Israeli troops have boarded another aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip. However, unlike the deadly confrontation on when Israeli troops stormed the Mavi Maramara aid boat earlier this week, killing seven people, there was no violence. The crew aboard the Irish aid ship, the MV Rachel Corrie, surrendered quietly on Saturday. Israeli forces boarded the ship, and escorted it into port, where the aid will be processed.
(Via Al Jazeera)
Israeli forces have attacked a flotilla of aid-carrying ships aiming to break the country’s siege on Gaza. More than 19 people were killed and dozens injured when troops intercepted the convoy of ships dubbed the Freedom Flotilla early on Monday. The Israeli Army Radio had earlier said that up to 16 people had been killed. With world wide condemnations after Israeli commando operation, is Israel already paying too high a price for enforcing the siege? What are the likely ramifications of this incident?
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A flotilla of aid ships heading to the Gaza Strip has been delayed for another day. The ships are now in the Mediterranean Sea, near Cyprus, with hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists on board. They are waiting for some European politicians to join them. There are also reports that the Cypriot authorities are preventing the politicians from leaving land to join the ships further out to sea. Mohamed Vall has been hearing why the campaigners are so determined (29 June, 2010).
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While boats battle to get through the siege of Gaza, Gazans can eat out in fancy restaurants and have no need of aid. That’s what Israel has been telling journalists, at least. Sherine Tadros picks apart the media campaign.
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Noam Chomsky, a renowned Jewish-American scholar and political activist, has been barred from entering Israel to deliver a speech at Bir Zeit University in the West Bank.
He spoke to Al Jazeera about his hours-long wait at the Israeli border, and the explanation he was given for being denied entry.
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In a special two-part programme, presenter Mona Ibellini and producer Geoff Dunlop hear stories in this street of upheaval, pain and loss, but also accounts laced with humour that evoke the vibrant, vital city of Jaffa.
Palestine Street offers up a personal and intimate version of the ‘Nakba’ and the times before and after, providing a description that reaches beyond political rhetoric and the history of the Middle East conflict.
Some of the people Al Jazeera talk to have not seen the street for 60 years, but it has never left them. They hang on to vivid details of when they were young.
This program was produced by Al Jazeera. It is part two of a two part series.
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Al Jazeera
In a special two-part programme, presenter Mona Ibellini and producer Geoff Dunlop hear stories in this street of upheaval, pain and loss, but also accounts laced with humour that evoke the vibrant, vital city of Jaffa.
Palestine Street offers up a personal and intimate version of the ‘Nakba’ and the times before and after, providing a description that reaches beyond political rhetoric and the history of the Middle East conflict.
Some of the people Al Jazeera talk to have not seen the street for 60 years, but it has never left them. They hang on to vivid details of when they were young.
This program was produced by Al Jazeera. It is part one of a two part series.
For more information, visit:
Al Jazeera
First, a dramatic clip from Al Jazeera English. Then, Sherif’s summary of and comments on the continuing bad news including an affirmation on August 5, 2009 by U.S. Congressman Henry Waxman signaling that Congress fully supports Israel’s continued occupation of, and violent armed defense of, its settlements onto land and into homes stolen from Palestinian farmers. Finally, a detailed interview with our very special returning guest, the distinguished Professor Ilan Pappé, author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. Professor Pappé explains why “two-states” can never be a “solution.”
This program was produced by This Week in Palestine for September 6, 2009.
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http://truthandjusticeradio.org
http://ilanpappe.com
The Hanouns, a Palestinian family evicted by Israeli authorities from their home in East Jerusalem, are protesting their eviction by sleeping on the street outside the house that was for decades their home.
Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports on the from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem, where the Hanouns are sleeping rough in protest.
This program was produced by al-Jazeera English for August 7, 2009.
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http://icahd.org
Huwaida Arraf of the Free Gaza Movement and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement discusses the situation in Gaza and the effort of international peace and justice activists to break the Israeli siege. Ranaan Gissin, former advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister, argues that Hamas is the party at fault.
This program was produced by Inside Story for Al Jazeera English for August 24, 2008.
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http://freegaza.org
http://palsolidarity.org