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London lawyer takes on corporations abetting Israel's crimes June 1, 2012

Adri Nieuwhof 1 June 2012 Simon Natas on the case of solidarity activists who blockaded Ahava’s London flagship store and the role of G4s in Israel’s occupation.

Maureen Clare Murphy

Israel blocks mother from visiting her own daughters May 31, 2012

Mya Guarnieri Tel Aviv 31 May 2012 Hundreds of thousands of families — from Palestinians to Southeast Asian migrant workers to African refugees — are being fractured by Israel’s racist laws which seek to limit the number of non-Jews in the country.

Maureen Clare Murphy

Taboo of truth-telling about Palestine in US classrooms tackled by new book May 31, 2012

Steven Salaita 31 May 2012 The question of how to teach Palestine, and anti-Zionism’s career-killing consequences, is the focus of a new book.

nora

Mavi Marmara indictments herald an end to Israeli impunity May 31, 2012

Sarah Colborne United Kingdom 31 May 2012 Turkey has indicted four Israeli commanders for their role in the killing of nine humanitarians aboard the Mavi Marmara aid ship two years ago.

Maureen Clare Murphy

Palestinian contractors demand UN exclude Israel firms from Gaza tender May 30, 2012

Rami Almeghari Gaza Strip 30 May 2012 Invited to bid on Gaza infrastructure projects, does Israel stand to profit from their wanton destruction during the 2008-09 attacks?

nora

green resistance

If I were an Egyptian… May 20, 2012

For the past few weeks in Cairo, the dominant conversation is: who to vote for in the upcoming Presidential elections. At a restaurant, the staff opens the conversation. In a taxi, the driver opens the conversation. and, of course, amongst my colleagues and friends, it is persistent. Which leads me, a non-Egyptian, to wonder… If [...]

r.m.

‘the living planet’ – and the need for courageous environmentalists May 15, 2012

The World Wildlife Fund has published its “The Living Planet – 2012′ report. Available here lpr_2012_final_120507[1] or here The situation remains bad, and the trend for overconsumption and exploitation and rampant degradation continues. The Living Planet Report uses the global Living Planet Index to measure changes in the health of the p […]

r.m.

the interconnectedness of us all – with other beings May 14, 2012

I want to share this story with you. It reminds us that we are connected – not just with each other, but with all beings on this magical earth. A man was able to reach out to traumatized, wild elephants in South Africa. And when he died, the wild elephants somehow knew they had lost [...]

r.m.

ongoing bread saga in Lebanon May 13, 2012

a few weeks ago i wrote about the corruption in the bread pricing in lebanon. this morning, the excellent al-akhbar wrote that the bakeries in Lebanon are planning to increase the price of bread from LL1500 ($1) to LL2000 So they continue to get the unchecked subsidy from the public moneys, and they decrease the [...]

r.m.

water security May 9, 2012

I gave a talk on water security yesterday to the Crisis Department at the League of Arab States title of the talk: Water Security in the Arab World: how to get from ‘crisis’ to ‘sustainable’? FYI: here’s the talk water security presentation for distribution

r.m.

land and people

Reviving the Countryside

Rami Zurayk

إحياء الريف

إحياء الريفرامي زريقمن أصعب المآسي التي قد تصيب المزارعين، إرغامهم على رمي محصولهم في القمامة. هذا ما يحصل اليوم في عكار نتيجة غياب الأسواق وإغلاق باب التصدير عبر سوريا. تتراكم جبال الخضار والفاكهة في المزارع والأسواق، وتكسد وتفسد ولا من شارٍ ولا من مستهلك. إنها حقاً كارثة، وقد تتفاعل أكثر فأكثر وتؤدي إلى إفلاس صغار المزارعين الذين لا يقدرون على استيعاب الخ […]

Rami Zurayk

Hunger in Yemen

"In March, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) reported that levels of food insecurity in Yemen had doubled since 2009. Today 5m people go hungry so often that it affects their long-term health. According to Unicef, the WFP’s counterpart for children, some 30% of kids in Hodeida are “acutely” malnourished, threatened with stunted growth and cognitive im […]

Rami Zurayk

Yemen famine

"Yemen has a catastrophic food crisis. Nearly half the population, 10 million people, does not have enough to eat. While 300,000 children are facing life threatening levels of malnutrition." (thanks laila for reminding me that while we are pontificating about the arab spring cum revolt cum uprisings cum revolutions Yemen is in the throws of famine) […]

Rami Zurayk

How to deal with the natives release 2.0

The following publication from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace The Emerging Order in the Middle East By Sinan Ülgen , Nathan Brown , Marina Ottaway , Paul Salem Policy Outlook, May 2012 "In the political realm, demanding that Islamist movements adopt broad ideological agendas that endorse secularism or blanket philosophical commitments […]

Rami Zurayk

on the 575-page report proving the zionist entity’s war crimes

Posted on September 21, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

the headline on the united nations website reads: “un mission finds evidence of war crimes by both sides in gaza conflict.” here is the news brief in full and if you want to read the full 575-page report download this pdf file: The United Nations fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict at the start of [...]

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on orange & other adventures in normalization

Posted on September 9, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

i love orange. it’s my favorite color. i even painted my office at boise state university orange a few years ago. but in this region colors always take on new meanings that destroy colors and what they mean. for instance, when i first moved to palestine in the summer of 2005 i discovered that orange [...]

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when will the right lessons be learned?

Posted on August 30, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

surprise, surprise: obama has decided that building colonies on palestinian land in al quds is not such a problem after all: The US has dropped a demand that Israel freeze settlement construction in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian capital, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday. The newspaper Haaretz, citing Israeli officials and Western diplomats, reported that [...]

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on why coca cola should be boycotted (and no pepsi, etc. is not any better)

Posted on August 24, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

there was a great article about bds by sousan hammad in counterpunch last month, which begins with a great fanon quote and engages in an important analysis of the psychological complications involved when trying to educate palestinians about bds: “An underdeveloped people must prove, by its fighting power, its ability to set itself up as [...]

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yes, boycott works.

Posted on August 24, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

a couple of weeks ago i posted about the campaign to write to amnesty international in order to get them to comply with the boycott and pull out their funding of a leonard cohen concert in the zionist entity. well, it worked. here is the official statement reporting this victory from the palestinian campaign for [...]

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groundhog day in palestine

Posted on August 20, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

it has been difficult for me to keep up with news and such since i’ve been in amrika. between taking care of my grandma and packing more stuff of my own to ship and running around getting stuff for friends i have been really wiped out. i love spending time with my grandma, but it [...]

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action alert: protest amnesty international & leonard cohen

Posted on August 6, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

this is from an open letter from pacbi (palestinian academic & cultural boycott of israel) in response to amnesty international’s support of leonard cohen’s ignoring the boycott. below is an action alert where you can protest this as well as more analysis of this issue: The following open letter was sent to Amnesty International USA [...]

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انا اصلي نن…

Posted on July 29, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

before i left palestine a dear friend of mine gave me a beautiful silver necklace she had made for me. it says: فلسطين لاجئين 194. i think that this necklace has made more people in jordan offer up where they are originally from. ever since i crossed the border into jordan the other day i [...]

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prisons within prisons within prisons within prisons within prisons

Posted on July 12, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

holding an american passport, having the privilege of white skin, and living in palestine means that one needs to be conscious of these privileges and also use them strategically to support palestinians. the summer camp last week was one example of using my white privilege to help palestinian refugees learn about their villages and use [...]

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on meddling and hypocrisy in iran

Posted on June 25, 2009 by marcy/مارسي newman/نيومان

i’ve been reading the selected writings of eqbal ahmad this week. there are some excellent, insightful essays about palestinian politics and resistance strategies in this volume, which are especially interesting given ahmad’s history–as someone who lived in algeria and tunisia during the algerian revolution that kicked out the french colonists and although he was born [...]

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