Ashrawi slams Israel crackdown on Welcome to Palestine | #Airflotilla2

Maan News Agency | April 18, 2012 (Updated) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Monday slammed Israel’s treatment of international guests of the Welcome to Palestine initiative. The campaign was expecting around 1,500 people to arrive for the week of agricultural, cultural and artistic events, but hundreds were barred from boarding flights to […]

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Press Release: “50 Peace Activists In Israeli Jails Declare Hunger Strike” | #Airflotilla2

 Monday April 16, 2012 23:29 by WELCOME FRANCE PALESTINE MISSION – Press Release 50 international peace supporters and peace activists detained by Israel and imprisoned at the Givon Prison, near Tel Aviv, declared hunger strike in support of the Palestinian political prisoners and rejecting the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine. About forty French participants of […]

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470 Of Passengers Marked As Activists, Had Nothing To Do With “Welcome To Palestine” | #Airflotilla2

Monday April 16, 2012 09:50 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that 470 of the 1200 persons that Israel labeled as “pro-Palestinian”, part of the Welcome To Palestinian Flytilla, were not activists, two of them were a French diplomat and his wife. Haaretz said that %40 of those marked as […]

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European Airlines Silence Palestine Protest | #Airflotilla2

Jillian Kestler-D’Amours, April 16, 2012 | Anti-War.com JERUSALEM — As 60 percent of the international activists set to land at Ben Gurion airport Sunday had their plane tickets cancelled, organizers of the “Welcome to Palestine” fly-in campaign condemned what they say is European complicity in Israel’s illegal restrictions on their right to travel freely. “It’s […]

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Israel blocks entry of 80 foreign solidarity activists | #Airflotilla2

[ PIC 16/04/2012 – 08:24 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli authorities blocked the entry of 80 foreign solidarity activists, who were supposed to visit the West Bank in solidarity with the Palestinian people, on Monday. A spokesperson for the Israeli police said that 78 solidarity activists were detained at Ben Gurion airport including […]

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Israelis arrest pro-Palestinian activists arriving at Ben-Gurion airport | #Airflotilla2

MEMO | April 17, 2012 The Israeli occupation authorities have arrested a number of foreign nationals who arrived at Ben Gurion Airport to take part in solidarity events in the occupied West Bank. The Europeans were arrested when they arrived on Sunday from airports across Europe, despite attempts by Israel to block the airlines from […]

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Sights that the ‘flytilla’ activists weren’t allowed to see | #Airflotilla2

To distance certain sights from the eyes of the world, the Israeli government has turned its international airport into a military outpost. By Akiva Eldar | Haaretz | April 17, 2012 Source http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/sights-that-the-flytilla-activists-weren-t-allowed-to-see-1.424717#.T40WeCx1DMg.twitter What would Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do without the massacre in Syria? How would Esti Perez, the presenter of the midday news […]

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Welcome to Palestine – the Edinburgh send off – Video | #Airflotilla2

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Israeli official: 40% of names on Shin Bet fly-in blacklist were not activists | #Airflotilla2

Security service had no evidence that 470 of the 1,200 people whom Israel labeled as ‘pro-Palestinian activists’ intended to do anything illegal, source says; French diplomat and his wife among those whose tickets to Israel were canceled. By Barak Ravid | Haaretz April 16, 2012 Source http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israeli-official-40-of-names-on-shin-bet-fly-in-blacklist-were-not-activists-1.424470?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+imeu%2FfromTheMedia+%28IMEU+%3A+News+%26+Analysis+%3A+From+the+Media%29   Forty percent of the non-Israeli citizens whose […]

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Welcome to Palestine 2012 – solidarity with #PalestinePrisoners | #Airflotilla2

Posted on Palestine Spring  April 16, 2012 Israel successfully projected its power into airports across Europe and North America to stop people boarding aircraft in their home countries to visit Palestine. To achieve this, Israel certainly resorted to criminal means, hacking into personal emails. It was, however, at a cost. One among many similar voices […]

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Barhoum: Arrest of foreign activists reflects Israeli crisis | #Airflotilla2

[ PIC 16/04/2012 – 09:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Fawzi Barhoum, a Hamas spokesman, has described as shameful the Israeli authorities’ arrest of foreign activists on their arrival at Ben Gurion airport. He said in a statement to the PIC on Sunday that the Israeli step reflects an internal crisis within that “entity” as a […]

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Israel Falsifies Palestinian Supporters List | #Airflotilla2

Watar News | April 16, 2012 Occupied Jerusalem, April 16 (QNA) – Israeli security forces produced counterfeit lists containing the names of “Welcome to Palestine” supporters, by adding foreign citizens bearing no relation to the campaign to raise intimidation against it and distort the goals of its participants, an Israeli newspaper has revealed. According to […]

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VIDEO | Ronnie Barkan’s arrest at Ben Guryon Airport – 15 April at 18:30 | #Airflotilla2

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Welcome to Palestine: Israel ‘pretends to be a democracy’ | #Airflotilla2

IMEU | Ma’an News Agency, Apr 16, 2012 Organizers of the Welcome to Palestine campaign said Sunday that the first day of the initiative has been a success, despite the fact that only two activists have been able to enter the West Bank. “It was a success at a media level, but it was not […]

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Israel Criminalizes Travel ~ by Stephen Lendman | #Airflotilla2

April 16, 2012 | UrukNet   Israel systematically wages war on rule of law principles, truth, equity, justice, and other democratic values. Even Jews aren’t safe. Anyone challenging Netanyahu’s regime and earlier ones becomes vulnerable. Travelers beware. Israel criminalized entry earlier. Rogue officials are at it again. At issue are so-called “flytilla” activists. Reports suggest […]

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