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Podcast: Will Israel boycott movement win policy victories in 2013?

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora/podcast-will-israel-boycott-movement-win-policy-victories-2013 Submitted by nora on Fri, 01/04/2013 – 19:12 podcast_1-4-13mp3.mp3 play stop mute previous next 12:25 13:52 podcast_1-4-13mp3.mp3 If you are experiencing problems playing this podcast from the above media player, right-click (PC) or control-click (Mac) the file link (in blue), download and play in your computer’s media player, such as iTunes. 130104-children-protest.jpg   Palestinian children at […]

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U.S. Complicity in Israel’s Deadly Actions in Gaza

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-ruebner/us-complicity-in-israels-_b_2326617.html On November 18, an Israeli air force pilot flying a U.S.-made F-16 fighter jet fired a missile at the four-story home of the al-Dalu family in Gaza City, killing ten members of the family and two from the al-Muzannar family next door. An on-site investigation conducted by Human Rights Watch concluded that the attack was a […]

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Penalizing Palestinians will not help peace process

When it comes to shielding Israeli human rights violations and squelching Palestinian freedom and self-determination, Congress never misses an opportunity to reward Israeli intransigence and punish peaceful Palestinian initiatives. 

The Senate defines a “non-germane amendment” as one “that would add new and different subject matter to, or may be irrelevant to, the bill or other […]

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European governments condemn Israel’s decision to build more settlement homes in the West Bank

Free Speech Radio News December 3, 2012 Length: 6:51 minutes (6.27 MB) Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR) A growing number of countries and world leaders are condemning Israel’s announcement that it will build 3,000 new homes in a West Bank settlement expansion. This follows last week’s vote at the United Nations General Assembly that […]

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One Year Later We the People Petitioners Have Mixed Reviews

http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2012/09/one-year-later-we-people-petitioners-have-mixed-reviews/58284/ ONE YEAR LATER WE THE PEOPLE PETITIONERS HAVE MIXED REVIEWS Shutterstock.com By Joseph Marks September 21, 2012 As it approaches its one-year anniversary, the White House website that invites people to petition the government and promises to respond to the most popular appeals is getting mixed reviews from users. Kathleen Summers credited We the People, which […]

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How We’re Footing the Bill for Violent Crackdowns on Dissent in the Middle East

http://www.alternet.org/world/154997/how_we’re_footing_the_bill_for_violent_crackdowns_on_dissent_in_the_middle_east AlterNet / By Anna Lekas Miller How We’re Footing the Bill for Violent Crackdowns on Dissent in the Middle East A global, for-profit system binds together US weapons companies, repressive governments in the Middle East and taxpayer money. April 17, 2012 |   A Palestinian woman at a demonstration in the village of al-Walaja. Photo […]

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Advocate to end Israeli Occupation informs City College students

Advocate to end Israeli Occupation informs City College students Speaker says taxpayer dollars fund military aid, not US citizens March 23 Political Activist Josh Ruebner shows a slide during his lecture March 15 in the Culture Awareness Center. Nick Hunte | y2hunter04@yahoo.com  Students gathered at the Cultural Awareness Center on a rainy afternoon March 15 […]

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