The organisers of the Edinburgh International Film Festival have cancelled an official Israeli Embassy sponsorship of their programme and returned the Israeli cheque following a huge public outcry over the involvement of the Israeli Embassy. Writers, actors and members of the public inundated the organisers with mail and phone calls demanding the financial support from […]
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Locarno film festival says NO to the money of the Occupation!
The organizers of the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival have dropped the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a festival sponsor pursuant to a call for action from Palestinian film makers. The Israeli Ministry was listed as a co-sponsor of one of the festivalâs programmes, called âLeopards of Tomorrow.â News of the sponsorship provoked a […]
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No Greek movies at the Haifa Film Festival!
On August 1st, the administrative council of the Greek Cinematography Center (GCC) decided to withdraw all the Greek movies they planned to participate in Haifaâs Cinema Festival this October, with the notion that âunder the current circumstances the specific cultural event has lost its meaningâ. The GCC has further expressed its belief that âpeople of […]
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Irish and Scottish activists say NO to US “bunker busters” for the Occupation – Shannon closed to the US
Human rights can claim a small victory today as the Irish government has turned down a United States request for planes carrying 600-lb so-called bunker busters to refuel at Shannon airport in Co Clare. The bombs are defined by military experts the most horrible non-nuclear weapon that exists. Apparently, the White House believes that the […]
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Brazilian movements establish Solidarity Committee and score first victory against Free Trade with Apartheid Israel
As Apartheid Israelâs crimes are escalating in Palestine and Lebanon, Brazilian solidarity activists have geared up to raise awareness, rally support and create the organizational structures for sustained solidarity against the Zionist regime. Some 80 civil society organizations and movements have gathered in São Paulo to form the âCommittee for Solidarity with the Arab Peoplesâ. […]
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Fresh Settler Road in Bethlehem to be Built from stolen Palestinian Land
***image2***Walls, settlements and apartheid by-pass roads. Security zones, checkpoints and military camps. For the past 58 years, the Occupation has built-up such infrastructure throughout Palestine. A lot of âreasonsâ have been deployed by the Occupation Forces to justify their actions, but they have all been motivated by the same aim: land theft. The resulting ghettoization […]
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Finalizing the ghettos: the Wall encages the Palestinian villages East of Jerusalem
The occupation bulldozers started uprooting land located to the east of Abu Dis in their efforts to continue construction of the Wall. In Eizariya, already last month bulldozers had started their destruction. The aim of this part of the Apartheid Wall â running from north to the west – is to isolate the villages of […]
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2,500 Palestinians protest “No place for War Criminals among Us!”
***image2***âWe are struggling for justice and there is no place for murderers and war criminals among us!â Under this slogan, some 2500 thousand Palestinians held a mass protest in Ramallah against Condoleeza Rice, US foreign policy in the region and the meeting that was scheduled that day between her and Abu Mazen. Popular anger and […]
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Further lands are burned to guarantee the expansion of Zionist colonies behind the Wall
The settlers of Har Homa, in south Jerusalem, burned thousands of dunums next to their settlement in Abu Ghneim hill. Since 2003 the Apartheid Wall has blocked access to 3000 dunum of Beit Sahour, Bethlehem and Beit Jala in order to facilitate the expansion of Har Homa. Palestinians stuck on either side of the Wall […]
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Ramadin – policies of expulsion squeeze the Bedouin community
In Ramadin (south west Hebron) the Occupation bulldozers are presently completing the final sections of the Wall in the north-western part of the village. This part of the Wall will cut deep into the village lands and annex some 1700 dunums of land behind it to guarantee the expansion of the Askalot colony. This land […]