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Khashayar Safavi
10 November 2010
 As proud as I am of the independent political path Iran has taken and the role it plays as an enabler of resistance to Israel, I am deeply aware of the great costs we have been forced to bear as a people by our government. Khashayar Safavi comments for The Electronic Intifada. [MORE]
Yasmin Qureshi
9 November 2010
 The United States has become a battleground for both the struggles of the peoples of Palestine and Kashmir, for freedom from military occupation and for justice. Awareness amongst the US public is broadened as the repression of both struggles grows ever more violent, and meanwhile those wishing to stifle debate on these issues in the US resort to harassment and intimidation. [MORE]
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Sarah Irving
8 November 2010
 One can find very different leaflets about the same place: Sebastia, an outrageously pretty little West Bank village which you'd never guess was once a major city, the capital of ancient kingdoms and home to an imposing Crusader cathedral which is now the village mosque. [MORE]
Jody McIntyre
4 November 2010
 This Sunday, 7 November, will mark exactly seven years since Ayed Morrar first saw Israeli bulldozers arrive to destroy the land of his village, Budrus, in the occupied West Bank. Ayed al-Morrar, founder of the first popular committee to resist Israel's wall, discusses with The Electronic Intifada contributor Jody McIntyre his village's struggle and victory and the future of the movement. [MORE]
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Jonathan Cook
9 November 2010
 In the past few weeks, the usually tranquil town of Safed -- one of Judaism's four holy cities -- has been making headlines. Gideon Levy, a columnist for the Israeli daily Haaretz, last week declared it "the most racist city in the country." [MORE]
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
5 November 2010
 After spending nearly six months in jail, Palestinian political prisoner Ameer Makhoul signed a plea agreement with Israeli state prosecutors on 27 October. The deal involves a reduced list of charges, including contact with a foreign agent and spying for the Lebanese resistance movement Hizballah. The charges carry a maximum prison sentence of seven to ten years. [MORE]
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Gretchen King
8 November 2010
 More than 600 activists from Quebec, Canada, and the United States gathered in Montreal from 22-24 October for a weekend-long conference on growing the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement. The Electronic Intifada contributor Gretchen King produced an audio report from the conference. [MORE]
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Arwa Aburawa
9 November 2010
 A new documentary reveals a hidden chapter in the history of the Nakba -- the Palestinian expulsion and flight at the hands of Zionist militias as Israel was established in 1948 -- which saw the systematic looting of more than 60,000 Palestinian books by Israeli forces and the attempted destruction of Palestinian culture. [MORE]
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