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Palestine : Human Rights:
HARVESTING WITH HOPE IN GAZA
Report, PCHR, 11 September 2008
On a hot afternoon during the month of Ramadan, there are few better places to be than resting beneath the shade of an orchard of guava trees, with the scent of fresh ripening fruit wafting around you. Farmer Sa’id al-Agha sits quietly, his eyes resting on his fruit trees. “My father and my grandfather both grew up here, farming guavas, and I’ve lived here all my life” he says. “This land is in my blood.”
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Palestine : Action Items:
TELL UK NOT TO RENT EMBASSY FROM SETTLEMENT-BUILDER LEVIEV
Press Release, Various Undersigned, 11 September 2008
The Guardian’s “Comment Is Free” posted an article on 9 September, “The wrong message to Israel,” by Abe Hayeem, a founding member of Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine, calling on the UK government to revoke plans to rent its new embassy in Tel Aviv from Israeli-settlement mogul Lev Leviev.
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Palestine : Art, Music & Culture:
FILM REVIEW: “SLINGSHOT HIP HOP”
By Maureen Clare Murphy, The Electronic Intifada, 10 September 2008
Jackie Salloum’s invigorating new documentary Slingshot Hip Hop portrays the story of three aspiring Palestinian musicians from the rap group DAM as they develop their talent in their bedrooms and take it to standing-room-only crowds throughout historic Palestine. Maureen Clare Murphy reviews this most recommended film for The Electronic Intifada.
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Palestine : Diaries: Live from Palestine:
GROWING UP OCCUPIED IN GAZA
By Ahmad Abed, Live from Palestine, 10 September 2008
It was a very sudden moment when I realized that I was no longer a child. Occupation, intifada, Israel, enemy, Zionists, curfew, revolution, all these words were repeatedly spoken everywhere and I was very confused trying to understand what they all meant. Ahmed Abed reflects on what it means for children to grow up under occupation in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestine : Opinion/Editorial:
PRISONER RELEASE YET ANOTHER PROPAGANDA TACTIC
By Akram Salhab, The Electronic Intifada, 10 September 2008
As the bus of 199 prisoners (a number oddly short of 200) pulled into Ramallah recently, many will have seen the images of crying mothers and waving Palestinian flags as yet another indication of Israel’s willingness to take risks for peace. Newspapers were filled with op-eds praising Israel for its bravery and courage while the usual international voices hailed it as a step in the right direction. Akram Salhab argues for The Electronic Intifada that this was just another Israeli ruse and does not reflect a change in policy.
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Palestine : Diaries: Live from Palestine:
WHERE TIME STANDS STILL
By Dina Elmuti, Live from Palestine, 9 September 2008
I made a mental checklist that Saturday morning of all the things that would guide me and prepared to embark on my journey back in time: a silver Chevy Cavalier, with yellow Israeli plates, and a full tank of gas on the gravel road outside ready to start the journey; my American passport tucked into my bag, ready to wave at the pre-pubescent soldier waving me to pull over; camera in hand, I was ready to document history with one click and a flash. Dina Elmuti writes from occupied Palestine.
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Palestine : Human Rights:
ISRAEL MOVES TO JUDAIZE EAST JERUSALEM
By Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 9 September 2008
EAST JERUSALEM (IPS) – The Israeli government is attempting to Judaize Palestinian East Jerusalem, and maintain a Jewish majority against the demographic threat of a higher Palestinian birth rate. To that end, the Israeli government is enforcing a number of policies aimed at establishing facts on the ground in order to limit the number of Palestinian residents in the city.
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