Veröffentlicht: 4. January 2011
15-22 Jan 2011, Introduction of Speakers, by PRC
The 2nd Palestine Memorial Week in the UK and Europe will take place as planned from 15th to 22nd Jan 2011. A number of events will take place during the week. Events will be held in various cities with galleries, workshops and film screening taking place in universities and public places. So far,...
Veröffentlicht: 4. January 2011
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 30 December 2010
The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) in Palestine, has expressed its concern following reports that Israeli companies have been contracted to take part in the construction of Rawabi, an already controversial Qatari-financed Palestinian real estate development in the...
Veröffentlicht: 2. January 2011
by David Heap and Derrick O'Keefe*
http://www.straight.com/article-366611/vancouver/david-heap-and-derrick-okeefe-canadian-boat-gaza-campaign-legal-ethical-and-necessary
The Canadian Boat to Gaza initiative continues to be a target for a smear campaign that has little regard for law or facts. Rather incredibly...
Veröffentlicht: 28. December 2010
22/12/2010 The first Asian convoy that plans to break Israel's siege of Gaza has reached Syria, reaffirming its objective of displaying solidarity with the oppressed Palestinians.
The Asian People's Solidarity with Palestine convoy, also known as Asia 1, which is currently joined by activists of 15 different nationalities, began its journey from India and traveled through Pakistan, Iran and Turkey before arriving in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Monday.
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Veröffentlicht: 15. December 2010
Palestinian Information Center, December 13, 2010
GAZA, (PIC)-- The ministry of health in Gaza warned Monday that 137 types of medicine and 150 of essential medical supplies are out of stock in Gaza, among those supplies are drugs used to treat cancer and kidney patients.
The ministry's pharmaceutical director is calling on the...
Veröffentlicht: 15. December 2010
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, December 13, 2010
The Israeli authorities have reduced the amounts of wheat allowed into the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), lower quantities of wheat grain and animal feed have been allowed to enter Gaza during the past few months. Between...
Veröffentlicht: 14. December 2010
If passed, the bill would authorize the prison director to prevent a detainee from meeting with an attorney for up to seven days, instead of the current maximum period of 24 hours. By Jonathan Lis
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a bill yesterday that would allow the state to prevent detainees suspected of security offenses from meeting with an attorney for up to one year.
The bill, introduced by Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, aims to keep...
Veröffentlicht: 14. December 2010
Rami Almeghari,The Electronic Intifada, 10 December 2010
Air strikes by Israeli warplanes at dawn on Thursday caused serious damage to the Gaza Strip's only power plant, plunging the territory -- which already suffers from frequent outages -- into darkness.Media reports said the air strikes hit two sites belonging to Hamas near the Gaza power plant in...
Veröffentlicht: 13. December 2010
Former Israeli soldiers who have testified against army abuses have for the first time given up their anonymity, to make their voices all the harder to ignore. Donald Macintyre gets an exclusive preview of a powerful new book, Sunday, 12 December 2010, The Independent's Jerusalem correspondent
Avichay Stolar is a researcher of Breaking the Silence. He says: 'Young soldiers learn from their officers, they imitate their friends in the unit, and they learn to act in a brutal and insensitive way'
For anyone who has covered Israel, the West Bank and Gaza over the past few years,...
Veröffentlicht: 13. December 2010
26 former top EU officials, including ex EU chief Solana and former German President Richard von Weizsacker, urge world powers to confront Jerusalem over its refusal to obey international law. By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 12.10.2010
A group of 26 senior former European leaders who held power during the past decade are calling for strong measures against Israel in response to its settlement policy and refusal to abide by international law.
In an unusual letter sent Thursday to the leadership of the...