A government of pyromanics sets fire to the region

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Uri Avnery: This night a crime was perpetrated in the middle of the sea, by order of the government of Israel and the IDF Command. A warlike attack against aid ships and deadly shooting at peace and humanitarian aid activists. It is a crazy thing that only...

Global BDS Day of Action on saturday 5 JUNE 2010

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Occupied Palestine, 1 June 2010 - The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) strongly condemns last night’s fatal attack by the Israeli navy on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the occupied and be...

Men who make me ashamed

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As a Jew with the best humanistic traditions in our culture, I feel profoundly ashamed of what successive Israeli governments are doing to peace in the Middle East. The Israeli government’s lack of initiative for peace is making daily surviva...

Israeli attack condemned

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In a cowardly and murderous attack, Israeli defence forces opened fire early Monday morning (31/5) on members of an international humanitarian mission resulting in several deaths, apart from the high number of injuries. The attack which took place in inte...

Why I am going to Gaza

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In a few days I will be the only Brazilian to embark on a ship which is part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla. A recent decision by the Israeli government to deny internationally renowned scholar, Noam Chomsky, entrance into the occupied Palestinian territorie...

Why Is Israel Afraid Of A Few Boats?

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By Yousef Munayyer Hundreds of activists are on their way to the blockaded Gaza strip via a "flotilla" of boats carrying humanitarian and reconstruction supplies, which are badly lacking in the impoverished Palestinian territory. Israel has promised to ...

Chomsky barrado por Israel

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Uma porta-voz do ministério do Interior de Telavive confirmou a recusa à entrada de Chomsky na Cisjordânia, mas apenas indicou "várias razões", sem especificar quais, para impedir o acesso do intelectual crítico da ocupação e dos crimes de guerra i...

Angela Davis speaks on Palestine

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