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W A M M MIDDLE EAST COMMITTEE
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Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories
Human Rights Watch
Following the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in November 2004, Palestinians held their second-ever national elections on January 9, 2005. The main contender, Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen), became the second Palestinian president with 62.52% of the vote...
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North American Education and Action Resources of Jews and Others Working to End the Occupation of Palestine
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Women Against the Occupation
Canadian web site that provides a forum for women especially to make their collective alternative voices on ending the occupation and creating peace in the Middle East better heard. |
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End the Occupation
Resources about the Israeli occupation of Palestine. |
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Jews for Justice for Palestinians
Extensive resources for education and action on Israel/Palestine. Also keeps count of Refusenik (Israeli Defense Force who refuse to work in the Occupied Territories) |
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Minneapolis/St. Paul Resouces for Education and Action on Israel/Palestine: |
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WAMM Middle East Committee:
Conducts education campaigns and forums on history, current events, issues.. Maintains on-going vigil to end the illegal (since 1967) occupation of Palestine. Speakers for schools and community events. Summit & Snelling Avenues, St. Paul
Middle East Peace Now:
Coaliton of organizations. Educates. Sponsors forums, actions.
Coalition for Palestinian Rights:
Organizations and individuals in solidarity with defense of Palestinian rights. Action-oriented. |
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Lebanon Bleeds, Iraq Burns, People Flee
by Dahr Jamail, t r u t h o u t | Perspective
Posted July 25, 2006
"Habibi, to live in Baghdad now is to live in a big prison," he told me recently, "You stay in your home, and that's it. You only go out when you must. So many are being killed daily, and you only hope that your day to die is not today."...
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WOMAN
A speech to the European Parliament on International Women's Day 2005 given by Dr. Nurit Peled-Elhanan, an Israeli mother. Her daughter, Smadar Elhanan, was 13 years old when she was killed in a suicide bombing in Jerusalem in September 1997. In 2001 Dr. Peled-Elhanan received the Sakharov prize for her peace advocacy and this June she spoke at the World Peace Conference in Vancouver.
Thank you for inviting me to this today. It is always an honor and a pleasure to be here, among you (at the European Parliament). However, I must admit I believe you should have invited a Palestinian woman at my stead, because the women who suffer most from violence in my county are the Palestinian women. And I would like to dedicate my speech to Miriam R`aban and her husband Kamal, from Bet Lahiya in the Gaza strip, whose five small children were killed by Israeli soldiers while picking strawberries at the family`s strawberry field. No one will ever stand trial for this murder...
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Walls Do Not Work
Fall 2005
W A M M decries the savage fear mongering against and persecution of illegal immigrants.
CPTer Kim Lamberty worked in Hebron last fall and spring and has worked with the Arizona team since May. Random ID checks. High intensity light surveillance. Low level helicopter flights. Infrared sensors. Vehicle checkpoints. Officers patrolling on foot, horseback, jeep. Lines of people detained by the roadside until they clear computer checks of citizenship and work permit status – some are arrested, some are prosecuted, some are deported.
These scenes describe life in Palestine. They also describe life on the U.S.-Mexico border...
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Imprisoned Bethlehem declares itself open as part of new international initiative to aid city
November 17, 2005
The Open Bethlehem Project was launched in the US at a news conference at the National Press Club on Thursday, November 17, 2005. The initiative is designed to transcend the imprisonment of the city by a combination of the illegal wall and militarised fences, with only two gates to the outside world. Chief Executive, Leila Sansour, makes a particular appeal to Christians worldwide in the lead up to Christmas. "If Christianity can not survive in the birthplace of Christ, it is in jeopardy everywhere"...
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"O Little Town of Bethlehem. How still we see thee lie..."
While people in the United States and the western world sing a favorite Christmas carol, here's a look at the current reality and a testimony to the spirit of people isolated and trapped in the biblical city...
The current situation in Bethlehem is grim. The walls and fences that encircle Bethlehem have turned this 4000 year old city into a prison for its 160,000 citizens. These photos of the wall demonstrate how an occupied people, the Palestinians, keep their wit and hope alive in the face of such brutality.
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Press Advisory: Bashir Family Held Prisoner in their Own Home
August 27 2005
The family of Khalil Bashir, residents of Deir Al Balah, next to Kfar Darom settlement, have been held prisoner by Israeli occupation forces in one room of their own home since 15 August 2005....
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Film on Israeli Arab pickle-makers, small but sweet, to air on televisiona
by Tom Tugend
August 23 2005
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 23 (JTA) - "Pickles, Inc." is a small, unpretentious documentary about eight Arab widows from a village in northern Israel who break all kinds of traditions by starting a tiny factory producing homemade pickles...
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Sharon: Hero and Goat of Gaza
by Patrick J. Buchanan
August 22 2005
To see Jewish settlers evicted from homes they have lived in for decades, taking weeping wives and children back to Israel, is heart-wrenching. To see Israeli settlers spit in the faces of Israeli soldiers and call them “Nazis” evokes only disgust...
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Women's Global Charter for Humanity in Jerusalem
August 1 2005
The 13th International Conference of Women in Black received the Relay of the Women's Global Charter for Humanity in Jerusalem on August 1. A workshop on Women, Violence and Occupation was held. The event was co-organized by Palestinian and Israeli women together with the World March of Women...
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What May Come After the Evacuation of Jewish Settlers from the Gaza Strip
A Warning from Israel intellectuals
by Uri Davis, Ilan Pappe, and Tamar Yaron
July 15 2005
We feel that it is urgent and necessary to raise the alarm regarding what may come during and after evacuation of Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip occupied by Israel in 1967, in the event that the evacuation is implemented...
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Caterpillar Bulldozes Peace
worldwide W A M M May 2005
On April 13th, a group of Minnesotans joined the International Day of Action against Caterpillar by protesting the company's sales of home-crushing bulldozers to Israel...
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Sabeel Conference
October 30 2004
Report Back : Hope for the Holy Land: Toward A Just Peace in Palestine and Israel...
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