Al Jazeera | 16 Aug 2013 13:00 Ben White Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. Ben White details four main reasons why a boycott on Israeli goods will benefit the Palestinian people. Nearly 93 percent of Palestinians working in the settlements are […]
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Fighting new Nakba in the Negev ~ by Ben White (@benabyad)
Popular resistance against the Prawar plan has united Palestinians of all affiliations and origins. Al Jazeera | 17 Jul 2013 12:35 Ben White is a freelance journalist, writer and activist, specialising in Palestine/Israel. He is a graduate of Cambridge University. Ben White sees recent Palestinian protests as reminiscent of earlier movements that […]
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VIDEO | Ben White (@benabyad) – Russell Tribunal on Palestine – New York
Published on Jan 6, 2013 Israeli Policies Since 1948
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Stop the JNF campaign makes steady gains as Israel charity goes “on the retreat” in UK
Asa Winstanley |The Electronic Intifada |London |22 February 2012 A flyer for a JNF fundraiser in the UK. Palestinian activists and their supporters have condemned a recent fundraising campaign by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) as a “greenwashing” cover for ethnic cleansing. The JNF “Green Sunday” fundraiser took place in several countries on 5 February. […]
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Palestinians in Israel – Book Review
Related: Israel. Not looking for Peace. Nor Talks. But this… By Ludwig Watzal | Palestine Chronicle | February 6, 2012 (Ben White, Palestinians in Israel. Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy, Pluto Press, London 2012, 128 pp., 13 Pounds.) With the signing of the Oslo Accords that led to the outbreak of the so-called peace process between […]
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This smear against Israeli human rights activists is all too familiar ~ by @benabyad
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Adalah defends Palestinian rights. The European Jewish Congress attack on it reflects a wider pattern of bullying Ben White | guardian.co.uk, 4 January 2012 ‘Adalah is a legal rights centre in Israel that works to promote and defend the rights of Palestinian citizens.’ Photograph: APAimages/Rex […]
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Palestinians in a ‘Jewish state’ ~ by @benabyad
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Palestinians living in Israel face institutionalised discrimination and segregation in a supposedly democratic state. 27 Dec 2011 | Opinion – Al Jazeera English | by Ben White Palestinians who live in Israel, not in the West Bank or Gaza Strip, face daily discrimination [GALLO/GETTY] Israel’s […]
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The Economic WhiteWashing of Political Discrimination against Arabs in Israel ~ by @benabyad
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem 15 November 2011. (Photo: REUTERS – Baz Ratner) By: Ben White | Published Saturday, December 17, 2011 In the last couple of years, there has been a concerted effort by both the […]
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Ben White talks about his new book ‘Palestinians in Israel’ – video
Dec 14, 2011 Author Ben White talks about his new book ‘Palestinians in Israel: Segregation, Discrimination and Democracy’ (Pluto Press). Visit the website: http://www.palestiniansinisrael.com Follow Ben at twitter : @benabyad http://www.plutobooks.com
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@benabyad’s New Book: ‘Palestinians in Israel’, with foreword by MK Haneen Zoabi – available for pre-order
October 6, 2011 Description Palestinians in Israel considers a key issue ignored by the official ‘peace process’ and most mainstream commentators: that of the growing Palestinian minority within Israel itself. What the Israeli right-wing calls ‘the demographic problem’ Ben White identifies as ‘the democratic problem’ which goes to the heart of the conflict. Israel defines […]
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New Statesman | Ben White | 31 July 2011 A discriminatory law which bans Palestinians from joining spouses within Israel was extended without protest. Israelis march in Tel-Aviv to protest against rising housing prices and social inequalities, 25 July 2011. While Israeli PM Netanyahu’s coalition seems steady, recent events like the response to the […]
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