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URGENT APPEAL TO ALL ACADEMICS: CONDEMN U.S. GOVERNMENT COMPLICITY IN BLOCK
2008-05-31 21:56:00 The news that the US State Department has decided to cancel all previously approved Fulbright grants to Palestinian students in Gaza is deeply shocking. In yet another clear demonstration of US complicity with the Israeli occupation regime, the State Department has decided to withdraw the grants... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Government , Urgent , Block , Academics , Condemn
'I kicked the Arab, I stepped on his head'
2008-05-31 18:44:00 The Jewish only settlement where these thugs live, Pisgat Zeev, is built on the stolen lands of Beit Hanina?The little Palestinian boys who were attacked and severely beaten have MORE in common with Jewish boys that lived in Nazi era Germany during the 30?s, who were routinely attacked and abused... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Racism , Head , Arab
Al-Awda convention highlights Palestinian right of return
2008-05-31 18:25:00 By: Nasser Faris Marking 60 years of forced exile The Sixth International Al-Awda Convention took place in Anaheim, Calif., from May 16 to May 18. The event marked the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba ("The Catastrophe"). Al-Nakba marks the creation of the racist state of... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Highlights , Return , Palestinian
Israel?s Self-Destruction as a Jewish State
2008-05-31 18:06:00 By William Pfaff The laws of physics say that actions produce equivalent counteractions, and in international relations these may not be what?s expected. American policy in the Middle East under George Bush and Condoleezza Rice has sought to polarize the region?s forces in the belief... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Israel , Jewish , Destruction , Palestine , State
"Bahrain names Jewish ambassador, Bahrain's king has appointed a Jewish wom
2008-05-31 17:45:00 From: Edward C. Corrigan Here is an interesting news item that flies in the face of the image of the Arab World that is being portrayed in the North American media. It will be interesting to see how many North American newspapers report on this... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: United States , Jewish , King , Bahrain , Ambassador
Dunkin Donuts? Fulbright? Outrage!
2008-05-31 17:34:00 Wake up America; these things are not isolated, benign events; smell the coffee! This is not the work we normally do, but we were so upset by these two stories that we felt we had to act. This week added insult to injury: 1)Insult Dunkin Donuts ran an ad with Rachael Ray (America's favorite... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
John Hagee: deviant theology, dangerous foreign policy
2008-05-31 17:23:00 Religion John Hagee: deviant theology, dangerous foreign policy By John Taylor Pastor John Hagee gleefully anticipates the death of hundreds of millions of people in a series of wars preparing the world for the second coming of Christ: "The end of the world is rapidly... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Theology , Policy , Christians , Foreign Policy
From Sabbah's Blog
2008-05-31 17:20:00 Sabbah's Blog What d'ya mean you got nothin t' read? Welcome to Carter's 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid' the Book. Here you can find 'Palestine Peace Not Apartheid' on the right hand side is the table of contents. Be sure to click on the images so you can clearly see. The blog is for... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
East Jerusalem Arabs detail violence they face by city's Jews
2008-05-31 15:18:00 Last month's attack by a Jewish mob on Arab youths got ample press, but shouldn't be considered an isolated incident. In fact, Arab residents of Jerusalem , particularly taxi drivers, detail a pattern of racially-motivated violent acts by religious Jews . The drivers from East Jerusalem call the... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Israel , Racism
TUTU: GAZA BLOCKADE ABOMINATION
2008-05-31 15:12:00 My message to the international community is that our silence and complicity, especially on the situation in Gaza , shames us all. It is almost like the behaviour of the military junta in Burma Desmond Tutu That is basically the short summation of the fact finding mission to Gaza led by... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Israel , Palestine
Israel refuses to issue ID cards to unregistered Palestinians
2008-05-31 15:07:00 ?I long for the day I?ll finally get an ID card. I want to pass through each and every checkpoint in the West Bank, just to show everyone I have an ID card. Sometimes I feel that death will be the only solution to my problem. In the afterlife I?m sure no one gets asked about his ID card.? This... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Israel , Human Rights , Palestinians , Cards , Issue
Old Oslo illusions
2008-05-31 07:00:00 OLD OSLO ILLUSIONS Image by Abonoon Promises of money and jobs are not enough to hide the brutal reality of occupation, writes Khalid Amayreh in Bethlehem Amid lavish settings and tight security, hundreds of investors and entrepreneurs from around the world last week gathered in the... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Illusions , Oslo
Thoughts Are Free, Entry Is Not
2008-05-30 17:31:00 By Joharah Baker Unfortunately, Palestinians are no longer surprised at Israel ?s racist policies. Discrimination against Palestinians and those who support them has become the rule, not the exception. Still, when the Shin Bet, Israel?s internal intelligence agency, banned renowned American academic... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Free , Thoughts , Democracy , Entry
British academic union (UCU) overwhelmingly passes all three pro-Palestinia
2008-05-30 17:29:00 The final wording of the motions passed ... 25 - Composite: Palestine and the occupation University of Brighton - Eastbourne, University of Brighton - Grand Parade, University of East London Docklands, National Executive Committee Congress notes the: 1. continuation of illegal settlement,... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Academic , Union , British
ACTIVISTS SAY RUGBY DEAL PUTS CLUB'S IMAGE IN PERIL
2008-05-30 15:41:00 ALISON CURTIS Activists say Leicester Tigers' new sponsorship deal with Caterpillar could tarnish the club's reputation. The US-based construction giant supplies bulldozers to the Israeli government. Human rights organisations say the Israeli Defence Forces then fit the... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Rugby , Deal , Image
Boycott Dunkin Donuts and other zionist owned companies
2008-05-30 14:32:00 Boycott Zionist -Owned Companies Here ares ome U.S. Companies either owned or taken over and controlled by Zionists. Lots more here: http://www.inminds.co.uk/boycott-israel.p hp#companies And companies that invest in the terror state: http://www.boycottisraeligoods.org/module s5533.php American... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Israel , Dunkin Donuts
Boycott: Don't Shop at Dunkin' Donuts! : Say No to Anti-Arab Racism
2008-05-30 04:07:00 **Please circulate widely** Dunkin Donuts pulled this advertisement after right-wing racists complained that the scarf in the ad was a kaffiyeh. The ANSWER... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: United States , Muslims , Racism , Shop
Zionist Morality
2008-05-30 02:36:00 Zionist Morality Robert Thompson, AxisofLogic.com May 26, 2008, 12:27 A dear Swiss friend sent to me, and to many others, an article written by Yehezkel Dror and published on Forward.com. Dror is described as being "the founding president of the Jewish... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Zionist , Zionism
sabra/ shatilla: in sorrow poem by sam hamod
2008-05-29 22:55:00 poem for your anthology or use, salamat, professor sam hamod, ph.d. Sabra/Shatilla: In Sorrow By Sam Hamod It is nothing, the blood red into stony ground nothing, we can say nothing, the flares red and white, blue, nothing against black sky, faces flur, nothing sharp rope... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Poem
No Surprise to any that Israel, U.S. opt out of cluster ban
2008-05-29 22:47:00 Israel, the United States and four other major military powers opted out of an international ban on cluster bombs. The Dublin agreement signed Wednesday banning the airborne weapons, which scatter bomblets over a wide area, garnered 111 signatories, including European Union nations. Human rights... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Terrorism , Israel , Cluster
"U.K. academic union moves to consider boycott of Israeli academia,"
2008-05-29 22:41:00 From the Israeli Press: Most interesting article on the academic boycott of Israeli institutions being reconsidered by members of the University and College Union in England (UCU) There are some interesting comments about defending academic freedom by the Israeli Ambassador to Britain given... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Academic , Academia , Boycott , Moves
"Where Is the Outrage?,"
2008-05-29 22:31:00 Here is an important article written by a former columnist with the LA Times. He expresses his outrage and asks the question "Are we American's truly savages or merely tone deaf in matters of morality and therefore more guilty of terminal indifference than venality? It's a question... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
60 Years Later: Canada and the Origins of the Israel-Palestine Conflict
2008-05-29 22:11:00 By Dan Freeman-Maloy (All 3 Parts are in this posting) The year 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel , and should be the occasion for a serious re-evaluation of international policy towards the conflict that has ensued. Political Zionism, and after... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Canada , Palestine , Conflict , Years
Petitions Of The Day
2008-05-29 00:28:00 From: Andrew Silvera Lift Travel Restrictions on Palestinian Journalist Mr Amayreh was granted an entry visa to Germany. However, the Israeli military authorities have refused to give him a permit to leave the West Bank. No Palestinian can travel abroad without receiving such a permit... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Petitions
Raising Money For The Children Of Gaza
2008-05-29 00:00:00 Toronto Canada : The IDRF is organizing a BBQ and walkathon on June 22, 2008 at High Park (Area 2) in Toronto in order to raise funds for disabled Palestinian children and orphans in Gaza . This is an important and symbolic event which deserves the support of the community! Please visit the... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Children , Money , Toronto
60 Years of Dispossession, Humiliation, Oppression
2008-05-28 19:06:00 Human equality, liberty and pursuit of happiness are not exclusive privies of West. By Susan Abulhawa We watch these celebrations with an ineffable collective loss and grief, and an equally deep vow never to give up our basic rights as the natives of Palestine . I... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Years , Oppression
Another Milestone for Dr. Al-Arian Spent in Prison
2008-05-28 03:07:00 Tampa Bay Coalition for Justice and Peace VIRGINIA-- This past week, Dr. Sami Al-Arian marked the 33rd anniversary of his arrival to the United States . Dr. Al-Arian, who is currently being held at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail in Portsmouth, Virginia, awaits deportation by immigration... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Human Rights , Prison , Milestone
An excellent insight into the psychology of Zionism: "A change needs to com
2008-05-27 17:27:00 A change needs to come Avigail Abarbanel, Earlier this month I had the privilege of hearing Ali Abunimah speak at a dinner organized by an Australian pro-Palestinian activist group. Abunimah, an author and a co-founder of The Electronic Intifada, is a supporter of the one-state solution in... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Change , Insight , Psychology , Zionism , Excellent
UN: Israeli demolition threatens 3,000 Palestinian homes
2008-05-27 17:25:00 Thousands of Palestinian s in the occupied West Bank risk being displaced as the Israeli authorities threaten to tear down their homes and in some cases entire communities, a UN agency said on Wednesday. "To date, more than 3,000 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank have... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Homes , Demolition
Eviction orders approved for 2 settler-occupied Hebron stores (opens the do
More articles from this author:2008-05-27 17:06:00 “Tuesday's decision will not go into effect for another two months, during which Yosef Ezra, a 75-year-old Jerusalem resident whose relatives owned the properties in question before 1948, can ask the state for rights to the land. The decision to allow Ezra to seek recognition of the original... Click on the headlines to read the full story! More About: Stores , Eviction , Orders , Hebron 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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