Boycotting the boycotters
- Gideon Levy גדעון לוי
While the international boycott against apartheid South Africa is credited with leading to the regime's downfall, here it is considered irrelevant and unworthy of comparison.
Most people here are appalled at the notion that anybody beyond Israel's borders ...
'The Internet is a Game Changer' - A Paperless World
- Ramzy Baroud
The debate is no longer confined to a few academics in distant universities. It is now a widely prevalent, mainstream topic of discussion.
How will the news of the future be distributed? The jury is still out, but not completely. Increasingly, we are ...
The Attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and International Law
- Lawyers for Palestinian Human Rights (LPHR)
(1) Factual Outline
On 29 May 2010 the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, consisting of six civilian ships and 700 human rights activists and journalist from over 40 countries, set sail for the Gaza Strip carrying over 10,000 tonnes of aid and supplies1 for Gazan ...
Israel's Attack on Us All
- Jonathan Cook جونثان كوك
It is quite astounding that Israel has been able to create over the past 12 hours a news blackout, just as it did with its attack on Gaza 18 months ago, into which our main media organisations have willingly allowed Israeli spokespeople to step in ...
Adalah, PCATI and PHR-I Submit an Extraordinary Petition for Habeas Corpus and Demand for Information on Gaza Freedom Flotilla Passengers to the Israeli Supreme Court
- ADALAH - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
(Haifa, Israel) Tonight, 31 May 2010, Adalah, the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCATI) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-I) submitted an extraordinary petition for habeas corpus and request for an urgent hearing to the Supreme ...
International Investigation must be Launched into Israeli Navy's Attack on the Civilian Passengers of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Resulting in Killings and Injuries
- ADALAH - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel
Adalah: The Israeli military attack amounts to a war crime under international humanitarian law as it targeted civilians and civilian targets, and involved the use of disproportionate force.
According to media reports from eyewitness correspondents, ...
Kentucky Fried Education: The Market Assault on Reason
- Tariq Ali
Dear friends, I was very excited when I heard that you had occupied the building, because we live in times when any protest against what has been done by the rich and powerful whether it is in the world of politics, economics or the academic world is ...
Arab activist accused of spying on Israel
- Jonathan Cook جونثان كوك
A leading human rights activist from Israel’s Palestinian Arab minority was charged yesterday with the most serious security offences on Israel’s statute book, including espionage.
Prosecutors indicted Ameer Makhoul, the head of Ittijah, ...
Israel tows Gaza aid ships to Ashdod after 10 activists killed in clashes with navy
- Avi Issacharoff - Anshel Pfeffer
Israel Navy troops opened fire on pro-Palestinian activists aboard a six-ship flotilla carrying aid destined for the Gaza Strip before dawn Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding several others, after the convoy ignored orders to turn back.
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The Bird and the Prisoner, read by Danny Glover
- Alicia Jrapko
Once upon a time, a bird made friends with a prisoner. Both were incarcerated in the United States and both were unjustly imprisoned for defending Cuba from terrorist activity.
This is how the story began. On June 4, 2009, the same day as ...
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