time in Bahrain trying to stay a step ahead of the government while supporting the growing “revolutionary movement for democracy.”
“Four days in Ramallah through the lens of dehumanization” – remembering Anthony Shadid
Boston.com just republished Shadid’s four day account of his journey through the West Bank in the spring of 2002. It’s worth quoting it at length; there’s no better way to mark Shadid’s career than letting his words speak for him.
Posted in Israel/Palestine, Media, Middle East, Occupation, US Politics, War on Terror
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Mark Perry: Israel and Iran’s ‘low-level war’ is ‘dangerous stuff’
Acclaimed author and journalist Mark Perry speaks with Mondoweiss on the escalating situation between Israel and Iran, and the implications for the U.S.
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics, War on Terror
Tagged featured, Foreign Policy, Hezbollah, Juan Cole, Mark Perry, New Delhi
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Wael Ghonim at Harvard: a key figure of the Egyptian revolution speaks truth to U.S. power
Hailed as the spark that ignited the Egyptian revolution, Wael Ghonim spoke at Harvard University earlier this month on Egypt and U.S. policy in the Middle East.
Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’
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.
Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death
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.
Out of the Ballpark: Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference
A video and partial notes from Susan Abulhawa’s speech to the PennBDS conference.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Media, Nakba, Occupation, US Politics
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Six US activists arrested in Bahrain while monitoring military crackdown
Yesterday, six international activists where arrested in Bahrain while attempting to monitor the government crackdown on protesters commemorating the one year anniversary of uprisings.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Middle East
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Happy Valentines Day: Anonymous takes down web sites for tear gas company and Bahrain government
Marking today’s anniversary of the Bahrain anti-government uprising, the hacker group Anonymous shut down the Bahrain government’s website, along with the websites of several U.S. manufacturers of “less than lethal” weapons.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, US Politics
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News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike
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.
Two new videos take on The Dersh and introduce his toughest client yet – Claus Von Bibi!
Two new videos look at Alan Dershowitz’s extensive record of intellectual dishonesty and career of making “the case for Israel.”
Posted in Iran, Israel Lobby, Israel/Palestine, Reports/Video
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Controversial US police chief hired by Bahraini Interior Ministry
Former police chief of Philadelphia and Miami, John Timoney, has been recruited by Bahrain’s Interior Ministry to advise the Bahrainis on policing strategies.
Posted in Arab Spring, US Policy in the Middle East
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Thirsting for justice
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.
Israeli military escalating arrests in Hebron of boys aged 12-15 years old; at least 10 children arrested last week
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
Husband of ‘NYT’ Jerusalem correspondent calls for attack on Iran
When does the Caesar’s wife standard kick in? When do warlike statements from Israeli Hirsh Goodman, who is married to Isabel Kershner, a New York Times Jerusalem correspondent, become too much for the Times to bear? When do those pronouncements … Continue reading
Israeli military court extends administrative detention for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq
The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and the Cultural Coordinator for the Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum.
AIPAC member identified as Abileah assailant during Netanyahu speech to Congress
Stanley Anthony Shulster, a retired lawyer, admitted to assaulting Rae Abileah, a member of CODEPINK, in the House of Representatives while she protested the Israeli occupation of Palestine during the speech by Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel. The Capitol Police issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Shulster for this attack.
US citizens arrested in Bahrain supporting peaceful protest near one-year anniversary of uprising
US Citizens Huwaida Arraf and Radhika Sainath were arrested by Bahraini security forces in downtown Manama on Saturday during a peaceful protest. They are both active with Witness Bahrain.
Posted in Activism, Arab Spring, US Policy in the Middle East
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‘Free Beacon’ reporter attacks Center for American Progress in misleading articles that push for Iran war
Adam Kredo, a reporter with the Washington Free Beacon, distorts the existing evidence on Iran in articles taking aim at the Center for American Progress.
Posted in Iran, Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Neocons, US Politics
Tagged Adam Kredo, Center for American Progress, Emergency Committee for Israel, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, featured, Huffington Post, IAEA, James Clapper, Leon Panetta, Media Matters, Michael Goldfarb, new york times, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post
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