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Stopped by apartheid on the way to Madonna’s ‘peace concert’

Madonna fans from the West Bank village Nil’in have tickets to Madonna’s “peace concert” in Tel Aviv. They have to get through checkpoints and the separation wall to get there. Will they make it?

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Talks continue in Jordan as Israeli building binge rolls on in the occupied territories

Today’s headlines predictably focus on the Jordanian-brokered talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Meanwhile, Peace Now has declared that the year 2011 saw Israel break “all its settlement-building records.”

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Despite boycott law, Israeli BDS activists forge ahead: an interview with Kobi Snitz

The anti-boycott law passed by the Israeli Knesset in July was aimed at slowing down the global boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel for its violations of international law.  But the Palestinian-led BDS movement, both inside and outside … Continue reading

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Is ‘Peace Now’ friending settlers?

We just got this picture of Yariv Oppenheimer, the head of Peace Now in Israel, in green at left, hanging at a party with men who are said to be members of the Yesha Council, the settlers’ group. The guy … Continue reading

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