Cristina Paterno’s Book Review of “Understanding Palestine”, Essays by Tariq Shadid (@docjazzmusic)

Saturday, 14 September 2013 | Musical Intifada By Cristina Paterno – Why a review now of a book that was published in 2007? Because regardless of the publishing time, the moment I saw the title I immediately thought: this is the book for me. What I really need is a clear understanding of what is […]

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Khamaisi: Israeli occupation aims to change the Jerusalemite demographic reality

[ PIC 21/05/2013 – 09:14 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Dr. Rasem Khamaisi, an urban-planning expert, said that the Israeli Occupation Authority (IOA) continued its attempts to change the demographic reality of occupied Jerusalem by limiting the Palestinian population in the city. The occupation imposed restrictions on the Palestinian construction in the city while allowing […]

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Expanding illegal Israeli settlements in WB aims at changing reality

[ PIC 17/02/2013 – 08:18 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites warned against the increase in settlers’ number in West Bank, where the number of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank grew by 4.7% in 2012, according to Yesha Council. The commission said in […]

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Must Read: Beyond Compromise: Unifying the Palestinian voice ~ by @docjazzmusic

Friday, 22 June 2012 | Docjazz.com | By Dr. Tariq Shadid So, what exactly is the news? A new online web project? They come and go, don’t they? This is what might be going through your mind, if you were told that a new Palestinian web project has been launched. For a number of reasons, […]

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’60 Minutes’ report on Palestinian Christians gets it wrong

Palestinian Christians are no different than other Palestinians. We all suffer the same. Thursday, April 26 2012| Omar Rahman | 972 Magazine There have already been a number of articles written in response to CBS’s 60 Minutes report about Christians in the Holy Land. The sexy story in all this appears to be Michael Oren’s […]

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So you won’t see the Truth: Israeli forces detain journalist near Bethlehem

Some examples of Israel’s policies to crackdown on PRESS & journalists to prevent you SEE TRUTH about Palestine Maan News Agency | Febr 5, 2012   BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained a young journalist near Bethlehem early Sunday after storming his family home. Soldiers broke through the door of the apartment and ransacked the […]

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When Palestine isn’t making headlines… ~ by @eldahshan

Related: All Attacks on Palestinians – Timeline – Category Jan 4, 2012 |  mohamed el dahshan’s weblog … this is what happens there, on a daily basis. Watch the 3-minute video summary of 2011, by the ever-remarkable Israeli Human Rights organization B’Tselem. It’s a short window about life in Palestine. I also urge you to […]

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Ugly Israeli Realities Emerge ~ by Stephen Lendman

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. On December 16, Haaretz writer Barak Ravid headlined, “Secret EU paper aims to tackle Israel’s treatment of Arab minority,” saying: Haaretz obtained parts of “a classified working paper produced by European embassies in Israel….” The “unprecedented document” addresses internal Israeli issues. It was written without […]

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Israel must come to terms with Islamist reality in Arab world

Essential Read: The Promised Land ~ by Jad KhairAllah [ 29/11/2011 – 10:00 PM ] By Khalid Amayreh in occupied Jerusalem The Arab world is not what it used to be. Popular revolutions fed by accumulated indignation over tyranny and corruption have already swept away several Arab despots who long repressed the masses, resisted political […]

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Abu Zuhri:Obama’s speech reflect total bias to Israeli occupation

[ 23/09/2011 – 09:37 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, said on Thursday that the speech made by US President Barak Obama at the UN reflects total American bias in favour of the Israeli occupation. Abu Zuhri further told France Press that it would be wrong for Arabs and […]

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In would-be Palestinian state, a dose of reality

    Tom Perry | Reuters | Sept 15, 2011 | THE JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) – In another world, the tented village at al Hadidiya might mark the farthest reaches of a future Palestine. Instead, the herding community living here talk about the limits of that dream. Nestled in the northeast corner of […]

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September Declaration: The Gap between Politics and Reality

▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid Palestinian soldiers stand behind the tomb of late leader Yasser Arafat and a symbolic Palestinian UN chair in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (Photo: AFP – Abbas Momani) By: Majd Kayyal |  September 13, 2011 |  Al Akhbar English Many Palestinians don’t seem to be taking the September […]

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The tent protests ‘[are] the epitome of hysterical denial of the colonial reality’ ~ Omar Barghouti

by Kiera Feldman on August 19, 2011 Kiera Feldman conducted the following interview with Omar Barghouti over email in early August: Kiera Feldman: How will the boycott law affect you personally? Are you changing your actions or speech in any way? Omar Barghouti: We are all determined to carry on what we have been doing […]

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A different kind of housing crisis

Posted on August 3, 2011 | Gaza Gateway Tent cities have sprung up around the country, as people frustrated with the high cost of housing in Israel and inspired by campers on the tony Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv are sleeping outside and blocking main roads in protest.  Media coverage of the tent protests has […]

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US ambassador to Tel Aviv asserts UN recognition ‘will not change reality’

Friday, 05 August 2011 17:15 | MEMO The New US ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, has downplayed the significance of the Palestinian plan to approach the UN in September to gain recognition of an independent Palestinian state. He stressed that the situation in Palestine would stay as it is and would not be affected by […]

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