Window Into Palestine

When Does It Become Genocide? by Nadia Hijab

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:51:00 +0000

More people have started to apply the term 'genocide' to what Israel is doing to Gaza. Israel would not directly kill tens of thousands of Palestinians, but it would create the conditions for tens of thousands to die. Any epidemic could finish the job. During a visit to Ramallah a year ago while...

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When Obama took his eyes off the Palestine ball: By Daoud Kuttab

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:38:00 +0000

For a a few minutes on Sunday I wondered what would have happened if I was reading rather than listening to US President Barack Obama's statement from Hawaii. The US president took time off his Christmas vacation to speak about the incident that occurred on the flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Had...

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Palestine Solidarity Activists Enter Gaza, March Through Beit Hanoun

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:35:00 +0000

By Alex Kane Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gaza City, Gaza Strip–About 85 international delegates marched with hundreds of Palestinians in the area of Beit Hanoun in Gaza yesterday afternoon. The protesters called on Israel, Egypt and the United States to lift the devastating siege on...

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Israelis and Palestinians once peacefully coexisted

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:28:00 +0000

Zimbabwe Star ((Op-ed) Susan Abulhawa and Ramzy Baroud) Prior to the establishment of Israel, Palestine had been multi-religious and multi-cultural. Christians, Muslims and Jews, Armenians, Greek Orthodox, to name a few, all had a place there; and all lived in relative harmony. Other...

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Israel's hidden friends - Troubled misfits in our midst

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 04:22:00 +0000

Redress Information & Analysis highlights the problem of false friends in Britain’s Palestine solidarity movement and urges genuine activists to steer clear from them. One can choose one’s friends but it is not always possible to pick one’s fellow travellers. This is as true in life generally...

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Gaza Freedom March Video - Toronto Canada Dec 27

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:40:00 +0000

Carleton University Students Against Israeli Apartheid http://saia.ca

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French Gaza Freedon March activist Killed in Cairo

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Gaza Freedom March activists chant slogans in front of Egyptian riot police during a protest at the center of Cairo, Egypt on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Organizers of the "Gaza Freedom March" report the death of a French citizen from injuries sustained at the hands of security ...

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Peace with justice in 2010

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:48:00 +0000

A year ago, in the midst of the savage attack on Gaza, we in the Palestinain Center for Rapprochement between People in Beit Sahour issued a call for action composed of 25 things that ordinary people can do (list below). Today we are gathering in Bethlehem (Nativity Square 4-6 PM) in the last day...

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Today in Palestine! ~ December 31, 2009 ~

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Shadi Fadda brings us today's headlines relating to Palestine and other news from around the internet. Settlements/Land Theft and Destruction Witnesses: Settlers bulldoze land for settlement expansion Salfit - Ma’an - Accompanied by soldiers, Israeli settlers driving bulldozers destroyed the...

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Activists reject Egypt's Gaza offer

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:49:00 +0000

Protesters have stages a series of rallies around Cairo [Middle East Children's Alliance, via Flickr] Members of an international group gathered...

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Israel holds nuclear whistleblower

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:48:00 +0000

Mordechai, centre, was jailed after giving details of operations at an Israel reactor to a newspaper [AFP] Mordechai Vanunu, who spent 18 years...

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BARACK OBAMA, a year of Silence and Failure!

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:47:00 +0000

Sameh A. Habeeb London,December 31, (Pal Telegraph) - It has been one year since the start of the one-sided Israeli war on the people of Gaza, including its women and children. The previous US administration expressed their agreement and satisfaction with every single Israeli...

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Palestine to Security Council: Israel must stop its state terrorism

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:59:00 +0000

Palestinian official has urged the Security Council to compel Israel to stop its illegal settlement activities and to act in a responsible manner so that the peace process can resume, warning that failure to do so will have far-reaching consequences for the whole region. In a letter to the UN...

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Israel 'outsourcing' the occupation

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:23:00 +0000

Concern is growing among Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as Israel steps up its use of private security contractors to patrol Palestinian territories. The private firms are being used to help patrol checkpoints and protect illegal settlements in what has become a multi-billion dollar...

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Egypt's controversial Gaza policy

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:20:00 +0000

The Egyptian foreign ministry says the Viva Palestina aid convoy to the Gaza Strip must go through the Mediterranean port of El Arish. The decision delays the arrival of much needed goods, while criticism continues over its closed border with the territory. The Rafah border crossing between the...

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National Lawyers Calling for Safe Passage of The Gaza Freedom March

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:13:00 +0000

National Lawyers Guild Urges Government of Egypt to Heed International Law Obligations and Allow Safe Passage to Gaza for Gaza Freedom March and Viva Palestina Convoy Members - The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls on the government of Egypt to heed its obligations under international law and...

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Gaza Freedom March Rumbles Into Egyptian Security Services

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:10:00 +0000

Egyptian police confront activists trying to access Gaza outside the French Embassy in Cairo. (Photo: Middle East Children's Alliance) Cairo, Egypt - Lines of black-clad Egyptian riot police descended upon hundreds of French activists lining up in front of a rank of riot barriers...

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Holocaust Survivor on Hunger Strike for Gaza

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:06:00 +0000

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Call for Permanent Boycott of Israel for Palestine in Turkey

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:54:00 +0000

On the first anniversary of Israel's attacks against Gaza, demonstrators in Istanbul called for a boycott of the middle-east country. Approximately 500 human rights defenders gathered on Istanbul's centrally located Istiklal Avenue yesterday (27 December) and claimed that Israel should be protested...

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Turkey's Welcome Voice of Support

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:32:00 +0000

Turkey has now turned into a conundrum for Israel and the US. (Google) Is Turkey's relationship with Israel going through a rocky patch or has it passed the point of no return? A week in politics is a long time, and all the rest of it, but it does seem that Turkish foreign policy has...

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"Fury grows over Anti-Semitism charges

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:51:00 +0000

Two articles of interest. The first published in the Toronto Star, Canada's largest circulation paper. The second article published in the Toronto Sun, a conservative nationally syndicated paper. Ed Corrigan ...

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Spain, El Principito and more

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:46:00 +0000

he Air France jet landed in Madrid and I stepped out quickly through the impressive airport to the luggage area. There was no need for border passport check as the trip from Paris to Madrid is an internal European trip. No more are these national borders of utility and they are only being...

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Today in Palestine! ~ December 30, 2009 ~

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:44:00 +0000

Shadi Fadda brings us today's headlines relating to Palestine and other news from around the internet. Settlements/Land Theft and Destruction Settlement Construction Continues in Kiryat Netafim Israel has informed the High Court of Justice that it will continue construction in a West Bank...

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Iran nuke document was forged (by Israel?)

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:41:00 +0000

U.S. Intelligence found Iran nuke document was forged by Gareth Porter, (shown right) WASHINGTON (IPS) - U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the...

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Israel Rules

noreply@blogger.com (dannyd) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:25:00 +0000

On Christmas eve when Christians were celebrating the Prince of Peace, the New York Times delivered forth a call for war. "There's only one way to stop Iran," declared Alan J. Kuperman, and that is "military air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities." [There's Only One Way to Stop Iran,...

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