“We do not wish to fund companies that so directly contribute to violations of international humanitarian law,” Ms Halvorsen said at the time… significant high point in a campaign that is followed attentively, and with some concern, in Israel Tobias Bruck in Financial Times 19 November 2009 Norwegian finance ministers do not normally have the…
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What does Israel have against a Palestinian stadium? By Amira Hass A friendly game between an Arab soccer team and a Palestinian team was supposed to inaugurate the new stadium being built in the eastern part of Al-Bireh, near Ramallah, at the end of the year. “Supposed to” because the Civil Administration, an arm of…
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Can we talk? The Middle East “peace industry” by Faris Giacamanin The Electronic Intifada20 August 2009 Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various activities that they have participated in that promote “coexistence” and “dialogue” between both sides of…
by Adri Nieuwhof in The Electronic Intifada 2 June 2009 Of course it is positive that parts of the Jewish population of Israel try to see Palestinians as human beings and as their equals. However, it disturbs me how paper-thin the number is that protests and is truly anti-Zionist. We get worked up by what…
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HELP BREAK THE ILLEGAL SIEGE OF GAZAJOIN THE GAZA FREEDOM MARCH 1 JANUARY, 2010 Israel’s blockade of Gaza is a flagrant violation of international law that has led to mass suffering. The U.S., the European Union, and the rest of the international community are complicit. The law is clear. The conscience of humankind is shocked.…
Professor Noam Chomsky was interviewed by telephone before live audiences at three locations in Edinburgh and Glasgow on 10 November 2009. The interview and public meetings were sponsored by Radio Ramadan Edinburgh, Scotland Against Criminalising Communities and the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign. One of the venues was a lecture theatre at Glasgow University. The University’s politics department…