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Following al-Aqsa clashes, Israel mulls banning Islamic movement Wednesday, October 7, 2009 :The Israeli government announced yesterday it would consider banning Israel's Islamic Movement at the next cabinet meeting, in a significant escalation of tensions that have fueled a fortnight of bloody clashes in Jerusalem over access to the Haram al-Sharif compound of mosques....
Posted: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 4:01pm PDT
Palestinian President Abbas Faces Uproar for Aiding US-Israeli Derailment of UN Report on Gaza Assault Thursday, October 8, 2009 :Palestinian outrage continues over the Palestinian Authority's decision to back the postponement of a Human Rights Council vote on the Goldstone investigation into Israel's assault on Gaza. The move reportedly came after heavy American and Israeli pressure. We speak with Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi....
Posted: Thu, Oct 8, 2009 3:58pm PDT
PA blamed for Goldstone vote delay The Palestinians missed a rare chance by delaying a vote on the Goldstone report which accuses Israel of committing war crimes in Gaza, a senior Qatari foreign ministry official has said....
Posted: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 8:09am PDT
Mahmoud Abbas' chronic submissiveness In a single phone call to his man in Geneva, Mahmoud Abbas has demonstrated his disregard for popular action, and his lack of faith in its accumulative power and the place of mass movements in processes of change....
Posted: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 8:35pm PDT
Palestinian orgs: Justice delayed is justice denied Sunday, October 4, 2009 :
The following statement was issued by Palestinian civil society organizations on 3 October 2009...
Posted: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 1:15pm PDT
Abbas helps Israel bury its crimes in Gaza Thursday, October 1, 2009 :Just when it seemed that the Ramallah Palestinian Authority (PA) and its leader Mahmoud Abbas could not sink any lower in their complicity with Israel's occupation of the West Bank and the murderous blockade of Gaza, Ramallah has dealt a further stunning blow to the Palestinian people....
Posted: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 1:15pm PDT
Anger builds over Gaza report delay Hundreds of people in the West Bank city of Ramallah have protested against the Palestinian Authority's support to delay the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's offensive on Gaza....
Posted: Mon, Oct 5, 2009 1:13pm PDT
UN: US Block on Goldstone Report Must Not Defer Justice (Geneva) – The decision at the UN Human Rights Council to defer a vote on the Goldstone Gaza report until March 2010 obliges the United States and other governments blocking action at the council to press Israel and Hamas to commence credible investigations, Human Rights Watch said today. The fact-finding mission found evidence of violations of the laws of war during the Gaza conflict that should trigger credible investigations of the conduct of both sides....
Posted: Sun, Oct 4, 2009 4:49pm PDT
THURS, Oct 1st: Noam Chomsky, KALW, 91.7fm, 11:AM-Noon, Your Call show (also archived) San Francisco radio interview announcement/reference regarding Noam Chomsky, livestream, audio archive, comments and highly suggested articles....
Posted: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 11:23am PDT
IJAN Solidarity statement with Oct. 1 general strike International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network-Labor
Statement of Solidarity with the Palestinian General Strike
October 1, 2009
In the proud tradition of Jewish working class support for liberation struggles, IJAN-Labor stands in solidarity with the High Follow-up Committee for the Arab Citizens of Israel, the National Committee of Local Authorities, and all parties, movements and institutions of civil society of the Palestinian people in Israel, who have called a general strike for today, Oct...
Posted: Thu, Oct 1, 2009 8:31am PDT
Free Mohammad Othman Now! Palestinian human rights activist Mohammad Othman was arrested on September 22. At a hearing today the military court extended his detention for another 10 days. Your support is needed to help free this prisoner of conscience....
Posted: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 1:40pm PDT
The Most Dangerous Nuclear Facility in the Middle East From a Tuesday, September 29, 2009 entry on Informed Comment a blog run by Juan Cole...
Posted: Tue, Sep 29, 2009 6:26am PDT
On Palestinian Civil Disobedience Sometime in 1846, Henry David Thoreau spent a night in jail because he refused to pay his taxes. This was his way of opposing the Mexican-American War as well as the institution of slavery. A few years later he published the essay “Civil Disobedience,” which has since been read by millions of people, including many Israelis and Palestinians....
Posted: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 12:47pm PDT
Israel's Ofra Settlement on Unauthorized Palestinian Land more Israeli land theft...
Posted: Mon, Sep 28, 2009 11:50am PDT
Obama comes to aid of Israel over UN war crimes charges Saturday, September 26, 2009 : An authoritative and highly critical United Nations inquiry released last week concluded that Israel “committed actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity” during its three-week offensive against Gaza in December last year....
Posted: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 7:38am PDT
Dialog is the True Alternative to War Our world has lost orientation in a crisis of the market that believed itself omnipotent. A world without spirit is never human. Spirit and dialog give a soul to this global world. Violence and terror always mean defeat for humanity. In the related link, the World Council of Churches urges an end to the Israeli settlements and recognition of the Palestinians....
Posted: Sun, Sep 27, 2009 7:32am PDT
Israel's Fear of Jewish Girls Dating Arabs; Team of Psychologists to "Rescue" Women Youth counselors and psychologists are going after young Jewish women who are dating Arab men to "rescue" them....
Posted: Sat, Sep 26, 2009 3:32am PDT
Spain excludes settlement university from academic competition The “University Center of Ariel in Samaria” (AUCS) has been excluded from a prestigious university competition about sustainable architecture in Spain. With this move, Spain joins the growing number of European governments taking effective, even though preliminary, steps to uphold international law by boycotting or divesting from institutions and corporations involved in or profiting from Israel’s illegal Wall and colonial settlements built on occupied Palestinian land.....
Posted: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 1:14pm PDT
ICC may try IDF officer in wake of Goldstone Gaza report A senior prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague said Monday that he is considering opening an investigation into whether Lt. Col. David Benjamin, an Israel Defense Forces reserve officer, allowed war crimes to be committed during the IDF’s three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip this winter....
Posted: Fri, Sep 25, 2009 1:08pm PDT
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