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Long struggle ahead for Palestinian workers

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/02/2011 - 17:15

Yesterday marked International Workers’ Day, also known as May Day and Labor Day. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has issued two statements related to this annual commemoration. The first outlines Israel’s violations of Palestinians’ right to work, and the other condemns the Interior Ministry in Gaza’s banning of an assembly of workers to mark International Workers’ Day.

 

On Israel’s labor rights violations:

Disappearing Palestine and "typically Israeli" landscapes

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 04/30/2011 - 01:42

The last paragraph of an article published by Haaretz today on the disappearance of wildlife in Israel reads: “Only 298 winter rain pools remain in the entire country, and other typically Israeli landscapes are also disappearing.”

“Typically Israeli” landscapes?

Qatamesh's detention extended despite insufficient evidence

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Sat, 04/30/2011 - 00:09

Ma’an News Agency reported today that the Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer is condemning the extended detention of Palestinian write and political activist Ahmad Qatamesh. The Electronic Intifada published a report on Qatamesh’s arrest yesterday; his wife told EI that Israeli soldiers raided their family home in al-Bireh, near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on 21 April.

51 Canadian filmmakers protest festival's normalization with Israel

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/29/2011 - 00:53

Fifty-one Canadian filmmakers issued a letter last week to the co-chairs of the Hot Docs documentary film festival to protest its partnership with the Israeli organization CoPro Documentary Marketing Foundation. According to a press release issued today, “The funders of CoPro include the Israel Film Council, an official part of the Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Golan Heights Winery, which operates illegally in the occupied Syrian Golan heights.”

London Palestine Film Festival opens tomorrow!

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 04/28/2011 - 23:08

The 2011 London Palestine Flim Festival will open tomorrow, Friday, 29 April and will run through 11 May.

The opening night will feature Zindeeq to be followed by a q & a with director Michel Khleifi and producer Omar Al-Qattan, chaired by Karma Nabulsi.

Will political arrest of Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamesh be protested?

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 04/26/2011 - 23:40

The Alternative Information Center reports that writer Ahmad Qatamesh was arrested in his family’s Ramallah home by Israeli occupation forces and transferred to the Ofer detention center in Beitunia in the occupied West Bank:

Seattle billboard campaign calls to an end to US aid to Israel

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 17:41

The following is a press release from the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SeaMAC). The photo is by Peter Lippman. For more information about this campaign, visit www.stop30billion-Seattle.org

JVP challenges attempts to keep BDS resolution off TIAA-CREF shareholder ballot

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 17:34
Earlier today, Jewish Voice for Peace responded to retirement giant TIAA-CREF’s efforts to thwart a shareholder resolution asking it to engage with companies in its portfolio that profit from Israel’s illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories.

Yale SJP issues mock eviction notices to dorm residents to highlight house demolitions

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Fri, 04/22/2011 - 17:18

Here’s the Yale Daily News’ report on the Students for Justice in Palestine action:

Many students were surprised to wake up Wednesday to fliers warning that their suites would be demolished within three days.

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