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German govt to give Isreal warships for free

Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Protest demo scheduled in Berlin for November 30 by Jonas Feller Israel, which has recently been condemned by the UN Human Rights Council because of their war crimes (1), asks Germany to build them two new warships – for free. (2) After the German chancellor Merkel argued in front of the US congress that “whoever threatens Israel, threatens us” (3), it seems as if Israel will get what it wants. This wouldn’t, however, be anything new: At the turn of the millennium, G… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 24, 2009 at 6:52pm — 1 Comment

A delegation of 12 Syrian top stars arrive in Gaza to present the shield of the Syrian Artists Association to the Palestinians artists of Gaza

By Iqbal Tamimi The Gaza people welcomed Sunday evening at Rafah Border Crossing, a delegation of top Syrian screen stars lead by the Head of the Syrian Artists’ Syndicate Asaad Eid and the leading Syrian theatrical and TV star Duraid Laham. This visit was initiated by the Syrian star Mr Laham and… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 23, 2009 at 5:30am — 2 Comments

Bristol group unveils truck for Gaza Convoy

A Bristol-based group has unveiled a 44 ton articulated truck for a convoy to Gaza this winter. This truck has been decorated with Banksy-style murals and the much-loved Bristol characters - Wallace & Gromit. This convoy will travel 5,000 miles across Europe carrying badly needed medical and humanitar… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 23, 2009 at 3:30am — No Comments

Um Salamuna and more

Today over 150 Palestinians and internationals participated in an activity to reclaim and plant olive trees on a threatened hill in an area called Um Salamuna. Um Salamuna already lost significant amount of its land to colonial Jewish-only settlements like Efrata and Migdal Oz. The wall that includes the settlements has not been completed in this area and is slated to zig-zag to capture the h… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 22, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Dear Mr President allow me to curse today

By Iqbal Tamimi Do you remember the ill-fated Palestinian refugees who were living in the desert at AlRowaished Camp on the Jordanian – Iraqi borders? Those are the same people the Brazilian government promised in 2007 to offer them refuge and save their lives. Guess what? They arrived in Brazil a… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 22, 2009 at 7:00am — 16 Comments

Bristol group unveils truck for Gaza Convoy

The Bristol-Gaza link group, formed in September backed by cross party support by Bristol City Council and multi faith Bristolian groups, is to leave Bristol on 4th December and join the 2nd national convoy to travel from UK to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. The unpaid volunteer drivers and skilled professional passengers will travel 5,000 miles at their own expense and return on foot,… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 21, 2009 at 5:48am — No Comments

Zionist control of Britain’s government: 1940-2009

By William A. Cook 21 November 2009 William A. Cook charts the history of Zionist control of Britain's government and argues "it’s time that Britain is reborn, free from the shackles that bind it to this corrupt power that flouts international law, wantonly commits crimes against humanity and in brazen arrogance tells the United Nations to shove its demands to comply with the civilized communities of the world". “After so many years of setting the tone, bribing UK politicians and contr… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 21, 2009 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

APARTHEID AND BEYOND

Middle East Report 253 Winter 2009 “Apartheid” is a word bomb. It explodes upon the page, laying bare memories of the regime of racial discrimination that prevailed in South Africa until 1994. So it was no small thing when the South African Human Sciences Research Council issued a report in 2009 concluding that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip is a “colonial enterprise that… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 20, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Why would Palestinian women creative Writers switch to campaigning journalism?

A personal experience from literature to campaigning journalism By Iqbal Tamimi I have been a journalist for the past 17 years, but my passion and loyalty was undivided for literature and art that I spent most of my past years researching different civilizations' literature I could lay my hands on. Writ… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 19, 2009 at 9:30am — 9 Comments

Please help with fundraising for Viva Palestina! Convoy

On December 4th a convoy of vehicles will travel from Bristol to Gaza to deliver vital humanitarian aid. One of the vehicles travelling from Bristol is a 44 tonne articulated truck. The trailer has been decorated by local artists – This truck will be the focus of fundraising in BROADMEAD IN THE CENTRE OF BRISTOL… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 18, 2009 at 4:30pm — 1 Comment

Exposing Britain’s pro-Israel lobby: Channel 4 TV makes a bold start

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POtk6G7q4Bw By Stuart Littlewood 18 November 2009 Stuart Littlewood welcomes Channel 4 TV’s exposure of Britain’s Israel lobby but says it left too much out: "[I]t didn’t name and shame enough individuals. It didn't tell the nation that our most important security bodies ... are all headed by Israel flag-wavers... It didn’t reveal that our Labour and Conservative leaders are both patrons of the Jewish National Fund…” Channel 4's “Dispatches” progr… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 18, 2009 at 2:52am — 5 Comments

وفد من مقاطعة فراتسي الايطالية يزور بلدة الزبابدة

الزبابدة – رامي دعيبس. التقى وفد من مقاطعة فراتسي شمال شرق ايطاليا وفدا من بلدة الزبابدة خلال زيارة قام بها إلى البلدة لعدة ساعات اطلع من خلالها على الأوضاع العامة في البلدة إضافة إلى احتياجات البلدة المختلفة في قاعة دير اللاتين في البلدة وترأس الوفد الايطالي سيادة المطران لوبي فيتوريو… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 17, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Israeli policy ‘If you want to get well you has to leave your homeland’

By Iqbal Tamimi The Israeli occupation forces will release today the prisoner Akram Antir who has been suffering malignant tumours inside its prisons. He was denied medical treatment but now he is given the chance to be released to seek medical help on one condition that he would seek treatment outside Palestine and never return to his home country ever again. He was informed that he might receive medical treatment in Spain and then after treatment he will be hosted in the State of Alger… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 17, 2009 at 8:46am — No Comments

Israel 'personally attacking human rights group' after Gaza war criticism

Human Rights Watch denies having political agenda or seeking funds from Saudi Arabia The Goldstone report, which HRW supported, accused Israel of a disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate and terrorise a civilian population. Photograph: Hatem Omar/AP America's leading human rights orga… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 14, 2009 at 11:18am — No Comments

The smell of misery and the feeling of hope

By Mazin Qumsiyeh I have not been to Beirut since I was five years old (but I do remember some things of it) and I was a bit nervous since much has happened in the decades since. Lebanon and Palestine together with Jordan and Syria have always been connected; only after the British and French decided to divide us and give part of the land to European Jews to replace the natives that we became separated and disconnected (and sometimes querreling). I was invited as a repr… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 14, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Belly dancing political activism

Written by Iqbal Tamimi Tuesday, 10 November 2009 18:57 Activism is a wonderful form of solidarity; different people passionate about certain human rights' issues are willing to express their support in every possible way. Some hold placards and march in the streets, others express their political stand by writing, and some paint the most wonderful… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 10, 2009 at 7:00pm — 14 Comments

IFJ Defies Hamas Sabotage to Launch Ethical Journalism Campaign in Palestine

10 November 2009 The International Federation Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the action of Hamas officials in Gaza who prevented a meeting of journalists aimed at building a dialogue on independent journalism with Palestinian colleagues in the West Bank. The meeting was part of the launch of a discussion by the IFJ of the Federation's Ethical Journalism Initiative, a global campaign to improve standards in journalism, which has already been taken up in a number of Arab countries. Th… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 10, 2009 at 1:30pm — 2 Comments

The Children of Gaza develop narcotic addiction to withstand the pain while working 12 hours a day in the tunnels

Written by Iqbal Tamimi Sunday, 08 November 2009 19:20 Creator of Palestinian Mothers Network for Human Rights The Jewish children of the state of Israel that attacked the children of Gaza last January with their phosphorus bombs… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 8, 2009 at 8:00pm — 18 Comments

Balfour declaration and the moral responsibility of Britain towards the Palestinians

By Iqbal Tamimi Few days ago all Palestinian around the world mourned the 92nd anniversary of the infamous Balfour declaration that lead to 4.5 million Palestinian refugees. Our agony as Palestinians started here in the UK and inside what is supposed to be a democratic institution where one of the… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 6, 2009 at 6:30am — 6 Comments

Mahmoud Abbas announced that he is not going to run for a second term

By Iqbal Tamimi Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced few hours ago, his decision not to run for a second term in the elections called for to be held on 24 January. Abbas said in a speech in Ramallah in the West Bank, "I told the brothers in the Executive Committee of the PLO and Fatah's… Continue

Added by Iqbal Tamimi on November 5, 2009 at 11:00pm — 7 Comments

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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."
~ Desmund Tutu.

The children appear traumatized. The teachers say that when they hear a loud noise they look to the sky and cry out and weep. They don’t know what the future holds. They deserve better.
Mia Farrow, after visiting Gaza as goodwill ambassador for UNICEF.

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