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Israeli army official speakers misinform their readers on Twitter

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 23:26

I am getting sick of the idea that the Israeli army spokespersons are allowed to tweet wrong information, mock dead people, tweet outdated

Israelis who sign petition for "Danish refugees" recoil in horror when asked to sign for Sudanese

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 20:05

Stop deportation of Danish refugees, except they aren’t Danish. A two-minute video exposes mainstream racism in the Israeli society in an excellent way, it shows how a European refugee would get the support and sympathy of the Israeli society, but an African refugee would be labeled with “disgusting” and “disease,” and should be expelled for being an “ethnic problem.”

Attack dogs against unarmed Palestinians in Kufr Qaddoum and breaking a journalist's camera in Al-Ma'asara

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Sat, 03/17/2012 - 01:25

It is yet another Friday where demonstrations get brutally attacked by Israel’s military in the occupied West Bank. In today’s demonstration in Kufr Qaddoum, Israeli soldiers released military hounds to attack unarmed Palestinian protesters. One dog bit a Palestinian activist and didn’t let go of his hand for several minutes, even when the dog’s handler ordered the dog to let go. The injured Palestinian, Ahmad Shtewi, was arrested by Israeli soldiers even when he was clearly in need of immediate medical attention.

Film: In Search of Palestine - Edward Said's Return Home

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 18:10
A 1998 film presented by Edward Said raises questions that are just as relevant today.

Black people against Zionism, Black people against Apartheid

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 03/06/2012 - 20:37

Yesterday, Aljazeera Stream’s episode was titled ‘Blackwashing’ and the Israel lobby, it hosted Journalist Max Blumenthal and BreitBart.com editor Ben Shapiro. You can watch the whole episode on The Stream and see Shapiro trying to evade the topic at hand and purposelessly attacking Blumenthal, the episode was very interesting, it is embedded here:

Palestinian Preventive Security arrest Youth Against Settlements spokesperson

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Thu, 03/01/2012 - 20:57
Palestinian Preventive Security forces arrested youth activist Mohammad Zughayar in Hebron last Tuesday, 28 February. Zughayar is the spokesperson of the Hebron-based Youth Against Settlements activist group.

Watch: Speech by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi at the Israeli Apartheid Week, London

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 14:23
A ten-minute speech by Mbuyiseni Ndlozi powerfully relates the South African struggle for freedom to the Palestinian one.

Khader Adnan, a Globally Trending Topic on Twitter

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 02/21/2012 - 15:11

Yesterday, I published a piece in Al-Akhbar English about the twitter campaign to get more people to learn about and support khader Adnan’s hunger strike. Last night, hashtag #HungerStrikingfor65days was the strongest hashtag yet, thousands tweeted using that hashtag and it remained #1 globally trending topic for over an hour. Twitter has got millions of people to pay attention to Khader Adnan’s case online.  Read my piece below for more on this virtual protest.

Amnesty to Israel: End use of administrative detention

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 17:56
Amnesty International has launched another appeal calling on the Israeli Minister of Defense to release or charge Khader Adnan, end the use of administrative detention and ensure humane treatment of all detainees.

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