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Union urges immediate boycott following Gaza university bombing

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10075.shtml Appeal, Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees, 30 December 2008 The following appeal was issued on 29 December 2008: The Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and Employees condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombing today of the campus of the Islamic University in Gaza. This wanton destruction of…

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Arafat al-Khawaja: The First West Bank Palestinian to Die During Demonstrations in Bili’in and Nili’in in solidarity with the People of Gaza

Written by Ahmad Jaradat, Alternative Information Center (AIC)    Monday, 29 December 2008 Every Friday, residents of the West Bank villages of Bili’in and Nili’in conduct demonstrations against the Separation Wall and the Israeli occupation with their international and Israeli partners. Over the past three years the residents of these villages have become a tangible…

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Déjà vu War in Gaza

Written by B. Michael, Yedioth Ahronoth    Monday, 29 December 2008 Unlike Israel’s 2006 war against Lebanon, the Israeli public opinion on the current military attacks on the Gaza Strip is not an impenetrable wall of support. During the 2006 war against Lebanon, there were no mainstream articles in opposition to the war until well…

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Dignity Leaves for Gaza: Challenges World to “Stop this Madness!”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Date : 12-29-2008 For more information, please contact:(Gaza) Ewa Jasiewicz, +972 598 700 497 / freelance@mailworks.org(Cyprus) Lubna Masarwa +357 99 081 767 / lubnna@gmail.com(U.S.) Greta Berlin, +1 310 422 7242 / iristulip@gmail.com(Larnaca, Cyprus 29 December 2008) – There is a time when silence is complicity and inaction is unacceptable. On Saturday, December 27,…

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