Archive | November 29, 2012

#Palestine2UN | Australian PM @JuliaGillard under fire for stance on Palestine UN upgrade

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ~ Bishop Desmond Tutu Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has come under heavy pressure from Jewish and pro-Israeli groups after announcing that Canberra would abstain from a vote for the upgrading of the status of Palestine at the UN. […]

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The Rabbis Speak Out – 130 YEARS JEWISH OPPOSITION TO ZIONISM

The Rabbis Speak Out The 130 Year Record of Religious Jewish Opposition to Zionism Part I Introduction RABBIS BEFORE WWI Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin Rabbi Yechiel, Rebbe of Alexander, Poland Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Rabinowitz, Rebbe of Monstritch, Ukraine Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Naftali Zilberberg Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Rothenberg Rabbi Yerachmiel Yishaya Mintzberg […]

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Israeli MKs plan to burn Palestinian flags in Jerusalem as Eldad calls Bibi a “dishrag” | #Palestine2UN

Maan News Agency | Nov 28, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Knesset members plan to burn Palestinian flags in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest a UN vote to upgrade Palestine’s status, Israeli media reported Wednesday. MKs Aryeh Eldad and Michael Ben Ari, of the new Power to Israel party, will burn Palestinian flags outside UN headquarters, […]

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Amnesty urges Israel to free prisoner of conscience Bassem Tamimi | #NabiSaleh

Maan News Agency | Nov 28, 2012   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Israel to release a non-violent demonstrator who was detained in mid-November in the occupied West Bank. The group expressed concern for Nabi Saleh’s Bassem Tamimi, “a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to […]

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Occupation renews former minister’s administrative detention for 4th time

[ PIC 28/11/2012 – 06:45 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authorities extended the administrative detention of Wasfi Kabaha, former Minister of prisoners’ affairs and leader in Hamas movement from the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Kabaha’s wife said in a press statement on Wednesday that the prison administration of Hadarim, […]

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#PalHunger | Jerusalemites stage solidarity sit-in with hunger strikers

Quds Media Center -Sources  Nov 28, 2012 National and Islamic forces in occupied Jerusalem organized a sit-in on Wednesday in solidarity with Palestinian detainees who have been on hunger strike for months. Participants raised photos of hunger strikers Ayman Sharawne and Samer Issawi who have been on hunger strike for 150 and 120 days respectively. […]

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European Parliamentarians, Politicians, To Visit Gaza Saturday

Thursday November 29, 2012 02:41 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that senior European Parliamentarians and officials will be arriving in the coastal region on Saturday to observe the devastating effects of the latest Israeli escalation against Gaza, and intend to prepare a report on Israel’s targeting […]

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Nobel peace laureates call for boycott of Israel over war on Gaza Strip

Nobel Peace Prize laureates have called for an international boycott of Israel following the regime’s recent deadly onslaught against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. PRESSTV | Nov 29, 2012 A group of Nobel Peace Prize winners, prominent artists, and activists urged an international military boycott of Israel in a letter published on Wednesday . […]

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#VIDEO | INJUDICIOUS – Musical protest against Stevie Wonder’s gig for the Israeli army ~ by @docjazzmusic

Nov 28, 2012 by RockintheWorld88 Palestinian artist Doc Jazz has composed an activist song called “Injudicious” to protest against Stevie Wonder’s decision to perform for the Israeli Army in December 2012. If you wish to know why, check the video which has a song based on one of Stevie’s most famous songs, and has lyrics […]

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