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OPINION/EDITORIAL

United solidarity with Gaza

8 February 2010

Once the Gaza Freedom March arrived in Cairo I repeatedly heard justification that organizers did not want to put Egyptian protesters at risk. Yet, Egyptians regularly protest in Egypt despite the risks. For a group of outsiders to justify the exclusion of our involvement without asking our opinion -- in spite of the good intentions of "protecting" us -- felt paternalistic and demeaning. Philip Rizk comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]

How surrendering Palestinian rights became the language of "peace"

27 January 2010

The 1993 Oslo agreement did not only usher in a new era of Palestinian-Israeli relations but has had a much more lasting effect in transforming the very language through which these relations have been governed internationally and the way the Palestinian leadership viewed them. Joseph Massad comments. [MORE]




LIVE FROM PALESTINE: DIARIES

A mother's grief

9 February 2010

Nejoud al-Ashqar is a 30-year-old mother from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Two of her sons, Bilal, 5, and Mohammad, 6, were killed during Israel's invasion of Gaza last winter. Al-Ashqar also lost her right arm in the assault. EI contributor Rami Almeghari writes from Gaza about the hardships endured by the al-Ashqar family since the Israeli invasion. [MORE]

Fighting for an education in Gaza

1 February 2010

Ayman Talal Quader is a blogger from the Nuseirat refugee camp located in the middle of the Gaza Strip. On his blog titled "Voice From Gaza," Aywan chronicled eyewitness accounts of the war and the continuing siege of the territory as well as his own attempts to leave Gaza in order to further his education in Spain. Although classes start on 8 February, he has yet to receive approval from the Egyptian government to travel to Cairo for his flight to Spain. The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre recently spoke with Ayman in Gaza. [MORE]




HUMAN RIGHTS

Jerusalem mayor to raze 200 Palestinian homes

9 February 2010

Jerusalem's mayor threatened last week to demolish 200 homes in Palestinian neighborhoods of the city in an act even he conceded would probably bring long-simmering tensions over housing in East Jerusalem to a boil. His uncompromising stance is the latest stage in a protracted legal battle over a single building towering above the jumble of modest homes of Silwan. Jonathan Cook reports from Jerusalem. [MORE]

Justice denied in Gaza

8 February 2010

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Gazans hoping for a modicum of justice following Israel's indiscriminate military assault on the coastal territory during December 2008 and January 2009 -- which left 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, dead -- could be waiting in vain. The Israeli government has taken the offensive in the propaganda battle and attacked United Nations-appointed Justice Richard Goldstone's report into war crimes committed during the war. [MORE]




DEVELOPMENT

Nightmares continue to plague Gaza children

3 February 2010

OCCUPIED GAZA STRIP (IRIN) - Mona al-Samouni, 12, is depressed and has nightmares about the day -- just more than a year ago -- when she witnessed her parents and a number of relatives being shot by Israeli soldiers in their home in Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City. Like a number of other children who witnessed horrific events during last year's 23-day Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, Mona has become increasingly withdrawn and silent -- common ways of coping with tragedies, doctors say. [MORE]

Hamas parliamentarian: "We accept existence of Israel within 1967 borders"

1 February 2010

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - Palestinian politics are at an impasse. The four-year term of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) ended on 25 January with no new elections planned. Presidential elections, meant to be held last year, were also postponed indefinitely. IPS spoke with Dr. Mahmoud Ramahi, a neurosurgeon and secretary-general of the PLC, on the political deadlock. [MORE]




ISRAEL LOBBY WATCH

Pro-Israel lobbies target Europe

3 February 2010

BRUSSELS (IPS) - Defenders of Israel's aggressive stance have for many years been recognized as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby has been making a concerted effort to strengthen its presence in Europe. The lobby's determination to make an impression on European Union (EU) policy-makers was exemplified by a new booklet published on 28 January. [MORE]

Propaganda disguised as academic inquiry at the University of Illinois

4 December 2009

Chancellor Richard Herman of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign recently resigned due to his cooperation with political influence-peddlers seeking to gain admission for less qualified but privileged applicants. But Herman also participated in a more acceptable form of political corruption -- publicly displayed with the invocation of high principle -- in his cooperation with the Israel lobby in opposition to the British boycott of Israeli academics, and in the funding of the Israel Studies Project at the Urbana campus. David Green writes for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]




INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY

Institute for Palestine Studies commemorates Nakba on the Web

22 May 2008

The Institute for Palestine Studies (IPS) has created a special on-line resource to commemorate the Nakba (catastrophe) of 1948. "1948: Sixty Years On ..." draws on the Institute's rich archives and its flagship Journal of Palestine Studies to provide wide public access to incisive articles, analyses, memoirs, detailed maps, and chronologies. These materials illuminate the events leading up to and culminating in the establishment of the state of Israel and the beginning of the Palestinian tragedy. [MORE]




BUSINESS & ECONOMY

Israel offers Palestinians day shoppers, not statehood

15 July 2009

The reality of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's promises of "economic peace" for the Palestinians is nowhere under greater scrutiny than in Jenin, the northern West Bank city being aggressively promoted as a potential model of cooperation with Israel. Jonathan Cook reports from Jenin. [MORE]








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Palestine : Diaries: Live from Palestine: A mother's grief (9 February 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Jerusalem mayor to raze 200 Palestinian homes (9 February 2010)
Palestine : Opinion/Editorial: United solidarity with Gaza (8 February 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Justice denied in Gaza (8 February 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Israel slaps six-month travel ban on Palestinian map expert (5 February 2010)
Palestine : Activism News: Pressure continues on Veolia and Alstom to halt light rail project (5 February 2010)
Palestine : Art, Music & Culture: Naseer Shamma and the music of resistance (4 February 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Report: Israel stole $2 billion from Palestinian workers (4 February 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Raze illegal buildings -- unless they are Jewish (4 February 2010)
Palestine : Development: Nightmares continue to plague Gaza children (3 February 2010)
Palestine : Israel Lobby Watch: Pro-Israel lobbies target Europe (3 February 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Canadian organization attacking Palestinian rights groups (3 February 2010)




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