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Film production company Zed Films behind "Sex with the Psychologist" hasbara video

Benjamin Doherty 7 July 2011

On 30 June, a new Israeli video appeared on the internet which used satire to attack and misrepresent the Gaza Freedom Flotilla 2. “Sex with the Psychologist” features a young woman seeking treatment for an unspecified but apparently traumatic problem. The psychologist performs a Rorschach test which causes her to tell a story of a young woman who has been abused and harassed. Read more about Film production company Zed Films behind "Sex with the Psychologist" hasbara video

Bringing hope and history to Balata camp youth

Mel Frykberg Balata refugee camp 6 July 2011

The Yaffa Community Center, named after the city of Jaffa in present-day Israel, was established in 1996 by a group of Palestinian intellectuals. It was established to teach the next generation of Palestinians about their culture, history and the Palestinian political struggle. Read more about Bringing hope and history to Balata camp youth

Israeli checkpoints kill women in childbirth, says new study

6 July 2011

For three years now a United Kingdom medical journal The Lancet has been working with Palestinian health professionals and researchers to document the effects of stressful living — coping with economic difficulties and shortages, restrictions on movement, political tensions and fear of outside attack — and has just published its latest findings. Read more about Israeli checkpoints kill women in childbirth, says new study

There's more to Gaza than broken slabs of concrete

Sami Kishawi Gaza City 7 July 2011

Returning to Gaza for a family visit after years away, Sami Kishawi reflects on the Gaza you see and don’t see through the media’s eye. Read more about There's more to Gaza than broken slabs of concrete

Children not exempt from widespread torture in Israeli detention

6 July 2011

Sleep deprived and suffering from a broken leg, 16-year-old Muhammad Halabiyeh endured days of torture at the hands of Israeli soldiers and police officers, who punched him repeatedly in the face and abdomen, shoved needles into his hand and leg, and threatened the Palestinian teenager with sexual abuse. Read more about Children not exempt from widespread torture in Israeli detention

BDS activists to TIAA-CREF: We divest from Israel's occupation

Nora Barrows-Friedman 5 July 2011

BDS activists with We Divest From Israel’s Occupation recently performed a flashmob action in New York City’s Times Square after pension giant TIAA-CREF censored a shareholder resolution last week. Read more about BDS activists to TIAA-CREF: We divest from Israel's occupation

Challenging Israeli apartheid -- by plane

Mazin Qumsiyeh 5 July 2011

This week, hundreds of activists plan on challenging Israel’s apartheid apartheid by flying in to Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv as part of the “Welcome to Palestine” initiative. Heraclitis once stated that “There is nothing permanent except change,” and indeed human history is a chronicle of change — and the Welcome to Palestine project follows that tradition. Read more about Challenging Israeli apartheid -- by plane

Following boarding and arrests, Canada boat demands end to Greek interference

Benjamin Doherty 5 July 2011

Yesterday Canadian activists attempted to leave Greece and sail for Gaza, but their boat was boarded and commandeered by Greek coast guards. Today, the activists on board the Tahrir issued a statement to explain their current situation and the action they want Canadians and other supporters to take. Read more about Following boarding and arrests, Canada boat demands end to Greek interference

Learning capoeira in the shadow of Israel's wall

5 July 2011

The Bidna Capoeira project aims to help children cope with trauma by learning capoeira, an age-old Afro-Brazilian martial art. Read more about Learning capoeira in the shadow of Israel's wall

Why was Salah muzzled for preaching peace in London?

Jonathan Cook 5 July 2011

Israel’s legal system, despite its reputation for presuming that Palestinian citizens are habitual security offenders, has neither found Sheikh Raed Salah guilty of anti-Semitism nor of directly helping terrorists. So why is Britain being even “more Israeli rather than the Israelis,” as two Arab members of the Israeli parliament caustically observed, and detaining him? Read more about Why was Salah muzzled for preaching peace in London?

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