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Demonstration to mark 46 years of occupation - Sat. 1.6.13 at 19:00 31/5/2013
WATCH: Activists call to free conscientious objector outside IDF headquartersVIDEO - +972 "On May 21, 2013, dozens of people held a solidarity demonstration with conscientious objector Natan Blanc, in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv. Blanc is serving his tenth prison term for refusing to be drafted into the Israeli army. This is an all time record of number of consecutive prison terms for a conscientious objector.(ca for id)29/5/2013
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Stop force eviction of Negev BedouinThe Knesset is about to vote on a plan that would force up to 40,000 Israeli citizens out of their homes. 26/5/2013
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Young objector defies Israeli armyJOSEF FEDERMAN - Stars and Stripes - " "Civilians who do not receive exemption from the (military) but refrain from following the law face the consequences of their actions. This holds true in the case of Natan Blanc as well."" - id (for rh) 23/5/2013
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Weekly Demonstrations Against the Wall and the SettlementsRegister for Transportation for May 21st and May 22th 22/5/2013
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Weekly Demonstrations Against the Wall and the SettlementsRegister for Transportation for May 21st and May 22th 22/5/2013
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WATCH: Activists interrupt Bennett at Diaspora event, denounce occupationBlog - +972 - "Members of All That’s Left: Anti-Occupation Collective, interrupted Bennett with chants of, “Diaspora Jews say end the occupation,” and “Diaspora Jews say no to annexation.”" - id22/5/2013
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Petition: Alicia Keys, Boycott Apartheid Israel! 21/5/2013
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Israel Social TV: Supporters stage prison vigil for conscientious objector Natan Blanc 21/5/2013
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London protest outside UEFA congress to call for cancelation of Israel tournamentAdri Nieuwhof - Electronic Intifada - The protest march starts at noon near the main entrance of St. Pancras station. There will be live music, red cards, footballs and goals. Protestors are requested to bring or wear football shirts. bz21/5/2013
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Israel jails conscientious objector Natan Blanc for tenth timeHarriet Sherwood - The Guardian - "I have no idea how long this will go on for," Blanc told the Guardian last month. "The bad scenario is that I will be put in front of a military court and sentenced to something like a year in prison. The better scenario is that they`ll get tired of this, and will let me do [alternative] national service instead." bz20/5/2013
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Shut In, Shut Down, Shut Up: Three Years after Mavi Marmara Greta Berlin - The Palestine Chronicle - "In an attempt to shut in the people of Gaza, shut down the voyages and shut up the people who advocate for freedom of movement for the 1.5 million people imprisoned there, the Israelis have failed… Miserably"20/5/2013
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HE WAS RELEASED//Petition calling to free Natan Blancafter having been sentenced to ten consecutive prison terms for same offence - NOW FREE!!20/5/2013
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Video: Protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, 17.5.2013 20/5/2013
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On the 46th year of occupation, Women in Black will hold special protest vigils 20/5/2013
Nakba Day protests in East Jerusalem - an activist’s diary of the arrests and violenceSahar Vardi - +972 - Scene 5: Water cannons arrive. Everything is wet. A soaking-wet cameraman tries to protect his camera, as his friends lead him away from the ‘line of water. Scene 6: People running; six or seven border policemen run after them with their guns pointed straight at us. A young Palestinian woman finds herself alone next to them. One of them is pointing his gun right at her from three meters away. bz19/5/2013
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Protest Vigil for imprisoned refuser Natan Blanc, now serving his 10th prisone term.Opposite ministry of defense, Caplan Str. Tel Aviv, Tuesd. 21/5 at 6pm16/5/2013
On Nakba Day, Palestinians March In JaffaAgencies - IMEMC - ""In 1948, 1.4 million Palestinians lived in 1,300 Palestinian towns and villages in historic Palestine. The Israelis controlled 774 towns and villages and destroyed 531 Palestinian towns and villages during the Nakba. More than 800,000 of the population were driven out of their homeland to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, neighboring Arab countries and other countries of the world."" - id (for rh) 16/5/2013
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Palestinians mark their 1948 displacementMOHAMMED DARAGHMEH - Yahoo News - "Across the West Bank on Wednesday, sirens wailed at noon for 65 seconds to commemorate the 65 years since the "nakba."" - id (for rh)16/5/2013
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Israel, Hawking and the Pressing Question of BoycottRamzy Baroud - Palestine Chronicle - "Those who think that boycotting the occupation is enough, seem not to understand the nature of the relationship between West Bank setters and the Israeli government. Israel treats the settlements and its well-armed inhabitants as part and parcel of the Israeli state and economy." - id (for rh) 16/5/2013
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Gaza: We will keep coming backBill Dienst - Al-Ahram - "We enter through Erez and we are forced this time to sit through a one hour PowerPoint presentation by the Israeli military outlining how benevolent Israel tries to help, and how these ungrateful Palestinians respond with rockets and are their own worst enemy." - id (for rh) 16/5/2013
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Protests an "offensive" against settler attacks, West Bank villagers sayAndrew Beale - EI - "“We’re here to prove that this land is ours. And we’re here to protect it, that’s all. We’re not here to attack anybody,” he said. “This our land. It’s been our land for the last 2,000 years.” - id (for rh) 16/5/2013
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German Orchestra to Bring ‘Symphony for Palestine’ to West BankFELICIA R. LEE - NYT - "The orchestra, performing with an international group of musicians and led by the Italian conductor Andrea Molino, will perform the symphony by the Iranian composer Kayhan Kalhor in concerts in each city." - id 15/5/2013
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International Criminal Court examines Israeli raid on Gaza flotillaReuters - Ynet - " "If this will not bring about results, we`ll know that certain countries are influencing the court," Ramadan Ariturk, one of the families` attorneys, told the Anatolia Turkish news agency." - id 15/5/2013
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Israel Suppresses Al-Awda March, Assaults Journalists and ProtestersExclusive - Palestinian News Network - "...the Israeli army suppressed the march near al-Khader stadium and started firing tear gas and sound bombs and banned participants from continuing their march." - id 15/5/2013
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“The Israeli system has a contempt for justice” – Swedish activist being deported despite false charges and legal appealTeam Khalil - ISM - "Gustav was arrested on the 28th April in the West Bank city of Hebron, as he objected to the violent arrests by Israeli military of two 11- and 12-year old children, who were released later the same day." - id 15/5/2013
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Noa, Jerusalem Day and a life of hatred inside a bunkerAdam Keller - Gush Shalom - Last week, we called upon the singer Ahinoam “Noa” Nini to cancel her performance in the "Jerusalem Day" ceremonies. Nini did not react to our request, but we did get a reply from her manager, Ofer Pesenzon - to which we replied, see the whole correspondence.14/5/2013
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Help women activists indict corporate collusion 14/5/2013
`Four Days, Four corporations` - women`s campaign by exposes the collusion of international corporationsCoalition of Women for Peace - The special campaign page will be updated daily, each time focusing on one specific international corporation with texts and photos the company’s involvement in the demolition of Palestinian homes. Activists are asked to help spread this message. 14/5/2013
`A status quo of occupation, violence, and paralyzing fear is not what we want to live with`One Voice Movement - Some of Malaka Samara’s family members were jailed, others killed, during both of the Palestinian intifadas. Elanit Green’s mother was very near the site of a suicide attack in southern Israel and survived by a very narrow chance. Now, the two women toured New York City and Southern California, telling packed audiences that .the status quo – occupation, violence, and paralyzing fear – is not what they want to live with. ak14/5/2013
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State to court: IDF to halt use of phosphorous shellsAviel Magnezi - Ynet - In response to petition filed by human rights group, army says will use incendiary munitions in urban areas only in `extreme cases.` Yesh Gvul: IDF`s position proves use of phosphorous shells during 2009 Gaza op was `illegal, immoral` bz14/5/2013
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Video: No to another eviction from Sheikh Jarrah march, 10.5.2013 13/5/2013
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No to another eviction from Sheikh Jarrah march 10.5.2013 12/5/2013
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Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of IsraelHarriet Sherwood and Matthew Kalman - The Guardian - Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel`s treatment of Palestinians.-rh 9/5/2013
In Palestine, Trying to Let Our Voice Reach OutsideWeekly workshops by Sharek Youth Forum8/5/2013
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British Jewish groups slam Bedouin settlement bill ahead of discussionsEdna Adato and `Israel Hayom` Staff - "As Jewish representative organizations speaking on behalf of a large cross-section of Anglo- Jewry, committed to the State of Israel and our Jewish heritage, we believe advancing this bill in the Knesset defies the Jewish religious imperative to treat the minorities within our borders fairly and with justice," the groups wrote. The British groups as well as Israeli rights organizations say the Bedouin settlement law would unjustly displace thousands, opposing to what they called the "expulsion of 40,000 Bedouin," and said they supported Bedouin rights to their "ancestral lands." In addition, the groups demanded that the government work closely with the Bedouin community to devise a plan to regulate settlement, and called for the recognition of "all existing villages." bz 7/5/2013
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Film-maker David Koff on his radical documentary Occupied PalestineDuncan Campbell - The Guardian - David Koff`s documentary Occupied Palestine caused a storm in the 1980s. What will today`s audiences make of it? The film-maker relives a life of controversy6/5/2013
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J Street petition in support of the Arab Peace Initiative 4/5/2013
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To Throw or Not to Throw a StoneWilliam A. Cook - The Corner Report - A debate rages in Israel today on the truth of Amira Hass¡¯s words ¡°Throwing a stone is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule. Throwing stones is an action as well as a metaphor of resistance¡± (Amira Hass, Haaretz, 4/3/13).-rh 2/5/2013
As Jews we say `Birthright` trips must endAviva Stahl, Sarah Woolf and Sam Elliott Bick - EI - "We are non-Israeli Jews who oppose the program because it promotes and supports Israel’s ongoing colonialism and apartheid policies, and marginalizes Jewish experiences in the diaspora." - id1/5/2013
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12- and 11-year old Palestinian children arrested after attack by settler children – Swedish activist also arrestedTeam Khalil - ISM - "Gustav, the arrested Swedish activist is currently being held in Givon immigration prison, having had his visa revoked by the Israeli authorities. He was beaten during his arrest and hit with a gun." - id1/5/2013
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Write to Mexcian Legislators: Support recognition of the State of Palestine 28/5/2013
Mexican Congress to vote on proposal to recognize State of PalestineLaroc Hurtado - Stop the War - Tomorrow, Wednesday, May 29, the Mexican Congress is due to vote on the proposal of Deputy José Antonio León Mendivil, of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, urging the Federal Government to recognize the independent and sovereign State of Palestine, establish full diplomatic relations between the two states and therefore upgrade the Mexican Representative Office in Ramallah to a full-fledged Embassy. 28/5/2013
Interfaith Peace-Builders delegation arrives in Palestine/Israel IFPB - A 33-member delegation of the American Interfaith Peace-Builders (IFPB) is now in Jerusalem, intending to speak to Israelis and Palestinians and make an independent assessment of Secretary of State Kerry`s proclaimed efforts to restart negotiations. IFPB organizers note that throughout President Obama’s administration, the US-brokered peace process has shown few results while US military aid continues to flow unabated, with the 2014 budget including $316 million for an anti- missile systems on top of the a normal annual $3.1 billion in military aid to Israel. 28/5/2013
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of IsraelMatthew Kalman - Guardian - "Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres in Jerusalem as a protest at Israel`s treatment of Palestinians." - id 8/5/2013
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Peace seekers don`t sing on "Jerusalem Day"Gush Shalom - Calling upon singer Achinoam Nini (“Noa”), to cancel her scheduled performance during the events of "Jerusalem Day": only when Jerusalem becomes a true city of peace and the capital of two states - that would be the true Jerusalem Day, a time which will be worthy for you to sing and celebrate."7/5/2013
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Reason for detention: maintaining a Facebook page International Solidarity Movement - Sireen Khudiri Sawafteh, 24 old computer science student from Tubas and a non violent activist, was detained on May 14 at an army roadblock. Since then she is held without being allowed to see a lawyer. Her family home was raided by a large military force and all computers confiscated. She is not yet formally charged with any offence, but the army made it known that the Facebook page which she administered is considered to have constitited a "danger to security".ak 28/5/2013
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