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PALESTINE : ART, MUSIC & CULTURE:
"OCCUPIED SPACE 2008" ADDS PALESTINIAN COLOR TO LONDON'S ART WORLD
By Isabelle Humphries, The Electronic Intifada, 17 November 2008
Using what they call the "simplest language," the Eltiqa
Group for Contemporary Art seeks to challenge the harsh
obstacles of life in their native Gaza: "we color life for
the others." In the past month some of their work has
reached London as part of a new exhibition organized by
the UK Palestine Solidarity Campaign in association with
the A.M. Qattan Foundation. Occupied Space 2008: Art for
Palestine brought together over 100 works not only from
Palestinian artists, but from those across the globe from
Algeria, Tunisia and Jordan to the UK to China. Isabelle
Humphries reviews for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9965.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
ISRAEL EXECUTES FOUR IN GAZA; SIEGE AFFECTS ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER
Press release, Al Mezan, 16 November 2008
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued to seal off
the Gaza Strip for the eleventh day in a row, in an
escalation of the collective punishment of Gaza's
population imposed since 2000. The IOF resumed its
military attacks and killed four Palestinians this morning
in an air strike in east Gaza
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9963.shtml
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PALESTINE : ACTIVISM NEWS:
GROUPS PROTEST SETTLEMENT FUNDRAISER AT NEW YORK HOTEL
Press release, Adalah-NY, 16 November 2008
Eight groups representing tens of thousands of people in
the United States, Palestine and Israel have called on the
Marriott Marquis hotel in Manhattan to cancel the 17
November dinner for the Brooklyn-based Hebron Fund aiming
to raise money for Israeli settlers in the
Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Hebron. In a 7 November
letter the groups stated: "The Marriot Marquis will be
facilitating activities that directly violate
international law and US foreign policy, actively promote
racial discrimination, and, at least indirectly, support
brutal Israeli settler attacks on Palestinian civilians
and the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Hebron."
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9964.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
ISRAEL TIGHTENS CHOKEHOLD ON VILLAGE OF ENTREPRENEURS
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 15 November 2008
The sun is sinking fast behind the trees of an olive grove
on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Nilin. After
a day of confrontations between the Israeli army and the
Palestinian villagers over Israel's building of its
separation wall on Nilin's land, the soldiers appear
finally to have gone. Jonathan Cook reports.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9962.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
MENDING THE BROKEN WING
By Abdallah Mesleh, Live from Palestine, 14 November 2008
Thousands of hectares of land have been confiscated,
hundreds of olive trees were uprooted and tens of
thousands of trees were burned at the hands of Israeli
occupying forces. In Palestinian villages, where social
and economic development is sustained from the land, the
villagers are left asking: What's left for next
generations?! Abdallah Mesleh reflects on the significance
of the harvest to his besieged village of Nilin.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9956.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
UN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MEMBER COMPANY TIED TO SETTLEMENTS
By Ida Karlsson, The Electronic Intifada, 15 November 2008
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - A company that is a member of the
UN Global Compact for corporate social responsibility has
ties to production in an Israeli settlement on the West
Bank considered illegal by the United Nations. A
spokesperson for the company, Vileda said he was unaware
of the contract with a manufacturer in the West Bank.
However, a representative of Plasto confirmed that the
company was a subcontractor for Vileda.
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