AMNESTY | Palestinian detainee Hana Shalabi in Gaza deportation deal should be released to West Bank Amnesty International fears the deal may amount to a forcible deportation given Hana Shalabi’s medical condition and the denial of access to independent doctors and lawyers. Source: Ann Harrison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for the Middle East and North… [Read more…]
March 19, 2012
Fears for her life grow as Shalabi starts 32nd day of hunger strike Source: Occupied Palestine JENIN, (PIC)– Palestinian detainee Hana’a Shalabi entered on Sunday her 32nd day of hunger strike amidst fears for her life after her health greatly deteriorated. Shalabi’s family appealed to the UN, the Red Cross, the international quartet committee, world… [Read more…]
March 18, 2012
Free Hana Shalabi! Resistance to occupation is not terrorism. (Source: International Socialist Group, Scotland) Hana Al-Shalabi, 29, has been on hunger strike since 16 February against her arbitrary detention without trial or charge by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank. Al-Shalabi is being held in Hasharon prison, and was seized in her home on 16 February,… [Read more…]
March 17, 2012
Serious deterioration in the health of Palestinian detainee Hana Shalabi source: Occupied Palestine (For video of Hana Shalabi’s sister speaking about her struggle follow this link.) RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Palestinian captive, Hana’ al-Shalabi enters today her 30th day of hunger strike. She informed her lawyer that she stopped taking salt and is only taking water and… [Read more…]
March 17, 2012
Unarmed protesters in Palestine attacked with Bullets, Rounds & … Dogs – March 16, 2012 – Photography & Video Source: Occupied Palestine Follow the link for a photo essay and video of IOF forces attacking unarmed Palestinian protesters. These were a nonviolent protests in various West Bank locations; against the illegal confiscation of Palestinian land… [Read more…]
March 11, 2012
Salute to Palestinian women Statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (source: REDLINE) On International Women’s Day, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine saluted the courageous, strong and constant steadfastness of Palestinian women, facing down occupation and oppression and the backbone of the struggle for liberation and return. The Front… [Read more…]
February 25, 2012
February 21, 2012
Liverpool Trade Unions Council meeting approves engagement in BDS campaign Source: IWL-FI Liverpool TUC Believes: Trades Council has a moral responsibility to heed the call of oppressed people like we did in the 1980s when adopting the BDS call by South Africans fighting racism and apartheid. The call for BDS has come from over 170 Palestinians civil society… [Read more…]
January 31, 2012
PFLP prisoners: Attacks on prisoners’ rights reaching point of no return Source: REDLINE Prisoners in Israeli occupation jails who are members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned of an escalation of attacks against prisoners and a deepening crisis of abuse and deteriorating conditions within the prisons on January 16, 2012. In an… [Read more…]
August 31, 2011
for a democratic, secular palestine Palestine and Israel: a Marxist critique of the “socialist” two-state approach: Generally speaking there are two approaches adopted by the Left which purport to point the way towards a resolution of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. Most of the Left supports struggling towards the formation of a single, bi-national state, which… [Read more…]
March 31, 2012
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