This week in Palestine: Gazans decided to go on strike in protest to violence caused by Hamas-linked groups two days ago. This is the first strike since Hamas gained power three months ago; the majority of shops, universities and even hospitals were closed on Sunday. Hamas shrugged it off and considered it an attempt by [...]
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This week in the Palestinian blogosphere, bloggers tackled serious issues such as the academical boycott of Israel, checkpointsEdward Said’s mural in San Francisco as well as lighter topics such as a Palestinian swimmer participating in a regional competition in Beit Sahour and other personal stories.
By Naseem Tarawnah
The word ‘peace’ has never seemed further from the recent realities that have gripped the region. Instead, the word ‘conflict’ seems to dominate the undertones of every blogger who’s been keeping track of the developments in Palestine; and even ‘conflict’ feels like a euphemism these days.
Fayyad at Kabobfest looks at “today’s word…root cause”, [...]
Tragedy and shock has captured the minds and hearts of Palestinian bloggers this week. The Israeli shelling of Gaza which lead to the death of several civilians including women and children, has some calling it Bloody Friday.
As Palestinian families built sand castles on a Gaza beach an Israeli shell shattered their peaceful day. Blogger and [...]
“From barber shops and strawberry fields to politics and the lives of students behind walls, the Palestinian blogosphere this week has many stories to tell. “ Read full roundup.
“Yousuf hopes no one is watching as he stuffs his face with fresh-picked
strawberries at a local farm.” (Photo Credit: Laila El-Haddad)
Happy Women’s Day to every Palestinian woman who has lost a father, brother, son or a husband. To all Palestinian women who are still languishing inside the Israeli prisons waiting for justice.
Palestinian women commemorate women’s day to highlight their struggle and show perseverance in fighting the Israeli occupation on one hand and the discrimination they [...]
News of the blogosphere…
In sad breaking news from A STAND FOR JUSTICE, an Israeli sniper killed a 15-year-old Palestinian during a raid on West Bank:
Amer Bassyouni, 15, was shot in the neck and died from his wounds as Israeli forces searched for militants in the Alamin refugee camp in the West Bank city of Nablus.
Palestinian [...]
News of the blogosphere…
PSM (Palestine Solidarity Movement) Fifth Annual Divestment Conferece has taken place from February 17-19 in Washington DC, US attracting more than six hundred student and community activists from ninety different university and organization from across the US as mentioned in a report by The Hatchet.
Witnesses from KABOBfest, said JDL protesters and Israel [...]
Via The Black Iris, Naseem Tarawnah blogs the latest news of the first Palestinian movie to ever be nominated for an Oscars right after winning the Golden Globe: Paradise Now. Naseem posted an article about Israeli lobbies against tagging the film again as Palestinian. An interesting chain of comments evolved too.
On the same subject, Haitham [...]
One year of resistance in Bil’in…
Bil’in, which has been struggling non-violently for almost one year now, continues to be robbed by the Israeli occupational forces as the first anniversary of it’s non-violent weekly protests (and another sad day) is fast approaching on the 20th of this month Februray, 2006.
Photo credit: International Solidarity Movement
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