Grassroots Activism

Apartheid government panicking: Time to increase actions

by Mazin Qumsiyeh October 18, 2009

By Mazin Qumsiyeh * On 16 October 1935, a barrel marked “cement” fell as it was being unloaded from ships at the port in Jaffa. The broken barrel contained guns, grenades, and ammunition and was one of many secret shipments to the underground Zionist terrorist militias in Palestine. That incident among others (including the British [...]

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New Yorkers protests for freedom for Palestinian activist who opposes Leviev’s settlements

by Haitham Sabbah October 18, 2009

New York, NY, October 17, 2009 – On Saturday forty New York human rights advocates rallied on a cold fall day at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli settlement mogul Lev Leviev to demand that Israel release jailed Palestinian boycott activist Mohammad Othman. Othman, held without charges and in solitary confinement since September 22nd, [...]

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Video: Protesters shout down Ehud Olmert in Chicago

by SR Editor October 17, 2009

By Maureen Clare Murphy*, The Electronic Intifada Approximately 30 activists — mainly students from area universities — disrupted a lecture given in Chicago by former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert yesterday which was hosted by the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. While Olmert’s speech was disrupted inside the lecture hall, approximately 150 [...]

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Care and Feeding of the Holocaust Elephant in the Room (spiced up by Ahmadinejad)

by Mary Rizzo October 11, 2009

WRITTEN BY MARY RIZZO* While preparing the insertion of the article by Nahida Izzat About anti-Semitism, as do all of her thoughtful and intense contributions, many segments caused me to reflect. Her analysis and especially her questions are so important and meaningful, that it would only be logical to address them bit by bit, and [...]

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An open letter to the Toronto International Film Festival

by Haitham Sabbah September 12, 2009

As members of the Canadian and international film, culture and media arts communities, we are deeply disturbed by the Toronto International Film Festivalâ€™s decision to host a celebratory spotlight on Tel Aviv. We protest that TIFF, whether intentionally or not, has become complicit in the Israeli propaganda machine. In 2008, the Israeli government and Canadian [...]

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Huwaida Arraf – Free Gaza and Palestine

by SR Editor July 18, 2009

By Huwaida Arraf* Last month I led a group of twenty-one human rights workers on a boat from Cyprus to challenge Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. We carried toys, medicine, olive tree saplings, toolkits, a fifty-kilo bag of cement and school supplies on our small converted ferry boat. At 2 AM on June [...]

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Adam Shapiro – Threatened And Beaten On The Way To Gaza

by SR Editor July 18, 2009

By Adam Shapiro I departed Cyprus with 20 others on June 29 in a converted ferry carrying humanitarian provisions intended for Palestinians in Gaza cut off from the world by the Israeli military siege. Our intent was to bring Palestinians toys, medicines, toolkits, olive tree saplings, and one 50-kilo bag of cement while breaking the [...]

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Cynthia McKinney – Letter from an Israeli Jail

by SR Editor July 5, 2009

by Cynthia McKinney* This is Cynthia McKinney and I’m speaking from an Israeli prison cellblock in Ramle. [I am one of] the Free Gaza 21, human rights activists currently imprisoned for trying to take medical supplies to Gaza, building supplies – and even crayons for children, I had a suitcase full of crayons for children. [...]

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DesertPeace – Honour The Blessed Memory Of Rachel Corrie; Come Help Rebuild Gaza

by SR Editor January 27, 2009

Can you think of a better way to honour the memory of Rachel Corrie? I’m not talking about writing a check…. I’m talkng about going to Gaza as a part of a team that will rebuild the hundreds of homes destroyed during the Israeli blitzkrieg. I’m talking about honouring the blessed memory of Rachel Corrie [...]

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The Grand Hotel Intercontinental cancels the Israeli Tourism Fair

by SR Editor January 14, 2009

Confronted with the indignation expressed by so many people in France and abroad who had heard about the scheduled Israeli Tourism Fair in this great Parisian hotel, the management of this establishment has made the decision to cancel this event, which was supposed to open on January 15. The hotel’s management, as the Paris police [...]

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Stars’ Photos Removed from Leviev Website as Celebs Seek Distance from Rights Abuser

by Haitham Sabbah December 19, 2008

After letters from Adalah-NY to Eight Stars, Leviev Removes Celebrity Photos New York, NY, December 19, 2008 – Following complaints by at least four major Hollywood stars whose photos were posted on Israel diamond mogul Lev Leviev’s website, Leviev staff removed the entire celebrity photo section from his website www.leviev.com this week. The photos’ removal [...]

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Lev Leviev Blood Diamonds

by SR Editor December 15, 2008

By Rose H. On Saturday 13th December a number of ISM activists braved the rain and cold, took to the streets and voiced their opposition to Lev Leviev and his blood diamonds which finance the illegal Israeli settlement expansion into the Palestinian territories.

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