Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories and world-renowned legal scholar, argues that despite the silence from Western media and politicians, the extraordinary hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners marks a dramatic shift in Palestinian tactics of resistance. By Richard Falk | Ceasefire Magazine | May 12, 2012 Palestinian children […]
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#PalHunger | Palestinian hunger strikes: Media missing in action ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk – @rfalk13
Al Jazeera Opinion | Prof. Em. Richard Falk | May 7, 2012 Is the mass Palestinian prisoner hunger strike the beginning of the Palestinian Spring? ‘The official Israeli response to Palestinian moves toward political restraint and away from violence [has been to increase] settlement expansion, extensive targeted killing… and a 50 per cent increase in […]
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#PalHunger | The Massive Palestinian Hunger Strike: Traveling below the Western Radar ~ by Prof. Richard Falk
Prof. Em. Richard Falk | Richard Falk Weblog | May 2, 2012 Can anyone doubt that if there were more than 1300 hunger strikers in any country in the world other than Palestine, the media in the West would be obsessed with the story? It would be featured day after day, and reported on from […]
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UN expert Prof. Em. Richard Falk urges Israel to free female hunger striker #HanaShalabi
Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights (file photo) PressTV Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:56PM GMT Israel ought to end its inhumane treatment of Ms. Shalabi. Release her immediately.” Richard Falk, the UN Special Rapporteur on Palestinian human rights A United Nations human rights expert has urged the Israeli regime to free […]
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Hana Shalabi: A Brave Act of Palestinian Nonviolence ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk
Richard Falk Weblog | March 10, 2012 No sooner had Khader Adnan ended his 66 day life threatening hunger strike than new urgent concerns are being voiced for Hana Shalabi, another West Bank hunger striker now without food for more than 24 days. Both strikes were directed by Palestinian activists against the abusive use […]
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“Saving Khader Adnan’s life is saving our own soul” by Richard Falk
Related: We will not let you down Khader Adnan! ~ Photos & Action Alert Related: All Posts about Khader Adnan Richard Falk, Al Jazeera, Feb 18, 2012 – The IMEU The world watches as tragedy unfolds beneath its gaze. Khader Adnan is entering his 61st day as a hunger striker in an Israeli prison, being […]
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Threat of 3rd intifada, says UN Rapporteur about Khader Adnan hunger strike
Related: WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN KHADER! ~ Photos & Action Alert In a special Q&A with Ahram Online, Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in Palestine, urges international community to take action over Israel detained Khader Adnan, who has been given days to live Al Ahram – Nada El-Kouny […]
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Falk appeals to Israel to let go of hunger striker #KhaderAdnan
Related: WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN KHADER! ~ Photos & Action Alert [ PIC 16/02/2012 – 11:39 AM ] NEW YORK, (PIC)– Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian lands, appealed on Thursday to Israel to release Palestinian prisoner Khader Adanan, who has been on hunger strike for […]
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UN Envoy Richard Falk Tours Palestinian Territories To Assess Settler Violence
Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Wednesday February 15, 2012 04:03 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After a recent increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites, the UN envoy Richard Falk arrived in the West Bank this weekend to begin an eleven-day tour of […]
Continue readingUN rights expert in fact-finding mission to the occupied Palestinian territory, Egypt and Jordan
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. GENEVA, Switzerland, Febr 10, 2012 | African Press Organization (APO)/ — The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk, will conduct a field mission from 10 to 20 February, visiting Egypt, the occupied […]
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On Apartheid, One State and Arab Spring: Interview with Prof. Em. Richard Falk
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Falk: I salute the steadfastness of the Palestinian people. Interviewed by Yousef M. Aljamal | Jan 18, 2012 | Palestine Chronicle (Richard Falk is Albert G. Milbank Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and Visiting Distinguished Professor in Global and International Studies at […]
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Is Israel guilty of the crime of apartheid? ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk
by Richard Falk on December 6, 2011 | Sabbah report | The Russell Tribunal on Palestine recently found the state of Israel to be guilty of apartheid (EPA) It is my belief that the recent finding of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) that the state of Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid […]
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On (Im)Balance and Credibility in America: Israel/Palestine ~ by Prof. Em. Richard Falk
Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Nov 18, 2011 | richardfalk.wordpress.com I could not begin to count the number of times friends, and adversaries, have give me the following general line of advice: your views on Israel/Palestine would gain a much wider hearing if they showed more sympathy for Israel’s […]
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Welcoming Palestine to UNESCO ~ By Prof. Em. Richard Falk
Related: When will the UN bring Human Rights to Palestine? With Palestine getting full membership to the UNESCO, it also serves as a political reminder of its bid for statehood. Richard Falk | 02 Nov 2011 11:29 UNESCO delegates applaud after the General Conference admits Palestine as UNESCO member state in Paris [EPA] It may not […]
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