Friday 27 February 2009 Interpal Statement http://www.interpal.info/archives/2245 No inappropriate or biased distribution of aid Press Release: Ibrahim Hewitt, Chairman of Interpal, the British charity which provides humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, has stated that “Interpal has been vindicated” by the report of the Charity Commission inquiry into Interpal, published today, Friday 27 February. This is…
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Press release, Al-Haq, 22 March 2009 Israeli police dispersed a meeting at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem of the organizers of the planned cultural activities, and confiscated related material and computers. The Israeli authorities were consequently fully aware that the activities were intended to take place primarily inside schools, social clubs and community centers.…
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Tony Greenstein, The Electronic Intifada, 10 March 2009 Histadrut has always been a strange creature. In most countries one joins a trade union which is affiliated to a national trade union federation. In Israel one first joins Histadrut and then one is allocated to a union. It is only outside Israel that Histadrut is seen…
South Africa & Palestine: Long Roads to Freedom GLASGOW: Friday 20 March, 6pm Room 514, Graham Hills Building, Strathclyde University {google}-6800089246811126963{/google} View & listen to Ronnie Kasrils’ Glasgow talk (78 minutes) EDINBURGH: Sat 21 March, 2pm Augustine Church Centre View & listen to Ronnie Kasrils’ Edinburgh talk (51 minutes) During the dark years of apartheid rule in…
Israel’s state terrorism in Gaza, enabled by virtually unlimited support from the US and Western governments in general, was a key catalyst in spreading and deepening BDS around the world, prompting advocates of Palestinian rights to feel that our South Africa moment has finally arrived. Israel is now widely perceived, at a grassroots level, as…
When government agencies cloak arms exports to Israel in secrecy, we have a moral and legal right to prevent their damage by Andrew Beckett guardian.co.uk, Monday 23 February 2009 During the night of January 17 2009, the last day of the Israeli attack on Gaza, six peace activists climbed the fence of a Brighton arms…