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2010-07-31: Headlines

Xinhua: US activists meet relatives of Cubans jailed on spy charges 2010-07-31
Activists from the U.S.-based group "Pastors for Peace" met on Friday with relatives of five Cubans imprisoned in the United States on espionage charges. | Mirta Rodriguez, mother of Antonio Guerrero, and Olga Salanueva, wife of Rene Gonzalez, attended the meeting aimed to help release the five Cubans arrested on charges of spying in Florida in 1998.
Palestine News Agency: Massive Bomb Hits Central Gaza City, Injuring 17 2010-07-31
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2010-07-30: Headlines

Palestine Note: US Rep Baird: US on the side of injustice in Palestine 2010-07-30
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
Dissident Voice: Israeli Criticism of Zionism and the Treatment of Palestinians: The Politicians 2010-07-30
Critically analyzing the political ideology of Zionism, or criticizing Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, almost invariably leads to attacks from th...
Palestine Note: Coercive diplomacy 2010-07-30
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
Sun Valley Online.com: | This Weekend's Events: Camp Rainbow Gold Escort, Sawtooth Music Festival, Road Rally, etc. | 2010-07-30
This Weekend's Events: Camp Rainbow Gold Escort, Sawtooth Music Festival, Road Rally, etc.
Palestine News Agency: British, Israeli Wounded in Weekly Demo in Bilin 2010-07-30
Keywords: return theWidgetNone; | return theWidgetOne; | return theWidgetTwo; | function set_class(obj) | function get_class(obj) | function open_window(link) | The people of Bil'in were joined by several groups of internationals, including a group of rappers from Britain and the U.S. A large part of the demonstrators managed to approach the soldiers who had already entered the gate. | About 200 protestors;
Palestine Note: Rights groups to Clinton: Free prisoned Palestinian activist 2010-07-30
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
International Solidarity Movement: Desmond Tutu backs US food co-op boycott of Israeli products 2010-07-30
Nonviolence. Justice. Freedom. | South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday that he supports the Olympia Food Co-op's boycott of Israeli products.

2010-07-29: Headlines

Palestine Note: Palestinian architect has refugee style 2010-07-29
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
The Muslim News: Illegal settlements on the increase 2010-07-29
Keywords: According to a report by a leading Israeli human rights organisation, BíTselem, Israeli illegal settlements take up 16% of the West Bank whilst 300,000 settlers occupy 121 settlements with about one hundred outposts which controls 42% of the West bank. Additionally 12 neighbourhoods have been put in place annexing it with the Jewish municipality.
firedoglake.com: Today is a National Tragedy 2010-07-29
Regardless of the validity of going to war, we, as a nation, have a responsibility to care for those that we send into battle.
Salon: The end of (military) history? 2010-07-29
The end of (military) history? | U.S. soldiers run to firing positions after coming under attack by Taliban insurgents in the Arghandab Valley, Kandahar, Afghanistan, on July 27. | This article originally appeared on TomDispatch. | "In watching the flow of events over the past decade or so, it is hard to avoid the feeling that something very fundamental has happened in world history."
Palestine Note: let me join those who refuse 2010-07-29
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
Vancouverite: Israeli Human Rights group accuses military of suppressing demos 2010-07-29
An Israeli human rights group has claimed that Israeli army authorities recently revived a sweeping 40-year old military order prohibiting demonstrations against the Separation Barrier in the West Bank, and that measures have been taken to suppress immediate and future demonstrations against the Separation Barrier.
firedoglake.com: Caring for Our Veterans 2010-07-29
Regardless of the validity of going to war, we, as a nation, have a responsibility to care for those that we send into battle.
The Palestine Telegraph: Omar Ghraieb: Tutu asks the world to boycott Israel 2010-07-29
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International Solidarity Movement: More than 200 demonstrate against the buffer-zone near Gazas Nahal Oz crossing 2010-07-29
Nonviolence. Justice. Freedom. | Five International Solidarity Movement volunteers participated in a demonstration against the bufferzone near Nahal Oz border crossing, east of Gaza City on Wednesday (July 28th).

2010-07-28: Headlines

Haaretz: Surroundings / The forced ecology of occupation 2010-07-28
Keywords: in even the most technical of matters. | Palestinian architects are often asked to draw inspiration from the grand Islamic architectural tradition and the local cultural heritage, said Palestinian architect Omar Yousef, with a hint of sarcasm.
Prison Planet.com: UN Promises Delivery of Freedom Flotilla Cargo to Gaza 2010-07-28
Six weeks after the Freedom Flotilla ships were forcibly boarded in international waters, their passengers illegally jailed and the cargo impounded by the Israeli authorities, the office of the United Nations Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East (UNSCO) has promised to deliver the full humanitarian aid cargo to UN. agencies in Gaza.
Haaretz: Desmond Tutu backs US food co-op boycott of Israeli products 2010-07-28
Should Israel Pay for American Protester's Lost Eye? | Henochowicz, who was holding a Turkish and American flag and was not near the rock throwers, was hit in the eye. "The IDF maintains that the tear-gas canister bounced off a wall, and that they acted impeccably—but what wall? Where?" Henochowicz asks in this week's Village Voice cover story.
Al-Bawaba: Archbishop Desmond Tutu Endorses of Olympia Food Co-ops Boycott of Israeli Goods 2010-07-28
The Olympia Food Co-op's decision to honor the international call for boycott of Israeli goods has inspired an inundation of phone calls, e-mails, and petition signatures supporting the solidarity gesture, including an endorsement from South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. The Archbishop endorsed the boycott with the following statement:
Palestine News Agency: Gush Shalom Warns of Offering Released Soldiers Free Schooling in Settlements 2010-07-28
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Palestine Note: Nobel-winner Desmond Tutu backs boycotts of Israel 2010-07-28
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
International Solidarity Movement: Gaza City ceremony honours journalists killed reporting in Gaza 2010-07-28
28 July 2010 | ISM Gaza Journalists killed by Israel while reporting in Gaza were remembered at an award ceremony in Gaza City yesterday;
Haaretz: Desmond Tutu backs US food co-op boycott of Israeli products 2010-07-28
South African Nobel laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu issues statement of support for boycott announced by food co-op in Rachel Corrie's hometown of Olympia, Washington.
Palestine Note: Nobel-winner Desmond Tutu backs boycotts of Israel 2010-07-28
The Palestine Note is not only a news and opinion site €” but a cultivator of community and of perspectives about vital cultural, economic, social and political issues facing Palestine and its friends, as well as its critics, around the world.
Gothamist: Should Israel Pay for American Protesters Lost Eye? 2010-07-28
Should Israel Pay for American Protester's Lost Eye? | Henochowicz, who was holding a Turkish and American flag and was not near the rock throwers, was hit in the eye. "The IDF maintains that the tear-gas canister bounced off a wall, and that they acted impeccably—but what wall? Where?" Henochowicz asks in this week's Village Voice cover story.