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Emergency BDS Day of Action – June 5th, 2010
Call for Action by the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) 1 June 2010 Palestinian civil society calls for intensifying boycott and sanctions as Israel massacres humanitarian relief workers and international solidarity activists Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2010 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) strongly condemns last night”s fatal attack by the […]
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Black America, Corporate Media and the Siege of Gaza
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon This weekend, heavily armed Israeli military forces intercepted a flotilla bearing relief supplies for Gaza in international waters. The intention of the crew and passengers, who hail from more than a dozen countries and include a number of Israeli Jews, was to run the more than three year […]
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Welcome actions by South Africa government on Israeli massacre
Issued by the Coalition for a Free Palestine 2 June 2010 The Coalition for a Free Palestine welcomes recent actions by the South African government in responding to the murderous attack by Israeli soldiers on unarmed civilians in an aid convoy to Gaza. Since the Israeli attack early Monday morning, the South African Department of […]
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The day the world became Gaza
By Ali Abunimah Since Israel’s invasion and massacre of over 1,400 people in Gaza 18 months ago, dubbed Operation Cast Lead, global civil society movements have stepped up their campaigns for justice and solidarity with Palestinians. Governments, by contrast, carried on with business as usual, maintaining a complicit silence. Israel’s lethal attack on the Freedom […]
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At least 17 nations summon Israeli ambassadors
Published Monday 31/05/2010 (updated) 02/06/2010 10:33 Bethlehem – Ma’an – As international condemnation over the killing of at least 10 activists by Israeli forces as they raided an aid convoy en route to Gaza, a host of governments have summoned Israeli ambassadors to provide a full explanation on the assault. The countries include: Austria Belgium […]
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Ecuador recalls envoy; Chavez: Israel a murderer
Latin America’s left-wing governments continue to criticize Jewish state over deadly Navy raid. ‘Israel is a damned, terrorist country. Long live the Palestinian people,’ Venezuelan president says AFP Published: 06.03.10, 12:24 / Israel News Ecuador President Rafael Correa says he has recalled the country’s ambassador to Israel for consultations in Quito following the deadly Israeli […]
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SA to recall its ambassador to Israel
South Africa will recall its ambassador to Israel following a deadly attack on a vessel attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, Deputy International Relations Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim said on Thursday. However, government had no intention of expelling the Israeli ambassador to South Africa or of cutting diplomatic ties with that community. “The recall of […]
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Nicaragua suspends diplomatic ties with Israel
Managua slams ‘illegal nature of attack on Gaza aid flotilla, reiterates support for Palestinians AFP Published: 06.02.10, 07:56 / Israel News Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with Israel on Tuesday in protest at Israel’s raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine people, President Daniel Ortega’s office said. “Nicaragua suspends from today its diplomatic relations […]
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Complete Interview Transcript with Richard Falk from May 31st 2010
Leading UN Investigator for Human Rights in Occupied Palestine Says Israeli Commando Raid was “as clear a violation of international humanitarian law… as we are likely to see in the early part of the 21st Century.” By Dennis Bernstein and Jesse Strauss In a pre-dawn raid on Monday, in international waters, off the coast of […]
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