Shattering a ‘national mythology’By Ofri Ilani, Haaretz March 21, 2008 Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, the second president of the State of Israel, wrote in 1929 that, ‘the vast majority of the peasant farmers do not have their origins in the Arab conquerors, but rather, before then, in the Jewish farmers who were numerous and a majority in…
Continue Reading Shlomo Sand on the danger of Zionism’s racist mythology
Early December 2008, date to be confirmed soon. Dayschool – All day event in Edinburgh. Full details to be confirmed soon. Speakers include: Emanuel Abdel Al, member of the Executive Committee of the PGFTU (Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions. Katherine Nastovski, member of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), former chair of the…
Israeli jailed over baby tragedy There are hundreds of blockages to the movement of Palestinians Between 2000 and 2006, at least 68 Palestinian women gave birth at Israeli checkpoints, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Of these 35 women miscarried, and five died in childbirth. An Israeli soldier has been removed from duty and jailed…
Continue Reading Another Palestinian woman in labour stopped at checkpoint – baby dies
Read it and weep “The United States and Europe worked closely with Israel to form a united position towards the Hamas government, and the siege on Gaza [which] stemmed from that”. Montell described the latest moves to clamp down on so-called “illegal aliens” in the West Bank as an “exacerbation” of this ostracising approach towards…
Continue Reading Israeli ingenuity finds another way to tear Palestinian families apart
Israeli Military Occupation is not a Bar to EU Partnership By David Morrison, 11/09/08 …On 28 November 1995, the EU allowed Israel to become a partner, under Euro-Mediterranean Partnership arrangements with states bordering on the Mediterranean. At the time, Israeli troops were occupying parts of Lebanon and Syria and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (the West…
Mofaz: Israel should reinstitute Sharon’s assassination policies Date: 12 / 09 / 2008 Ma’an Ibrahim An-Najjar, a leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, warned Friday morning that the transportation minister’s comments are evidence of an upcoming “wave of assassinations and aggression” against Palestinians. “Israeli leaders are competing for our blood and all Palestinian…
Continue Reading Israeli Minister Mofaz wants Israel to escalate assassinations