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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
J STREET CONFERENCE ONLY STEP ONE
By Max Ajl, The Electronic Intifada, 4 November 2009
Was the recently held J Street conference the herald of an
incipient peace treaty in Israel-Palestine? The supporters
of the new lobby group hope so. Its name is a riff on K
Street, the real Washington, DC address of many powerful
lobbying firms. With a staff of 30 and a budget of
millions, it has set itself up as the liberal alternative
to AIPAC. Max Ajl comments for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10868.shtml
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
ISRAEL'S ANTI-SEMITIC FRIENDS
By Tony Greenstein, The Electronic Intifada, 3 November 2009
There can be few supporters of the Palestinians, still
less anti-Zionists, who haven't, at some time or another,
been accused of "anti-Semitism." Accusations that
anti-Zionism equals anti-Semitism have become little more
than a ritual exercise in defamation. Tony Greenstein
comments for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10867.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
GAZANS NOT ALLOWED TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES
By Rami Almeghari, Live from Palestine, 4 November 2009
Azzam Salim used to be one of the leading construction
contractors in the central Gaza Strip. Today, however, he
spends most of his days idly chatting with other
unemployed friends near a bank that he helped build
several years ago. "As a human first and foremost, I need
to live normally like before." Rami Almeghari reports from
the occupied Gaza Strip.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10870.shtml
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PALESTINE : ART, MUSIC & CULTURE:
BOOK REVIEW: "A WORLD I LOVED"
By Matthew Cassel, The Electronic Intifada, 4 November 2009
"This is my story, the story of an Arab woman," Wadad
Makdisi Cortas states in the opening line of her memoir A
World I Loved. Born Wadad Makdisi in Beirut in 1909, which
at that time was considered a part of Syria, she
discovered Arab nationalism at a young age and lived a
life true to the idea in every sense. Cortas believed
passionately that Arabs, in order to protect their culture
and values, should liberate themselves from Western
colonialism which sought to impose its ways and divide the
people. Matthew Cassel reviews for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10869.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN BID TO QUASH GOLDSTONE REPORT
By Eli Clifton, The Electronic Intifada, 3 November 2009
WASHINGTON (IPS) - International human rights groups have
raised concern over a proposed non-binding resolution in
the US House of Representatives which would call on the
White House to oppose any future endorsement or
consideration of Judge Richard Goldstone's "Report of the
United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict."
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10865.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ISRAEL INCREASES OVER GAZA ASSAULT
By Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 2 November 2009
RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - As the legal and
moral implications of the UN Goldstone report on Israel's
military assault on Gaza continue to mount, Palestinians
in Gaza are taking matters into their own hands and
preparing civil lawsuits. The Israeli defense ministry's
prosecution department has received about 1,500 notices of
future civil lawsuits against the Israeli military.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10863.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
ISRAELI BLOCKADE STRANGLING GAZA AGRICULTURE
By Mya Guarnieri, The Electronic Intifada, 29 October 2009
Recently, Israel announced that it would import palm
fronds from the Gaza Strip for the Jewish holiday of
Sukkot. Initially, the decision to allow Gaza to export
palm fronds seemed like an easing, however small, of the
Israeli siege. But according to Gaza's farmers, exporters
and the Israeli non-governmental organization Gisha, it
wasn't. Mya Guarnieri reports for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10860.shtml
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PALESTINE : ART, MUSIC & CULTURE:
BOOK REVIEW: THE TIMELESS WORK OF NAJI AL-ALI
By Toufic Haddad, The Electronic Intifada, 29 October 2009
Cartoonist Naji al-Ali was a towering figure in the
Palestinian cultural and political scene. His daily
political drawings were a knife-twisting, gut-wrenching
journey into how Palestinians perceived their predicament.
Toufic Haddad reviews A Child in Palestine: The Cartoons
of Naji al-Ali for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10855.shtml
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