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Palestine Today 05 12 2010

12-05-2010 15:51

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Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center www.imemc.org for Wednesday May 12th, 2010.

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Weekend of Rage? First calls for anti-tory demos

12-05-2010 13:38

Things could be hotting up in London this weekend with several large political protests planned for Central London.

The first demo against Cameron and his gang of toffs, thieves, liars and traitors has been called at Parliament Square, midday, Saturday May 15th. (1)

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Decommissioners trial postponed until June 7th

11-05-2010 20:41

plus upcoming Smashing events...

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Whose evidence? Which citizens? (Final Version with Additions)

11-05-2010 08:47

Whose evidence? Which citizens?: A view on the votes for Israel’s inclusion in the OECD

(Final version with important additions. Apologies for bombarding the wire!)

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Women In Black Are Back!

09-05-2010 15:52

Women In Black hit the streets of Oxford (well, Bonn Square) on Saturday 8th May in a silent and pasifistic sort of way.

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Public Meeting: Defend the right to protest against Israeli war crimes

08-05-2010 21:40

Thur 13 May 2010, 7.30pm Quaker Meeting House, 10 St James St. S1 2EW (near Anglican cathedral)

Talk arranged by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC) with Mick Napier, chair of Scottish PSC, Joanne Gilmore of University of Manchester Department of Law and Yasmin Ali, Gaza Demonstration Support Group.

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Fifth in series of demonstrations outside settler company Ahava

08-05-2010 19:47

Palestine actvists return to Ahava in central London for fifth in series of demonstrations against the shope, which stocks good from illegal West Bank settlements.

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Smash EDO - Target Barclays Picket 11am Saturday

07-05-2010 21:05

see www.smashedo.org.uk/target-barclays.html

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Corporate Watch: backers of Maskiot settlement in the Jordan Valley

07-05-2010 19:33

Big corporations are not alone in implementing the Israeli occupation on the ground. Especially in the smaller settlements which do not yet have any industry or commercial outlets, ideological charities and religious groups play a crucial role when it comes to encouraging settlement expansion. This is the case with Maskiot, the first new settlement to be approved in the West Bank for a decade when it was officially established in the middle of 2008.

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Never Again For Anyone: Auschwitz survivor talks on Palestine/Israel

07-05-2010 11:45

We say, "Never again!" For anyone. Never again for the people of Gaza. Never again for all those struggling against dehumanization, racism and genocide everywhere, every day.

Hajo Meyer survived Auschwitz, Haidar Eid is surviving Gaza, both are united for Palestinian freedom. Speaking at University of London - full report video/mp3/photos

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Brighton Tubas: Israel's tightening grip on the Jordan Valley

06-05-2010 18:36

This is a report about last week's events in the occupied Jordan Valley.
For photos visit the web site.

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Corporate Watch: the boycott as seen from the Jordan Valley

05-05-2010 13:57

Despite the fact that there is clearly a lot of more work to be done for people campaigning for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel, a recent visit to the Jordan Valley confirmed that there are plenty of reasons for the BDS movement to take stock of its successes.

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Reminder - Bad Music Demo at EDO/ITT Today 4pm

05-05-2010 11:36

see www.smashedo.org.uk

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Report of May Day march and rally in Edinburgh

02-05-2010 01:36

A report with photos of the May Day march and rally in Edinburgh with news of other May Day events around the globe

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Demonstration against Israeli exhibition at the Scottish Parliament

01-05-2010 21:00

There was a demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 26th April 2010 from noon to about 1.35pm when around 70 people turned up to listen to a number of speakers condemn the exhibition.

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Joan Armatrading support the cultural boycott of the Israeli apartheid

30-04-2010 21:12

Leaflet the Joan Armatrading concert this Saturday outside Symphony Hall in Birmingham City Centre.

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Nakba Speaker coming to Nottingham

29-04-2010 15:41

Nottingham branch of the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign in conjunction with the Nottingham-Jenin Friendship Group will be holding a public meeting to hear from a visitor from Palestine relating his own experiences of Palestinians suffering under Israel's brutal military occupation.

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Update: El Maleh bedouin forced to move their home

29-04-2010 08:02

Al Maleh, Jordan Valley, West Bank, 29th April 2010

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In Washington-Speak, “Palestinian State” Means “Fried Chicken”

28-04-2010 23:19

The fact that the Israel-Palestine conflict grinds on without resolution might appear to be rather strange. For many of the world’s conflicts, it is difficult even to conjure up a feasible settlement. In this case, it is not only possible, but there is near universal agreement on its basic contours: a two-state settlement along the internationally recognized (pre-June 1967) borders -- with “minor and mutual modifications,” to adopt official U.S. terminology before Washington departed from the international community in the mid-1970s.

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Call for Action: Defend Palestinian communities in El Maleh

28-04-2010 19:42

Palestinian children look out at the Maskiot settlers who are threatening them
Jordan Valley, West Bank, 28th April 2010
Urgent call for support from internationals in Palestine and around the world