[iraq-supporters] Cinematic visions | Israel and OECD | Refugee camp encircled | Al-Aqsa | And more ...

Fri Mar 26 09:39:02 PDT 2010

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

VISIONS OF PALESTINE'S PRESENT AND FUTURE IN "INVICTUS" AND "AVATAR" 
By Abdaljawad O.A. Hamayel, The Electronic Intifada, 26 March 2010 

The recent Hollywood films Invictus and Avatar inspire
reflection on the past, present and future hopes of the
Palestinian nation. The response to these movies among
audiences around the world underscores the amount of
sympathy around the world for moral struggles that ensue
after the creation of an unjust reality, a sympathy
Palestinians have been slow at garnering. Abdaljawad O.A.
Hamayel comments for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11159.shtml

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

ISRAEL'S INCLUSION IN ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY 
By Shir Hever, The Electronic Intifada, 25 March 2010 

Membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), which includes 30 of the world's
most developed countries, does not provide money or any
special economic benefits. Yet it is easy to see why the
Israeli government attributes great importance to Israel
becoming one of its members. Shir Hever analyzes for The
Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11158.shtml

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LEBANON : HUMAN RIGHTS/DEVELOPMENT:

LEBANESE ARMY ENCIRCLING BADDAWI REFUGEE CAMP 
By Ahmed Moor and Deen Sharp, Electronic Lebanon, 26 March 2010 

The relationship between the Lebanese government and the
Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon is changing. The
process of redefining the old relationship began
explosively with the battle and subsequent demolition of
the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp, near the northern city of
Tripoli, in 2007. Now the Lebanese army is erecting a
barrier around the nearby Baddawi refugee camp because of
"security concerns." Ahmed Moor and Deen Sharp report for
The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11166.shtml

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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:

ISRAEL'S LATEST PROVOCATION AT AL-AQSA
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 25 March 2010 

The Israeli government has indicated that it will press
ahead with a plan to enlarge the Jewish prayer plaza at
the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, despite warnings
that the move risks triggering a third intifada. Israeli
officials rejected this week a Jerusalem court's proposal
to shelve the plan after the judge accepted that the
plaza's expansion would violate the "status quo"
arrangement covering the Old City's holy places. Jonathan
Cook reports from Jerusalem.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11164.shtml

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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:

RIGHTS GROUPS DISPUTE ISRAEL'S STORY IN HEBRON KILLING 
By Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 25 March 2010 

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IPS) - In early February,
41-year-old Fayez Ahmed Faraj, a father of nine from the
city of Hebron, 30 miles south of Jerusalem, in the
southern West Bank, was shot dead in his home town by
Israeli soldiers after he allegedly tried to stab one of
them. After a preliminary investigation the Israeli
military authorities stated that the soldiers had acted in
self-defense and had used the necessary force. 

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11165.shtml

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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE: 

THIRSTY FOR JUSTICE 
By Mona El-Farra, Live from Palestine, 25 March 2010 

Toni Morrison once wrote "All water has a perfect memory
and is forever trying to get back to where it was." I feel
it is the same for Palestinian refugees, who have
struggled for decades for their right to return home. I
thought of this connection between water and refugees
during a recent meeting about the Middle East Children's
Alliance's Maia Project with Aidan O'Leary, Deputy
Director of the UN agency for Palestine refugees
Operations in Gaza. Dr. Mona El-Farra writes from the Gaza
Strip.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11163.shtml

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PALESTINE : ISRAEL LOBBY WATCH:

US INTENT ON DRAGGING ISRAEL TO NEGOTIATING TABLE 
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 24 March 2010 

Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the United States this week
armed with a mandate from the Israeli parliament. A large
majority of legislators from all of Israel's main parties
had supported a petition urging him to stand firm on the
building of Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem
-- the very issue that got him into hot water days earlier
with the White House. Jonathan Cook analyzes.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11162.shtml

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