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Monthly Archives: February 2009

Jaffa: from eminence to ethnic cleansing

by Sami Abu Shehadeh & Fadi Shbaytah, The Electronic Intifada, 27 February 2009 Click on the picture to read the article.

Israeli soldier: Gaza’s children “will be terrorists in about 20 years anyway.”

Obama to Leave 50,000 Troops in Iraq Indefinitely-???

Last Updated 2/27/09 As we reported yesterday, President Obama’s Iraq “withdrawal” plan will leave up to 50,000 troops in a warzone engaging in combat missions. Today the president detailed the plans for members of Congress, and said the remnant forces, which would remain for an indefinite period of time, will be in Iraq to “advise [...]

Eviction in Haifa

by Maisa Abu Ghazaleh Feb 27, 2009 PNN exclusive – A large police unit forcibly evicted the Abu Shimla family from Haifa this week, a city with a large Palestinian population within the boundaries of the Israeli state. The three-story home was the scene of a physical assault on both the residents and the property [...]

Palestinian Resistance in Context, Between Non-Violent (Ghandhi’s example) and Armed Struggle

By Dina Jadallah-Taschler Part I: The issue of Palestinian resistance, in terms of its permissibility and types, is a highly inflammatory question for most Western observers. Mainstream media discourse frequently boils down to criticisms and condemnations of its “violence” or alternatively, asserts its impotence in the face of Israeli military might and Western opposition. It [...]

Israeli behavior and mindset

Nothing the Israelis do seems to surprises me, if they violated many laws what is one more. After they insulted Prophet Jesus and his mother Mary (peace be upon them) they had to follow it by airing an insult towards Prophet Mohammad (peace be upon him). They think they are better than the rest of [...]

Another Video: Israeli Occupation Forces Fire on Farmers and Internationals

Why 88 Arab homes received eviction notices

“Israel” has plans to demolish Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem to make way for a tourist site. Activists say it’s a demographic play that amounts to ethnic cleansing. By Ilene R. Prusher JERUSALEM Israel plans to demolish 88 homes in Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, to make way for a new archaeological park, [...]

Gaza, Dresden, Hamburg: Legality of targeting civilians?

By Kamal Dib Feb 24, 2009 Photos and reports on Gaza on TV, in newspapers and Internet websites, remind one of German cities, such as Hamburg and Dresden, following the Allied bombing during World War II. Scenes of destruction in Gaza streets and neighborhoods in 2009 resemble those of Beirut’s southern suburbs in 2006. In [...]

Perspectives of war and oil-cartoon

Dutch activists “donate” shoes to IDF: Israeli spokesperson “shoed” in Amsterdam

Sunday evening the Women’s International Zionist Organization and other pro-Zionist groups organized a meeting in Amsterdam with Ron Edelheit, an IDF spokesperson, as speaker. Edelheit was one of the people who rushed to Sderot during the Gaza massacre and contributed to the Israeli propaganda machine. According to international law and elementary moral values he should [...]

Israeli ultra-hawk emerges as a dove

Jonathan Cook The National February 25. 2009 NAZARETH // It is not entirely surprising that Amos Gilad, an Israeli general who once sued his own government for “irreversible mental damage” {My comment: That is right and absurd at the same time, should we blame this insanity for his criminal behavior or was he always insane but [...]

“They killed me three times”

Eva Bartlett writing from the occupied Gaza Strip, Live from Palestine, 24 February 2009 Amer al-Helo smiled wanly while saying he is broken inside. Twenty days after Israeli soldiers shot dead his 55-year-old father and his one-year-old daughter in front of him, also shooting his oldest daughter in the elbow and his brother in the [...]

Free Palestine

Palestinian olive oil bucks UK recession

By Mark Tran In an unintended consequence of Israel’s offensive in Gaza last month, sales of Palestinian olive oil in Britain are soaring, importers have said. The devastating conflict, in which 1,300 Palestinians were killed, has prompted a surge in demand for the product in apparent sympathy for the Palestinians. Equal Exchange, a seller of [...]

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