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Israeli authors Yehoshua, Oz, Grossman back boycott of Ariel

YNetnews.com
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3946485,00.html
Photo: Author David Grossman addresses demonstration at Sheik Jarrah, East Jerusalem.
Prominent authors back actors’ refusal to perform beyond Green Line. ‘If settlers refuse to evacuate, they can stay and become Palestinian citizens,’ Yehoshua says

Boaz Fyler   08.30.10 / Israel News

Ynet learned on Monday that prominent Israeli authors A. B. Yehoshua, Amos [...]

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Comment: Name-calling won’t sink Boat to Gaza

By DAVID HEAP AND DYLAN PENNER   (Penner is a member of the IJV Steering Committee. The IJV is supporting the Canadian Boat to Gaza)
http://www.lfpress.com/comment/2010/08/30/15184826.html
London Free Press,  August 30, 2010
The Canadian Boat to Gaza has been the target of slurs and misinformation from various sources, including Mindelle Jacobs’ Aug. 24 column Loony Left’s Gaza [...]

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A Mideast reading list for Tories willing to learn

POLITICS
By Gerald Caplan
Harper should brush up on reality as Obama hosts Israeli and Palestinian leaders
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published on Friday, Aug. 27, 2010
U.S. President Barack Obama is bringing together Israeli and Palestinian leaders next week in yet another attempt to find agreement between them. It seems a futile quest.
The Palestinians remain impossibly divided [...]

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‘Actors’ boycott on settlement Cultural Center will tear Israel apart’

Latest update 18:13 28.08.10  www.Haaretz.com

Minister of Culture and Sport slams 36 actors, artists, who refuse to participate in productions at new theater in Ariel.
By Chaim Levinson Tags: Israel settlements

Minister of Culture and Sport Limor Livnat on Saturday responded harshly on Saturday to an announcement by 36 theater actors and staff who declared they would [...]

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IJV slams Israel for cutting off mail to Gaza

Press release                August 12, 2010

“This is the latest in an ongoing series of Israeli outrages against the people of Gaza,” said Sid Shniad, spokesperson [...]

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Who will speak up for Israeli citizens’ right to free speech?

The Guardian      3 August 2010
Liberal Israelis who dare to speak out against the treatment of Palestinians may soon be facing prosecution
By Daphna Baram

The UN has formally condemned Israel’s deadly assault on a Gaza aid flotilla as protests continue around the world. Israel’s left is now the target of government repression.

The most widely mentioned text in [...]

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American Jews Who Reject Zionism Say Events Aid Cause

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN
New York Times: June 25, 2010
One day nearly 20 years ago, Stephen Naman was preparing to help the rabbi of his Reform Jewish temple in South Carolina move the congregation into a new building. Mr. Naman had just one request: Could the rabbi stop placing the flag of Israel on the [...]

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Photo essay: IJV joins Bil’in protests against the occupation. Met with tear gas and fires.

June 23, 2010
By Independent Jewish Voices Canada

Last Friday, members from Independent Jewish Voices were invited by the Bil’in Popular Committee to join their protest. Every Friday for the last six years, the Popular Committee of Bil’in, Palestine, has organized creative protests against the encroaching occupation of their land by the nearby settlers and Israeli Defense [...]

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Jewish group applauds Pride’s pro-free speech stance

June 25, 2010
Independent Jewish Voices – Canada applauds and congratulates Pride Toronto on its historic decision to allow Queers Against Israeli Apartheid to march in next month’s Pride parade. IJV condemns attempts by the Canadian Jewish Congress, B’nai Brith and other self-appointed leaders of the Jewish community to close down serious discussion about the Israeli-Palestinian [...]

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Jewish group to Layton: Investigate Israel/Palestine with Neutral Hosts

June 24, 2010
The New Democratic Party should reject the invitation of the Canada-Israel Committee to host or facilitate a trip by Jack Layton and his caucus members to Israel, says Independent Jewish Voices – Canada. The Canada-Israel Committee made the offer in the wake of the manufactured uproar about remarks by [...]

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