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Bilin protesters bulldoze part of Israel's illegal wall

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 20:17
The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee reports today that the Israeli army opened fire at a Palestinian protester operating a bulldozer at a gate in the wall in Bilin village today. Hundreds protested today during the weekly demonstration in the occupied West Bank village today, after the Israeli army finally began to implement this week an Israeli high court decision made four years ago to dismantle part of the illegal Israeli wall in the village.

Oroub al-Abed on "The Invisible Community: Egypt's Palestinians"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 16:50
While Egypt has played an important role in the fate of the Palestinian national movement, little attention has been paid to Palestinians in Egypt. In a new policy brief from Al-Shabaka: the Palestinian Policy Network, Oroub el-Abed gives an overview of the experience of Palestinians in Egypt and where they stand today.

Graphic novel account of deadly Flotilla raid released

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 06/22/2011 - 16:47
Just as activists from all over the world prepare to embark on the second Freedom Flotilla to Gaza, Prisoners of Love, a comic book-style account of Israel’s deadly raid on the first Gaza Freedom Flotilla last year, has just been released.

Guardian/B'Tselem video project documents state of siege in East Jerusalem

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/10/2011 - 03:10
This month the Guardian (UK) and B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization, published a series of videos that powerfully document the state of siege in occupied East Jerusalem. Six cameras were given to Jerusalem residents — four to Palestinians and two to Israelis.

Video: Israeli police wrestle US citizen to ground, put knee on his neck

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 22:45
In this video which appears to have been shot on “Jerusalem Day” — marked this earlier this month by thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers who provocatively marched in Jerusalem — a young American Jew states his solidarity with the Palestinian people before being roughly arrested by Israeli police.

Update/analysis: Cameron changes "no comment" stance on JNF departure

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/09/2011 - 06:38
Last month Asa Winstanley reported for The Electronic Intifada on how British Prime Minister David Cameron had stepped down as honorary Jewish National Fund patron. Asa, a journalist in London who blogs at winstanleys.org and who can be followed on Twitter, wrote up an update and analysis after the prime minister’s spokespersons broke the silence on Cameron’s resignation.

Former professors refute Israel's indictment of kidnapped Gaza engineer

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 04:00
Former professors of Dirar Abu Sisi, the engineer from Gaza who went missing during a train trip in Ukraine last February, refute allegations in Israel’s indictment that the man was taught weapons systems at university. The indictment also claims that one of Abu Sisi’s professors studied at a military engineering school in east Ukraine, though no such school exists, the Associated Press has found.

Israeli bullets killed protesters, yet Syria is responsible say Israel, US

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 00:55
The Government of Israel, which has occupied the Syrian Golan Heights since 1967, has stated its intention to complain to the United Nations over the march from Syria on the occupied Golan Heights yesterday. At least twenty persons are reported to have been killed by Israeli fire during a protest marking Naksa Day or the 1967 occupation of Arab lands.

Trial of grassroots activist Bassem Tamimi to begin Sunday

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 06/03/2011 - 05:31
Popular resistance organizer Bassem Tamimi, from the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, will be put on trial in an Israeli military court this Sunday.

Persecution of Hamas activists continues in the West Bank

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 05:42

While the composition of the new Palestinian Authority technocrat government is meant to be announced on 6 June, on the ground, the Palestinian Authority collaboration with the Israeli occupation and the persecution of Hamas activists continues as usual.

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