Mondoweiss - 16 May 2012 - Yesterday I was at a pub quiz in London, and talking to my friends about how I was going to a launch of a book on Palestine by Bidisha , and a man sitting at the next table with his wife (but who had spent the evening...
Mondoweiss - 16 May 2012 - Dan Sisken took these photos in Washington, D.C., yesterday at the Nakba commemoration: Girl with Nakba photo Refugee being interviewed Tattoo: "Palestine is free" A woman narrates her mother's story The key Another key Looting photo
AIC Economy - 16 May 2012 - Israel is expecting 20,000 tourists to arrive in Tel Aviv for gay pride week in the beginning of June. This anticipated economic boon is a public relations victory for Israel’s “pinkwashing” of its colonial policies and occupation of the Palestinian people.
AIC Jerusalem - 16 May 2012 - Israeli police and border patrol officers raided the East Jerusalem village of Issawiya early Tuesday morning in response to a Naqba day commemoration held by the village residents. Two people were injured and 11 detained.
Mondoweiss - 16 May 2012 - As a promoter of Peter Beinart's new book The Crisis of Zionism (albeit with major differences), I was overjoyed to read David Shulman's review of the book in the new New York Review of Books. The piece is not yet online, I got it in the...
Reflections on the Great Palestinian Prison Hunger Strikes of 2012 Richard Falk, ZNet
5/16/2012
Ché Guevara was once asked what was at the root of his revolutionary commitment. His response, which we should all take some moments to reflect upon, “it is about love.” Reading the words of Khader Adnan (‘Open Letter to the People of the World’) and Thaer Halahleh (‘Letter to my Daughter’), or the comments of Hana Shalabi’s mother and sister, or Bilal Diab’s father, led me to recall Guevera’s illuminating comment. Only those with closed minds can read such words of devotion without feeling that the animating hunger of these Palestinians is for peace and justice, for love and dignity, and that their heroic strikes would have impossible without cherishing life and future freedom for the people of Palestine. The nature of extreme self-sacrifice, provided it is autonomous and nonviolent, is an inherently spiritual undertaking even when its external appearance is political. For Christians, and others moved to tears by... more..e-mail Prisoners and the wounded, crossing borders Jamal Muqbel, Bitterlemons
5/14/2012
About four years ago, a friend of mine told me about a meeting between Israelis and Palestinians near the Dead Sea. I really did not want to get involved at all, but my friend said to me, "Just come with me and you do not have to talk or participate." I consulted my wife. She also rejected the idea out of hand. "How can you meet with the Israelis and still be the nationalist you are?" she said. "This is not right for you!" But I convinced her I was going only out of curiosity. The meeting was held in March 2008. It was brief, and a chance to share personal stories between the participants. I remember that my 11-year-old son Yazen asked me, "Baba, were you with the Jews that imprisoned you long ago? Are these the same Jews that shot you in the head?" I told him... more..e-mail IAEA refuses Iran cooperation pact Gareth Porter, Asia Times
5/14/2012
WASHINGTON - Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano has signaled that there will be no agreement with Iran in meetings in Vienna on Monday and Tuesday on the terms for Iranian cooperation in clarifying the issue of alleged nuclear weapons work. Amano indicated in an interview with The Daily Beast on Friday that he intended to hold up an agreement on Iranian cooperation in responding to allegations of military involvement in its nuclear program until the IAEA was allowed to visit to Parchin, the military complex about 30 kilometers southeast of Tehran. Amano told journalist Michael Adler the "standoff" over access to Parchin "has become like a symbol" and vowed to "pursue this objective until there's a concrete result". Adler cited an "informed source" as saying that the IAEA rejected any linkage between a visit to Parchin and the rest of the plan for... more..e-mail
Electronic Intifada: 15 May 2012 - 15 May 2012 The decade-old Arab Peace Initiative “is our initiative and we will stick to it,” Egyptian presidential candidate Amr Moussa told The Electronic Intifada in an audio interview.
Electronic Intifada: 14 May 2012 - Rami Almeghari Alexandria 14 May 2012 Aging Palestinian refugees recount their exile from Palestine during the Nakba and demand the right to return to their homeland.
Electronic Intifada: 14 May 2012 - Jillian Kestler-D'Amours Jerusalem 14 May 2012 More than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners are weeks into an open-ended hunger strike in protest against worsening conditions in Israeli jails.
Palestine Chronicle: 16 May 2012 - By Neve Gordon I first heard about the Nakba in the late 1980s, while I was an undergraduate student of philosophy at Hebrew University. This, I believe, is a revealing fact, particularly since, as a teenager, I was a member of Peace Now and was raised in a liberal home....more
Palestine Chronicle: 16 May 2012 - By Stuart Reigeluth Last month the European Parliament postponed the vote at the Committees on Foreign Affairs and International Trade on whether or not to enhance trade relations even further with Israel. This is good news for now is the time for the EU to focus on other southern Mediterranean...more
Palestine Chronicle: 16 May 2012 - By Nicola Nasser A surplus of mediators have been around all the time, including the heavy weight Quartet of the UN, U.S., EU and Russia, as well as heaps of terms of reference of UNSC resolutions, bilateral signed accords and 'roadmaps,' in addition to marathon bilateral talks that have left...more
Palestine Chronicle: 16 May 2012 - By Julie Webb-Pullman - Gaza Despite repeatedly stating that a key demand was an end to administrative detention, and that no partial offer would be accepted, an Israeli offer was yesterday accepted by the Higher Committee for the Hunger Strikers on behalf of the prisoners. Although Israel has agreed to...more
During the weeks of January 23 and February 6, 2012, VTJP's TV show Salaam Shalom: Report on Palestine/Israel will explore the crime and consequences of ethnic cleansing in Palestine, from 1948 to the present day. We will begin with the videotaped testimonies of Palestinian refugees who were driven from their homes, villages and urban neighborhoods in 1948-49, in part 1 of the film, “The Nakba Dailies.” See more updates from Salaam Shalom television show on Vimeo! More about Salaam Shalom.
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DAM, "Born Here", Hebrew/Arabic with English subtitles - Palestinian rap group DAM (Da Arab MC's, or "forever" in Arabic) created this music video about the life of Palestinians in Israel. They're from Lod, a town between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, so they're Palestinians with Israeli citizenship (often called "Israeli Arabs"). They usually rap in Arabic, but they made a Hebrew version of this song with a music video to get their message out to the majority of Israelis who don't speak Arabic. NYT: Rapping in Arabic, Hebrew and Aramaic
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The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation - The Real News - Hever: 18 families control 60% of the equity value of all companies in Israel - Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. He speaks to Paul Jay of The Real News Network about his research into the economics of Israel and its occupation of the Palestinian territories. The Real News Network
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Flotille de la liberté : Pourquoi? 1/5 Children of Gaza - [English narration - Warning: Disturbing scenes of children play-acting Israeli aggression] ombrelle05 - May 31 2010 - Israel has placed the Gaza Strip under total siege since June 2007, making the 1.5 million Palestinians living there in need of food, fuel and medical supplies. The Israeli offensive Lead Coup in 2009, which lasted 23 days, has only worsened the living conditions in the coastal territory. ombrelle05
IMEMC - The Palestinian News Network reported that on Tuesday afternoon an undercover Israeli Security force attacked a young man from the town of Issawiya in Jerusalem and arrested him. In a second incident Israeli soldiers beat another young man in Beit Ommar near Hebron. They arrested and...
IMEMC - During a visit to both Washington and the UN in New York, Israeli Military Intelligence Commander Major General Aviv Kochavi discussed the Iranian nuclear programme, the Syrian crisis, and Hezbollah’s increasing power base in Lebanon. This visit is one of a number of recent visits to...
IMEMC - Israeli sources reported that, last week, Israeli soldiers forced closure of a Palestinian elementary school in Khribit Jibna village, in the south Hebron hills, in the southern part of the West Bank, in order to replace it with a military base. ...
3/19/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - During the five day curfew in the village of Awarta, south of Nablus, the Israeli military raided homes and detained around 300 people, the youngest 14 years old. Some of the men were taken...
3/19/2011 - International Solidarity Movement - Tonight at 6pm a mob of 20 settlers from the Kiryat Arba settlement near Al Buwayra, Hebron, attacked the Palestinian family of Mozbah Zatari while they were in their car. According to the family...
5/16/2012 - RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Over 80 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli forces near Ramallah on Tuesday, medics said, as protesters commemorated the Nakba, or catastrophe, of...
5/16/2012 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A reshuffle of Palestinian Authority ministers has been finalized and the new cabinet will be sworn in later Wednesday, sources close to the process...
5/16/2012 - HEBRON (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian teenager was seriously injured Wednesday in clashes with Israeli forces at Hebron's al-Arrub refugee camp, a local official said. Omar...
5/16/2012 - BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A deal struck early Tuesday to end the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike will not halt administrative detention, prisoners groups said Wednesday. The document...
Inter Press Service - The rising spectre of terrorism in Syria shows that by clinging to power and refusing to implement meaningful reforms, Arab autocrats in Syria, Bahrain, and elsewhere are indirectly contributing to the resurgence of terrorism in their societies.
The Guardian - 16 May 2012 - Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was labelled a Mossad agent by Iran and sentenced to death for the murder of Masoud Ali-Mohammadi Iran has hanged a man accused of being an...
Daily Star - 16 May 2012 In his first interview in nearly half a year, Syrian President Bashar Assad claimed Wednesday that his regime had captured foreign mercenaries who were fighting for the opposition.
Daily Star - 16 May 2012 The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran may be narrowing their differences on how to tackle concerns over Tehran's atomic ambitions, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
The National - 16 May 2012 - Analysts say new weapons and American logistical support strengthen uprising, but Assad regime forces remain more cohesive.
Alternative Information Center - After nearly a full month of fasting, around 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners ended last night their mass hunger strike upon reaching an agreement with...
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