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Photostory: Nakba march in south Lebanon

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/30/2011 - 17:44
Omar Yashruti, a photographer based in Lebanon, photographed these stirring images from the Nakba march in south Lebanon on 15 May. The images include demonstrators carrying away land mines, civil defense workers loading the injured into ambulances, and the Lebanese army chasing the marchers back up the hill, away from the border fence.

EI in the Press: AIPAC speechifying vs. Sabra boycott referendum

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/25/2011 - 21:07

The progressive magazine In These Times blogs today on last night’s event featuring The Electronic Intifada’s Ali Abunimah and celebrated Palestinian spoken-word artist Remi Kanazi at DePaul University — which student activist Sami Kishawi described as “ground zero of the growing campus boycott movement in Chicago” in an op-ed for The Electronic Intifada

Lawsuit filed to seek information on US role in deadly flotilla attack

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 22:15

The Center for Constitutional Rights launched a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit today seeking documents regarding the US government’s knowledge and role in the deadly Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla this time last year.

BREAKING: FBI plans, interview questions discovered in raided activist's home

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 21:52
Activists in the Twin Cities today announced at a press conference that they were releasing a recently-found document that was left behind by federal agents when they raided Mick Kelly and Linden Gawboy’s Minneapolis home on 24 September 2010.

Moving extended footage of Sunday's Nakba march in Lebanon

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 19:42
A new 19-minute video from Sunday’s Nakba march in Lebanon shows emotional scenes from the day.

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon invisible to international media

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/18/2011 - 01:55
Just as Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have been disenfranchised from the political process after Oslo, they have been disenfranchised in the media.

Close-up video of Israeli soldiers dressed as Palestinians arresting demonstrators

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 01:48

Yesterday I wrote about this photo of an Israeli undercover agent disguised as a Palestinian woman civilian who was involved in the arrest of demonstrators at Qalandiya checkpoint during Sunday’s Nakba protests.

More than 350 injured, 130 arrested in Egypt Nakba protests

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 23:19
Multiple publications in Egypt have reported that more than 350 persons were injured by Egyptian forces during a protest outside of the Israeli consulate in the Cairo suburb of Giza last night, citing health ministry figures. Peaceful protests outside of the Israeli embassy were ongoing on Sunday, the day that marks the Palestinin Nakba — the forced dispossession of the Palestinian homeland with the establishment of the State of Israel. But the scene turned violent towards the end of the night.

Video: scenes from yesterdays clashes at Qalandiya checkpoint

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 19:20

A dramatic video documents protesters marching on Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.

Sabra boycott referendum up for student vote at DePaul University

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 05:19
After DePaul University initially agreed to remove Sabra hummus from the school’s cafe, outside pressure from the usual suspects caused the university to reverse its decision. However, Students for Justice in Palestine activists didn’t take no for an answer and they are now posing the question of whether the school should boycott Sabra through a student government referendum.

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