Americans: facing the world and facing ourselves

By Lawrence Davidson * | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | July 19, 2011 Facing the world It was the Scottish poet Robert Burns who, in a poem in 1786, wrote: “O would some power the gift to give us to see ourselves as others see us, it would from many a blunder free us.” That […]

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I Am Human ~ by Palestine at Heart | فلسطين في القلب

I Am Human I too am human, like you, or anyone else, I too am human, I too have a heart, which does feel pain, I too shed tears, when emotions rain, I too have family, whom I love dearly, I too ache, when loved ones are lost, I too am frightened, when violence is […]

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Palestinian prisoner carried to hospital in bad condition

[ 19/07/2011 – 11:13 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli Askalan prison administration carried Palestinian prisoner Atef Wreidat to the Ramle prison hospital with both his hands and feet shackled after his health condition worsened. The Palestinian prisoner’s association said in a statement on Tuesday that Wreidat, 45, was on hunger strike since 12 June […]

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The 16 activists from the Dignité-Al Karama

PNN – Palestine News Network –  19.07.11 – 17:11 The French yacht Dignité-Al Karama, boarded by the Israeli Army just 60 miles away from Gaza, carried representatives of the Canadian, French, Greek and Swedish Boats from the Freedom Flotilla II. Along with the activists and three journalists, two crewmembers, Yannick Voisin and Hilaire Folacci, man […]

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Settlers ‘attack’ foreign observers near Hebron

Published today (updated) 19/07/2011 18:01 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Three settlers from the illegal Havat Maon settlement south of Hebron attacked a group of internationals on Monday in the Meshakna valley, a Christian peace group said. “Around 6.35 p.m. three settlers attacked two members of Operation Dove and one member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams with […]

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Naim: UNRWA considers itself a substitute and not an agency for the Palestinians

[ 19/07/2011 – 03:45 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza Health Minister Bassem Naim said that the UN Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian refugees has begun to consider itself a substitute for the Palestinians and not an agent for them. He said the reason for that is because the Palestinians have not developed a […]

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IOF troops bulldoze fertile Palestinian land

[ 19/07/2011 – 02:43 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces bulldozed tens of dunums of fertile Palestinian land in Al-Baka’a area to the east of Al-Khalil city on Tuesday, local sources reported. They said that the occupation troops destroyed 35 dunums cultivated with various vegetables and confiscated irrigation equipment under gun threat. The sources, […]

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Ashqar: Israel detained more than 3000 Palestinian children in 5 years

[ 19/07/2011 – 03:13 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The ministry of prisoners in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have detained more than 3000 Palestinian minors over the period 2005 – 2010 and not only 835 as published by the Israeli B’Tselem. The ministry’s spokesman Riyadh Al-Ashqar said in a statement on Tuesday […]

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Government in Gaza calls Israel’s interception of Dignity an act of ‘piracy’

[ 19/07/2011 – 11:21 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The government in Gaza has expressed strong condemnation after Israeli naval forces surrounded the lone vessel that slipped past Greece’s Gaza flotilla ban, calling the move ”new Zionist maritime piracy”, and placing some of the blame on the United Nations. Three naval ships have intercepted the French […]

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Health Ministry: Gaza health situation has been spiraling since early June

[ 19/07/2011 – 10:10 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza Health Ministry’s public relations director Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra warned that the health sector in the Gaza Strip is spiraling downward as the ”unprecedented medicine crisis” has continued since early June. Qudra said that 163 medicines and 160 medical consumables have gone completely out of stock, […]

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Israeli human rights group Physicians for Human Rights-Israel calls for civil disobedience in face of anti-boycott bill

Physicians for Human Rights Israel | July 19, 2011 Passed by the Knesset on July 11, 2011, the “Bill to Prevent Harm to the State of Israel by Means of Boycott” constitutes a harmful blow to egalitarianism, free speech, and the right to organize, and seeks to de-legitimize non-violent protest. Boycotting is a legitimate act […]

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Ufree slams Israel’s continued detention of Palestinian mayor’s daughter

[ 19/07/2011 – 08:09 AM ] OSLO, (PIC)– The European network to support the rights of Palestinian prisoners (Ufree) has expressed strong condemnation after an Israeli court extended the detention of the daughter of Jamal al-Tawil, the mayor of Al-Beira near the West Bank city of Ramallah. In a statement, Ufree, which is headquartered in […]

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Israeli naval commandos board Gaza-bound ship

█▌LIVE UPDATES From the pursuit and takeover of the Dignity | World is Watching | Israel Navyvessels after Non-Violent Mission to #Gaza Vessel the Dignity By AMY TEIBEL | Associated Press | July 18 JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says commandos have boarded a French ship attempting to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza […]

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LIVE UPDATES | #Flotilla2 | World is Watching | Israel Navyvessels after Non-Violent Mission to #Gaza Vessel the Dignity

Continuous live updates… keep reloading Now from Dignité: Two Israeli army boats coming towards us; Dont know how long we can be in contact. We are at: 31 25 N 33 25 E #flotilla2 — Huwaida Arraf (@huwaidaarraf) July 19, 2011 https://twitter.com/#!/TahrirCanada/status/93217341986439168 https://twitter.com/#!/CanadaBoatGaza/status/93217682106761216 Israel vs Dignity. The world is watching. Free Gaza, Free Palestine. — […]

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Five Palestinians arrested during Israeli crackdown in the West Bank

[ 19/07/2011 – 09:33 AM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Five Palestinians including a woman were arrested in the West Bank on Tuesday amid an intense Israeli search and arrest campaign in the West Bank. That morning, the Israeli occupation forces nabbed two men in Tafouh, which lies west of Al-Khalil, and a woman aged 45 […]

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