The US State Department in Washington DC and the US Consulate in East Jerusalem have been following up on the current situation of US citizens denied entry in recent years. This is an excellent opportunity for us to alert US government representatives of the ongoing harm caused by Israel’s continued practice of entry denial on an arbitrary...

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By Fida Qishta
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Life in Rafah, Gaza’s southern-most city, has always been difficult. But the period since March 2006 has been the worst in my 25-year life. Israel placed Gaza under a siege after Hamas won the Palestinian elections and tightened the siege after Palestinians captured an Israeli...

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Sunday, January 27, 2008.

This morning at around 10:30am, settlers from Beit Hadassah Settlement in Hebron city rained stones, bottles, urine and dirty water on their Palestinian neighbours. The attack continued sporadically...

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Written by Ilan Pappé

Wednesday, 30 January 2008

“There is no other way of stopping Israel than that of boycott, divestments and sanctions. The only soft point of this killing machine is its oxygen lines to ‘western’ civilization and public opinion.”

Original article can be read...

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Israeli Soldiers Bare All In South Hebron Hills

01-19-08

Video: For a video of Israeli soldiers “mooning” Palestinian shepherds and international volunteers:

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Fuel Cuts of Up to 81%
New Electricity Cuts Beginning
February 7

Monday, January 28, 2008: After more than a week of near-total ban on fuel supplies, Israel said yesterday that it would resume permitting Gaza residents to purchase fuel – but would limit the amount they could buy by as much as 81% and would cut the electricity...

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Letter From Anna Baltzer (young Jewish American woman and author of book “Witness in Palestine”):

(excerpts from a sermon delivered in Minneapolis last Sunday, combined with some recent events)

This week, our country celebrated Martin Luther King Day and the official end to segregation and racial discrimination in this...

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Nurit Peled-Elhanan
26 January 2008

These words are dedicated to the heroes of Gaza who have proven once again that no fortified wall can imprison the free spirit of humanity and no form of violence can subdue life.

The appeal to go today to the gates of Gaza at the height of the pogrom being carried out by the thugs...

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On Sunday, the 27th of January, at 4:15pm, the Israeli army arrested 6 Palestinian boys, some of them 15 years or...

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