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PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
UN ASSEMBLY HEAD HAILED FOR SLAMMING ISRAEL
By Thalif Deen, The Electronic Intifada, 3 December 2008
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The president of the United Nations
General Assembly, Father Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann,
dropped a political bombshell last week when he lashed out
at Israel for its repressive actions in the Occupied
Palestinian Territories, including the recent blockade of
humanitarian aid to Gaza. "What is being done to the
Palestinian people seems to me to be a version of the
hideous policy of apartheid," he told delegates, during a
meeting commemorating the "International Day of Solidarity
with the Palestinian People."
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10006.shtml
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PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
WILL PALESTINIANS HIT HILLARY'S GLASS CEILING?
By Dr. Marcy Newman, The Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2008
It is difficult to recall a US secretary of state who
embodied the ideals of the position: the promotion of
dialogue and privileging of diplomacy. Unfortunately, US
President-elect Barack Obama's nominee, Hillary Clinton,
is not likely to restore these ideals to the office.
Clinton has long championed military action against the
former Yugoslavia, Iraq and has promised to "obliterate"
Iran if the state launched a nuclear strike against
Israel. Dr. Marcy Newman comments for The Electronic
Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10000.shtml
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PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
RIGHTS ORG: GAZA FLOUR STOCKS SUFFICENT FOR LESS THAN THREE MORE DAYS
Press release, PCHR, 2 December 2008
On the 27th consecutive day of closure, the Gaza power
plant has been forced to shut down due to lack of fuel,
and Gazans are now totally dependent on electricity
generated from Israel, and to a lesser extent, Egypt.
There are also chronic severe shortages of domestic
cooking gas. Regarding essential food items, IOF have not
permitted any consignments of flour to enter the Gaza
Strip for one week, and current stocks are sufficient for
just less than three days.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10003.shtml
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PALESTINE : ACTIVISM NEWS:
MORE TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES DIVEST FROM ILLEGAL INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENTS
By Adri Nieuwhof, The Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2008
The movement in Europe to put pressure on companies that
benefit from the occupation is growing. Over the last few
months, European, Palestinian and Israeli activists have
won significant victories toward the 2005 call by
Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and
sanctions against Israel. In early October, Barkan
Wineries, a subsidiary of Tempo Beer Industry Ltd.,
decided to divest from an illegal settlement in the Barkan
Industrial Park. Adri Nieuwhof reports.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10001.shtml
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PALESTINE : DIARIES: LIVE FROM PALESTINE:
EINAB JUNCTION: INSIDE ISRAEL'S NEW TERMINALS
By Anna Baltzer, Live from Palestine, 1 December 2008
When I first visited the West Bank in 2003, checkpoints
were controlled by young Israeli soldiers, nervously
clutching their weapons and yelling at Palestinians to
stay in line. When I returned in 2005, I found many
checkpoints replaced by metal turnstiles into which
Palestinians were herded to wait for soldiers to push a
button, letting them through one by one or sometimes not
at all. Anna Baltzer writes of her experience at one of
those terminals.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9979.shtml
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