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GRITtv: Creative Activism for Palestine
lauraflanders – April 01, 2010 – Phyllis Bennis and Remi Kanazi discuss the way poetry, art and culture help change minds over the Palestinian/Israeli conflict. GRITtv with Laura Flanders brings participatory democracy onto your computer screen and into your living room, bridging the gap between audience and advocates.
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Report back: Germans call for arms embargo against Israel
On Tuesday, 30th of March 2010 activists of different peace groups gathered close to the Berlin office of Germany”s biggest steel and arms industry company Thyssen Krupp in the centre of Berlin close to the sqare called Gendarmenmarkt to protest against the export of German Dolphin Submarines and warships to Israel. (The text on the […]
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Open Letter to German Left Party (Die Linke)
Dear Friends, This letter is being sent to you by citizens of the state of Israel who are active in various Left groups and on a variety of topics throughout Israel and Palestine, including human rights, ecology, peace, support for refugees, social justice, workers” rights, feminism and queer struggles. We are struggling within our country […]
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MPs call for review of arms exports after Israeli assault on Gaza
Components from UK ‘almost certainly’ used in Operation Cast Lead Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian, Tuesday 30 March 2010 A cross-party group of MPs will call today for a review of the way arms sales are approved after the government admitted British equipment was “almost certainly” used in the assault on Gaza last year. “It is […]
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Montreal Israeli Apartheid Week 2010
6th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week summary On behalf of the organizing committee of Israeli Apartheid Week, we would like to thank everyone who attended or supported IAW 2010. This year”s week, the 6th annual edition, was a huge success!?? Panelists and presenters at IAW touched on many important themes throughout the week, such as recent […]
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SAVE THE DATE FOR THE FIRST NATIONAL JEWISH ANTI-ZIONIST GATHERING
A PRECURSOR TO THE 2010 UNITED STATES SOCIAL FORUM June 19-22, 2010, Detroit, MI The 2010 US Social Forum comes at a critical time for the Palestine Solidarity Movement. The United States is moving towards another plan for “peace” in Israel/Palestine that will reject true demands for justice in the region. On the other hand, […]
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Land Day Commemorations in France in Support of BDS
On March 30, Palestinian Land Day, there will be a large rally of all the people who refuse the repression and threats from our government against the people who join the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Campaign. In less than three weeks, 2000 people have signed a BDS manifesto (see below for a translation into […]
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In the Final Analysis
By Sana A recent “policy paper,” written by McGill History professor Gil Troy and AICE”s Mitchell Bard, has been aggressively circulating around the internet. Supposedly to be presented at a meeting of Jewish scholars and activists in Israel, it condemns the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement as a “full-blown political, economic, cultural, ideological struggle […]
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Ali Abunimah – Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions: Strategies for a Just Peace in Palestine-Israel
Co-founder of the Electronic Intifada, Ali Abunimah, talks about the prospects for a just resolution to the conflict in Palestine-Israel, the debate over one-state or two-state solutions, and the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions campaign to bring an end to the illegal Israeli occupation in the West Bank, and the blockade of Gaza. Ali Abunimah spoke in Portland, Oregon, […]
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Mauritania severs diplomatic ties with Israel
Mauritania has fully severed diplomatic ties with Israel, the northwest African country’s foreign minister said late on Saturday, completing a process that began last year. Mauritania, an Islamic nation that straddles black and Arab Africa, has stopped “completely and definitely its diplomatic relations with Israel,” Naha Mint Mouknass said in the desert capital Nouakchott. At […]
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