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2007.04.12-05.03: “A Bitter Harvest” Speaker and Film Series

Palestine, Israel and Lebanon 40 Years after 1967 “Hizbullah, Israel and Lebanon: The Summer War,…

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Soros and Media Heavyweights Attack Pro-Israel Lobby’s Influence on U.S. Policy

Nathan Guttman, Forward, March 23, 2007 Washington – The simmering debate over American policy toward…

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Amira Hass: What a Strange ‘Abroad’

Amira Hass, Haaretz, Feb 14, 2007 The Gaza Strip is ‘abroad’ in a strange way.…

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The Gaza Strip Situation Report, 30 Jan 2007

Ceasefire between Palestinian factions enters into force after five days of intense inter-factional fighting United…

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Elliott Abram’s Uncivil War

Is the Bush administration violating the law to provoke a Palestinian civil war? Conflicts Forum,…

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Worse Than Apartheid

Chris Hedges, Truthdig, Dec 18, 2006

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A Black Flag

From: Jennifer Loewenstein Subject: Resuming Emails: Gideon Levy – A Black Flag Date: Mon, 3…

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The [Israeli] government is losing its reason

Haaretz Editorial, 30 Jun 2006 Bombing bridges that can be circumvented both by car and…

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The Israel Lobby

John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, London Review of Books, 23 March 2006 For the past…

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Amira Hass: Strangled in Gaza

1.5 million Arabs under Israeli siege Amira Hass, Haaretz, Mar 22, 2006 In the elections,…

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Play About Demonstrator’s Death Is Delayed

JESSE McKINLEY, New York Times, February 28, 2006 Potential Off Broadway production of play My…

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Anglicans Vote to Divest From Concerns in Israel-Occupied Areas

NEELA BANERJEE, New York Times, February 9, 2006 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 – The governing body…

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Amira Hass: The Remaining 99.5 Percent

For the sake of about half a percent of the population of the Gaza Strip,…

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Goodbye to Gaza

But it is still Israel that can do most to improve the economic lot of…

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No Letup to the Occupation

Will Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza free it from the burden of the occupation? The answer…

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The Jerusalem Powder Keg

The International Crisis Group, REPORT No. 44, 2 AUGUST 2005

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Simon Wiesenthal Center Says United Church of Christ’s Resolution Is Immoral

ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 4, 2005–A United Church of Christ (UCC) resolution demanding that Israel dismantle its…

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Palestine: the economy of despair

The West Bank city of Nablus is relatively calm at present. Anyone who can raise…

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Mustafa Barghouti: The liberation of the Israeli and Palestinian people

Israel must understand that the liberation of the Israeli people depends on the liberation of…

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Giving Chutzpah New Meaning

Alan Dershowitz is on the defensive over his research on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Jon Wiener,…

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