Abby Martin, anchor for news network Russia Today America, surprised both friend and foe on February 15 with a fierce call for the freedom of Samer Issawi, Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike in protest against his illegal incarceration by the Israeli occupation forces. This is the first time that an anchor of an English speaking news network breaks...
By Imane M. – On the 24th of November of 2012, the city of Lyon made some noise in the name of justice. 15,000 protesters gathered at Bellecour Square at 2PM for a march organized by the umbrella organization “Collectif 69 de soutien au peuple Palestinien” (‘Collective 69 for support of the Palestinian people’), which united dozens of humanitarian and...
Dutch politicians and other prominent citizens have participated in a video protesting against the ongoing Israeli practice of administrative detention of Palestinian civilians. In this short film by Dutch filmmaker Abdelkarim El-Fassi, former prime minister Dries van Agt and members of Dutch Parliament Harry van Bommel of the Socialist Party and Tofik Dibi of the Green Left, have expressed their...
By Tariq Shadid – also published at Palestine Chronicle – The Israeli colonization of Palestine continues unabated, and the political show that protects and enables it has become a boring and repetitive charade. At the same time, it serves to feed the agendas, wallets and speeches of politicians and others who like to pretend that they believe in a ‘negotiated...
Recent Comments