No Palestinian Fishing Rod – Haaretz Article
heather on December 13th, 2006To read Amira Hass’ article in Israeli newspaper Haaretz, on the desperate Palestinian economic situation, click here
Palestinians own 40% of Israeli Settlements
heather on November 23rd, 2006By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem (Independent) Published: 22 November 2006 Almost 40 per cent of land used by Israel for its settlements in the occupied West Bank is the private property of Palestinians, the Israeli organisation Peace Now said yesterday on the basis of leaked official maps and other data. Contrary to official claims that…
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Report From Member of Zaytoun Harvest Team 2006
heather on November 19th, 2006To read a detailed day by day report and see pictures of the 2006 harvest documented by Ed Hill, visit www.bristolcomputers4palestine.co.uk and click ‘Mailing archive’ on the left hand menu. From there you can scroll down to the 2006 reports.
Olive Harvest Update Nov 06
cathi on November 12th, 2006Our Zaytoun/International Womens’ Peace Service team is so big this year that we split into three groups of around 5 people. One team went to Az-Zawiyya village in the Salfit district, where there have been problems with land access and illegal Israeli settlers, another went to Marda, a village we have been to three years…
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The Great Experiment – Uri Avnery in CounterPunch
heather on October 18th, 2006IS IT possible to force a whole people to submit to foreign occupation by starving it? That is, certainly, an interesting question. So interesting, indeed, that the governments of Israel and the United States, in close cooperation with Europe, are now engaged in a rigorous scientific experiment in order to obtain a definitive answer. The…
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The Taste of Palestine in London
heather on October 8th, 2006Maramia Café is the first of its kind in the UK offering Palestinian Mediterranean fast food. Maramia offers a range of delicious Palestinian fare in a friendly setting. We ate there on Friday and would definitely recommend you try it. 48 GOLBORNE ROAD, LONDON W10 T: 020 3132 3431 M: 07766 640112 E: maramiacafe@hotmail.com
From Jabaliya Camp, Gaza to Goldsmiths College
heather on August 7th, 2006Dear Friend, It’s been a long journey since I left home but destination PhD is finally coming into sight. I have worked hard to be where I am now, completed 3 chapters of 6, attended conferences, dug deep into the world of academia and I am nearing completion of 2 years research. The main barrier…
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The IDF is Hungry for War – What Are They Fighting For?
heather on July 17th, 2006Tanya Reinhart in CounterPunch Whatever may be the fate of the captive soldier Gilad Shalit, the Israeli army’s war in Gaza is not about him. As senior security analyst Alex Fishman widely reported, the army was preparing for an attack months earlier and was constantly pushing for it, with the goal of destroying the Hamas…
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The Israeli Action Committee for the Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees
heather on July 14th, 2006The Committee is an Israeli organization, which firmly believes that there can be no peace between Israel and Palestine so long as thousands of Palestinian so-called “security prisoners” and hundreds of administrative detainees continue to be held in Israeli prisons. Members of the Committee believe that the Palestinian prisoners can and should play a significant…
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Aggression Under False Pretenses – By Ismail Haniyeh
heather on July 11th, 2006Ismail Haniyeh is Prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) GAZA, Palestine — As Americans commemorated their annual celebration of independence from colonial occupation, rejoicing in their democratic institutions, we Palestinians were yet again besieged by our occupiers, who destroy our roads and buildings, our power stations and water plants, and who attack our…
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