Viva Palestina Email Alert16.00 (GMT) Saturday 28th February 2009 Libya prepares a warm welcome for convoy heroes After a smooth crossing of the borders into Libya, the convoy was overwhelmed by the large number of people waiting to greet and welcome them. Trade union officials, Palestinian representatives, thousands of ordinary Libyans showed [...]
Ramzy Baroud The political outcomes of the Gaza war are yet to be entirely decided with any degree of certainty. However, the obvious political repositioning which was reported as soon as Israel declared its unilateral ceasefire promised that Israel’s deadly bombs would shape a new political reality in the region. In the aftermath, Hamas can [...]
Palestinian National Initiative Feb 28, 2009 9:25 AM – Show original item Ramallah, 28-01-09: Yesterday, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, was present during national reconciliation talks taking place in the Egyptian capital Cairo, where he led the delegation of the PNI to the meeting. The Cairo meeting was successful, as [...]
Maram Isid – IMEMC & Agencies A Palestinian man from the village Asreera Al Qibllya, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, was severly beaten by the members of Israeli border-guards at a checkpoint while he was taking his ill son to a local hospital. Israeli Border Police (Photo by: Delayed Gratification) Khalid [...]
Viva Palestina Email Alert26th February 2009The Mark Steel artcile The Independent didn’t publish No column in The Independent again this morning, as they weren’t overly keen on the issue I was writing about, which is connected to the Viva Palestina convoy of trucks, that left London on February 14th to deliver food and medicine [...]
Convoy Update17.00 (GMT) Thursday 26th February 2009 CONFUSION THEN CLARIFICATION This morning Press TV reported that two female members of the convoy had been arrested by the Tunisian authorities. We have been in constant touch with some drivers who initially had not heard of this incident. The convoy leaders have now confirmed [...]
We’re proud to introduce UPA’s new interactive website, LifelinePalestine. We believe some of the biggest problems can be solved through small acts of generosity and compassion. Our job is to multiply those acts, to help caring individuals around the world connect with Palestine, sustain its people, and empower them to build a better future [...]
Part II: Palestinian Resistance in Context, Between Non-violent and Armed Struggle By Dina Jadallah-Taschler There is an abundance of discourse over the means and methods that are pursued and / or justified by the Palestinians in their quest for independence and liberation. In the first part of this essay, I presented the legal, historical, and [...]
Part I: Palestinian Resistance in Context, Between Non-Violent and Armed Struggle By Dina Jadallah-Taschler 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 [...]
By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth It is not entirely surprising that Amos Gilad, an Israeli general who once sued his own government for “irreversible mental damage” caused by his role in the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, has publicly courted controversy again. On Monday, Ehud Olmert, Israel’s outgoing prime minister, suspended Mr Gilad as [...]
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