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Dayton and his Mercenaries Out of Palestine

By Guest Post • Sep 16th, 2009 • Category: Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Zionism

U.S. Palestinian Community Network (Palestinian Popular Conference)
The U.S. Palestinian Community Network is appalled that the government of the United States not only continues its unconditional support for Israel, but has engaged in establishing a Palestinian contra forces in the West Bank, aimed at deepening Palestinian internal division and engaging in arbitrary arrests and assassinations of [...]



It Is Our Right to Travel with Dignity! Petition

By Adib Kawar • Sep 14th, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Zionism

The International Campaign for Freedom of Movement for Palestinians (KARAMA) 
The International Campaign for Freedom of Movement for Palestinians (KARAMA) is an independent public and national campaign that aims to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people and help them travel within and outside of Palestine in freedom and dignity. The Campaign is fully aware that [...]



Petition for Free Speech and investigation of Organ Theft accusations

By Guest Post • Sep 5th, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Zionism

Please Sign Petition to Support Free Speech and an Investigation of Alleged Israeli Organ Theft From Palestinians
Five organizations have joined together to sponsor the following petition:
"As people deeply concerned with human rights, we believe it is essential to listen respectfully when occupied people speak about war crimes committed against them. Therefore, we support Donald Boström [...]



Kawther Salam – A Palestinian Child Against Israel at the ICC

By Kawther Salam • Sep 2nd, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Children's Corner, Israel, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, War

Netherlands/ The Hague, Amira Al-Qirim, a Palestinian girl aged 15, a victim and survivor of the Israeli massacre in Gaza last January, held a press conference together with her lawyer Gilles Devers in The Hague, in front of the building of the International Criminal Court, ICC, during which she stated: “I am here to present [...]



Palestinian MPs and Cabinet members STILL in Israeli jails after illegal abduction

By Mary Rizzo • Aug 28th, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Biography, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance

Israel has many thousands of Palestinian political prisoners locked up in their jails. Men, women, even children are deprived of their freedom and forced to live in a cage precisely because of their love of justice and freedom. Among these prisoners are 21 Palestinian Members of Parliament (Palestinian Legislative Council) and 8 Cabinet Ministers. Shocking but [...]



Luisa Morgantini – Under attack Bil’in and the peaceful resistance of the village against the Israeli wall

By Guest Post • Jul 20th, 2009 • Category: Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Grassroots Activism, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Zionism

UPDATE: parts of this article are taken from
MIFTAH. The editor notes that several quotes and lines in this article were taken directly or indirectly from an article written for MIFTAH by Jennifer Urgilez entitled "Bilin Under Fire: Peaceful resistance meets assailment" published on July 15.  by Luisa Morgantini, Former Vice President of the European Parliament

Published by [...]



The Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat, a man, and a representative of all illegally held Political Prisoners

By Guest Post • Jul 9th, 2009 • Category: Biography, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

Today, July 8, 2009, the Campaign to Free Ahmad Sa'adat sent the below letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, demanding that he and the United Nations uphold their responsibilities to protect the rights of Palestinian prisoners and secure their freedom. Well over 400 international organizations and individuals (see below for [...]



Rafah border activists need your help, and see Iman's film

By Guest Post • Jul 7th, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Features, Israel, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Somoud: Arab Voices of Resistance, Zionism

Hello, 
I came back from Rafah yesterday, but when I'll go back in few days I'll go to the gate ask to meet an official there and ask him about our colleagues Jenny and Natalie. I'll give him a piece of my mind as I always do and translate everything you wrote here and add the demand to [...]



Please sign letter to the UN: Free Ahmad Sa'adat and all Palestinian political prisoners

By Mary Rizzo • Jul 3rd, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Biography, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Petitions, Resistance, Zionism

We are asking for your endorsement and that of your organization to the below letter, inspired by the hunger strike of imprisoned Palestinian national leader Ahmad Sa'adat, calling upon United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to uphold his responsibilities and take action to protect the rights, health and lives of Palestinian prisoners and demand the freedom [...]



Reinstate the Palestinian Arab railworkers in Israel to their jobs

By Guest Post • Apr 30th, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Israel, Newswire, Petitions, Resistance, Zionism

International Campaign in Solidarity with Palestinian Arab Railway Workers in Israel

Respect ILO Convention 111 against all forms of discrimination at work
We bring to the attention of all workers, of all trade unions and their members, the following appeal sent to us by the trade union organisation Sawt el-Amel, based in Nazareth.
 
The measures taken against the [...]