[iraq-supporters] Blood diamonds | Israel's greenwashing | Mime in Gaza | And more ...

Tue Mar 30 09:17:29 PDT 2010

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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:

ISRAEL'S BLOOD DIAMONDS 
By Seán Clinton, The Electronic Intifada, 29 March 2010 

Every year, consumers the world over unwittingly spend
billions of dollars on diamonds crafted in Israel, thereby
helping to fund one of the world's most protracted and
contentious conflicts. Most people are unaware that Israel
is one of the world's leading producers of cut and
polished diamonds. As diamonds are normally not
hallmarked, consumers cannot distinguish an Israeli
diamond from one crafted in India, Belgium, South Africa
or elsewhere. The global diamond industry and aligned
governments, including the EU, have hoodwinked consumers
into believing the diamond trade has been cleansed of
diamonds that fund human rights abuses, but the facts are
startlingly different. Seán Clinton analyzes for The
Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11170.shtml

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PALESTINE : ISRAEL LOBBY WATCH:

ISRAEL GREENWASHING THE "WAR ON TERROR" 
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 30 March 2010 

Under cover of a sudden interest in developing new green
technologies, the Israeli government hopes to weaken the
Gulf states by making their oil redundant and thereby
defeating "Islamic terror." Uzi Landau, the national
infrastructures minister, outlined a vision of a world
without oil this week to Israel's most loyal supporters in
Washington as he searched for wealthy American-Jewish
investors and White House support for the strategy.
Jonathan Cook analyzes.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11172.shtml

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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:

MAYADA'S MIME GIVES EXPRESSION TO GAZA YOUTH 
By Rami Almeghari, Live from Palestine, 30 March 2010 

In the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, an
ordinary family has raised a talented daughter. Her talent
is not something widespread in Gaza or even elsewhere in
the world. Mayada al-Hallaj, 25, currently studying
sociology at university, has also been a mime artist and
teacher for the last few years. The Electronic Intifada
correspondent Rami Almeghari reports from the occupied
Gaza Strip.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11171.shtml

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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:

STUCK BETWEEN A WALL AND AN OCCUPATION 
By Nora Barrows-Friedman, Live from Palestine, 29 March 2010 

When Bilal Jadou's grandmother was sick last year, neither
Israeli ambulances or Palestinian ambulances were able to
cross the checkpoint to his house. Jadou's house is on the
other side of the sprawling apartheid wall, separated from
his community and the West Bank. Nora Barrows-Friedman
interviews Jadou from Aida refugee camp, occupied West
Bank.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11168.shtml

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PALESTINE : ART, MUSIC & CULTURE:

"WE ARE DEFENDING OUR CULTURE": AN INTERVIEW WITH SAMIR JOUBRAN 
By Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 29 March 2010 

Earlier this month the Palestinian group Le Trio Joubran
gave a concert in Geneva to support the work of the
Association Meyrin-Palestine, which is planning to build a
cultural center in Gaza. Le Trio Joubran is comprised of
three brothers, Samir, Wissam and Adnan Joubran, who play
the oud, a pear-shaped instrument from the Middle East
related to the lute. The Electronic Intifada contributor
Adri Nieuwhof spoke with Samir Joubran about the trio's
music.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11169.shtml

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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:

RESTAURANT ATTACKED FOR BARRING ARMED ISRAELI SOLDIER 
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 26 March 2010 

An Arab-owned restaurant in the Israeli city of Haifa has
been caught in a whirlwind of legal action and threats of
violence after staff refused to serve a soldier in
uniform, an incident that is rapidly tarnishing the city's
reputation as a model of good Jewish-Arabs relations.
Jonathan Cook reports.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11167.shtml

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