Archive for the 'Commentary' Category

Indonesia must be firmer in supporting Palestine

Sunday, June 10th, 2007 | Posted in International Actions, Commentary

from the Jakarta Post, 10 June 2007

JAKARTA (Antara): Chairman of the People`s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Hidayat Nurwahid urged Indonesia to adopt a firmer stance in supporting the independence of Palestine which had suffered clear subjugation...

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1967: Abandoned and rejected

Sunday, June 10th, 2007 | Posted in Commentary

from the Guardian Unlimited
by Ahmad Shaheen, 7 June 2007

I was born in a tent and I’m living in a tent, but I hope I won’t die...

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Targeted killing won’t bring peace

Sunday, June 10th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Commentary

By Mustafa Barghouti, Int’l Herald Tribune

RAMALLAH, West Bank–As we enter the 41st year of Israel’s military occupation, one of the more sinister policies inflicted upon us is what Israel calls “targeted killings.”

Israel...

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AIC: In support of the economic and cultural boycott

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 | Posted in Commentary, Boycott & sanctions

Written by Citizens of Israel, AIC, 5 June 2007

Citizens of Israel in support of the proposal for a UNISON Economic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

We Palestinian and Jewish citizens...

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A replay of tired lies

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 | Posted in Rachel Corrie, Commentary

By Huwaida Arraf and Neta Golan, Seattle Post Intelligencer

It is sad that J.L. Greenberg recycles discredited propaganda to defame the memory of Rachel Corrie and the ongoing,...

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We Deserve the British Academic Boycott!

Monday, June 4th, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Bil'in Village, Commentary, Boycott & sanctions

Benny Tziper, Haaretz - June 4th 2007
Translated by Rann Bar-on

Last Friday morning I drove to the Palestinian village of Bil’in. Bil’in, the village that has turned into a symbol of the struggle against the Apartheid Wall and against the...

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Israel 2007: Worse than Apartheid

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 | Posted in Commentary

by Ronnie Kasrils, Mail&Guardian, 21 May 2007

Travelling into Palestine’s West Bank and Gaza Strip, which I visited recently, is like a surreal trip back into an apartheid state of emergency.

It...

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Demonizing the Non-violent Resistance

Sunday, May 27th, 2007 | Posted in Press Releases, Reports, Bil'in Village, Video, Commentary

IDF spokesperson’s campaign to demonize Non Violent peace activists
by the ISM Media Crew, 26 May 2007

According to the Israeli news internet site Walla on Friday, May 25, the Israeli military spokesperson claimed that the demonstration in Bil’in “ended in relative quiet.”...

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Occupation and the Mind

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 | Posted in Press clippings, Commentary

Exposing the damage done to the emotional health of Palestinians by the Israeli occupation
by Dr Samah Jabr, The New Internationalist, May 2007

In Palestine the kind of war being waged needs to be understood in order to appreciate the psychological impact on...

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(VIDEO) The future of the human family

Monday, May 21st, 2007 | Posted in Bil'in Village, Video, Commentary

“Nonviolence: The Future of the Human Family,”

Delivered by Mairead Corrigan Maguire on April 18, 2007
Posted by Kathy, Quaker Services

Part 1
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