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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
THE NEW YORK METS AND THE BUSINESS OF TERRORISM
By Aaron Levitt, The Electronic Intifada, 20 November 2009
When I first learned that the New York Mets were hosting a
fundraiser for the nonprofit Hebron Fund in support of the
Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron,
I honestly assumed it was a joke, albeit a poor one. When
I realized this was an actual, planned event, I still
found it almost impossible to believe. This is because,
even aside from the devastating impact of settlement
expansion on the prospects for peace in the region, I have
had the misfortune to see the fruits of the Hebron Fund's
labors. Aaron Levitt comments for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10903.shtml
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
BANTUSTANS AND THE UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF STATEHOOD
By Virginia Tilley, The Electronic Intifada, 19 November 2009
>From a rumor, to a rising murmur, the proposal floated by
the Palestinian Authority's (PA) Ramallah leadership to
declare Palestinian statehood unilaterally has suddenly
hit center stage. It's no exaggeration to propose that
this idea, although well-meant by some, raises the
clearest danger to the Palestinian national movement in
its entire history, threatening to wall Palestinian
aspirations into a political cul-de-sac from which it may
never emerge. Virginia Tilley comments for The Electronic
Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10901.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
ISRAELI FORCES SHOOT AT GAZA BIRD-CATCHERS, FARMERS
By Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 20 November 2009
On 15 November at 8:30am, a number of young men went as
usual to the land near Gaza's northern border with Israel
planning to catch birds. Amjad Hassanain, 27, was among
the bird-catchers hunting near the border fence when
Israeli soldiers began shooting. Eva Bartlett reports for
The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10904.shtml
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PALESTINE : ART, MUSIC & CULTURE:
BOOK REVIEW: A PALESTINIAN CENTURY IN A POET'S LIFE
By Mya Guarnieri, The Electronic Intifada, 20 November 2009
My Happiness Bears No Relation to Happiness bills itself
as "A Poet's Life in the Palestinian Century." To better
understand Adina Hoffman's biography of the Palestinian
poet Taha Muhammad Ali, however, consider it: "A
Palestinian Century in a Poet's Life." But this
syntactical slip doesn't discredit Hoffman's work. By
deftly stacking shattered recollections atop dusty stones
of history Hoffman has built a literary landmark -- not
only is My Happiness the first English-language biography
of a Palestinian writer, it offers an evocative biography
of pre-1948 Palestine. Mya Guarnieri reviews for The
Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10902.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
JAHALIN BEDOUIN SUFFER WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
By Kieron Monks, The Electronic Intifada, 19 November 2009
Beyond the demolitions in its suburbs and the frequent,
violent clashes around the al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem is
the scene of a quieter shame. Southeast of the holy city
live the Jahalin Bedouin, a community that has been
repeatedly displaced and transferred, now enduring
unimaginable poverty beside Jerusalem's largest garbage
dump. Kieron Monks reports.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10899.shtml
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PALESTINE : ROLE OF THE MEDIA:
BRITISH TV DOCUMENTARY TACKLES TABOO OF ISRAEL'S LOBBY
By Diane Langford, The Electronic Intifada, 19 November 2009
For the first time a mainstream British television program
has tackled the Zionist lobby head-on. Channel 4's
Dispatches, broadcast on 16 November, promised to hold the
pro-Israel lobby up to rigorous public scrutiny and it
succeeded. Presented by Peter Oborne, former political
editor of the right-wing weekly The Spectator, Dispatches
revealed the cozy relationship between Britain's
pro-Israel lobby and both the Conservative and Labour
parties as well as its attempts to stifle criticism of
Israel in the press. Diane Langford reports for The
Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10900.shtml
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