A portrait of steadfastness in the Gaza Strip’s deadly “buffer zone” ~ by @ISMPalestine

21st October 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Charlie Andreasson | Gaza, Occupied Palestine An older man meets us when we step out of the taxi, a patriarch, his back straight, with a firm handshake and a welcoming smile. The other activists I shared a taxi with have all been there before, and we sit with […]

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Vote for Mohammed Assaf – Arab Idol 2013!

ARAB IDOL 2013: MOHAMMED ASSAF! This was NOT just a contest for idols! FOR PALESTINE THIS WAS THE RESULT OF SUMUD OF 1 MAN! Imagine what all together can do… June 20, 2013 – by occpal Let’s start with the confession that I never really listen to music at all. Nor watch TV for the […]

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#SumudZaytoun | Protest tent in Shuafat against land confiscation

“Settling” by Israel constitutes a WARCRIME according to International Law and the ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislation’ it is forbidden. A Reminder to all that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 13:1 states:  “Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state” Law resources […]

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#SumudZaytoun | Protest tent in Shuafat against land confiscation

“Settling” constitutes a warcime according to international law and ICC statute. Even under US’ own military legislations’ Law resources below this article [ PIC 23/01/2013 – 12:42 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– People of Shuafat village in occupied Jerusalem set up on Tuesday a new protest tent, calling it “Somud Zaytun” (Olive Steadfastness), in protest […]

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A Must Read – Khader Adnan’s letter from his prison

Related: WE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN KHADER! ~ Photos & Action Alert Hunger-striking prisoner not backing down Maan News Agency | Febr 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – Islamic Jihad prisoner Khader Adnan, who has been on hunger strike for 56 days, asserted Saturday that he would continue with his strike because he is defending his […]

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Book Review of ‘Understanding Palestine’ by Dr. Tariq Shadid (Dutch)

New Song released by Doc Jazz – ‘Right of Return‘ Monday, 19 December 2011 | DocJazz.com A book review by Songül Arslan, Wijblijvenhier.nl – Als het om een oplossing voor het Israëlisch-Palestijns vraagstuk gaat, dan is een democratische, seculiere Israëlisch-Palestijnse staatwaarin iedereen vredig en met respect voor elkaar en elkaars fundamentele rechten samenleeft een grote […]

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“To Exist is to Resist”: On Intifada and Sumud

Truth does not matter for “Israel”. Buttons Do. To mute. Intifada. (Art: Sauda Camo) By Mohammed ALNadi – Gaza As I write this, I’m listening to ‘Ween el Malayeen’ song, meaning ‘where are the millions’, a revolutionary song which used to stir the patriotic emotions inside millions of raging Arabs at the time of the […]

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Could Arab (Palestinian) staying power ultimately defeat Zionism?

By  Alan Hart | 9 August 2011 | Redress Alan Hart considers the scenarios which could result from the Palestinian steadfastness that has confounded Zionist and Arab regime hopes that the Palestine file would close after the dispossession of Palestinians in 1948, and argues that the world should be prepared for an Israeli false flag […]

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PA absent from funeral of man hailed as ‘symbol of steadfastness’

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون Published today (updated) 07/08/2011 16:31 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Former Bethlehem governor Salah Tamari expressed disappointment on Sunday that Palestinian Authority officials did not attend the funeral of Hajj Ibrahim Atallah, who he praised as “a symbol of Palestinian steadfastness.” Hajj Ibrahim Atallah remained in Zakariyya, a small hamlet built […]

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Palestine-Israel, The persistence (Tsumud) of the joint struggle continue

– Anarkismo | March 22, 2011 On the back ground of the general uprisings in the Arab countries, the persistence of the joint struggle contribute its share of rebellion. As the moment of truth for the last settler colonialist project in the modern world approach, the rightists intensify their onslaught and the Zionist and a-Zionist […]

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