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Checkpoints

Sat, 18 Dec 2010 03:11:00 +0000

“The right to freedom of movement provides that people are entitled to move freely within the borders of the state, to leave any country and to return to their country.” Article 13 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. December 10th, 1948 Movement Restrictions: The Facts By September 2008 there were 699 closure obstacles in the West Bank– approximately 130 of these have been added after the Annapolis (...) - Fact Sheets

This Week in Palestine Week 36 2010

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:58:00 +0000

Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for 4th, September to 10th, 2010

IPSC concern over repression of French Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) activists

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 14:41:40 +0000

IPSC Letter to the Embassy of France - 10th September 2010 Dear M. Ambassador, The Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) condemns the decision taken by French authorities to prosecute people of conscience for calling for a boycott of Israeli produce. The IPSC also extends its solidarity to these activists and calls for the immediate dropping of these ridiculous charges.

Intervista con Ilan Shalif (Anarchici Contro Il Muro)

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 09:30:38 +0000

Alasbarricadas ha intervistato Ilan Shalif, un attivista anarchico di lungo corso. Abbiamo discusso con lui di come vede la situazione in Palestina-Israele, dopo l'attacco alla flottiglia di Gaza e dopo i recenti sviluppi in loco. Dove la situazione resta molto interessante per l'attività anarchica, come Ilan stesso ha scritto: "In nessun paese del mondo ci si aspetterebbe che gli anarchici possano essere alla testa della più importante lotta condotta dalla sinistra radicale di quel paese. In nessun altro posto del mondo gli anarchici si confrontano con le forze di Stato in maniera non-violenta, settimana dopo settimana, allargando gradualmente i consensi, e continuare a marciare liberi anche quando la repressione chiude in carcere alcuni dei nostri compagni per poche ore o per pochi giorni. Nessuno si aspetterebbe che i fondamentalisti di Hamas possano appoggiare pubblicamente la lotta unitaria insieme ad ebrei anarchici ed atei. Nessuno poteva immaginare la popolarità e l'attenzione che i media danno oggi a poche dozzine di anarchici che in meno di 7 anni hanno cambiato il significato dell'etichetta di "anarchico" nella pubblica opinione. Nessuno pensava che la potente macchina repressiva israeliana avrebbe rafforzato l'attività degli anarchici" - Ilan Shalif, 3 agosto 2007. [http://www.anarkismo.net/article/17409] [http://www.anarkismo.net/article/17412]

Palestina-Israele, la lotta unitaria continua anche con il caldo estivo e in periodo di Ramadan

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:53:44 +0000

Report del 24.08.10 Prosegue ancora la lotta contro le deportazioni interne dei cittadini palestinesi in Israele dal 1948, specialmente nel villaggio beduino di Al Araqeeb. Lo Stato d'Israele ha da poco intensificato gli sforzi per strappare gli ultimi terreni rimasti ai Beduini del sud (Negev) nel distretto di Be'er Sheva. Gli Anarchici Contro il Muro si uniscono alla ampia coalizione di radicali e liberali che vanno nel villaggio per portare sostegno ai Beduini e per protestare contro le deportazioni. [http://www.anarkismo.net/article/17396]

A ghost town beckons? Old City in Hebron under threat

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 08:22:09 +0000

9 September 2010 | ISM Media During the month of Ramadan the Israeli army used various tactics to repress protest and intimidate the population of the Old City in Hebron, which illegal Israeli settlers are seeking to ethnically cleanse When, on August 10th 2010, the Israeli Army invaded the Old City in Hebron and closed off three [...]

Mideast talks a cover for US war preparations

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:55:00 +0000

The opening round of talks between Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has made it clear that Washington’s real aim is to legitimise the support of the Arab states for a future military onslaught against Iran.

Refusing to Normalize a Cruel Occupation

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:40:05 +0000

By Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) - 9 September 2010 The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) warmly salutes the tens of American and British theater, film and TV artists for their recently published statement supporting the spreading cultural boycott of Ariel and the rest of Israel's colonial settlements illegally built on occupied Palestinian territory...As Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, “I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid.” read more

Boycott leadership: solidarity with French activists

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:20:00 +0000

The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), on behalf of its constituent organizations and unions representing the majority of Palestinian civil society, strongly condemns the decision taken by French authorities to prosecute people of conscience for calling for a boycott of Israeli produce.

Respect the Palestinian-led picket line

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:55:00 +0000

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel warmly salutes the tens of American and British theater, film and TV artists for their recently published statement supporting the spreading cultural boycott of Ariel and the rest of Israel's colonial settlements illegally built on occupied Palestinian territory due to their violation of international law.

Israel bombs Gaza on the eve of Eid ul-Fitr – the second attack since peace talks resumed

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:11:11 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10 September 2010 Gaza City, GAZA STRIP The Israeli military carried out air strikes on three regions of the Gaza Strip late last night, as inhabitants were preparing to celebrate Eid ul-Fitr, the Muslim holiday marking the end the holy month of Ramadan that starts today. It constitute the second missile attack by Israel [...]

Aqraba inhabitants facing confiscation of yet more farmland to serve the expansion of an illegal settlement

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:19:30 +0000

9 September 2010 | ISM Media Aqraba, NABLUS On Monday 6th September, farmers in Aqraba were forbidden by the Israeli army to work on a 200 dunam area of land near the village. The land is currently in the process of being converted, by a combination of local workers and the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, from rocky [...]

U.S. Aim in "Peace Process": Liquidation of Palestinian struggle

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:13:00 +0000

"In his opening speech, Obama again called the current situation unsustainable. U.S. leaders urgently want to reach some kind of settlement, not due to any concern for the plight of the Palestinian people, but because they recognize that the current situation is intensifying anger in the entire region against the U.S. The real aim of Washington in these talks remains what it has been since the U.S. first openly entered into negotiations with the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1991: the liquidation of the Palestinian struggle as part of a drive to pacify and dominate the Middle East as a whole."

ISM is seeking a qualified Media Coordinator to join the Ramallah team

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:53:13 +0000

9 September 2010 The International Solidarity Movement are currently looking for a Media Coordinator to join the team in Ramallah, Palestine. We are looking for someone who has previous media experience and is able to commit a minimum of 3 months, ideally 6. Applications will be interviewed and reference checked and training and guidance will be offered [...]

A Uniquely Dangerous Border

Thu, 09 Sep 2010 17:35:34 +0000

By CONN HALLINAN - September 3-5, 2010 While the Middle East — indeed, the world — is riveted by the on-going crisis around Iran’s nuclear program, the most immediate danger of a war may be on Israel’s border with Lebanon: “Exceptionally quiet and uniquely dangerous” was how the Independent’s Robert Fisk described it last month. read more