[DEBATE] : Dirty Tricks in Palestine/Can the Anti-Boycotters Please Stand Up/A Stinging Tribute to Sting

Thu Jun 8 10:05:34 BST 2006

T O P   S T O R I E S
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Opinion/Editorial
DANGEROUS DIRTY TRICKS IN PALESTINE
Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 June 2006

The referendum called by Palestinian Authority (PA)
chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is supposedly
meant to gain public endorsement for the creation of a
Palestinian state alongside Israel in all the
territories occupied in 1967, as set out in a plan
agreed by senior Hamas and Fatah leaders held in
Israeli prisons. But Abbas' ploy has nothing to do with
hastening the creation of such a state, and everything
to do with Fatah's inability to come to terms with its
defeat in last January's legislative elections. It is,
says EI co-founder Ali Abunimah, another sordid attempt
to use "democracy" not to reveal the will of the
people, but to frustrate it.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4765.shtml

Human Rights
WE NEED JUSTICE
Fida Qeshta, The Electronic Intifada, 3 June 2006

My family and I live in Rafah. On January 21, 2004, our
neighbor, Abu Jamil, woke us at 2:00 AM. He asked for
help because the Israeli military came to bulldoze his
home. My mother and I helped his family to empty their
house. By 6:00 AM it was demolished. Since 1967 Israel
has demolished 12,000 Palestinian homes. During this
uprising, Israel has demolished 2000 homes in Rafah,
mostly near the border with Egypt, and 3,000 houses in
the Gaza Strip. In Rafah 3,000 people remain homeless.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4760.shtml

Human Rights
THE RIGHT TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR
Am Johal, The Electronic Intifada, 7 June 2006

Lost in the discussion of peace processes, military
raids, Qassam rocket fire and unilateralism carried
out by the Israeli government for 'security purposes,'
is the climate of fear that is the defining feature of
Israeli and Palestinian life. It does more damage than
anything else. The threat of coercion, of bureaucratic
reprimand, the hold up of paperwork, the threat of
home demolitions and a myriad of other policies force
normal people in to silence even when their rights are
violated. 

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4772.shtml

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I N T E R N A L   S T R I F E
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EI in the Press
EI speaks about Internal Palestinian Strife on Flashpoints Radio
Audio, Pacifica Radio, 7 June 2006

Flashpoints Radio hosts Ali Abunimah of
electronicIntifada.net for a discussion of "Internal
Strife and Continued Attacks in Occupied Palestine."
The referendum called by Palestinian Authority (PA)
chairman and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas is supposedly
meant to gain public endorsement for the creation of a
Palestinian state alongside Israel in all the
territories occupied in 1967, as set out in a plan
agreed by senior Hamas and Fatah leaders held in
Israeli prisons. 

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4771.shtml

F I E L D   R E P O R T S   F R O M   P C H R 

Tension between Fatah and Hamas continues (5 June 2006)
http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4762.shtml

Six Injured, including Four Children, in Incidents involving 
the Misuse of Weapons in the Gaza Strip (5 June 2006)
http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4763.shtml

Nine Injured in Attacks Targeting the Preventive Security Compound 
and Preventive Security Personnel in the Gaza Strip (6 June 2006)
http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4769.shtml

One Killed and Five Injured, including Three Children, in Incidents 
involving the Misuse of Weapons in the Gaza Strip (6 June 2006)
http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4768.shtml

Palestinian Television Studio Attacked in Gaza, 
Causing Major Damage (6 June 2006) 
http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4767.shtml

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B O Y C O T T   N E W S    F R O M   A C T I V I S M
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THE BOYCOTT OF PALESTINIAN EDUCATION: 
CAN THE ANTI-BOYCOTTERS PLEASE STAND UP? 
Report, Right to Education Campaign, 3 June 2006

In the flurry of letters and comments against the
boycott of Israeli academics who, according to Natfhe,
are complicit through their work or silence, in the
military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the
reality facing the other side of the coin, that of
Palestinian academics, researchers and educational
institutions, has been ignored. Under Israeli
occupation, all eleven Palestinian universities have
been closed, the longest being Birzeit between 1988 and
1992, and the most recent Hebron Polytechnic which was
closed by military order for 8 months in 2003.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4761.shtml

A STINGING TRIBUTE TO AN APARTHEID STATE: AN OPEN LETTER 
TO STING URGING HIM TO CANCEL HIS ISRAEL GIG
Open Letter, PACBI, 6 June 2006

Today, Palestinians commemorate the 39th anniversary of
Israel's illegal occupation. At a time of unprecedented
Israeli repression and violations of human rights, when
Israel is relentlessly pursuing the construction of its
colonial Wall and settlements, both declared illegal by
the International Court of Justice at the Hague in July
2004, we, representatives of Palestinian civil society,
urge you to cancel your planned performance in Israel.
We feel particularly disappointed because of your
otherwise bright record of supporting just peace and
human rights in our region and in other conflicts.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4766.shtml

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A L S O   O N   E I 
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Opinion/Editorial
THE MYTH OF UNILATERALISM AND CONVERGENCE
Am Johal, The Electronic Intifada, 2 June 2006

What Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is attempting
to pull off through unilateralism is historically
unprecedented - to take a disputed territory and mark
its own borders without taking in to account historical
aspirations or negotiations. Convergence is a public
relations term rather than something to be taken as
seriously as diplomacy. It will more than likely
perpetuate the vicious circle which has gone on since
1993 and could stoke the fires of a third intifada.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4758.shtml

Diaries
PALESTINIAN BLACKSMITH DREAMS OF RETURNING TO JOB IN ISRAEL
Yasser Abu Moailek, Live from Palestine, 5 June 2006

On a sunny Friday afternoon, Tawfiq Saad sits in front
of his house, drinking tea and watching his four
children play in a small patch of land right across
the house, near the northern border of the Gaza Strip,
in the small town of Beit Lahiya. Suddenly, a
thunderous sound echoes throughout the area, and
clouds of smoke rise less than a hundred metres from
his house. The terrified children dash to the house
screaming. The youngest of them, five-year-old Najat,
jumps into her father's arms and starts crying.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4764.shtml

Human Rights
ARAB AND JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON KNESSET 
TO IMPOSE FAIR BUDGET
Press Release, Mossawa Center, 6 June 2006

Today over 30 Arab and Jewish organizations called on
all Knesset members to impose a fair budget for Arab
Citizens in Israel. The demands included requisitions
of 3.5 billion NIS for the Arab Community to be
included in 2006 budget. The Mossawa Center for the
Rights of Arab Citizens prepared the stipulations of
this request, which were also included in a report
presented to the Knesset describing the social,
financial, and economic realities of the Arab
community.

http://electronicIntifada.net/v2/article4770.shtml

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