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Protesters take to the streets, clashing with police after eight Shia activists are given life sentences. Last Modified: 22 Jun 2011 14:24 Bahrain's government says it has only tried a small number of those involved in recent mass protests [Reuters] Police and protesters have clashed in Bahrain after eight Shia Muslim activists accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the Gulf Arab state's...
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For the first time in its history, CUNY's Board of Trustees has overturned an honorary degree given by one of its colleges, overturning an honorary degree that was to be given to Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner. This unprecedented decision came about because Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, a CUNY trustee, disagrees with Tony Kushner over Israeli policy. Wiesenfeld has a long history of...
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“Bringing a race, class, and gender perspective to issues of war and peace.”Today War Times/Tiempo de Guerras launches our new website. In the summer of 2010, about a dozen new writers joined War Times, and we’re using our new site to bring you their voices. The site will offer some familiar features - and some new ones: * Month in Review (analysis of the previous month’s developments...
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THE Israeli raid on the Free Gaza flotilla has generated an outpouring of clichés from the usual suspects. It is almost impossible to discuss the Middle East without resorting to tired accusations and ritual defenses: perhaps a little house cleaning is in order.No. 1: Israel is being/should be delegitimizedIsrael is a state like any other, long-established and internationally recognized. The...
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March 17, 2010 By Neve Gordon Neve Gordon's ZSpace Page / ZSpace Seven years ago, Rachel Corrie was crushed to death by a Caterpillar D9R Israeli bulldozer while nonviolently protesting the demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, along with other members of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Now her parents, sister and brother are suing the State of Israel...
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March 17th, 2010 | by Jesse Bacon By Jesse Bacon The United States and Israel are having a lovers’ quarrel, between grotesquely overprivileged and dysfunctional lovers at that. Ronen Zvulun/Reuters The decision of Israel to announce new construction in Occupied East Jerusalem during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden was met with disbelief and rueful humor. For most of us who are...
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DAHLIA WASFI, info@liberatethis.com, http://liberatethis.com Born in New York to an American Jewish mother (daughter of Holocaust survivors) and an Iraqi Muslim father, Wasfi has a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She spent three months in Iraq with her family in 2006. She has been speaking against the occupation since 2004. She is currently working on a...
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【パレ スチナ／イスラエル関連のイベント情報】 アル・ガド パレスチナ／イスラエル関連を中心としたイベント、テレビ番組、書籍、映画などの情報メモ 【パレ スチナ関連の主なブログ】 P-navi info 『パレスチナ・ナビ』管理人によるミニ情報、速報＆コラム（パレスチナ・ナビ）つつがある日々 主にガザの日常生活が書かれています。パレスチナに関する記述は、2005 年 4月 24日 辺りから始まります。「前のページ」というリンクで、次のページへ移動します。「次のページ」というリンクでは、古い記事へ移動します。 【サイ ト追加情報】 （以下で紹介している多くのものは外部サイトへのリンクであり、「パレスチナ情報センター」のオリジナルのコンテンツではありません） 2010.03.15 ベン ヴェニスティ氏来日講演と「ラディカルさ」 早尾貴紀（Staff Note／パレスチナ情報センター）...
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By Moshe Yaroni Virtually everything that emerged from the Durban II conference in Geneva was overwhelmed by the vile words of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad. Though some intrepid folks, like the amazing Cecilie Surasky of Muzzlewatch, tried to get the word out about everything that was going on at the conference, most of the attention remained on the issue of Israel and ignored everything else being...
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by Jeremy ScahillPublished on Friday, April 24, 2009 by RebelReports There are not exactly throngs of Democratic Congressmembers beating down the doors of the Justice Department demanding that Attorney General Eric Holder appoint a special Independent Prosecutor to investigate torture and other crimes. And now it seems that whatever Congress does in the near term won't even be open to the public...
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