UK Indymedia - UK Palestine Newswire Archive

P.E.D.A.L. planning to cycle from London to Palestine over Spring 2011 to draw attention to battles against economic, environmental and political injustice faced by communities across the world.

The first stop on the journey after leaving will be to spend time in Calais for 3 days of workshops, skill-shares, film-shows, music, information and dancing.

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Palestine Today 03 02 2011

02-03-2011 16:45

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday March 2, 2011

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Police threaten to kick shop's door in to tear down Palestine flag

02-03-2011 09:05

Police get it wrong again...

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Palestine Today 03 01 2011

01-03-2011 16:29

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday March 1, 2011.

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Brighton demo this Friday in Solidarity with the Middle Eastern Revolutions

01-03-2011 16:27

The uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa are ongoing. Gaddafi has now lost control of the majority of Libya while, an uprising has begun in Oman while resistance continues in Bahrain and Yemen.

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Palestine Today 02 28 2011

28-02-2011 15:15

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 28 2011

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David Rovics - West Midlands IWW benefit gig

28-02-2011 11:46

Industrial Workers of the World presents David Rovics (Portland USA), with his hard hitting political folk and acoustic, for a West Midlands Industrial Workers of the World benefit gig.

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PA, with US encouragement, delayed a UN vote on the Goldstone Report into war cr

28-02-2011 06:27

On October 2, 2009, the UN Human Rights Council was widely expected to pass a resolution supporting the Goldstone Report, the UN’s probe of war crimes committed during Israel’s war in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009. The Council instead agreed to delay a vote on the report until March 2010, following major reservations expressed by the Palestinian Authority, the United States and Israel. A UNHRC endorsement of the report would have brought Israeli officials one step closer to prosecution before a war crimes tribunal, an event many Palestinians were anxious to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzzLxyfeyVA&feature=player_embedded

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Video: Shir Hever - The Political Economy of Israel's Occupation

26-02-2011 23:23

Shir Hever looks at the economic dimensions of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. A highly original talk revealing many startling facts. Full video and photo report now on-line.

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This Week in Palestine week 8 2011

25-02-2011 18:07

Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 13 to 25th 2011.

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Israel investing $1.6 million in "new media warriors"

25-02-2011 01:08

The Israeli military establishment is once again on the offensive, but instead of high-tech weaponry and missiles, it is using computer screens, keyboards and rapid wireless connections to fight what Israeli military representatives are dubbing a "new media war."

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Palestine Today 02 24 2011

24-02-2011 16:57

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Wednesday, February 24 2011.

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Direct action in Warsaw over Polish-Israeli govenrment summit in Jerusalem

24-02-2011 14:56

Activists scaled the iconic Palm Tree sculpture on Jerusalem Avenue in the country's capital city Warsaw and hung a Palestinian Kuffeyah - a symbol of solidarity with the Palestinian people, in resistance to the normalisation of occupation and apartheid.

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Palestine Today 02 23 2011

24-02-2011 05:59

Violence erupted along the Gaza border a day after new Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz made his first visit to the Southern Command.
Clashes began in the morning after a roadside bomb detonated next to an IDF patrol along the border. Mortar shells were then fired into the western Negev. None of the soldiers was wounded, and the IDF responded with tank fire in the direction of the terrorists.
Meanwhile, a large explosion in the southern Gaza Strip killed a 10-year old girl and wounded two others. Hamas said it was investigating the cause of the blast.
Explosions are common in Gaza. They often take place in the homes of terrorists, when explosives and other armaments detonate prematurely.

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Ian McEwan: Don't shake hands with Apartheid

23-02-2011 16:06

Wording of leaflet handed to Ian McEwan in Jersalem:

Ian McEwan: Don't just criticise the Occupation

Ian McEwan did not need to receive the Jerusalem Prize in order to come to Israel/Palestine and express his views. Distinguished scholars, such as Judith Butler and Naomi Klein have visited Sheikh Jarah and other parts of Israel's backyard, without legitimizing those responsible for the crimes of apartheid and occupation committed there. By accepting the Jerusalem Prize, McEwan has allowed the perpetrators of these crimes, such as Nir Barkat, to exploit the occasion, and disseminate the blatant lie "we promote tolerance here in Jerusalem, an open city". When families in east Jerusalem are expelled from their homes to make way for Kahanist settlers, and when 9 year old children in Silwan are abducted from their beds by the Israeli police in the middle of the night, this city is neither tolerant nor open. Furthermore, McEwan's compliments to Israeli "democracy" are vacuous in view of these facts. McEwan has assisted the Israeli establishment in conveying a false message of "business as usual". He should return the prize, and atone for shaking the hands of apartheid and occupation.

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Palestine Today 02 22 2011

22-02-2011 17:06

Welcome to Palestine Today, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for Tuesday, February 22 2011.