Tag Archives: struggle

Free Free Palestine!

  PressTV – Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:27PM By Porya Mohajer Soltani After more than 60 years of occupation, genocide and media isolation, the voices screaming ‘Free Free Palestine!’ around the world are now louder than ever before. When only a decade ago, just a few people, in a handful of cities across the world, […]

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After 4 years, Bil’in says wall route being moved

Published today 18:18 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Observers said Wednesday that the Israeli military had began dismantling a portion of the separation wall in the village of Bil’in, six years after the high court declared the route of the wall illegal. A statement by local activist group the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, however, said the new […]

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A family in Gaza struggles to rebuild following repeated Israeli attacks

Ruqaya Izzidien on June 17, 2011 | Mondoweiss The Abu Sa’ad home in Jahr el Deek. (Photo: Ruqaya Izzidien) 37-year-old Nasr Abu Sa’ad is holding a demonstration with his children outside the United Nations in Gaza with the aim of convincing them to rebuild his home which was shelled five times in July 2010 and […]

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Interview: Mazin Qumsiyeh on popular resistance and breaking the spell of fear

  David Cronin |The Electronic Intifada |16 June 2011 Israeli forces have repeatedly harassed and detained Mazin Qumsiyeh during protests against the wall and occupation in al-Walaja village. (Oren Ziv /ActiveStills ) In his latest book Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, Mazin Qumsiyeh counters the conventional wisdom promoted by the Israeli propaganda […]

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The Veritas Handbook : The HOWTO Get Rid of Israeli Hasbara ( Propaganda ) Guide – free download

No Walls Can Silence Our Voices The Veritas Handbook has one goal: to expose the truth and to educate the masses by educating ourselves. We are devoted to ensuring the elimination of oppression and the establishment of justice for peoples of the world in their common struggle against racism, marginalization, colonialism, and ethnic cleansing. The […]

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Before and after September: the struggle for Palestinian rights must intensify

01 June 2011 | Palestinian Boycott Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) | International Solidarity Movement Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2011 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) warmly salutes the Nakba commemoration mass Palestinian marches on 15 May which rekindled a unique spirit of resistance, real hope and heroic initiative in […]

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India pledges support for Palestine

    The Hindu | P. S. Suryanarayana | SINGAPORE, May 29, 2011 ‘India welcomes the recent reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas on the West Bank and Gaza’ India has affirmed a “continuing commitment to Palestine” and voiced support for “the Palestinian people’s struggle for a sovereign, independent, viable, and united State of Palestine.” […]

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Exposing dangerous myths

Al-Ahram Weekly | Region | May 20, 2011 Anayat Durrani interviews jazz musician extraordinaire Gilad Atzmon, discovering a secret weapon that Palestinians have in their struggle for freedom World-renowned Israeli-born jazz saxophonist Gilad Atzmon brought his ensemble to the United States on his third annual North America Jazz tour 4-15 May, crisscrossing the country from […]

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Dr. Erakat: “The Nakba is the Defining Event in our History and Collective Struggle”

PNN – Palestine News Network –  15.05.11 – 18:12 Ramallah – PNN – Chief Palestinian Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erakat retreated today, the 63 anniversary of Nakba, in a press release sent to media that Palestine Liberation Organization will continue to work for the Palestinian people rights. Chief Palestinian Negotiator Dr. Saeb Erakat “The Nakba is […]

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Bilin Weekly Demo 13.05.2011 – video

13.05.2011 By haithmkatib@gmail.com Today, 13th of May 2011, the people of Bil’in commemorated the Nakba day. About 200 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched together towards the Wall. Some had dressed up as refugees from 1948, to commemorate those who were forced from their homeland 63 years ago. Also some were carrying a large key symbolizing […]

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Unity agreement bolsters struggle for a free Palestine

By Gene Clancy Published May 9, 2011 8:53 PM Thousands of Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank cheered the news that the occupied Palestinian territories had taken a major step toward reconciliation. On April 27 the movements of Hamas and Fatah announced an agreement to unite. In a move that seems to have […]

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Budrus: A West Bank village’s emblematic struggle for its land

Guardian | May 9, 2011 Powerful movie about Palestinian protests against Israel’s separation barrier is now available on DVD Iltezam Morrar, the teenager who led the women’s protests in the West Bank village of Budrus I’m finally back in Jerusalem after almost two months away, much of it in Tripoli, which was weird and fascinating. […]

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Statehood Declaration or Anti-apartheid Struggle?

By Issa Khalaf | Palestine Chronicle | May 3, 2011 The business of seeking UN membership is once again heating up—with a fury.  While the PA threatens this diplomatic move, the Obama administration, in desperation, announces a new initiative to end what it portrays as a merely diplomatic stalemate.  (Obama’s speech, it is rumored, may […]

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Remembering Palestinian prisoners, renewing our struggle

Ameer Makhoul The Electronic Intifada 27 April 2011 Palestinians celebrate the release of a political prisoner, Ramallah, January 2009. (Oren Ziv/ActiveStills) Palestinian Prisoners Day was marked on 17 April, an annual day to contemplate the individual and collective suffering and impossible pain of political prisoners and their families. It is also a day to recommit […]

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MURDERS WILL NOT STOP THE STRUGGLE TO FREE GAZA

Posted by desertpeace at ps.hadnews.com on Thursday, April 21,2011 Image ‘Copyleft’ by Carlos Latuff For over three years Vittorio Arrigoni has escorted fishing boats in Gaza’s waters to protect those trying to make an honest day’s living at sea. From a HaAretz Report today; Gaza has approximately 3,500 fishermen. Israeli naval vessels patrolling the Gaza […]

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