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The Problems of a Peacenik in Israel: Attacking the messenger – London meeting 21st March

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JEFF HALPER from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD), 2006 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, will report first hand on the present precarious situation and give some pointers as to the future

Sir Charles Clore Jewish Arab Community Centre, Acre

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An evening with Mohammed Fahili, Director of The Sir Charles Clore Jewish-Arab Community Centre in Acre. The aim of the Centre in Acre is to provide high quality, low cost activities for Jewish and Arab women and children – in the spirit of co-operation and peaceful co-existence.
Monday 15th March 2010, 7pm to 8.30pm, Liberal Jewish Synagogue 28 St. John’s Wood Road, London NW8 7HA
RSVP to events@jfjfp.org or call 07877 453477

Israel’s offensive on Gaza and the Goldstone report – Wednesday, 17 March, 6:30 pm – 8 pm, Houses of Parliament

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Colonel Desmond Travers, the only member of the Goldstone Commission with a military background & Professor Iain Scobbie, an expert on international law, will speak about the military offensive of Dec 2008-Jan 2009 and on issues of law raised by those hostilities.

Places are limited, so please reply to JFJFPag@blueyonder.co.uk to confirm your attendance.

A Tale of Two Richards

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Nadia Hijab, independent analyst and senior fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies writes on Richard Goldstone and Richard Falk: “They hail from opposite parts of the globe, but they have much in common: Jewish; experts on and passionate defenders of international law; and pummeling bags for Israel and the Palestinian Authority…

Sheikh Jarrah and the new Israeli left?

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More detailed information on what you can do to support the anti-eviction protests in Sheikh Jarrah, including a link to the people in Israel & Palestine behind it all, at the JustJerusalem blog, a video of the campaign and a speech delivered to Saturday evening’s thousands strong demonstration.

The political fading of the Green Line

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“But it is not just in the West Bank colonies that the Israeli authorities work with ideologically motivated para-state agencies to ‘protect’ and ‘redeem’ the land. The phenomenon is as familiar in the Naqab (Negev). Demolitions, housing shortages, and politically driven Jewish settlement of the kind faced by Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are also everyday challenges confronting Palestinian citizens of Israel…”

Widespread Palestinian NGO protest against the dropping of UN Special Rapporteur Richard Falk’s report to the Human Rights Council

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The UN Human Rights Council’s 13th Session has dropped Special Rapporteur Richard Falk’s report from the agenda of its meeting currently in session – as the Palestinian Authority bends to US and Israeli pressure [...]

Sheikh Jarrah campaign in the Israeli press

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Many will already be familiar with the campaign against the eviction of Palestinian residents from the Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem. Saturday evening saw thousands of Israelis and Palestinians protest jointly against the evictions – and coverage in the Israeli press, Hebrew & English language, has been extensive. We collect together here a few of the articles, as well as some crucial background reading links and important blog posts.

The Harlot’s Grave – Uri Avnery on holy sites

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Gush Shalom’s Uri Avnery on the motives and mistakes that lie behind the recent announcement of a list of Jewish national heritage sites, several of which are in the Palestinian Occupied Territories including Hebron and Nablus.

Gaza a Year Later

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Irish foreign minister Micheál Martin has just returned from a visit to Gaza and makes a clear call in the New York Times & International Herald Tribune for an end to the blockade. Two forthcoming meetings – EU foreign ministers in Cordoba on March 19th or at the forthcoming Ad Hoc Liaison donor meeting in Madrid next month – are important opportunities in this respect.

Another trip through Qalandiya

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In the first of an occasional series, Hannah Brooks, currently working on women’s rights projects in Jerusalem and the West Bank, reports on life under the occupation and the dull grind of a trip through Qalandiya. In 2004 Hannah spent three months in Israel/Palestine with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) and in 2006 she worked in Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron with Palestinian lawyers on behalf of the Bar Human Rights Committee. She has also worked on human rights issues and projects in Nepal and Turkey.

Troops Attack Protesters At A New Wall Section Construction Site Near Bethlehem

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A report from IMEMC (& another from Ma’an) about Wednesday’s protests at Beit Jalla against a new section of the wall, including video footage and photos of the day’s events. Olive trees were torn up for the second day to make room for the illegal barrier. Further actions and protests were planned for today (Thursday 4th March) and we’ll update as soon as we have the info.