Archive for the '1948 Palestine' Category
Summer Against Apartheid Banner at Tel Aviv March Against the Occupation
Monday, June 9th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Photos, 1948 Palestine
AIC: Facing the spectres of Israel’s establishment: the Palestinian right of return as the true healing of Israeli society
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, 1948 PalestineThousands of black balloons released as people commemorate the ongoing Nakba
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineOn Thursday 15th May, thousands of people gathered in Ramallah to mark the 60th anniversary of al-Nakba (the catastrophe) to remember the forcible expulsion of over 700,000 Palestinian people from their homes in 1948. Crowds marched from refugee camps around Ramallah, converging in the centre of the city where the crowds gathered for speeches and...
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Counterpunch: Paramilitary police attack Al-Nakba march
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Video, 1948 PalestineBy Jonathan Cook in Nazareth
To view original article, published in Counterpunch on the 16th May 2008, click here
Al-Haq report: 60 years of Nakba - Israel’s continuing policy of forcible displacement
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in 1948 PalestineAl-Haq: 15 May 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Palestinian “Nakba,” the “catastrophe” that led to the forcible displacement of more than half of the population of Historic Palestine. For 60 years, the Palestinian refugees have been denied their internationally guaranteed right to return to their homes. While the State of Israel is...
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PCHR: Narratives Under Siege: Remembering the Nakba
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 | Posted in Press clippings, Gaza Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineIn order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their website. These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, highlighting the restrictions,...
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“Their independence is our Nakba”
Friday, May 16th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Nablus Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineAn Nakba (the catastrophe) commemorations continued in Nablus on Thursday 15th May, with approximately 500 people gathering in the main square of the city to demand their right to return home. Organised by the National Committee to Commemorate the Nakba at 60, in conjunction with many Nablus organisations, the official statement of the demonstration...
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500 children, from Tulkarem refugee camp, attempt to march to their families homes
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 | Posted in Reports, Tulkarem Region, Photos, 1948 PalestineOn Wednesday 14th May approximately 500 refugee school children from the city of Tulkarem, in the north-west of the West Bank, attempted to march back to their families’ homes in Jaffa, near Tel-Aviv, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of Al-Nakba (the catastrophe).
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Open letter to AP
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 | Posted in 1948 PalestineDear AP bureau chiefs and editors
Re: Your article ‘U.S.: Bush won’t hold three-way meet during Mideast visit’, 8th May 2008
We were greatly disturbed to read this paragraph in the above article. “Both sides in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian dispute have failed to take basic trust-building steps considered...
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