israel shooting at International and Palestinian Activists - 25 April...
Palestinian medics treat Maltese peace activist Bianca Zimmit at al-Aqsa hospital in the central Gaza Strip on April 24, 2010.
After the Israeli...
Palestinian medics treat Maltese peace activist Bianca Zimmit at al-Aqsa hospital in the central Gaza Strip on April 24, 2010.
After the Israeli forces shot and injured a Maltese national during a pro-Palestinian protest in Gaza, Malta's Foreign Ministry moves to condemn the attack.
Twenty-eight-year-old Maltese activist Bianca Zimmit was wounded by a live Israeli round on Saturday during a demonstration against Tel Aviv's decision to declare large parts of Gaza's arable land a "no-go" area, Ma'an news agency reported.
In a Sunday statement, the Maltese Foreign Ministry "deplored and condemned in the strongest possible terms" Zimmit's shooting, Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reported.
Local residents and international activists had gathered around the restricted zone in the central Gaza Strip to protest the ban that makes 20 percent of arable lands inaccessible to farmers.
The zone reportedly intrudes into the Strip beyond the areas from which Israel is supposed to have withdrawn in 2005.
The Sunday Times of Malta quoted Zammit as saying that "We were not doing anything illegal. I don't expect to be shot for holding a Palestinian flag or holding a camera, especially since we were chanting peaceful songs."
Israeli troops also injured five more protesters including a 22-year-old, who was shot in the stomach, Ma'an reported.
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Nakba Day 2011 - Turkish protesters mark anniversary of Palestinian...
Ever since the war on Gaza in late 2008, Turks have openly sided with Palestinians and have been extremely critical of Israeli military operations...
Ever since the war on Gaza in late 2008, Turks have openly sided with Palestinians and have been extremely critical of Israeli military operations and it's blockade on Gaza.
Turkish protesters marched to the Israeli consulate in Istanbul to mark "Nakba Day", the annual commemoration of the displacement of Palestinian people after Israel evicted them from their territories and homes in 1948.
In that year, an estimated 700,000 Palestinians were displaced as hundreds of villages were destroyed, something these protesters say can not be ignored.
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[23 July 13] Pro-Palestinian Jennifer Loewenstein and pro-israeli...
The European Union has put the military wing of Lebanon\\\'s resistance movement Hezbollah on its terror list. Pro-Palestinian activist Jennifer...
The European Union has put the military wing of Lebanon\\\'s resistance movement Hezbollah on its terror list. Pro-Palestinian activist Jennifer Loewenstein and pro-Israel analyst Richard Hellman have discussed the issue live on Press TV.
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Israeli soldiers reveal army brutalities - Jun 13, 2011 - English
A number of Israeli soldiers have revealed the brutalities they witnessed during the army's attacks on Palestinian territories.
Interview with...
A number of Israeli soldiers have revealed the brutalities they witnessed during the army's attacks on Palestinian territories.
Interview with Richard Morris, playwright, London
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Boycotting Israeli Goods - French style
On the 7th March a group of Pro Palestinian supporters wearing Boycott Israel TShirts entered a French supermarket and started to remove all goods...
On the 7th March a group of Pro Palestinian supporters wearing Boycott Israel TShirts entered a French supermarket and started to remove all goods supplied by Israel.
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Ahmadinejad Interview with RT - Israeli theft failed, occupation days...
Ahead of his speech at the UN General Assembly, We spoke to the Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad about the Palestinian push for statehood and...
Ahead of his speech at the UN General Assembly, We spoke to the Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad about the Palestinian push for statehood and the situation in the Middle East.
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Israeli troops humiliate Palestinians - and put it on YouTube
Forty-three seconds thats the duration of a video clip uploaded to YouTube less than a year ago under the category of Comedy. For the hero of the...
Forty-three seconds thats the duration of a video clip uploaded to YouTube less than a year ago under the category of Comedy. For the hero of the clip an unidentified young Arab they were probably eternally long seconds and far from amusing. He was forced to slap himself and sing to the jubilant shouts of the photographer and his buddies all of them members of Israels Border Police. This clip shows the unknown Palestinian standing in a desert setting while a disembodied voice orders him in Hebrew to hit himself Yallah start do it hard
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Ahmadinejad"s full speech at UN General Assembly Sept. 2010 (with...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US took advantage of the 'suspicious' September 11 attacks to justify its occupation of Afghanistan...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the US took advantage of the 'suspicious' September 11 attacks to justify its occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.
President Ahmadinejad said while some 3,000 were killed on the September 11 incident, "for which we are all very saddened," hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and millions wounded and displaced up to now, as the conflicts continue to rage and expand.
While raising several questions about the source and nature of the 9/11 attacks, the president asked even if we grant credence to the US government's view that "a complex terrorist group was able to cross all layers of US intelligence and security" to wage the attacks, "is it rational to launch a classic war through widespread deployment of troops that led to the death of hundreds of thousands of people to counter a terrorist group?"
The Iranian president also blasted the Israeli regime for its siege of Palestinian lands and their repeated aggressions against the people of Gaza and Lebanon with blessings from their Western backers.
"The oppressed people of Palestine have lived under the rule of an occupying regime for 60 years, been deprived of freedom, security and the right to self-determination, while the occupiers are given recognition," he said.
"On a daily basis," he added, "the houses are being destroyed over the heads of innocent women and children. People are deprived of water, food and medicine in their own homeland. The Zionists have imposed five all-out wars on the neighboring countries and on the Palestinian people."
President Ahmadinejad also highlighted the Israeli attack against the Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla and killing and injuring civilians onboard, calling it "a blatant defiance of all international norms."
The president emphasized that while the Tel Aviv regime "regularly threatens the countries in the region" and conducts "publicly announced assassination of Palestinian figures," it enjoys the "absolute support of some western countries." Whereas, he added, "Palestinian defender and those opposing this regime are pressured, labeled as terrorists and anti Semites."
The Iranian president then insisted that all solutions "are doomed to fail" if the rights of Palestinian people are not accounted for, calling for the return of the Palestinian refugees to their home land and the establishment of a Palestinian sovereignty and government based on a popular vote.
President Ahmadinejad referred to the recent burning of the holy Qur'an in the US as an "ugly and inhumane act" against the Divine Book of Islam's prophet that calls for "worshipping the one God, justice, compassion toward people, development and progress, reflection and thinking, defending the oppressed and resisting against the oppressors."
He then stressed that the Qur'an was burned "to burn all these truths and good judgments." However, he added, "the truth could not be burned."
On the Iranian nuclear issue, President Ahmadinejad reiterated Iran's readiness to resume talks based on the Tehran Nuclear Declaration, censuring the unjust imposition of anti-Iran sanctions by the UN Security Council.
Noting the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) allows member states to use nuclear energy without limits while prohibiting the development and stockpiling of nuclear weapons, the president underlined that some permanent members of the UN Security Council have nonetheless "equated nuclear energy with the nuclear bomb, and have distanced this energy from the reach of most nations by establishing monopolies and pressuring the IAEA."
Consequently, he said, "Not only the nuclear disarmament has not been realized, but also nuclear bombs have been proliferated in some regions, including by the occupying and intimidating Zionist regime."
Dr. Ahmadinejad went on to make the proposition that the year 2011 be proclaimed the year of nuclear disarmament and "Nuclear Energy for all, Nuclear Weapons for None."
On Iran's nuclear issue the Iranian president referred to the Tehran Declaration on a fuel swap deal as "a hugely constructive step in confidence building efforts" and said that it was facilitated through the good will of Turkish, Brazilian and Iranian governments.
He reiterated that although the declaration received "inappropriate reaction" by some governments and followed by an "unlawful resolution," it still remains valid.
"We have observed the regulations of the IAEA more than our commitments," he observed. "Yet, we have never submitted to illegally imposed pressures nor will we ever do so."
The president also slammed UN's "ineptitude" and "unjust structure," stressing that major power has been "monopolized" in the Security Council (UNSC) due to the veto privilege while the main pillar of the organization, the General Assembly, "is marginalized."
Noting that in the past decades at least one of the permanent members of the UNSC has been a party to conflicts, Dr. Ahmadinejad said, "The veto advantage grants impunity to aggression and occupation; how could, therefore, one expect competence while both the judge and the prosecutor are a party to the dispute?"
"Had Iran enjoyed veto privilege, would the Security Council and the IAEA Director General have taken the same position in the nuclear issue?"
The Iranian president then insisted that the veto privilege "be revoked" altogether and the General Assembly becomes the "highest body" in the United Nations.
At the beginning of his remarks, President Ahmadinejad expressed great sympathy with the people and government of flood-stricken Pakistan and urged the world to pldege adequate aid and support for the flood victims.
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Gazans Have Nowhere To Go- English
As Israeli troops close in on Gaza City, clashes with various Palestinian fighters intensify. Sameh Habeeb, a photojournalist based in Gaza City,...
As Israeli troops close in on Gaza City, clashes with various Palestinian fighters intensify. Sameh Habeeb, a photojournalist based in Gaza City, reports, shortages of water, food, gas and fuel have left many with nothing but what they have stored from before the attack began. Habeeb says the Israeli army has been warning Palestinians to evacuate in advance of bombings, but explains that for the majority of the people, they have nowhere to go. While Habeeb was describing the mushrooming humanitarian crisis in Gaza City, his house was being shelled by the unending violence between the IDF and the Hamas forces.
Sameh Habeeb is a freelance journalist and photographer based in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories. He worked previously as a producer for Ramattan News Agency.
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A Palestinian child tells how he lost his eyesight due to Israeli...
A Palestinian child from Gaza lost his eyesight due to Israeli attacks. ----Those of you who have been protesting in the Western countries -...
A Palestinian child from Gaza lost his eyesight due to Israeli attacks. ----Those of you who have been protesting in the Western countries - especially America Britain France Germany Canada - please do not stop at demanding just a ceasefire in Gaza. Turn these sporadic protests into a sustained movement and demand a real CHANGE in the attitudes of these countries - especially America. Because until these countries stop their relentless and unconditional support for Israel-massacres like those in Sabra-Chatila Qana Beirut and Gaza will continue to occur. See gazaawareness.blogspot.com
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How Zionism Infiltrated The United States - English
Interview with Scholar and Journalist, Mark Bruzonsky. Mark Bruzonsky, a Jewish, American Scholar and Journalist, has been a key member behind the...
Interview with Scholar and Journalist, Mark Bruzonsky. Mark Bruzonsky, a Jewish, American Scholar and Journalist, has been a key member behind the scenes of the Israeli Palestinian peace initiative in the 1980s, meeting with Former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and with Palestinian officials. In this exclusive interview with Press TV's Autograph, Mr. Bruzonsky talks about the challenges and missed opportunities he witnessed first-hand, and how Zionist groups infiltrated American politics, US institutions and organizations. He goes further to explain the specific time and day Obama sold out to the AIPAC lobby, and how President Obama would never dare oppose the stronghold of the Zionist, Israeli Lobby in the US.
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Child and The Invader 05/52 - Cartoon on A Palestinian Child & an...
A series of cartoons on a Palestinian boy and an israeli Soldier which portray how the Zionists harasser the Palestinians on a daily basis.
A series of cartoons on a Palestinian boy and an israeli Soldier which portray how the Zionists harasser the Palestinians on a daily basis.
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Child and The Invader 11/52 - Cartoon on A Palestinian Child & an...
A series of cartoons on a Palestinian boy and an israeli Soldier which portray how the Zionists harasser the Palestinians on a daily basis.
A series of cartoons on a Palestinian boy and an israeli Soldier which portray how the Zionists harasser the Palestinians on a daily basis.
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Cynthia McKinney in an Israeli jail - English
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect...
As if we needed any more proof that the international media deliberately avoids exposing anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian injustices, its suspect behavior during recent days has sealed the case.
Even as we were being force-fed minute details of Michael Jackson's colorful life along with endless speculation as to the true parentage of his children, a former U.S. Congresswomen and presidential candidate, Cynthia McKinney, was languishing in an Israeli jail.
Her 'crime' was boarding the Free Gaza Movement's aid vessel The Spirit of Humanity in Cyprus, in an effort to break Israel's cruel siege of Gaza, which even the U.S. President has condemned.
Like several of her sister vessels, The Spirit of Humanity was attacked by the Israeli Navy in international waters before being boarded by Israeli commandos and dragged along with its crew and passengers towards Israel.
Once there, 21 human rights advocates from the U.S., Britain, Ireland, Denmark, Jordan, Palestine and Yemen, including McKinney, Noble Laureate Mairead Maguire, and documentary filmmaker Adam Shapiro, were incarcerated.
Let's be realistic. If just about any other high-profile U.S. politician on any other mission had been detained within a cell block on foreign soil, the incident would have merited headlines.
However, McKinney's abduction went almost unnoticed. Not only was the story relegated to the back pages, if it ran at all, there was a corresponding absence of comment from Congress and the White House.
McKinney is now home after refusing to sign a statement in Hebrew that she was guilty of a violation, but the mainstream media is certainly not clamoring at her door for interviews.
As far as I can tell, her ordeal has mostly been covered by left-wing outlets such as Democracy Now or Middle East networks including Al Jazeera and Press TV.
A number of McKinney's supporters say the reason for the media blackout was the fact that she is a Black American. But, in fact, it's her cause that's the problem rather than her color.
My analysis is based on the lack of media coverage given to the Viva Palestina aid convoy of trucks and ambulances from London to Gaza, led by British Parliamentarian George Galloway.
The Herculean efforts of hundreds of ordinary Britons to deliver much-needed humanitarian supplies to war-torn Gaza earlier this year was a non-event as far as the media was concerned until Galloway was barred from entering Canada as a result.
Unless you're a person who relentlessly digs on the internet, you probably are not aware that during McKinney's ordeal, Galloway, along with Vietnam War veteran Ron Kovic, were meeting up with over 200 Americans in Cairo armed with $2 million (Dh7.35 million) that was raised in the U.S. to buy trucks and medical aid destined for Gaza.
The Egyptian English-language paper Al Ahram Weekly dubs this ""the largest grassroots medical relief effort for Gaza in U.S. history"" but once again, this doesn't merit column inches in either U.S. or European mainstream papers.
In a similar vein, is the way that the horrendous courtroom stabbing of 32-year-old Marwa Al Sherbini was considered inconsequential by the German media until it elicited angry protests in her hometown of Alexandria.
There are so many aspects to this story, which should have been emblazoned across front pages.
First of all it was a blatant race crime, which Germany is normally sensitive about. Second, it begs questions concerning court security.
What were armed officers doing when Marwa was stabbed 18 times and why was her husband shot when he attempted to protect his pregnant wife?
What kind of editors would bin reports of such a horrendous crime carried out in full view of the authorities? What were they thinking?
Purely coincidentally, I was sitting at a table with one of Marwa's uncles in an Alexandria coffee shop when he received a call on his mobile and had to dash off because of a ""family emergency"".
Today, this exceptionally close-knit family is devastated and hurt that the murder of one of their own wasn't initially treated with the weight the crime deserved.
Egyptians are outraged at Germany's disinterest and the inaction of their own foreign office. The numbers who attended her funeral, who gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo and who demonstrated in Cairo and Alexandria speak for themselves.
Because Marwa's dispute with her attacker was based on his objections to her Islamic headscarf, the death of the young pharmacist has become an emblem for the rights of Muslim women at a time when the French President is attempting to ban the burqa. Marwa loved life.
She didn't plan to become a martyr. But in the eyes of Egyptians calling for a mosque and a street in Alexandria to be renamed in her honor, she is a heroine.
If the U.S. and Europe are chronically supine when it comes to Muslim causes, then the governments and media throughout the Arab and Muslim world should embrace them clearly and loudly.
With anti-Muslim hate crimes on the rise, Muslims need a strong united voice on the international stage. Shame on the world's media that appears to be united only in its anti-Muslim bias!
Linda S. Heard is a specialist British writer on Middle East affairs.
(Source: Gulf News
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Nakba Day 2011 - Palestinians in East Jerusalem al-Quds and other cities...
Palestinians in East Jerusalem al-Quds and other cities marked the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba or the catastrophe that befell the Palestinian...
Palestinians in East Jerusalem al-Quds and other cities marked the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba or the catastrophe that befell the Palestinian people.
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Flags display toll of conflict - English
Hundreds of red orange and pink flags lined the HUB lawn representing the Palestinian and Israeli causalities of the bombings in the Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of red orange and pink flags lined the HUB lawn representing the Palestinian and Israeli causalities of the bombings in the Gaza Strip.
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Protesters shout down Ehud Olmert in Chicago - 7Oct09 - English
Approximately 30 activists — mainly students from area universities — disrupted a lecture given in Chicago by former Israeli Prime Minister...
Approximately 30 activists — mainly students from area universities — disrupted a lecture given in Chicago by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday which was hosted by the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. While Olmert’s speech was disrupted inside the lecture hall, approximately 150 activists protested outside the hall in the freezing rain.
Protesters inside the hall read off the names of Palestinian children killed during Israel’s assault on Gaza last winter. They shouted that it was unacceptable that the war crimes suspect be invited to speak at a Chicago university when his army destroyed a university in Gaza in January. They reminded the audience of the more than 1,400 Palestinians killed during the Gaza attacks and the more than 1,200 killed during Israel’s invasion of Lebanon in 2006. Both invasions happened during Olmert’s premiership.
With interventions coming every few minutes throughout his appearance, Olmert had difficulty giving his speech and often appeared frustrated. At one point he appealed for “just five minutes” to speak without being interrupted.
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Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land - Part I - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - English
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part III - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part II - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - English
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part IV - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part V - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part VIII - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part VI - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part X - English
For an analysis of the situation and available solutions (one state or two?) see GazaAwareness.blogspot.com. Peace Propaganda and the...
For an analysis of the situation and available solutions (one state or two?) see GazaAwareness.blogspot.com. Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Peace Propaganda Promised Land - Part VII - English
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by...
Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East by zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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