Public meeting: 30 year commemoration of the Sabra & Shatila massacreEye-witness report by Dr Ben Alofs Ben Alofs was working as a nurse in West Beirut in the summer of 1982, which at the time was being besieged by the Israeli army. He was an eye-witness to the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre. Ariel Sharon’s complicity…
by Liz Lochhead, poet, dramatist and Scottish Makar2 September 2012 …I was glad to join other Scottish artists and writers in signing a letter protesting the appearance of the Israeli Batsheva Dance Company at the Edinburgh International Festival this week. Why? Because I have been profoundly changed by what I witnessed and experienced first hand…
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BBC Radio 4’s World at One yesterday, Tuesday 28th August, can be heard here for a week after transmission. The programme covered the verdict which exonerated the Israeli military of any blame for the death of Rachel Corrie, crushed under an Israeli military bulldozer carrying out one its frequent missions to bulldoze Palestinian homes. On this…
Continue Reading The BBC told an outright lie about Rachel Corrie’s death
IF you are angry at the Israeli court blaming Rachel Corrie for her own death under an Israeli bulldozer, while trying to intercede against a – routine – Israeli bulldozing of Palestinian homes and propertyIF you are angry at Israel shelling of Gaza yesterday and its other cruelties IF you want to send a message…
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Colonial Counterinsurgencies May Be GenocidalA. Dirk MosesCentre on Law and GlobalisationAre colonial counterinsurgencies genocides? They may be. Even if the goal of the settlers is peace and not genocide, the logic of settler colonialism can structure the situation so that extermination of the indigenous peoples seems to be the only real option. In order for…
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The Zionist Federation UK will be demonstrating in support of Batsheva and Israel outside the Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre. Israeli Minister Limor Livnat will attend one of the Israeli State-sponsored dance group’s three performances for the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) for three nights beginning Thursday August 30th. EIF Director Jonathan Mills has publicly warned pro-Palestine demonstrators…
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