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The Nation: A Thirst for West Bank Water
The Nation A Thirst for West Bank Water by FAREED TAAMALLAH [posted online on June 9, 2006] During Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's recent visit to Washington, President Bush declared Olmert's "convergence" plan "bold."...
BAHOUR: Begging for a Response
Begging for a Response Israel’s ongoing air strikes on Gaza are politically motivated By Sam Bahour The Israelis are a stiff necked people. They refuse to accept anything less than full acquiescence by anyone involved in their plans, no matter...
The Israeli Boycott of Palestinian Education
Counterpunch.org June 7, 2006 Can the Anti-Boycotters Please Stand Up? The Israeli Boycott of Palestinian Education By LAURA RIBEIRO In the flurry of letters and comments against the boycott of Israeli academics who, according to Natfhe, are complicit through their...
Reversing ethnic cleansing: The Right to Return Home (A MUST READ)
June 5, 2006 Reversing ethnic cleansing: The Right to Return Home By: Salman Abu Sitta* In the spring of 1948, some Jewish mukhtars (headmen) of Jewish colonies in Palestinian went over to the Arab Palestinian mukhtars in the...
LEVY: With a little help from the outside
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 11:22 04/06/2006 With a little help from the outside By Gideon Levy The laugh of fate: The state waging a broad international campaign for a boycott is simultaneously waging a parallel campaign, no less...
Major General Eiland: Gaza pullout was missed chance of historic proportions
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 09:44 04/06/2006 Eiland: Gaza pullout was missed chance of historic proportions By Ari Shavit, Haaretz Correspondent In an interview to Haaretz, the outgoing head of the National Security Council (NSC), Major General Giora...
‘Gaza is like Dakar’
w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 09:18 30/05/2006 'Gaza is like Dakar' By Akiva Eldar When officials of the various aid organizations hear Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, claiming that talk of a humanitarian...
What did Bush signal? / crucible of trouble / Surrender vs. the Right to Exist
A few worthwhile readings...and an attached cartoon that speaks volumes... --------------------------------------------------- What did Bush signal? - George Bisharat Monday, May 29, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle Did President Bush give Israeli Prime...
World Council of Churches: The time is ripe to do what is right
World Council of Churches (WCC) The WCC is a fellowship of churches, now 347 in more than 120 countries in all continents from virtually all christian traditions Executive committee statement on Israel/Palestine: The time is ripe to do what is right With...
Jeff Halper: COUNTDOWN TO APARTHEID…Olmert’s speech in context…
COUNTDOWN TO APARTHEID By Jeff Halper Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s address to both houses of Congress was perhaps the most skilled use of Newspeak since George Orwell invented the term in his novel 1984. (He had help: author and Nobel Peace...
Sharon’s Legacy (A MUST READ) / NYT: Viable Palestinian State / The misbegotten labeling… / Reposts
Dear friends, Yesterday's victims were: Milad Abu-Aris, Jaafer Khaled, Aysar Kasam and Ra'ad Rabakh. As I write, I can hear heavy and loud gunfire coming from the Al-Amari Refugee Camp next to our home. It is the funeral for one of the 4 Palestinians that were...
Financial Times: Why Israel cannot always rely on America’s helping hand
Dear friends, For those that were not able to open the file attached to my previous post, please find the article here: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article4738.shtml The below article from the Financial Times is a clear analysis of the larger picture,...
A Palestinian Prodigy at UC Berkeley
Visit the online article and see the video: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=local&id=4196230 Berkeley Undergrad Sets Up Mini-Clinics KGO By Carolyn Johnson May 22 - KGO - The commencement speaker for hundreds of students in the College of...
UN-OCHA: Territorial Fragmentation of the West Bank / Humanitarian Briefing Notes
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Territorial Fragmentation of the West Bank Movement restrictions for Palestinians has worsened in the past six month. Increasingly the West Bank is being divided into smaller areas with movement between...
BAHOUR & DAHAN: A Will, a Way and a Partner
A Will, a Way and a Partner The U.S. must not entertain ideas of unilateral action regarding Palestine By Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan (news) Ohmynews Published on 2006-05-23 10:52 (KST) Every newly elected Israeli Prime...
AMIRA HASS: Palestinians Are Being Robbed by Israel
Palestinians Are Being Robbed by Israel by Amira Hass Los Angeles Times 21 February 2006 It is evidently difficult to scrub off the sticker that is glued onto the front window. That's why when a new car from Germany or South Korea or the United States rolls onto the...
Marriage Ban Closes the Gates to Palestinians
Dear friends, As you read this important article below, keep in mind a much simpler case - that of my wife and I. I, by virtue of being born in the US, am American. My wife is Palestinian. Our two girls, one born in Ohio and another in El-Bireh, both carry...
The West Bank Partition – Towards the Third Intifada
The West Bank Partition – Towards the Third Intifada Fred Schlomka – 20th May, 2006, Tel Aviv How can Prime Minister Ehud Olmert stand up in from of Israel’s Parliament as he did in early May, pronounce himself ready...
Right from the horse’s mouth…(rather revealing)
"We do not permit the system to operate..." w w w . h a a r e t z . c o m Last update - 09:36 14/05/2006 Out of uniform and into the conflict By Akiva Eldar Just a few weeks ago, after 28 years of military service, seven years of which were spent handling...
Jimmy CARTER: Israel’s New Plan, A Land Grab
Israel's new plan: A land grab USA Today Posted 5/15/2006 8:48 PM ET By Jimmy Carter New Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced that Israel will take unilateral steps to establish its own geographical boundaries during the next four years of his...
Introducing the Institute for Middle East Understanding (Links Corrected)
Dear Friends,  I wanted to make you aware of the Institute for Middle East Understanding at http://www.imeu.net/. The IMEU works with journalists on their stories about Palestine and the Palestinians. In the short time the IMEU has been around, they've placed...
Introducing the Institute for Middle East Understanding
Dear Friends, I wanted to make you aware of the Institute for Middle East Understanding at https://imeu.org/. The IMEU works with journalists on their stories about Palestine and the Palestinians. In the short time the IMEU has been...
BAHOUR: Israel at 58: A Failing Experiment
Israel at 58: A Failing Experiment By Sam Bahour One of Israel's founding Ministers of Education and Culture, Professor Ben-Zion Dinur (1954), said it most sharply; “In our country there is room only for the Jews. We shall say to the Arabs: Get out! If they...
BREAKING NEWS: Haifa mayor: I agree to refugees’ return
Ynet.com (Part of Yedioth Group, Israel's largest media company) Right of Return Haifa mayor: I agree to refugees' return In interview to Israeli-Arab newspaper, town's Head Yahav says he does not object to Palestinians going back to Haifa in framework of...
Challenge / Ferment Over ‘The Israel Lobby’ / 62% of Israelis support government-backed Arab emigration
Dear friends, Two worthwhile articles and some recent Israeli statistics, which are stunning as we enter, in 2 days, 58 years of this man-made Catastrophe (Nakba). In remembrance of those living dead, called refugees, Sam --------------------------------- CHALLENGE A...
Hamas and Israel’s “Right to Exist” (A MUST READ)
Making (Non) Sense of the Funding Cut-Off Hamas and Israel's "Right to Exist" By VIRGINIA TILLEY To the great consternation of most of the world, the European Union, followed now by Norway and Canada, has halted payments to the Hamas-led...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Why Palestinian strife is escalating
Philadelphia Inquirer Editorials & Commentary Posted on Thu, May. 11, 2006 Why Palestinian strife is escalating Sam Bahour is a Palestinian American businessman living in the West Bank Recent Palestinian infighting...
ACTION ALERT: House Voting on Anti-Palestinian Legislation Tuesday
House Voting on Anti-Palestinian Legislation Tuesday The US Campaign has learned that the House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday, May 9 on HR4681, the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006. This bill imposes draconian economic and diplomatic...
The shrinking map of Palestine (A MUST SEE) / Behind The Wall
Dear friends, This single graphic (low resolution version attached) in the in the London Times, 5 May 2006, titled, Truth in Mapping, speaks volumes. For a higher resolution version see: http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/article.php?pg=11&ar=208 Also,...
World Bank says underestimated Palestinian crisis
World Bank says underestimated Palestinian crisis Mon May 8, 2006 12:58 AM ET By Adam Entous JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The World Bank warned donors on Sunday that the financial crisis gripping the Palestinian Authority since Hamas won election was deeper...
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