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Geography Archives: Palestine
Emergency Protest to Stop the Massacres in Gaza, New York, 28.12.08
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Arab People, Not Regimes, Express Solidarity with Gaza
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International Witnesses Speak Out from Gaza
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Israel: End the Attacks on Gaza Immediately!
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The Communist Party of Israel Condemns Deadly Attacks on Gaza and Calls for International Mobilization
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Antiwar Organizing in the Obama Era
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Christmas under Occupation
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An Israeli in Gaza: An Interview with Jeff Halper
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Hebron Settlers Take Their Fight into Israel: Far-right Plans March into Arab Town
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Struggling for Peace on New Terrain
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Civil Society against Democracy?
Amaney A. Jamal. Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 216 pp. $37.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-12727-9. Amaney Jamal’s central insight in this carefully researched book may seem obvious once it is stated. Her “overall hypothesis” is simply that “linkages to […]
Who Will Stop the Settlers? Noise But No Action from US over Family’s Eviction
The middle-of-the-night eviction last week of an elderly Palestinian couple from their home in East Jerusalem to make way for Jewish settlers is a demonstration of Israeli intent towards a future peace deal with the Palestinians. Abu Dhabi TV, 10 November 2008 Mohammed and Fawziya Kurd are now on the street, living in a tent, […]
The Real Goal of Israel’s Blockade
The latest tightening of Israel’s chokehold on Gaza — ending all supplies into the Strip for more than a week — has produced immediate and shocking consequences for Gaza’s 1.5 million inhabitants. The refusal to allow in fuel has forced the shutting down of Gaza’s only power station, creating a blackout that pushed Palestinians bearing […]
Enemy Alien: The Fight to Free Palestinian Activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti
Enemy Alien: The Fight to Free Palestinian Activist Farouk Abdel-Muhti Dir. Konrad Aderer | 70 mins | documentary work-in-progress Discussion with Konrad Aderer, Sharin Chiorazzo, Jane Guskin, Shane Kadidal, Joanne Macri, David Wilson Wednesday, November 12 7:00 pmThe Brecht Forum 451 West Street New York, NY (between Bank and Bethune Streets; take the A/C/E/L to […]
Travesty of Tolerance on Display: Museum Lays Waste to Ancient Muslim Cemetery
Israel seems to have little time for the irony that a modern Jewish shrine to “coexistence and tolerance” is being built on the graves of the city’s Muslim forefathers. The Israeli Supreme Court’s approval last week of the building of a Jewish Museum of Tolerance over an ancient Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem is the latest […]
Execution of 47 in Kafr Qassem Commemorated: Message of Massacre Lives On for Palestinians
In a conflict that has produced more than its share of suffering and tragedy, the name of Kafr Qassem lives on in infamy more than half a century after Israeli police gunned down 47 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, in the village. This week Kafr Qassem’s inhabitants, joined by a handful of Israeli Jewish […]
The Politics of Malaria Eradication in the Holy Land
Sandra M. Sufian. Healing the Land and the Nation: Malaria and the Zionist Project in Palestine, 1920-1947. Chicago University of Chicago Press, 2007. xviii + 385 pp. $40.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-77935-5. In this meticulously researched book, Sandra M. Sufian, an assistant professor of medical humanities and history at the University of Illinois […]
To Our Arab and Muslim Friends, We Say: We Stand with You
We are witnessing an insidious new wave of demonization of Arabs and Muslims. The presidential race has surfaced deep prejudices that will be here long after we have elected a new leader. Look closely, and you’ll find many right-wing Christian and Jewish groups that deny the fundamental rights of Palestinians, deliberately fueling fear of […]
The Israeli Regime between the Sea and the River
Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir, This Regime Which Is Not One: Occupation and Democracy between the Sea and the River (1967 – ), Resling, 2008. Listen to the Alternative Information Center’s interview with Ariella Azoulay and Adi Ophir about their book This Regime Which Is Not One. First, an anecdote. A couple of weeks ago […]
