December 2009
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Dec 29th
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A Father's Story
Dr Izzeldin Abuelaish (Abu al-Aish) is a Palestinian doctor who lost three of his daughters last January when his home was shelled. He spoke to the BBC’s Julian Keane from Canada, where he now lives. Tim Frank’s other interview with Dr Abu al-Aish: #1 — #2
Dec 29th
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Our friends at MAP have started a petition... do... →
Dec 29th
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Dec 29th
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Gaza: War of Words From AJE: A year on from Israel’s offensive in Gaza, another battle is still being played out. The war of words between Israel and opponents of last year’s war continues, with the latest flare up centered on the UN’s Goldstone report. But while everyone is busy apportioning blame, there is little chance of developments to the peace process and hopes for...
Dec 28th
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Talk to Al Jazeera - Richard Falk Professor Richard Falk describes himself as an American Jew, but it is his support of Palestinian rights that has earned him the profile and abuse that is threatening to overshadow five decades of achievements as a lawyer, an academic and an author. One year after Israel’s war on Gaza, Al Jazeera talks to the UN special rapporteur on Palestine and...
Dec 28th
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Gaza Fixer 2 Raed Atharmneh has been the right-hand man for journalists covering Gaza for many years, providing essential knowledge, contacts and logistical backup for a number of reporters. In 2006 he became part of the news story himself, when 18 members of his family were killed by an Israeli bomb. In Gaza Fixer 2, filmmakers George Azar and Mariam Shahin return to see how Raed and his family...
Dec 28th
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Gaza: One Year Later Talk by Noam Chomsky.
Dec 27th
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Dec 26th
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Dec 24th
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Dec 23rd
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“Israel unilaterally withdrew its soldiers and settlers from Gaza in 2005 not...”
– Response in the Atlantic to Jimmy Carter’s op-ed… Carter is bouncing all over the place, even apologising for his 2006 book. Is it coincidence that his grandson is running for elected office or maybe just the good-old standby argument…
Dec 23rd
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One Palestinian family’s story illustrates the absurdity, and intention, of Israeli policy.
Dec 22nd
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Dec 22nd
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Update: Israel Confirms organ harvesting About 3 months ago the story of Swedish journalist Donald Boström - who wrote an article alleging that the body parts of Palestinians had been illegally harvested by the state of Israel - was big news. At the time this blog considered that evidence was thin, and that the case was not proven and needed further investigation.  No further public...
Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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“The Gaza I have been visiting for the past twenty-one years bears little...”
– The Gaza I Know
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Life Imitating Art? *
Is Israeli Foreign Policy being driven by Hollywood? Oy Vey! the parallels are endless… (*humble apologies… sorry, we couldn’t resist…) UPDATE — Ayman tips us off to a piece in The Guardian: What David Miliband should say to Tzipi Livni If Britain’s foreign secretary has faith in his country’s standards of justice, this is the phonecall he should...
Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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Debate: Livni arrest warrant issued Report and debate on Channel 4 News with Jewish Chronicle’s Vicky Stephen Pollard and Daud Abdullah from MCB. Scottish PSC report Miliband promises to protect Israeli Minnister Livni
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Academic Attacks A few weeks ago we told you about the Channel 4 programme ‘Dispatches’ which ran a story called ‘Inside Britain’s Israel Lobby’.  The programme was presented by Peter Oborne and featured interviews with a number of people discussing how the pro-Israeli lobby operates in the UK. It seems that some participants may be suffering from the political...
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“Israeli government sends young people to [Goa] to “recover” from...”
– “Claiming the Right to Say No: A Study of Israeli Tourist Behavior and Patterns in Goa” by Goa Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao. Many of these issues are covered in the documentary “Flipping Out, Israel’s Drug Generation”.
Dec 14th
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ListenNPR: A Year Later, Gazans Still Feeling...
Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Were Palestinians used as human shields? More4 News report on the Palestinians testifying to claims of being abused by Israeli soldiers - to the Israeli army. The Israeli army has been interviewing Palestinians as part of its internal investigation in an attempt to head off international criticism after the Goldstone report.
Dec 11th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 10th
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Gaza Freedom March
CODEPINK: On December 31 the coalition is mobilizing an international contingent of over 1,000 people from over 40 countries for a nonviolent march alongside Palestinians in Gaza to end the illegal blockade and mark the fact that is has been one year since the Israeli attack. More info at gazafreedommarch.org
Dec 8th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd