Israel exploits Egypt turmoil to increase attacks on Gaza farmers ~ by @jncatron

Israel continues to violate the terms of a 2012 ceasefire by attacking farmers in Gaza. (Eyad Al Baba / APA images)   18th September 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron | ISM Palestine |  Gaza City, Occupied Palestine Farming in the Gaza Strip’s “buffer zone” is hazardous under the best circumstances. Israeli troops routinely shoot live ammunition […]

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Russell Tribunal accuses Israel of apartheid violations

MEMO | March 18, 2013 The Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) demanded on Sunday that the ICC investigate crimes against humanity being committed by Israel in the Palestinian occupied territories. The Russell Tribunal on Palestine, which was created in 2009 to look into the various accountabilities that have led to the continued occupation of the […]

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Decision to oust Caterpillar from influential ethical investing index linked to Israeli use of tractors

WE DIVEST | June 26m 2012 Role of Israel’s use of the tractors in the decision suggests that a sustained campaign by pro-Palestinian groups has had some effect. By: JTA Posted on Haaretz.com on June 23, 2012, 1:59 am The sale of Caterpillar tractors to Israel was a factor, but not the determining one, in […]

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Presbyterians Consider Divesting From Select Companies In Israel

Jaweed Kaleem | Feb 17, 2012 02:26 PM EST | Huffington Post A major body within the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) voted Friday to recommend that the church vote to stop investing in three companies “until they have ceased profiting from non-peaceful activities in Israel-Palestine.” The vote proposed by the General Assembly Mission Council on whether […]

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Action Alert | One week left to raise your voice !

Posted on July 12, 2011 | We Divest Dear Supporter, Next week I am going to Charlotte, NC, and I want to bring your voice with me. You see, financial giant TIAA-CREF is having its shareholder meeting in Charlotte, but the company refuses to talk about the Israeli occupation. That’s why I am asking you […]

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PRESS RELEASE | National Quaker group joins Jewish-led divestment campaign from TIAA-CREF

 June 27, 2011 | We Divest First client of pension giant to sign on to screen investments that profit from Israel’s occupation For immediate release We Divest from Israel’s Occupation, wedivest.org Contact Sydney Levy (Jewish Voice for Peace), sydney AT jvp.org, PHILADELPHIA—American Friends Service Committee (AFSC,) the nearly century-old, Nobel Peace Prize-winning Quaker organization publicly announced their support […]

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Labor in Palestine: The Work of Resistance Gets a New Push

 May 25, 2011 | 10:07 am| By Michelle Chen  – Working In These Times Members of the Palestinian Popular Committee hold a protest calling for the boycott of Israeli settlement goods sold in Palestinian areas, on September 24, 2010, in Maasarah, near Bethlehem.   (MUSA AL-SHAER/AFP/Getty Images) There are a few values that trade unionists […]

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Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Homes – Stop Israel, Stop Caterpillar! – video

STOP CATERPILLAR! “SocialTV on May 19, 2011 הדחפורים של חברת Caterpillar משרתים את צה’ל להריסות בתים, עקירת עצים בשטחים ואפילו להרג – פעילת השלום האמריקאית רייצ’ל קורי (24) נהרגה מפגיעת דחפור בעת שהשתתפה בהפגנת שלום כנגד הריסת בתי פלסטינים. הסרט מציג פעולה ישירה נגד הדחפורים של חברת Caterpillar. The bulldozers of Caterpillar are used by […]

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Colonel Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz to testify in Corrie trial Wed, April 27th

20 April 2011 | The Rachel Corrie Foundation In a breaking development, an Israeli court has granted the State’s request to move the testimony of former Brigade Commander Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz to next week, Wednesday, April 27, nearly one month prior to his originally scheduled appearance. A 5-page affidavit for the witness was only issued […]

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Corrie trial resumes in Haifa court with testimony of bulldozer unit commander

Posted on: April 1, 2011 | International Soliaity Movement 29 March 2010 | Rachel Corrie Foundation After a five month recess, the Haifa District Court will resume hearings Sunday, April 3, in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel for her unlawful killing in Rafah, Gaza on March 16, […]

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Rachel Corrie trial resumes

March 31, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The civil lawsuit brought by parents of slain American peace activist Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel will resume Sunday, the foundation named after her said Wednesday. The Haifa district court will open hearings on April 3 and 6, in which Israeli soldiers and colleagues of Corrie who […]

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Rachel Corrie: A worldwide symbol of the Palestinian struggle

  By ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 16, 2011 19:44 Updated: Mar 16, 2011 19:44 GAZA STRIP: Eight years ago, on March 16, Rachel Corrie’s life was snuffed out in Gaza Strip by an Israeli armored military D-9 bulldozer. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bulldozer crushed her when she was kneeling in front of a Palestinian’s […]

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Lawsuit for U.S. activist killed in Gaza to resume Thursday

[ 07/10/2010 – 08:53 AM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– A case filed by the family of American activist Rachel Corrie against Israel over the deliberate murder of their daughter in the Gaza Strip city of Rafah will resume on Thursday in Haifa, 1948 occupied Palestine. A U.S. student and human rights activist from Olympia, Washington, […]

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