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OPINION/EDITORIAL

Forced to take the apartheid oath

15 October 2010

In all likelihood, I will be one of the very first non-Jews expected to swear loyalty to Israel as an ideology rather than as a state. Until now, naturalizing residents, like the country's soldiers, pledged an oath to Israel and its laws. That is the situation in most countries. But soon, if the Israeli parliament passes a bill being advanced by the government, aspiring citizens will instead be required to uphold the Zionist majority's presumption that Israel is a "Jewish and democratic state." [MORE]

Will the OECD stand up to Israel?

13 October 2010

The upcoming OECD tourism summit in Jerusalem will test its member countries' commitment to international law. Sam Bahour and Charles Shamas comment. [MORE]




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Palestine : Opinion/Editorial: Forced to take the apartheid oath (15 October 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: German firm helps Israel cement occupation with light rail (15 October 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Shooting in "buffer zone," air strikes across Gaza (14 October 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Israel conducts population transfer training exercises (14 October 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Surplus of coffins, shortage of medicines in Gaza (14 October 2010)
Palestine : Art, Music & Culture: Book review: diary from pre-Nakba Palestine (13 October 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: Ten years later, no justice for October 2000 killings (13 October 2010)
Palestine : Opinion/Editorial: Will the OECD stand up to Israel? (13 October 2010)
Palestine : Human Rights: EU police mission complicit in Israeli, PA rights abuses (12 October 2010)
Palestine : Activism News: Alvin Ailey: don't dance around Israeli apartheid (11 October 2010)
Palestine : Opinion/Editorial: Israel's other "peace" plan: arm-twisting Obama (11 October 2010)
Palestine : Diaries: Live from Palestine: Trying to watch the stars in the Palestinian desert (11 October 2010)

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LIVE FROM PALESTINE: DIARIES

Trying to watch the stars in the Palestinian desert

11 October 2010

The Electronic Intifada contributor Sarah Irving recounts an attempt to enjoy the Palestinian night sky despite the obstacles of the occupation. [MORE]

Boy used as human shield by Israeli soldiers speaks out

6 October 2010

Majid Rabah, age 11, had a broad smile on his face as he relaxed at his family's apartment in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday, 4 October. He had just heard the news that the two Israeli soldiers who had used him as a human shield had been convicted of their crime in an Israeli military court. Rami Almeghari reports from Gaza. [MORE]




HUMAN RIGHTS

German firm helps Israel cement occupation with light rail

15 October 2010

Last month, the German company TÜV NORD Group announced that it will test the technical safety of the first line of the controversial Jerusalem light rail project that critics say is being built in violation of Palestinian rights. The light rail project will connect West Jerusalem with several illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and is expected to enter into operation next spring. [MORE]

Shooting in "buffer zone," air strikes across Gaza

14 October 2010

Israeli snipers shot a Palestinian boy collecting scrap building material in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday. The shooting follows several air strikes across the Gaza Strip, injuring a total of eight Palestinians, according to medical sources. [MORE]




ACTIVISM NEWS

Alvin Ailey: don't dance around Israeli apartheid

11 October 2010

The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) is deeply disturbed by news reports that your company plans to participate, later this month, in the fourth annual Tel Aviv Dance Festival, an initiative sponsored by the Tel Aviv Municipality and cultural institutions that are complicit in maintaining Israel's system of colonial oppression. [MORE]




ARTS, MUSIC & CULTURE

Book review: diary from pre-Nakba Palestine

13 October 2010

A Young Palestinian's Diary 1941-1945: The Life of Sami 'Amr is an interesting departure from the growing number of Palestinian memoirs published in English. Asa Winstanley reviews for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]






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