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The Russell Tribunal On Palestine Cape Town Session: Summary Of Findings

Al - Haq, Nov. 13, 2011

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Russell-Tribunal-on-PalestineThe Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) is an international citizen-based Tribunal of conscience created in response to the demands of civil society (NGOs, charities, unions, faith-based organisations) to educate public opinion and put pressure on decision makers. In view of the failure to implement the Advisory Opinion of 9 July 2004 of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) concerning the construction by Israel of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,

Bye-Bye "Peace Process" - Palestine Comes to the UN

Phyllis Bennis, Courtesy: alternet.org, 21 Sept. 2011

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Take away the crass political motives, and what is left in the U.S. plan to veto Palestinian membership in the UN can be summed up in one word: chutzpah. The U.S. is threatening to veto a resolution aimed at achieving something Washington claims it supports — a Palestinian state [truncated, still-occupied, demilitarized and divided but nominally independent] side by side with Israel — because they don’t like the venue where this particular step towards statehood is underway. It’s hardly news that the U.S. only supports a Palestinian state created under its own control, within the parameters of its own U.S.-dominated “peace process,” whose 20 painful years have achieved only failure — and worse. The U.S. only supports a Palestinian “state” shaped by the realities of U.S. and Israeli power, not one based on human rights and international law.

Palestine Festival of Literature

Meena Alexander, Palfestblog, May 1, 2011

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At Palfest we have come as visitors, well wishers, writers come to a land that is undergoing great difficulty. I thought of the stumps of olive trees, a scarred field glimpsed out of the bus window one morning near Nablus. The Israeli soldiers had cut the trees because they were deemed to be a security risk. Whole families depended on the livelihood from the trees. 

Peace, Not Negotiations

Jamal Juma, September 4, 2010

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While President Obama prepares for a photo-op for the resumption of direct negotiations between the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and Israel, Palestinians get ready for protests. . . Palestinians have struggled for over 60 years for a just peace that respects their rights and they continue to do so today. Why do Palestinians then resent the PNA entering into negotiations, which aim to reach an agreement within one year?

Assault on Gaza Flotilla, Massacare at Dawn

Prabir Purkayastha 1 June 2010

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The Gaza Freedom Flotilla of 6 ships carrying 700 international activists and 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was attacked by Israel, killing at least 19 and injuring dozens. The attack was launched on early hours of 31st morning and in international waters, 65 miles from Gaza coast. One of the ships in the convoy is named after 23 year old Rachel Corrie who was killed in West Bank while trying to stop Israeli bulldozers demolishing Palestinian homes.

Israel attacks Gaza aid fleet

Al Jazeera 31 may 2010

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Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country's siege on Gaza.

More than 10 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday, the Israeli military said.

The Israeli Army Radio had earlier said that up to 16 people had been killed.

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