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  Israel is running out of time

  Complementing the previous quote of the day, here’s yet another warning. “We have no time — time works against us. The conflict can be transferred from a national conflict to a religious... Posted Mar 11 2010, 09:59 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Canada, World Order

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  Quote of the day

  “The Israel-Palestine standoff is a globally consequential fault line that will blow sooner rather than later if the problems and pressures there are not seriously addressed.” - Steve Clemons... Posted Mar 09 2010, 05:48 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, world, Occupation, USA

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  #Gaza1000: 1000 Days of The Israeli Siege on Gaza [+European Commission Report]

  Today, Gaza completes the day No. 1000 of the Israeli siege and the disaster is eating the land and the citizens of Gaza. All of that was because they didn’t want to leave their lands, they didn’t... Posted Mar 09 2010, 11:47 AM by Mohammad Badi Filed under: Palestine, Israel, politics, Gaza, Occupation, army, siege, Gaza1000

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  PCHR: “Through Women’s Eyes”

  “The Israeli offensive claimed the lives of 118 women, and injured at least 825 more. However, although the numbers of victims and casualties illustrate the appalling human toll of this conflict... Posted Mar 08 2010, 09:46 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, Humanity, Human Spirit, Resilience

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  Gandhi in Bil’in

  [Click on image for details] Read More... Posted Mar 06 2010, 06:10 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, International Law

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  Germany’s fear of Finkelstein

  McCarthyism à l’Israélienne vs. Jewish Humanism Read More... Posted Mar 05 2010, 05:59 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Dissent, Germany, Free Speech, Fundamentalist Zionist Lobby, Goldstone report

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  IAW 2010: articles, blogposts, columns, … [updated]

  “As long as in this territory west of the Jordan river there is only one political entity called Israel it is going to be either non-Jewish, or non-democratic,… If this bloc of millions of... Posted Mar 03 2010, 05:30 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, ethnic cleansing, APARTHEID, BDS Israel, International Law, Colonialism, O Canada!

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  Why Israel Isn’t Worry from Arab? Make It Clear!

  The old people always says and advise their sons and daughters to not let children mistakes go with the wind! They always say, you should talk to them, make it clear that what they did was completely wrong... Posted Feb 28 2010, 10:20 AM by Mohammad Badi Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Arab, politics, Occupation, army, Jerusalem, shame, Country, Killings, Lands, Force

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  Quote of the day

  “It’s cliche to talk about how we’re in a state of occupation and we’re trying to occupy more and more. I’m at that age where I don’t even talk about peace anymore.... Posted Feb 28 2010, 08:30 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Dissent, World Order

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  On bringing Israel back into the fold

  Perhaps worried that Israel has strayed too far from the international community and worried also about the ensuing backlash (and possibly even more dire consequences), Irwin Cotler is there advising her... Posted Feb 27 2010, 10:00 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, International Law, Goldstone report

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  Australia yearning for independence

  Kind of … What I find intriguing is that people from every country entrapped in this maze seem to be convinced that they are alone in there, which is obviously not true. Strange! Read More... Posted Feb 27 2010, 04:18 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Australia, International Law, Dual loyalty, Fundamentalist Zionist Lobby

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  Finkelstein on the I/P conflict

  “Even though Israel came into existence as a result of the international system built around the UN, its leaders have tended to take the view that international law does not really exist or, if it... Posted Feb 27 2010, 11:30 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, International Law

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  A town called Budrus

  This is a story of a town in the occupied West Bank. It is called Budrus. It is a story of hope. Read More... Posted Feb 27 2010, 10:48 AM by Under My Olive Tree Filed under: Occupation

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  “Stop the Violence, Stop the Hatred”

  A new campaign from Americans For Peace Now. Read More... Posted Feb 26 2010, 09:00 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Humanity, Antidote

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  Day in a life of a Palestinian

  Here is one incident with a reputable Palestinian Professor: "Every day here sees new injustices and no one escapes them. On Wednesday, my wife, I, and a graduate student drove up to Salfit area where... Posted Feb 26 2010, 01:19 PM by Under My Olive Tree Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation

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  February 25 is “Open Shuhada Street Day”

  Jerry Haber explains. See also here. Read More... Posted Feb 24 2010, 08:17 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Anti-Apartheid, International Law

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  Defense for Children International appeals for detained minors

  From Ma’an News Following the detention of 17 minors, many of them children, from the Jalazone Refugee Camp on 11 February, Defense for Children International issued an emergency appeal seeking an... Posted Feb 24 2010, 08:02 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Children in war

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  Quote of the day

  “A democracy reserved for privileged citizens while all others are denied individual and national rights and kept behind checkpoints, barbed wire fences and separation walls manned by Israel’s military... Posted Feb 24 2010, 09:05 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Democracy, Gaza, Occupation, West Bank, Dissent, International Law

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  “Mideast might upset NDP unity”

  From John Ivison, National Post: Nothing divides the NDP like the Israel-Palestine conflict. It’s rare to find a New Democrat too busy to talk to the media but deputy leaders Libby Davies and Thomas... Posted Feb 24 2010, 09:00 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Canada

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  Gaza One Year Later

  Link at blip.tv Also of value is this French documentary the first part of which is linked to below. The other parts are available on You Tube. Read More... Posted Feb 22 2010, 10:39 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, Humanity, International Law

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  There goes another international treaty!

  M.J. Rosenberg on the outrage of the day: [Prof. Martin Kramer of Harvard] argues that a good way to stifle Palestinian radicalism is by preventing Palestinian males from growing up by stopping either... Posted Feb 22 2010, 09:37 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Genocide, Barbarity, International Law

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  Michael Ratner describes Israeli apartheid

  [via Antony Loewenstein] Part 2 Read More... Posted Feb 16 2010, 06:05 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Dissent, ethnic cleansing, APARTHEID, International Law, Colonialism, Human Spirit

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  Quote of the day: “It takes a network to fight a network”

  From The Reut Institute: “In order to contend with the Delegitimization Network, Israel must operate according to a network-driven logic: On the one hand, Israel must identify and focus its efforts... Posted Feb 15 2010, 07:23 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, RACISM, Gaza, Occupation, West Bank, Humanity, Dissent, War on societies, Resistance, Solidarity, ethnic cleansing, Barbarity, war crimes, Militarism, International Law, Colonialism, State Terrorism, Resilience, hasbara

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  Reut Institute’s strategy for going against Israel’s critics

  From The Reut Institute: “In order to contend with the Delegitimization Network, Israel must operate according to a network-driven logic: On the one hand, Israel must identify and focus its efforts... Posted Feb 15 2010, 07:23 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, RACISM, Gaza, Occupation, West Bank, Humanity, Dissent, War on societies, Resistance, Solidarity, ethnic cleansing, Barbarity, war crimes, Militarism, International Law, Colonialism, State Terrorism, Resilience, hasbara

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  On the current delegitimization canard

  Critics of Israel’s policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are now being labeled “delegitimizers” – “a worldwide network of private individuals and organizations... Posted Feb 14 2010, 06:04 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Dissent, ethnic cleansing, Colonialism

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  Two new websites

  Read More... Posted Feb 14 2010, 05:43 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Democracy, Gaza, Occupation, Dissent, Goldstone report

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  Israeli Apartheid Week March 1-7

  Source Toronto – Ottawa – Vancouver Expected trouble ——————– Easy Guide to International Humanitarian Law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory The... Posted Feb 13 2010, 09:00 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Anti-Apartheid, Humanity, Dissent, Solidarity, ethnic cleansing, Activism, BDS Israel, International Law, Colonialism, Human Spirit

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  Shuafat: tax evasion or something horrendous?

  “A heavy military presence was deployed at all entrances to the camp. Israeli authorities claimed the raids were aimed to arrest people who had not paid taxes [Say what?]. As police started to use... Posted Feb 12 2010, 10:03 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, State Terrorism

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  The Taboo: to debate or not to debate?

  The Daily Dish responds: affirmative. Columnist Goldberg called it the taboo that won’t shut up. Yet, with this latest sortie against Sullivan, it would appear that the jury is still out on whether... Posted Feb 12 2010, 09:17 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Dissent, Free Speech, Anti-semitism, Fundamentalist Zionist Lobby

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  Why single out Israel? (3)

  From BRICUP: But why Israel, why now? Advocates of consumer, professional and academics boycotts of Israel are asked ‘why pick on Israel?’ Israel is not uniquely awful, and neither was South... Posted Feb 10 2010, 10:49 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, UK, Occupation, Humanity, Dissent, Solidarity, BDS Israel

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  A report from Addameer & Stop the Wall

  Addameer and Stop the Wall’s joint report on Israeli arrest and detention of Palestinian Wall human rights activists. [via Jews for Justice for Palestinians] Read More... Posted Feb 10 2010, 09:56 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Resistance, ethnic cleansing, Colonialism, State Terrorism

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  The Handshake

  See Marc Lynch’s analysis Read More... Posted Feb 09 2010, 05:44 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Arab World, Israel, Occupation, Middle-East

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  Quote of the day

  “What is happening to the Palestinian people today will likely have serious consequences for us here in Canada tomorrow.” – Joanne Naiman Read More... Posted Feb 05 2010, 11:04 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Canada

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  شو رأيك بحياتك في فلسطين؟

  بقلم: سائد كرزون أتحدث في اليوم العادي مع عدد لا باس به من الشباب و الصبايا، و لاحظت مؤخرا ازدياد عدد الراغبين بمغادرة فلسطين و السفر إلى أي مكان كان، فقط للخروج من هذه المنطقة المحظورة، حينها شعرت أنني... Posted Feb 05 2010, 09:10 PM by 7iber Dot Com Filed under: Palestine, Life, Israel, Occupation, West Bank, 7iber, Society | اجتماعيات, saed karazon

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  “How we became enemies of the state”

  by Dorit Abramovitch For decades those who were discriminated against by the dominant Jewish narrative have been claiming that the discrimination and oppression would not stop with the Palestinians, would... Posted Feb 03 2010, 06:43 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Democracy, Occupation, Dissent, Canada

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  The Lobby in Europe

  by David Cronin Defenders of Israel’s aggressive stance have for many years been recognised as a powerful force shaping United States foreign policy. A less well-known fact is that the pro-Israel lobby... Posted Feb 03 2010, 05:32 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Europe, Occupation

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  Al-Tal’a, Um Zaituna

  [Click on image for details] Voices warning of the coming storm: Israeli left needs to wake up before it’s too late Could it be the end of Israeli democracy? “I’ve never felt this more than tonight... Posted Feb 02 2010, 04:43 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Human Spirit, Resilience

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  Gaza is different from other humanitarian crisis

  From Fair Policy, Fair Discussion: “In all of Oxfam’s history, we’ve never seen, to my knowledge, a humanitarian crisis quite like this one in Gaza,” John Prideaux-Brune told me recently. He emphasized... Posted Feb 01 2010, 07:49 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, Humanity

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  The Goldstone Report FAQ

  … published by Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East Read More... Posted Feb 01 2010, 07:54 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, war crimes, International Law

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  Angst in Qalandia

  “Qalandia is only one of dozens of similar military checkpoints, set up in and around the West Bank in order for Israel to control the movement of Palestinians. It brutalises – but I wonder if it... Posted Jan 31 2010, 11:52 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Human Spirit, Resilience

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  Sheikh Jarrah

  ‘Ground Zero’ Read More... Posted Jan 30 2010, 10:13 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity

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  Changing landscape

  Here’s a couple of links on some recent developments down south pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with particular emphasis on ending the Gaza blockade: The “No False Choice in... Posted Jan 29 2010, 08:54 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, USA, Dissent, Human Spirit

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  Palestine: trouble hits nearer home

  So-called ‘left-wing’ American evangelical pastor Brian D. McLaren has been publishing his critical views of Israeli policies online. As expected, those are being roundly condemned –... Posted Jan 29 2010, 01:33 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Religion, Gaza, Occupation, USA, West Bank, Humanity, Canada, Christian Zionism

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  Breaking the Silence: female soldiers testify

  From Ynet news: Six years after first collection of Breaking the Silence testimonies, organization releases booklet of testimonies from female soldiers who served in territories. Stories include systematic... Posted Jan 29 2010, 12:11 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Dissent

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  Obama in Tampa

  Oba-Bush or a revealing lapsus? Background Read More... Posted Jan 29 2010, 08:51 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Middle-East, Obama

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  “Jerusalem is burning”

  “The struggle for justice in Sheikh Jarrah” Read More... Posted Jan 28 2010, 06:46 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, ethnic cleansing, Jerusalem, APARTHEID, Colonialism

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  Palestinians at yet another turning point [updated]

  Helena Cobban of Fair Policy, Fair Discussion writes: Tomorrow [i.e. today, Jan 25th] will be the fourth anniversary of those historic PA parliamentary elections of 2006 in which Hamas won 74 or 75 of... Posted Jan 27 2010, 09:31 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, USA, Fatah, Hamas

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  On Humanitarianism and Politics in Palestine

  “Does humanitarianism delay a political solution to the question of Palestine?” Also available here. Read More... Posted Jan 27 2010, 09:06 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation

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  January 30: Libby Davies on her fact-finding mission in the Mideast

  [Click on image for details] Read More... Posted Jan 27 2010, 08:45 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, West Bank, Canada, Middle-East

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  Some historical events in the BDS campaign

  BRICUP reports: Rachel Giora, one of the founders of BOYCOTT! – the Israeli campaign for boycott from within – has written a history of the struggle to build Iraeli support for the Academic... Posted Jan 27 2010, 12:21 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, Humanity, academia, boycott, BDS Israel

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  Photo/Quote of the day

  [Click on image for details] “You can’t build a museum on the bones of our grandfathers and call it the Museum of Tolerance.“ Read More... Posted Jan 25 2010, 11:33 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, ethnic cleansing

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  Palestinians at yet another turning point

  Helena Cobban of Fair Policy, Fair Discussion writes: Tomorrow [i.e. today, Jan 25th] will be the fourth anniversary of those historic PA parliamentary elections of 2006 in which Hamas won 74 or 75 of... Posted Jan 25 2010, 05:51 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, USA, Fatah, Hamas

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  Khirbet Tana

  A Photo Story Read More... Posted Jan 23 2010, 10:15 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Barbarity

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  On Israeli policies and antisemitism worldwide

  An excerpt: Shorn of the hysteria, and with exceptions, a lot of the opposition to Israel’s actions has little or nothing to do with it being a Jewish state. Had it been a Hindu or a Buddhist state, for... Posted Jan 23 2010, 08:33 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Anti-semitism

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  SAIA Carleton Divestment Campaign

  [via Rabble via The Daily Nuisance] Read More... Posted Jan 22 2010, 07:51 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Dissent, Canada, BDS Israel, Human Spirit

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  From Bethlehem to Jerusalem

  Last week, I attended a seminar for Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Christian Palestinian Professor currently living in occupied Bethlehem. Dr. Mazin is author of the book "Sharing the Land of Canaan"... Posted Jan 22 2010, 02:19 AM by Under My Olive Tree Filed under: Palestine, Occupation

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  On Israeli military rule and incarceration procedures

  “Clearly the Israeli authorities are very threatened by nonviolent resistance and a powerfully organized civil society movement. This concept challenges the very idea of the unrelenting Arab threat... Posted Jan 21 2010, 08:44 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation

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  “Kibbutz”

  by Tony Judt Read More... Posted Jan 21 2010, 08:19 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Dissent

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  “Shooting the Messenger”

  From Palestine Monitor: There is growing evidence to suggest a co-ordinated campaign to lessen international presence in the Palestinian territories. [...] Although individual organisations face disruption... Posted Jan 21 2010, 07:44 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation

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  “We are all complicit.”

  “[T]he international community facilitates and pays for Israel’s occupation, and pathologizes and de-develops Palestine in the process. Ordinary citizens have a responsibility not to fund or... Posted Jan 19 2010, 09:05 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, West Bank, Humanity, BDS Israel, Western complicity, Arab duplicity

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  Canadian MPs report back from the West Bank and Gaza

  [Public Meeting: January 21, 2010 - Click on image for additional details] Parliamentary Delegation to Palestine: August 7-14, 2009 – Report published November 25, 2009 Read More... Posted Jan 18 2010, 06:13 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Gaza, Occupation, West Bank, Canada

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  “Policy and Prejudice: De-funding Canadian Aid Projects”

  by Bahija Réghaï Late last year, Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda cut Canada’s 30 years of association with non-profit advocacy group, KAIROS, without explanation. When pressed, Oda... Posted Jan 18 2010, 12:27 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Canada

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  “Open Shuhada Street” – A call to action

  [Via Ta'ayush/Twitter] Read More... Posted Jan 17 2010, 11:55 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation

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  “Anti-Zionism and the Churches: The Canadian Scene”

  Worth a read! Related material Read More... Posted Jan 16 2010, 09:19 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Canada

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  Changing landscape

  “Sometimes the most important news comes between the lines.” Read More... Posted Jan 16 2010, 08:07 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, USA, Jewish Dissent, State Terrorism

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  “US Foreign Policy and the Inter-Palestinian Divide”

  Go here for a better video. Source Read More... Posted Jan 16 2010, 06:39 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, USA, West Bank, Fatah, Hamas

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  Quote of the day

  “The most provably-effective form of pressure known to us so far is BDS. Thus, BDS action does not amount to negative, counter-productive action, as many propagandists try to portray it. On the contrary... Posted Jan 16 2010, 08:14 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Occupation, Humanity, Dissent, BDS Israel

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  “Chomsky, BDS, and the Elephant in the Room”

  Worth a read! Read More... Posted Jan 16 2010, 08:05 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Human Rights, Palestine, Israel, RACISM, Occupation, USA, ethnic cleansing, APARTHEID, Militarism, BDS Israel, Colonialism, State Terrorism

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  The “honest broker”

  One for the archives … and this one, too. Read More... Posted Jan 14 2010, 07:08 AM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, Fatah, Hamas, USRael, Snark

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  Fearing for Gaza … and more

  Something I found tonight during my trip among those concerned by the ongoing conflict in the region: I’m an American [Jewish-American] voter, from [your town and state] and I just wanted to express my... Posted Jan 13 2010, 05:38 PM by Filasteen Filed under: Palestine, Israel, Gaza, Occupation, USA, Humanity