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496 [lbo-talk] Tunnels and Roads, Closures, Crossings and the Segregation Wall Moving Towards a Unique Racist Reality -- rank: 1000

Tunnels and Roads, Closures, Crossings and the Segregation Wall Towards a Unique Racist Reality http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=492&Itemid=88 Written by Ahmad Jaradat Ahmad Jaradat is coordinator of the settlements violence project for the AIC. This article was originally published in News from Within, Vol. XXII, No. 6, July 2006. New construction work has recently begun at the western edge of the town of al-Khader, in the south Bethlehem region o ...

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Author:	Bryan Atinsky
Date:	Mon Aug 7 15:12:04 PDT 2006

497 [lbo-talk] Drafted Art: Over fifty Israeli Visual Artists issue a statement calling for immediate ceasefire and release of prisoners -- rank: 1000

www.maarav.org.il/draftedart Over fifty Israeli Visual Artists issue a statement calling for immediate ceasefire and release of prisoners " Many of us have signed petitions, participated in demonstrations and distributed important information through the media and internet. These are important actions, but they also increase the feeling of helplessness. There are no magic answers. Every action is a step on the way to change. Instead of being comprised of just names, this exhibition is a pe ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 7 09:43:31 PDT 2006

498 [lbo-talk] The Sinking Ship of U.S. Imperial Designs -- rank: 1000

There is good new article by Gilbert Achcar, but it is too long to post here. Here is the link though: http://www.alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=490&Itemid=1 A severely truncated version: Everyday that passes shows more of those who enthusiastically supported the Bush administration s imperial drive in the Middle East leaving its sinking ship. There can be no doubt any longer that what many had forecast long ago is proving absolutely true: the Bush admi ...

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Date:	Mon Aug 7 05:22:05 PDT 2006

499 [lbo-talk] Photos from yesterday's antiwar demo in Tel Aviv -- rank: 1000

Ha'aretz said something like 5,000 but I would put it at around 2,500. There were many counter demonstrators yelling and throwing water ( at least I hope that's what it was) and bottles at the demonstrators, and when the demonstrators complained, the cops told them it was their fault because they should move away faster. During the demonstration the police used force to push protesters off the streets, and at the end, the counter demonstrators attacked the stage and ripped down posters and banne ...

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Date:	Sun Aug 6 08:14:57 PDT 2006

500 [lbo-talk] Apocalypse near (Yideoth Aharonoth interviews Noam Chomsky) -- rank: 1000

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286204,00.html There is a two part interview with Noam Chomsky in Yideoth Aharonoth now. Question: Prof. Chomsky, you claimed that the provocation and counter-provocation all serve as a distraction from the real issue. What does it mean? "I assume you are referring to John Berger s letter (which I signed, among others). The real issue that is being ignored is the systematic destruction of any prospects for a viable Palestinian existence as Israel ...

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Date:	Sat Aug 5 04:03:25 PDT 2006

501 [lbo-talk] On the social potential of the Hezbollah -- rank: 1000

>From "The Middle East in Flames" Gilbert Achcar interviewed by Andrew Kennedy for the Socialist Outlook [...] Q: Some on the British Left would probably like to entertain the idea that Hizbollah is capable of evolving leftwards. Is that a fantasy? Achcar: Basically, yes. Even a plebeian group like Muqtada al Sadr s organisation in Iraq is more socially threatening to the bourgeoisie than Hizbollah. The latter, of course, is radical in its opposition to Israel, as is usual with Isla ...

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Date:	Fri Aug 4 15:16:59 PDT 2006

502 [lbo-talk] MERIP on Hizballah -- rank: 1000

Michael Pugliese wrote: > http://lerterland.blogspot.com/2006/08/deebs-dishonesty.html David Adler says: "Hezbollah's rocket attacks did not commence after Israeli bombardment had begun. Hezbollah staged a diversion with rocket attacks in the north, then it abducted the Israel soldiers." Technically this is true. It consisted (as far as I have been able to assess from the reports) of around two Katyusha rockets that hit outside of the northern Israeli village of Shlomi. Then there i ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 2 13:35:28 PDT 2006

503 [lbo-talk] Re: Why Bomb UN Observers? -- rank: 1000

I remember discussion of this in an April report by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights in Gaza, Btselem, Gaza Community Mental Health Programme, Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and the Public Committee against Torture in Israel. They were discussing in an article critiquing a change in Israeli military policy regarding the safety zone for shelling in Gaza (http://www.acri.org.il/english-acri/engine/story.asp?id=298): "the shell fragmentation range i ...

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Date:	Tue Aug 1 08:38:47 PDT 2006

504 [lbo-talk] Settler Violence in Tel Rumeida Neighborhood of Hebron Reaches Critical Levels Written -- rank: 1000

http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=412&Itemid=1&lang=ISO-8859-1 Settler Violence in Tel Rumeida Neighborhood of Hebron Reaches Critical Levels Written by: Josh Friedman Date: Wednesday, 26 April 2006 Human Rights Workers Hold Press Conference in Jerusalem Jerusalem: A broad coalition of activists and advocacy groups held a press conference today to discuss the escalating settler violence within the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron. While Pales ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 26 13:54:23 PDT 2006

505 [lbo-talk] Religiosity in Israel -- rank: 1000

Survey: 44 percent of Jewish Israelis call themselves secular, 8 percent ultra-Orthodox By Moti Bassok http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/704149.html In a Central Bureau of Statistics social survey covering 2002-2004, 44 percent of Israeli Jews aged 20 and over defined themselves as secular; 27 percent defined themselves as traditional; 12 percent as traditionally observant; 9 percent as Orthodox; and 8 percent as ultra-Orthodox. The survey found a particularly high rate of secularism - 63 perc ...

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Date:	Wed Apr 12 02:07:43 PDT 2006

506 [lbo-talk] Director of Peace Now threatened with violence -- rank: 1000

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3237047,00.html Peace Now head threatened Letter placed at entrance to Yariv Oppenheimer's Ramat Gan home threatens Peace Now director general with use of force if organization does not stop petitioning High Court against West Bank outposts Efrat Weiss A threatening letter was placed at the door of Peace Now Director General Yariv Oppenheimer in Ramat Gan. The letter demanded that Peace Now cease petitioning the High Court in a bid to remove unauthorized ...

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Date:	Thu Apr 6 10:58:39 PDT 2006

507 [lbo-talk] Kos on Marches -- rank: 1000

I would agree with Nathan and Chuck on this...and definitely agree with Chuck that the alter-globalization movement (especially 1999-2001) sparked a whole new generation of political activism on an international scale. When I look specifically at the Israeli/Palestinian context (including the internationalist activist movement that joins with us in our work) it was without a doubt one of the biggest influences on the resurgence here of a committed and truly radical activist community. It also sp ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 30 18:51:47 PDT 2005

508 [lbo-talk] The Burrowers (Article on the business of tunnel making for smuggling from Gaza to Sinai) -- rank: 1000

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/630784.html This article was published a couple days ago in the hebrew version of Ha'aretz and now they translated it. The article is interesting on several levels: *The in depth, behind the scenes look at the process of tunnel making. *What it reveals about the complete failure (and the impossibility of success) of Israel's purely military deterrence techniques, without dealing with any of the underlying causes. * The lucrative business motives of tunnel maki ...

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Date:	Fri Sep 30 06:37:01 PDT 2005

509 [lbo-talk] Palestinian writer nominates Israeli author, Sami Michael, for Nobel Prize in Lit -- rank: 1000

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/630983.html Palestinian writer nominates Israeli author, Sami Michael, for Nobel Prize By Zvi Barel, Haaretz Correspondent "It is with great pleasure that I recommend writer Sami Michael to be nominated to become a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature for 2005," is a recent address by a Palestinian writer, written at the height of an armed conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Prominent writer and critic Professor Ahmed Harb of Ramallah signed ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 29 12:43:57 PDT 2005

510 [lbo-talk] Divide and Conquer: Inequality and Discrimination in Israel/Palestine -- rank: 1000

http://alternativenews.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=276&Itemid=70 AIC Socioeconomic Bulletin 3 -- Divide and Conquer: Inequality and Discrimination in Israel/Palestine by Shir Hever The Israeli declaration of independence states: The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people ... Hereby declare the establishment of a Jewish State in the Land of Israel, to be known as the State of Israel. It also states that [Israel] will ensure complete equality ...

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Date:	Thu Sep 29 07:54:56 PDT 2005