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Let Gaza Speak!! Free Gaza in Turin on occasion of the Book Fair of Shame

By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Grassroots Activism, Israel, Palestine, Resistance, Zionism

National conference of the Italian “Gaza must live” committee to end the embargo
Turin, Saturday May 10th, 10am to 2pm
Dar al-Hikma Italian-Arab Center
Via Fiocchetto 15 (Porta Palazzo zone)
With the intervention of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, in live broadcast from Gaza
- To listen to the voices of those who suffer everyday under the oppression
- To learn [...]


Shabtai - Culture cannot save Israel

By Mary Rizzo • Jan 28th, 2008 • Category: Israel

The Israeli poet Aharon Shabtai says no also to the Book Fair of Paris. Here is the letter he sent to negatively respond to the invitation of the director of the book fair, dedicated, as is the Turin edition, to Israel.
Dear Edna,
Thank you for your letter.
I do not believe that a State that maintains an [...]


Turin Book Fair - Israel Guest of Honour

By Mary Rizzo • Jan 24th, 2008 • Category: Hasbara Deconstruction Site, Middle East Issues, Opinions and Letters, Zionism

at the left, a book to BUY!
Turin will host the International Book Fair in May. Already, there has been quite a bit of movement about it in activist circles. Why? Because the Guest of Honour is Israel, and 60 Authors (magic of numbers?) will be the highlighted ones. Aharon Shabtai already said NO! Ibrahim Nasrallah [...]