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OPINION/EDITORIAL

What's in a name? In a racist society, everything

29 July 2010

A young Jewish Israeli woman and a young Palestinian Jerusalemite had consensual sex. Afterwards, the Jewish woman discovered that her partner was in fact not Jewish at all, but horror of horror, a Palestinian. But there was more, the Palestinian had called himself "Dudu," his nickname, but one most often used by Israeli Jews, and from this the young woman concluded she had been deliberately deceived and in fact raped. Richard Irvine comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]

Human Rights Watch flotilla stance mirrors that of US, Israel

23 July 2010

Despite the alarms sounded by its most staunch critics, Human Rights Watch has been mostly silent on the horrific Gaza Freedom Flotilla attack. When they have spoken out, they have been notably timid, essentially sharing the same positions as the US government, Israel's closest ally. [MORE]




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WHAT'S NEW ON EI?

The latest articles from all sections of EI.
Palestine : Activism News: Activists work to stop tax-exempt donations to Israeli settlements (30 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: US tax-exempt donations fund Israeli settlements (30 July 2010)
Palestine : Art, Music & Culture: Book review: history lesson on the left's Palestine blind spot (30 July 2010)
Palestine : Opinion/Editorial: What's in a name? In a racist society, everything (29 July 2010)
Palestine : Activism News: Don't deny our rights: open letter to Mahmoud Abbas (29 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Blair's undisclosed business dealings conflict with Quartet role (29 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Groups urge Clinton to intervene in case of jailed rights defender (29 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Bedouin village razed in Negev as Israelis cheer on (28 July 2010)
Palestine : Israel Lobby Watch: Dutch Christian Zionists enjoy political clout (28 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Israel's Shin Bet encouraged accused killer to assassinate Raed Salah (28 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Israelis rally around officer convicted of killing unarmed Palestinian motorist (27 July 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Egypt remains complicit in Gaza siege (27 July 2010)

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LIVE FROM PALESTINE: DIARIES

Gaza children shelled with flechette bombs

27 July 2010

Nine-year-old Samah al-Massry is now being hospitalized in serious condition, having been hit by shrapnel and flechettes from an Israeli-fired nail bomb that landed 100 meters away, causing internal bleeding to the chest and severe head trauma. Adie Mormech reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]

No words to console Gaza child after mother is killed by Israeli shelling

26 July 2010

Around 8:45pm on 13 July, 2010, a few of the women of the Abu Said family in the northern Gaza Strip were enjoying the cool of the evening in the courtyard in front of their house. They heard a muffled shooting sound, followed soon after by another, and then by a loud buzzing noise, as if a swarm of insects was approaching at full speed. Vittorio Arrigoni reports from the occupied Gaza Strip. [MORE]




HUMAN RIGHTS

US tax-exempt donations fund Israeli settlements

30 July 2010

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Anger has arisen in Palestinian areas over reports that millions of tax-exempt dollars from the US are being funneled towards Israel's illegal settlement building in the occupied Palestinian West Bank -- in flagrant violation of international law.a [MORE]

Blair's undisclosed business dealings conflict with Quartet role

29 July 2010

Tony Blair's relationship with one of the world's richest men poses a clear and significant conflict of interest with his duties as Quartet envoy. Adri Nieuwhof reports. [MORE]




ACTIVISM NEWS

Activists work to stop tax-exempt donations to Israeli settlements

30 July 2010

As Israel's illegal settlement enterprise in the occupied West Bank continues to be a strain on US-Israel relations, an unflattering light is being shone on US private donations towards the development of the settlements that are increasingly encroaching on Palestinian land. Alice Speri reports for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]




ARTS, MUSIC & CULTURE

Book review: history lesson on the left's Palestine blind spot

30 July 2010

If I am Not For Myself provides fascinating critical insight into Zionism, and amounts to a crucial warning from history on Palestine for the liberal left of today. Asa Winstanley reviews for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]






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