Soldiers speak out – a decade of testimonies from the occupation | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Breaking The Israel/Palestine Silence Thursday, 5 May 2011 BREAKING THE SILENCE Devised by Richard Morris Based on the book Occupation of The Territories Israel Soldier Testimonies 2000-2010 Every individual word spoken by the Soldiers and the Questioner is from the testimonies given by the soldiers of their own free will to the publisher’s representatives. Cast […]

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IOF troops raze 10 Palestinian homes

[ 05/05/2011 – 11:14 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Bulldozers of the Israeli occupation army flattened ten Palestinian homes in Al-Khalil district on Thursday morning, local sources said. Locals reported that hundreds of Israeli occupation soldiers stormed the village of Um Nir, southeast of Yatta town in Al-Khalil district, and provided protection for huge bulldozers that […]

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Report: Israelis behind 42 Jerusalem land violations in April

[ 05/05/2011 – 11:17 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A report issued by the Land Research Center in Jerusalem on Wednesday documents that Israeli forces carried out 42 property infringements against the people of Jerusalem in April 2011. The monthly report describes the infringements saying that the Israeli occupier forced locals to demolish their own […]

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Bulldozers and 200 soldiers demolish Umm Nir village near Hebron for a third time

Gazasolidarity on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 12:36 pm. From the Palestine Telegraph. This is the third time the village has been demolished. The second time was in 29 March this year, the Land Research Center reports. Four Israeli bulldozers started Thursday demolishing the village of Umm Nir in the south of Hebron in the […]

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The purposive destruction of natural Palestine

Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | May 5, 2011 Israel’s policies against Gaza have not only ruined much of its natural environment, but also threaten Egypt directly, writes Mahmoud Bakr Click to view caption Youssef Kamel Ibrahim Over the past decades, the Palestinian territories have faced an array of environmental problems that have polluted and destroyed […]

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How strong is the Israel lobby in Washington?

Joseph Dana | May 5, 2011 Former U.S. ambassador Chas Freeman spoke yesterday at the Palestine Center for the annual Sharabi lecture at the Palestine Center. Follow the link to view his excellent discussion. The shocking piece of the speech was picked up by Paul Woodward and Phil Weiss, In late November 1988, shortly after the election […]

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Mavi Marmara veteran applauds growing global Gaza solidarity shown by flotillla 2

Posted by gazasolidarity on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 1:31 pm. Bringing the world’s solidarity to Gaza Kevin Ovenden, a leader of the Viva Palestina effort to break the siege of Gaza, looks at the context for the new solidarity initiatives that will be launched this month. more at Socialist Worker (US) A SECOND, larger […]

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Egyptian committee to help Palestinians restructure security forces

Khalifa Gab Allah Agencies | Thu, 05/05/2011 – 16:49 | Al Masry Al Youm Photographed by Reuters A committee led by the undersecretary of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, Mohamed Ibrahim, will head to Gaza next week to help restructure its security apapratus, Palestinian sources said. The move is part of agreements reached through an Egypt-brokered […]

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Another Victim of Occupation 2011: Rafah medic Shaheed Shadi Az-Zatmeh dies of wounds from April 8 airstrike

Published today (updated) 05/05/2011 18:18 A civilian is brought to hospital after being wounded during a series of ten Israeli air and artillery strikes which killed eight in the Gaza Strip on April 8, 2011. [MaanImages] GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Nearly a month after a series of Israeli operations pounded Gaza, a 28-year-old nurse from […]

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Bedouin hamlet destroyed for third time

Published today (updated) 05/05/2011 18:19 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Women of the Bedouin herding hamlet of Khirbet Amniyr sat on the earth and watched Israeli forces demolish their 12 tent homes for the third time on Thursday morning. The women said they were waiting for the soldiers to leave so they could rebuild their tent homes […]

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Report: Israel killed 22 Palestinians last month

[ 05/05/2011 – 11:52 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The international Tadamun (solidarity) society for human rights said in its monthly report that Israel killed 22 Palestinians, all of them from the Gaza Strip, during intensive artillery and aerial attacks last April. According to its report, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnapped more than 250 Palestinians, […]

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IPS deprives isolated prisoner of drinking water for two days

[ 05/05/2011 – 11:35 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli prison service (IPS) deprived Palestinian detainee Nasser Al-Shoki of drinking water for two days after isolating him, the Palestinian prisoner’s society said on Thursday. It added in a statement that Shoki’s life was in danger, noting that he was held in administrative detention since September […]

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IOF soldiers launch arrest campaign in Jenin including Jihad leader

[ 05/05/2011 – 11:32 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up a number of Palestinian citizens in Jenin district at dawn Thursday including a leader in the Islamic Jihad movement. Relatives of the Jihad leader Tarek Qadan in Araba village, south of Jenin, said that the IOF soldiers in a civilian car […]

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US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation: Boycott Bibi!

Boycott Bibi! House Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress this month in conjunction with the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Sign the petition below to tell Members of Congress to boycott Bibi’s address and end U.S. support […]

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GEARING UP FOR ISRAEL’S NATIONAL DAY OF DEPENDENCE

Posted by desertpeace on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 11:02 am.  * Many words from the Yiddish have found themselves in the pages of English language dictionaries. One such word is shnorrer…. it usually refers to a person, not a nation, BUT Israel fits the definition to a tee. Since 1948 it has literally held […]

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