Palestine: the most reliable path to freedom
Omar Barghouti, the Electronic Intifada, June 9th 2008.
Photo: Maan Images. Palestinians in Gaza take cover during clashes with Israeli troops during demonstrations marking 60 years of Palestinian dispossession from their homeland. May 15th 2008.
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet but not to make them die of hunger,” said Dov Weissglas, Sharon’s [...]
See No Evil
Canada removes Israel from list of countries suspected of using torture
La flambée des prix alimentaires aggrave la situation des Palestiniens
La Presse. Jooneed Khan.
Photo: la bande de Gaza.
Les Palestiniens, qui subissent les privations quotidiennes dues au siège de l’armée israélienne, sont très durement frappés par la flambée des prix des aliments, qu’ils doivent importer en grande partie.
Lebanon: Call for Agricultural Revival
Broadcasts from Beirut VII: Rami Zuraky professor, activist in Beirut: Land and People.
Photo: Shattered glass in south Lebanon.
A Tadamon! interview project aiming to highlight progressive voices from the ground in Lebanon on the ongoing conflict, voices independent from major political parties…
May 2008 saw political turmoil in Lebanon reach its most violent peak since the [...]
ASSÉ Against Israeli Apartheid
Call to support the first major student union in Quebec or Canada to back
the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel…
Montreal May 2008: Across the world grassroots movements struggling in opposition to Israeli apartheid are marking the 60th year of the Palestinian Nakba (”catastrophe”) – 60 years of dispossession, ethnic cleansing and [...]
Writing toward a common ground in Palestine
Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif discusses her work in advance of her upcoming Beirut lecture…
Daily Star. by Laura Wilkinson. Friday, May 23, 2008
Giant sculptures of keys, 21,915 black balloons and wailing sirens - so far, commemorations of the 60th anniversary of the Nakba (the Palestinian Catastrophe) have unfolded across the region in the form of protest, [...]
Palestine: Development or Normalisation?
A critique of West Bank development approaches and projects…
Palestinian grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign, May 20th, 2008.
Lebanon: Doha Deal | Sectarianism
Broadcasts from Beirut VI: Nada Bakri reporter with the New York Times.
Photo: Beirut from above.
A Tadamon! interview project aiming to highlight progressive voices from the ground in Lebanon on the ongoing conflict, voices independent from major political parties…
An interview with Nada Bakri, a correspondent for the New York Times in Lebanon, who comments on the [...]
New report details Palestinian plight
Middle East Times by John Zarocostas.
Photo: Israeli military demolishing Palestinian homes in Gaza.
Geneva: The economic and social situation of workers in the occupied Palestinian territories has deteriorated alarmingly, with the Gaza Strip the most severely affected, according to an International Labor Organization report published Thursday.
Building Labour Solidarity with Palestine
Adam Hanieh. Socialist Project: the Bullet.
Photo: Active Stills. Demonstration against Apartheid wall, Bil’in, Palestine.
In July 2005, over 170 Palestinian organizations urged the world to adopt a campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) against Israel in the manner of South Africa Apartheid. This call was signed by all the main Palestinian trade union federations, as [...]
Doha Agreement | Economic Crisis
Broadcasts from Beirut V: An interview with Professor Karim Makdisi.
Photo: Krystel Kfoury, Beirut from a distance.
A Tadamon! interview project aiming to highlight progressive voices from the ground in Lebanon on the ongoing conflict, voices independent from major political parties…
Movie addresses Israel’s role in Sabra-Shatila massacre
Agence France Presse (AFP). Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Photo: Stefan Christoff. Shatila refugee camp in Beirut.
Palestinians press for action on rebuilding Nahr al-Bared
Daily Star. Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Photo: Mary Ellen Davis. Nahr al-Bared refugee camp in ruins.
BEIRUT: Palestinian refugees across Lebanon staged rallies on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of the conflict at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp during which they stressed the need to reconstruct the camp and realize their right to return to [...]
Palestinians march to Israeli border to denounce 60 years of dispossession
Tuesday, May 15th. Agence France Presse (AFP)
Photo: Palestinian youth flash victory sign in southern Lebanon.
Marwahin: Hundreds of Palestinian refugees headed to Lebanon’s southern border with Israel on Wednesday marking 60 years since the creation of the Jewish state and exile from what was once Palestine. “We want to return to our country. We desperately miss [...]