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US aid freeze designed to further punish Palestinians

Michelle Gyeney
11 October 2011
The US Congress has voted to freeze aid to the Palestinian Authority worth $200 million. The common theme of the freeze is the disruption of activities that might reinforce the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) drive for statehood.

Wikileaks, the Israeli embassy takeover, and the US normalization project

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 05:10
The US project for normalization with the the Israeli colonizing and apartheid regime was dealt a severe blow last Friday when protesters battered down the walls of the Israeli embassy in Cairo and even managed to break into the embassy’s offices.

Irish Ship to Gaza release documentation of boat sabotage

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 17:40
The Irish Ship to Gaza campaign released documentation today that they say shows the MV Saoirse, docked in the Turkish coastal port of Gocek, was sabotaged in way “intended to endanger and/or inflict injury or death on Irish citizens as they went about their lawful right to sail on the high seas.”

US government moves to criminalize Palestine solidarity

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 06/27/2011 - 23:34
In an op-ed published by Al Jazeera English today, I write about the US government’s attempts to criminalize the Palestine solidarity activists — including the State Department’s threats to prosecute activists involved with the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. I also appeared on Al Jazeera English’s The Stream today to discuss FBI raids and subpoenas targeting activists.

Hillary Clinton gives green light for Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 19:14

In comments yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to lay the ground – indeed almost provide a green light – for an Israeli military attack on the upcoming Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which will include the US Boat to Gaza.

The case for UN recognition of Palestine

Victor Kattan
13 June 2011
Victor Kattan argues that UN membership for a State of Palestine would be a strategic asset to the Palestinian struggle for self-determination, although there are risks involved.

US activists prepare to break Israel's blockade on Gaza

Alex Kane
10 June 2011
Final preparations are underway for the next big flotilla to Gaza, which is scheduled to occur in late June. The US Boat to Gaza will take part in the largest planned fleet yet, with an estimated 1,000 passengers from an array of countries collaborating to break Israel’s blockade.

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.

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.

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.

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