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1. Council defeats attempt to overturn Israel boycott

   Middle East Pip Hinman It was ironic, but only supporters of Palestine were clapping after ... of Palestine, and choosing not to do business with them.” Australia March 19, 2011 873 Fiona Byrne. ...

2. Henning Mankell – an author who stood up to Israeli apartheid

   apartheid state. “The connection between Africa and Palestine is the apartheid system that the Israelis have ... literary festivals in the occupied West Bank and visited other parts of Palestine. In 2009, Mankell – who ... Israeli soldiers who told him that “there will be no discussion” and closed down the event. In a 2011 ...

3. Protest condemns Israel’s drive for war on Iran

   Peace Foundation, the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine (CJPP), Stop the War Coalition Sydney ... Councillor and CJPP activist Cathy Peters said event organisers had sent invitations to councillors across ... refusal to abide by UN resolutions against its occupation of Palestine: “Israel has violated international ...

4. Gaza: Israel targeting sports to destroy hope

   a fact. On November 16, the Israeli Air Force bombed the 10,000-seat Palestine Stadium “into ruins”. The ... several thousand people gather to watch a girls sporting event is a way of life. It is a community event ... Gaza's Palestine Stadium in ruins after an Israeli air strike. World ...

5. Sydney Writers' Festival allows needed stories to be told

   stop.” The Dissident Cafe: Tweeting from the Middle East This session was held as an interactive event ... ― especially in the context of Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and across the Middle East. Pointing out the impact ... David Hicks, who recounted his five-and-a-half years in Guantanamo Bay and the events that led to his ...

6. Youth speak out against imperialism and neo-liberalism

   from Guatemala, the Palestine Liberation Organisation, fighters in the Kurdish struggle, East Timorese ... around the world, including the anti-colonial struggles of the peoples of Palestine, Western Sahara, the ... session was an electric event, with chants and songs culminating in a spontaneous march by some delegates ...

7. International Women's Day marches to protest Gulf War

   The Israeli invasion of Palestine, expelling millions of Palestinian people and the massacres that ... spokesperson for Jewish Women for an Independent Palestine, remarks: "So long as Israel claims the ... discrimination and harassment against lesbians. To publicise the events planned for IWD and provide a forum for ...

8. European Left summer school organises to ‘stand up for peace’

   topic of Palestine and Israel also featured strongly in light of current events. During the Ukraine ... communicative, people from at least 32 countries worked together during this unique annual event of the Party of ... participation in government. A welcome addition to the school was supplied by the many events of the EL-FEM, the ...

9. Italy marks Liberation Day, as memory of anti-fascist resistance becomes ever more crucial

   parallel events in which they try to spread their distorted version of history. In their narrative, the ... accepting pro-Palestine groups in its Liberation Day Parade. This is despite ANPI president Carlo Smuraglia ... retain a common awareness of the historical crimes of Fascism, in order to prevent similar events from ...

10. Italy marks Liberation Day

    shameful parallel events in which they try to spread their distorted version of history. In their ... of the ANPI for accepting pro-Palestine groups in its Liberation Day Parade. This is despite ANPI ... Fascism, in order to prevent similar events from occurring again. Indeed, collective memory and common ...

11. John Pilger: Holocaust denied

    right to exist". They know the opposite to be true: that Palestine's right to exist was ... "that even the most horrendous crimes, such as the genocide in Gaza, are treated as desperate events ... Russia's war in Georgia and the terrorism in Mumbai, Obama's silence on Palestine marks his approval, ...

12. Palestinian theatre performs stories from Egypt's revolution

    trauma recovery. In a playback event, audience members share thoughts, feelings, memories and ... the revolution I didn’t go into the street. I only followed the events from home, via Facebook. “But ... angry! I felt like it was me — like it was all women in Egypt who had been violated. “This event changed ...

13. Israel's dirty laundry

    events in their military career with commemorative T-shirts. This has become a significant part of ... ideology of an exclusively Jewish state on the land of historic Palestine. This ideology is accompanied ... festival included cultural and sporting events, often involving children. Israel has declared this festival ...

14. Canada: Tour builds Venezuelan solidarity

    the embassy's excellent publication, The Bolivarian. The nature of events varied widely. ... "There were graduate seminars and open campus meetings; union gatherings and city-wide events," says ... Venezuela's support for world struggles: Haiti and Bolivia (in Vancouver), Palestine (in Waterloo), Indigenous ...

15. Khader Adnan — starving for freedom in an Israeli jail

    not being charged with a crime. Protests across Palestine and the world, and solidarity hunger strikes ... Palestine ably documented by Mazin Qumsiyeh in his recent book, Popular Resistance in Palestine: a History ...

16. Middle East: Can Obama bring peace?

    Israel's establishment in 1948 — through the ethnic cleansing of 78% of Palestine. This event is known to ... the US led wars in the region, and Israel's occupation of Palestine, is itself a continuation of ... nuclear energy program that complies with the Non-Proliferation Treaty. On the Israel-Palestine conflict, ...

17. NSW parliament backs Bahrain uprising

    International solidarity Democracy Paul Benedek Gadigal Country/Sydney The NSW Parliament passed a motion on April 4 in support of pro-democracy protests in Bahrain. The motion condemned the Bahrain government's repression of protesters, attacks on d ...

18. Loewenstein: Attacks on BDS meant to ‘criminalise debate’

    Palestine itself are pretty shocked. They have released statements about the behaviour of the Victorian ... this is happening in Israel and Palestine, you have this situation in Australia where we are constantly ... Palestine, the numbers are pretty dismal for Israel. There needs, therefore, to be civil disobedience — which ...

19. ISRAEL: Sharon escalates war on Palestinians

    Hamas-affiliated Palestine Media and Research Centre, a building situated in the heart of a residential area. Eight ... particularly Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and some elements of ... the Liberation of Palestine. In response to the arrests, several hundred supporters marched on the ...

20. West must oppose new Israeli reign of terror

    liberation Tony Iltis Some things are recurring in the Israel-Palestine conflict. One is that the Israeli ... version of events is generally the direct opposite of reality. Another is that Western politicians and ... most compelling evidence contradicting the Israeli version events is the body count. The rise of camera ...

21. News briefs

    student Joshua Taafe spoke on behalf of Australians for Justice and Peace in Palestine, stressing the ... importance of international solidarity. "Events such as this assassination may grab our attention, but ...

22. Massacre in Hebron: 'Army also fired'

    shooting, described the incident to the Palestine Human Rights Centre in Jerusalem: "At the Ishaqiyeh ... provoking clashes with residents. Ali Kazak, the Palestine Liberation Organisation representative in ... Australia told Green left Weekly pointed out that these events were a direct result of Israel's illegal ...

23. Israeli boycott campaign makes gains

    recognise Palestine as a non-member observer state within the 1967 borders. But this historic vote has not ... With the Tony Abbott government’s retrograde position on settlements and the status of Palestine — as ... seen in its shocking reversal of Australia’s position at the UN on key Palestine resolutions — we can ...

24. Freedom Theatre tells hidden Palestinian stories

    and a colleague from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, have converged on ... see rural Palestine and, whilst my own project is more interesting, to give back in a more immediate ... Theatre events were very powerful... An opportunity for emotional release for the tellers and ...

25. Report confirms Israeli war crimes in Gaza

    ideology of Israel is Zionism — the false notion that Israel, Palestine before 1948, is the ... ideas. In practice this means denial of Palestine's right to national self-determination. ... society. Israel's denial of Palestine's right to exist has seen them continue to attack Gaza, ...

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