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UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire, Leviev

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Some good news:

Adalah-NY - UNICEF Rejects Support From Israeli Billionaire Known for Constructing Settlements on Palestinian Lands

Diamond Mogul, Lev Leviev, Facing Increasing Pressure for Human Rights Violations

A senior advisor to UNICEF’s Director said in a letter today that UNICEF will reject all partnerships with, or financial support from, Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. Leviev had previously [...]

Hitler Youth in the West Bank

Sunday, June 15th, 2008

Last week, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem released video clips showing masked Jewish settlers ganging up on and severely beating elderly Palestinian peasants near the town of Yatta, southwest of Hebron. At least three Palestinians were wounded in the unprovoked assault, including a man and his wife, both in their early sixties.

The latest act [...]

UPDATED: Not on CNN (or YouTube): Jewish settlers attack elderly shepherd and his wife

Friday, June 13th, 2008

UPDATED (See end of post for new version of the same incident)

Warning: Parental Guidance Suggested!

Spread the video. Get the code from here:

http://blip.tv/file/990007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bukTxWZJsN0 (YouTube Zionist censorship removed the video. Check update below!)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5rktn_jewish-settlers-attack-elderly-shep_news

As reported by BBC:

‘Jewish settler attack’ on film
By Tim Franks - BBC

Footage from a video camera handed out by an Israeli human rights [...]

Call on Dubai to boycott Leviev’s stores over Israel settlements

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements. According to a flurry of recent [...]

Documentary on JNF’s Illegal Canada Park

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

Spare half an hour of your weekend time to watch this doc. video about some of the destroyed Palestinian villages and the Israeli settlements which occupied their places:

[Hat tip: Robin]

Israel and Peace “Talk”

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Well, talk is one thing, action another. 92 of 164 settlements expanded or redrawn…

“A short drive along West Bank roads demonstrates that talk is one thing, action another; while the government talks about “a political horizon,” in the form of two states, Israel’s actions on the ground and its scandalous failings are pushing this solution [...]

Israeli Police uncover weapons lab in home of Jewish settler

Monday, June 25th, 2007

In a raid on the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, police found equipment used to manufacture bullet casings, as well as reference books on how to manufacture weapons and explosives. Police also found 15 Uzi semiautomatic rifles, three of which had been restored to function properly. Police have yet to determine what the weapons were [...]

Jewish colonizers uproot Palestinian trees, replant them in illegal Israeli colony

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

Destroying and stealing Palestinians lands, crops and trees is nothing new to Israel occupation and the Jewish colonizers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
When I read today that settlers uprooted 300 Palestinian olive trees and replanted them in their outpost (Palestinian stolen land) I was not surprised (story below), but reminded me of the following [...]

Hebron ethnic cleansing: What they don’t show you on CNN

Monday, June 11th, 2007

The silent ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in Hebron never stopped since the Israeli occupation landed. Following are few examples of the endless crimes conducted by Hebron colonizers (a.k.a. settlers) and their terrorist army (IOF), against land and Palestinian families, documented and published by B’Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied [...]

Boycotting settlement products ONLY is useless!

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

With all due respect to Gila Svirksy, the world would be absolutely right to boycott ALL Israeli products, not only those made in the settlements. A country that doles out cruel and unjust collective punishment day in and day out deserves to be treated in kind. Unfortunately, not buying Israeli wines or sofas will [...]