Saturday, March 13th, 2010
A resolution voted by the European Parliament last Wednesday demands a strong EU common position on the follow-up of the Goldstone Report and close monitoring of its implementing measures.
The resolution, tabled by Political Groups S&D, ALDE, Greens/EFA and GUE/NGL groups, was approved with 335 votes in favour, 287 against and ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
The beginning of March saw the opening of the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine in Barcelona. The question referred to by the Organising Committee in the first session of the RTP was whether the nature of relations between EU member states and Israel are unlawful within the ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Yesterday, the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) was held in Barcelona, Spain. Its mandate is to examine the complicity of the European Union and its member states with the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories, as well as in Israel's violations of Palestinians' human rights.
What is ...
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
So often a focal point of tensions in the West Bank, this week saw prolonged conflicts in Hebron. Sparked by PM Netanyahou's announcement that the Ibrahimi Mosque would be listed as an Israeli heritage site, compounded by the anniversary of Baruch Goldstein's massacre of 29 Muslim worshippers in the same ...
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Monday, February 22nd, 2010
A peaceful march through Beit Sahour ended with shocking scenes of army brutality. Around 100 demonstrators were objecting to the proposed construction of a military base in Beit Sahour Family Park. We spoke with Nidal Abu Zulof, regional activist and head of the Joint Advocacy Initiative (JAI), about the need ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Revelations in the Israeli media concerning Mahmoud Abbas and former aide Rafiq Husseini should surprise no-one. Slurs comes thick and fast against perceived enemies of Israel, from presidents to charities. To list the Palestinian victims of media assassination would take forever, so we chose some of the more surprising targets.
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Around twenty residents of Nabi Salah village were injured during Friday's demonstration, directed mainly at the Hallamish settlement which occupies the village's farmland and primary water source. Most of those injured were children not participating in the protest, tear gassed and fired upon with rubber bullets as they sheltered in ...
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Israeli border police assaulted ten Palestinian labourers in the early hours of Sunday morning. The men were seized on the Palestinian side of the Al-Zaiem crossing, attempting to reach the construction site they work at in East Jerusalem.
The men, from Al-Khadr village south of Bethlehem, did not possess working permits ...
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Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
"Expectations were too high". "We overestimated our ability". Time magazine's interview with the President made for grim reading, unless you're Israeli. Obama's claim that "divisions within their societies" made "meaningful conversation...very hard" can be taken as a significant climb-down from the bold stance taken in Cairo.
It begs the question-what was ...
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Saturday, January 16th, 2010
The farce of the climate summit in Copenhagen affirmed a world war waged by the rich against most of humanity. It also illuminated a resistance growing perhaps as never before: an internationalism linking justice for the planet with universal human rights, and criminal justice for those who invade and dispossess ...
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