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Thursday, 16 May 2013 15:19 |
Hundreds of students assembled at Tel Aviv University (TAU) on Monday to commemorate the Nakba ("catastrophe" in Arabic). The day marked the 65th anniversary of the State of Israel’s establishment in 1948, which coincided with the destruction of over 500 Palestinian villages and the creation of an estimated 750,000 refugees.
Nakba commemorations were held this week throughout Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and abroad. The TAU event's organizers were students from Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality). Last year, the mere announcement of the planned commemor ... |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 16 May 2013 15:37 |
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Tuesday, 14 May 2013 20:37 |
Natan Blanc, an occupation objector has been jailed by an Israeli military court for the tenth time in six months for refusing to enlist for compulsory military service. According to "Yesh Gvul", ten consecutive prison sentences for being a conscientious objector is thought to be a record in Israel.
Blanc was sent on Sunday to a military prison for 28 days, the longest sentence the 19-year-old has received since he was called up last November. His refusal to serve in the army was in part prompted by what he called the wave of aggression that swept the country during Israel's 2008-9 ... |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 20:49 |
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Friday, 10 May 2013 17:42 |
Every year on Victory Day, which falls on Thursday 9th May this year, they parade in uniform throughout Israel to celebrate Nazi Germany’s surrender to the Soviet Union. Victory Day, celebrated on May 9 to mark the defeat of Nazi forces at the hands of the Red Army, well be celebrated by communists activists tomorrow, on Saturday, in the Red Army Forest near Jerusalem
Ahead of Victory Day, marked May 9, the Knesset honored Red Army veterans Tuesday. MK Dov Khenin said on the special Israeli parliament session: "The Knesset marked on Tuesday the victory Day over the Nazis. Our guests were ve ... |
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Last Updated on Friday, 10 May 2013 17:55 |
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Sunday, 05 May 2013 16:26 |
International Workers' Solidarity Day, marked on May Day, commemorates the historic struggle of the working class. More than a century after the first May Day, Palestinian workers must still strive for the very right to earn a living without risking their lives, for the opportunity to support their families and for those self-same basic workers’ rights of minimum wage and a limit to the number of hours in a workday. Under occupation, Palestinians workers are unable to realize these basic labor rights.
In the nearly 46 years of military occupation and capitalist neo-colonial economic rule, I ... |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 05 May 2013 16:35 |
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Wednesday, 01 May 2013 06:14 |
Israel's Shin Bet security service made in 2012, more use of a temporary order extending the time security suspects may be detained before being brought before a judge. According to a recent Shin Bet report submitted to Knesset, last year detention hearings were delayed for 10 detainees in all. Of these, two were held for 72 hours before an initial judicial review and eight saw a judge 48 hours after their arrest. By way of comparison, only one suspect in the second half of 2010 and only four suspects in all of 2011 were detained for 48 hours before seeing a judge.
Palestinians demonstrate ... |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 06:38 |
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