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Turkey to cut ‘all ties’ with Israel
After an Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound flotilla that left nine Turkish citizens dead, Ankara has introduced a roadmap to “completely” cut its ties with Israel. After Israel failed to apologize or pay compensations for the killing of the Turkish citizens in its attack on the Mavi Marmara on May 31, Turkish Defense Industry Implementation […]
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BDS: a moral strategy
June 17, 2010 This is from the Israeli Occupation Archive by Stéphane Hessel, “diplomat, former ambassador, French resistance fighter and BCRA agent. Born German, he obtained French nationality in 1937”. It is an article decrying the inaction and even connivance of western governments with regard to Israel’s criminality and suggesting what can be done about […]
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Turkey set to freeze ties with Israel: report
(Reuters) – A Turkish newspaper reported on Wednesday that Turkey would halt military cooperation with Israel and not send back the ambassador it withdrew after a deadly Israeli commando operation to stop a Gaza aid convoy. World | Turkey The Turkish government has said it is working on a road map for future ties with […]
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Ireland to expel Israeli diplomat
Ireland is to expel an Israeli diplomat over the use of forged passports in the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai, allegedly by Israeli agents, the Irish foreign minister has announced. Micheal Martin said an investigation had showed that the eight Irish passports used by suspects in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh earlier […]
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Gaza Flotilla: Global Citizens Must Respond Where Governments Have Failed
Stéphane Hessel Holocaust survivor, Human rights activist, Diplomat Posted: June 15, 2010 01:09 PM Israel’s illegal and immoral attack on the Freedom Flotilla humanitarian aid convoy, which left at least nine dead and dozens injured, has rightfully stunned the world. The all-civilian convoy of 6 ships carried over 10,000 tons of critically-needed humanitarian aid and […]
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Palestinian boycott coordinator: “The movement has a huge impact”
Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 14 June 2010 Hind Awwad, national coordinator of the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), recently toured Europe to support the growing worldwide campaign. The movement aims to end the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip and the discrimination against Palestinian citizens in Israel, and calls […]
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Jewish challenges to Zionism on the rise in the US
Gabriel Ash, Emily Katz Kashawi, Mich Levy, Sara Kershnar, The Electronic Intifada, 14 June 2010 In June 2010, two opposite ends of the Jewish political spectrum will vie for one historical moment. As Israel and the Zionist movement struggle to maintain their century-long pull on Jewish minds, a new project is emerging to rechart the […]
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“Arrest me, I’m a terrorist”
American activists who supported, organized, or were on the flotilla headed to Gaza with humanitarian aid stormed the office of U.S. Congressmen Brad Sherman and turned themselves in for their “crimes.” The stunt was in response to Sherman’s call for Americans on the flotilla be arrested for helping “terrorists.” It illustrates the disconnect between a […]
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