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It’s time to shift gears, obey rule of international law, and move on By David Cohen thespec.com January 19 2012 http://www.thespec.com/opinion/columns/article/656981–the-arab-israeli-dispute-can-be-settled “Genug shoin!” Roughly translated from the Yiddish: “Enough already!” Depending on one’s point of view, the Arab-Israeli conflict has been going on since 1967, or [...]  The French parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee published an unprecedented report two weeks ago accusing Israel of implementing “apartheid” policies in its allocation of water resources in the West Bank. [...] By Lia Tarachansky of The RealNews Network. Aug. 11, 2011 Saturday saw the largest demonstration in Israel’s history in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and other cities. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis poured onto the streets to demonstrate against the high housing prices and rising costs of commodities. Meanwhile Israel’s Palestinian citizens who make up 20% of [...] By LARRY HAIVEN The Halifax Chronicle-Herald When even mainstream North American Jewish organizations condemn Israeli policy, you know things are bad in that country. Imagine that the U.S. had made it illegal in the 1960s for citizens to urge a boycott of California grapes, and that [...] A Moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering Introduction Independent Jewish Voices-Canada (IJV) is a national organization of Jews committed to a resolution of the conflict in Israel/Palestine based on the application of international law and respect for the human rights of all people. Independent Jewish [...] Alternate Information Center (Israel) 13 July 2011 “We’re going to arrest you, but it’s difficult with you because all you do is talk.” – Israeli soldier to Palestinian organizer Mohammad Othman, 2009 [1] [...] Uri Avnery zope.gush-shalom.org June 25, 2011 THE PALESTINIANS are planning something thoroughly obnoxious: they intend to apply to the UN for statehood. Why obnoxious? Any Israeli spokesman (not to mention spokeswoman) will tell you readily: because it is a “unilateral” move. How dare they proclaim a state unilaterally? [...] MRzine by the Communist Party of Israel About 25,000 people took part in a march in central Tel Aviv on Saturday evening supporting the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. The march ended with a rally at the Tel Aviv Museum. MKs Dov Khenin (Hadash), Daniel Ben-Simon [...] Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 05/18/2011 – 10:12 The Palestine Solidarity Campaign of South Africa (PSC) has confirmed that prominent scholar Na’eem Jeenah is expected back in Johannesburg Thursday morning after he was detained by Israeli authorities, interrogated and held incommunicado on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport on 17 May, [...] Israel crowns itself as the winner in the global competition of victimhood; yet it manufactures methods of oppression and dispossession. By Amira Hass, Haaretz – 18 May 2011 www.haaretz.com How natural it is for Israeli spokesmen to assert that the Nakba Day marches from Syria and Lebanon were the product of incitement [...] |
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