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Never forget the Nakba

OPINION by Ibrahim Vawda As Palestinian refugees and internally displaced persons (approximately 66% of Palestinian population worldwide) enter the 70th  year of forced displacement from, and within, their ancestral homeland, Israel continues to create intolerable living conditions which further swell the number of displaced Palestinians. This ongoing Nakba (‘catastrophe’) is perpetuated through Israel’s denial of the Palestinian refugees’ Right of Return, the right to self-determination as well as other human […]

today12 May 2017

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How Israels media propaganda dominates America

By Yaseen Kippie “Whether Marwan Barghouti sneaking snacks in during his hunger strike is trivial to such a degree that the fact that it’s on American newspapers tells you something about the power of Israeli public relations to control the narrative,” - Robert Jensen It is easily noticed that the overwhelming voice covering the Palestinian hunger strike is Israeli media. While this may seem normal for opposing governments to employ […]

today11 May 2017

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International News

#SaltWaterChallenge: Palestinian solidarity goes viral

A social media campaign highlighting the plight of more than 1,500 hunger striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has gone viral, with people from across the world posting videos of themselves on social media drinking salt water in solidarity. Similar to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral in 2014, the Salt Water Challenge sees supporters of the hunger striking prisoners drink a mixture of salt and water. The participants […]

today2 May 2017

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Calendar project gives a face to Palestine’s children

By Nawaal Adams The lived reality of Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation is explored in a new project, which takes the form of a visual calendar. The much anticipated launch of the 2017 Shamsaan Palestine’s Children Commemorative Calendar took place at the Palestine Museum on Sunday and was attended by a number of pro-Palestinian activists, NGOs and community members. The project was driven by activist Nadia Meer and supported […]

today19 December 2016

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Palestine children’s calendar launched

An invitation to participate in the inaugural Nablus Festival, coordinated by Project Hope and the Municipality of Nablus in April / May 2016, resulted in the conceptualisation of a collaborative project to benefit Palestinian children and to advance solidarity with Palestine internationally. Through extended engagement with over 200 Palestinian children, photographic content, video footage and artwork was generated. This has been compiled in this calendar in order to foster a […]

today7 December 2016

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International News

Israeli rights group vows to fight against settlements

An Israeli human rights group has vowed to continue its battle against Israel's settlements built on occupied lands sought by the Palestinians, rejecting a harsh rebuke by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli leader accused B'tselem of joining a "chorus of slander" against Israel, after the rights group urged the UN Security Council to take decisive action against settlements. B'Tselem responded to Netanyahu's remarks on Sunday, saying that "unlike the […]

today17 October 2016

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