Friday, March 12th, 2010
In the last few days I have been following the visits of both Vice President Joe Biden and Senator George Mitchell to the Middle East and the different and competing messages coming out of Washington, Ramallah, Tel-Aviv and Cairo the seat of the Arab League.
Vice President Joe Biden is a ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
WRITTEN BY BRENDA HEARD Antonio Cassese, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), recently presented the First Annual Report on the operation and activities of the Tribunal during the period from 1 March 2009 to 28 February 2010. With its remit to investigate the 14 February 2005 Beirut bombing ...
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Friday, March 12th, 2010
It was hard to say goodbye to my wife and friends in the US. The last night was very meaningful as we were in New York seeing the performance of Najla Said, daughter of my friend and mentor, the late Professor Edward Said (for an earlier statement from Najla, see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEMrmRCbvA0 ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Seven women were killed in the Palestinian territories because of "honor killings” in the first month of the year 2010. These news were released by Palestinian human rights organizations interested in women's issues, but according to my sources, this statistic was falsified and the real number ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Seven years after Rachel Corrie, a US peace activist, was killed by an Israeli army bulldozer in Gaza, her family was to put the Israeli government in the dock today.
A judge in the northern Israeli city of Haifa was due to be presented with evidence that 23-year-old Corrie was killed ...
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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
an example of changing the context of the issue by appealing to emotions and creating a brand new narrative
Here is a leaked copy of the Zionist plan to attack the Boycott and Divestment Campaign Against Israel's Occupation and to strategy to shut down the debate on the Palestinian issue and ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Press Release: International Women’s Day 2010
8 March 2010
Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association marks International Women’s Day 2010 by honoring, commemorating and saluting Palestinian women political prisoners and detainees in their steadfast resistance against Israeli colonial occupation and struggle towards securing the right of Palestinians to self-determination.
An estimated 10,000 ...
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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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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian activists joined the rally last Saturday in Est Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Arab families from Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers continue to occupy Palestinian homes.
The photos were taken by Brady Ng, FVW, Julian.
Photo: FVW
Photo: FVW
View from the stage
Photo: Brady Ng
Part of the 5000-strong ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Last year, six housewives from the village launched “Budhur”. The women group is active on social, political and women's issues. Budhur, meaning “before blooming”, is an initiative that claims to be innovative.
Written and photographed by Valentine Van Vyve.
Being a woman in Nebi Saleh might be different from being a woman ...
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