All posts in category 'Politics'

Gaza lawyer challenges West Bank study ban

July 8th, 2010 | Posted in Palestine, Politics, Solidarity
    Harriet Sherwood in Jerusalem, guardian.co.uk Thursday 1 July 2010

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Photo Dome of the Rock at Al Aqsa mosque compound under open sky in Palestine.

A 29-year-old lawyer from Gaza has launched a legal challenge against Israel’s refusal to allow her to travel to the West Bank to study human rights and democracy.

Fatima Sharif must register for her masters degree at Birzeit University near Ramallah in two weeks’ time or she will lose her place.

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Lessons from Camp David

July 7th, 2010 | Posted in Palestine, Politics
    Ben White guardian.co.uk Thursday 1 July 2010

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    Photo Birds fly over occupied Palestine.

Ten years ago this month, Israelis and Palestinians gathered at Camp David, under the guidance of President Bill Clinton, for negotiations aimed at reaching a final agreement. The talks ended in failure, and by the end of September, the second intifada had begun.

The Camp David talks have largely been remembered in the context of apportioning blame. This was particularly true in the first months and years of the Palestinian uprising, as Israel spun the narrative of a rejectionist Palestinian leadership that had turned down an incredibly “generous offer” and instead opted for a campaign of violence.

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Poland: Compliance with International Law is an Obligation and not a Policy decision

June 21st, 2010 | Posted in Palestine, Politics

Letter to Polish Prime Minister from Polish Palestine Solidarity Campaign June 2010

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    Photo: Palestinian woman lamenting in Gaza.

Do not exploit our history – one cannot redeem the injustices of history with new and ongoing injustices

We observe the developments and comments from the Polish government on the arrest of the suspected Mossad agent Uri Brodsky with great dismay and concern.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he does not want the arrest of an individual suspected of being involved in an extra judicial killing to damage relations between Poland and Israel.

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30 years of a censorship-free Pride in Toronto has come to an end

May 24th, 2010 | Posted in Boycott, Canada, Palestine, Politics
    May 23, 2010 statement from Queers Against Israeli Apartheid

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    Photo: Israeli apartheid wall cutting through Palestinian territories.

For the first time in its 30-year history, Pride Toronto has banned an LGBT community group from the parade. The board of directors voted on Friday to ban the words ‘Israeli Apartheid’ from any Pride events, including the Pride parade, dyke march, and trans march – directly targeting the group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid.

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Absence of human security has greatly impeded Palestinian progress

May 14th, 2010 | Posted in Economy, Politics
    United Nations Development Program May 9th, 2010

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Photo: Palestinian farmers prepare harvest materials under Israeli occupation.

Until Palestinians are afforded economic and environmental control, specifically control over macro-economic policy, trade, livelihoods, water resources and borders, sustained development will remain elusive, according to the latest Palestinian Human Development Report, released today by Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Special Representative of the Administrator, Mr. Jens Toyberg-Frandzen.

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A Palestinian arrest so ridiculous even the Israeli judges smiled

April 14th, 2010 | Posted in Palestine, Politics, Prisoners, Repression
    Haaretz by Amira Hass. 15/02/2010

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    Photo Palestinian child next to fruit stall in the streets of Jerusalem.

Something about 12-year-old Bassam caused two Israelis to smile. Two Palestinians noticed, but did not remember their smiles as being disparaging or arrogant. On the contrary. The Palestinians regarded the smiles as a rare moment in which two Israelis – and not just any Israelis, but military judges – realized how ridiculous the situation was.

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Israel Penalizing Nakba Commemoration: One More Step Down the Path of Apartheid

March 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Palestine, Politics
    Badil Resource Center 3 March 2010.

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Photo: Palestinian waving flag at demonstration against occupation in West Bank.

The Israeli parliamentary Law Committee has recently approved a law proposal the (“Nakba bill”) that, if passed by the Knesset, would impose economic sanctions on the organizers of Nakba commemorations. Every year in May, Palestinians and supporters of their right of return commemorate the Nakba of 1948, which marks the single most traumatic and far-reaching event in the long and ongoing process of forced displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian people by the state of Israel. Nakba commemorations are important events in Israel, where some 335,000 Palestinians, citizens of Israel, continue to be denied their right to return to their homes, lands and communities, and are forced to live as internally displaced persons within their own country.

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Carleton students launch divestment campaign

February 24th, 2010 | Posted in Boycott, Canada, Palestine, Politics
    view Carleton University divestment campaign video on-line

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    Photo: Israeli apartheid wall on Palestinian lands.

Carleton students have released a report detailing how the Carleton University Pension fund invests in companies involved in violations of human rights and of international law.

The report was created by Students Against Israeli Apartheid (SAIA Carleton), who are launching a campaign to end Carleton’s unethical investments and adopt a socially responsible investment policy.

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Prison letter from Abdallah Abu Rahmah

February 20th, 2010 | Posted in Boycott, Palestine, Politics, Prisoners, Repression, Solidarity

letter from Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah was shared from his prison cell to his lawyers

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    Photo: Barbed wire sky in Israeli prison.

Dear Friends and Supporters, It has been two months now since I was handcuffed, blindfolded and taken from my home. Today news has reached Ofer Military Prison that the apartheid wall on Bil’in’s land will finally be moved and construction has begun on the new route. This will return half of the land that was stolen from our village. For those of us in Ofer, imprisoned for our protest against the wall, this victory makes the suffering of being here easier to bear. After actively resisting the theft of our land by the Israeli apartheid wall and settlements every week for five years now, we long to be standing along side our brothers and sisters to mark this victory and the fifth anniversary of our struggle.

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Big Midest News that Isn’t ‘Fit to Print’

December 30th, 2009 | Posted in Corporate Media, Egypt, Palestine, Politics
    Foreign Policy Magazine by Stephen M. Walt, December 29, 2009

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    Photo: Palestinian amongst destruction in the Gaza Strip.

Did you know that the Gaza Freedom March — a group of over 1300 peace activists from 43 countries — is protesting the continued siege of Gaza, on the anniversary of the brutal Israeli assault that killed over a thousand people last year? (There is also a separate effort to bring a convoy of relief aid to the Gazans, under the auspices of the group Viva Palestina).

Did you know that the Freedom March is now stuck in Cairo, because the Egyptian government has denied them permission to travel to Gaza? The Mubarak regime has its own issues with Hamas, and it is also dependent on U.S. economic and military aid. Israel and the United States don’t want the adverse publicity that the Freedom March might generate and are perfectly content to let the Gazans suffer, so needless to say Washington isn’t putting any pressure on Egypt to let the convoy through.

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