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Vanessa Redgrave Calls Cancellation of Rachel Corrie Play an “Act of Catastrophic Cowardic A New York theater company is coming under criticism for backing out of an agreement to stage a play based on the life of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie. The play’s producers are calling the decision censorship. Corrie was killed in Gaza nearly three years ago when she stood in front of an Israeli bulldozer set to demolish a Palestinian home. We speak with actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 5:26pm PST
Who is Afraid of Rachel Corrie? An Open Letter to Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, New York Theater Workshop...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 6:25am PST
No Immunity: Israel's Policy of Targeted Assassination Gangland violence is making us safer.
That's the message we hear today from Israel's Defense Minister, Shaul Mofaz, who not only defended the practice of "targeted assassination" but threatened to use the controversial tactic against Palestine's new Prime Minister-designate, Ismail Haniya....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 6:19am PST
Action Alert: The New York Times Distorts Cancellation of Rachel Corrie Play New York Times cultural critic Edward Rothstein comments on the New
York Theatre Workshop's "postponement" of the play "My Name is
Rachel Corrie", about American activist Rachel Corrie who was crushed
to death by an Israeli bulldozer while attempting to prevent the
demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on March 16,
2003....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:36pm PST
Accusations of anti-semitic chic are poisonous intellectual thuggery If the past few weeks have demonstrated anything, it is the frequency with which allegations of anti-semitism surface in modern political debate. Ken Livingstone, the Church of England and The Guardian (over articles comparing Israel and apartheid) are the most recent to find themselves in the firing line. This is the backdrop against which an unofficial parliamentary inquiry on anti-semitism under former Foreign Office minister Denis McShane concludes its hearings in Westminster today....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:26pm PST
Fatah MPs boycott parliament The Palestinian parliament has resumed meeting without Fatah lawmakers who boycotted the session....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:22pm PST
World Bank approves urgent aid to PA The World Bank says it has approved a $42 million aid package to help keep the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority running until Hamas forms the next government....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:17pm PST
Palestinian PM-designate Not Immune From Assassination: Mofaz A few fours after an Israeli strike killed five Palestinians, including three boys, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Tuesday, March7 , that Palestinian Prime Minister-designate Ismail Haniya, a senior Hamas leader, is not immune from Israel's policy of targeted assassinations....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:29am PST
The Second Death of Rachel Corrie: Censorship of the Worst Kind I am urging the Royal Court Theatre to sue the New York Theatre Workshop for the cancellation of the production of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie". Not because I donated money for this production, which the Royal Court have been fundraising for--a target of 50,000 pounds, underwritten by Alan Rickman....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:27am PST
Hamas votes to revoke Abbas powers Hamas has signalled that it will take a confrontational approach in dealing with rival Fatah, which it defeated in January's Palestinian parliament election....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:23am PST
Israeli 'targeted killings' to continue Israel's defence minister has said Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniya, the incoming Palestinian prime minister, will not be immune from what Israel calls targeted killings if the group resumes attacks....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:16am PST
Palestinian activist held prisoner in Florida Palestinian activist Sammy Al-Arian held hostage in Florida by Christian Zionist extremists who plan on fulfilling Aliyah and bringing on Rapture.....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 3:29pm PST
Uproar at Palestinian parliament The first session of the new Palestinian parliament has descended into shouting matches between Hamas MPs and rivals from the Fatah party....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 6:45am PST
Israel and Hamas united on ditching road map Kadima and Hamas, the ruling parties of Israel and Palestine, united at the weekend in burying the international road map, the blueprint for peace that was previously endorsed by the governments of Ariel Sharon and Yasser Arafat....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 6:22am PST
Palestinians targeted in Iraq BAGHDAD -- Thousands of Palestinian refugees living in Iraq have reportedly been attacked and discriminated against, according to the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
"Over the past week, we've received reports that up to 10 Palestinians have been killed in Baghdad and several have been kidnapped," UNHCR spokesman in Geneva, Ron Redmond, said....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 6:18am PST
Chirac "Hostile" to Sanctions on Palestinians RIYADH, March6 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – French President Jacques Chirac said Monday, March6 , he was "hostile" to slapping international sanctions on the Palestinian Authority after Hamas's landslide election victory....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 6:16am PST
"Silenced Truth" an ISM Update on Balata and Corrie Anniversary Reflections on the Balata Invasion:
1.Simply. Not. News. by neta Golan
2.Report of Balata Invasion by IWPS
3.Watching your tax dollars at work by Katie
4.A few days in a war zone by Harrison Healy
Remembering Rachel:
5. A Message Crushed Again by Katharine Viner
6. Rickman Slams ‘Censorship’ of Play about US Gaza Activist by Julian Borger
7.Why are people afraid of Rachel Corrie's words? by Ann Petter and Jen Marlowe
8. Spreading Rachael’s words
9.Remembering Rachel Corrie-...
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 8:33pm PST
Israel 'to make more withdrawals' Israel's acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans more unilateral West Bank withdrawals if his party wins the general election, a key aide has said....
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 12:44pm PST
Arab MKs face investigations and threats of disqualification in run-up to Israeli election Briefing, I'lam, 4 March 2006...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 9:55am PST
Hamas Meets Scholars, Businessmen on Key Russia Visit MOSCOW, March4 , 2006 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Hamas leaders met religious and business leaders in Moscow Saturday, March4 , on the second day of their landmark first visit to a major world power following the movement's landslide victory in Palestinian elections....
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 9:51am PST
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