The State of Palestine: A Media Patch

The pre-requisite for this essay is Occupation 101. My purposes include providing that information on Palestine and Israel that is marginalized in the US media. This article is a media patch over the absence or distortion of facts due to the effectiveness of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in systematically controlling media presentations […]

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Beloved Discordia

Discordia Ben Addelman, Samir Mallal, 2004, 68 min 40 s On September 9, 2002, a scheduled appearance by former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked heated debate at Montreal’s Concordia University. By the end of the day, the “Concordia riot” has made international news, from CNN to Al-Jazeera. This film documents the fallout from that […]

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The 5th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week is Now On

apartheidweek.org Boycott Israel Norman Finkelstein: Why An Economic Boycott of Israel is Justified Naomi Klein: Israel – Boycott, Divest, Sanction GLOBAL BDS MOVEMENT: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions PACBI: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel STOP THE WALL: Boycott Campaign fact sheets, analysis, FAQs The BIG Campaign: Boycott Israeli Goods Joanna Blythman, The […]

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Chomsky v. Dershowitz, 2005: On Israel and Palestine

On 29 November 2005, at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, MIT linguist Noam Chomsky debated Israel/Palestine with Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. The complete video collection of this debate can be found on 1D4TW along with a transcript. The same videos can be found also in Open Anthropology TV, under “lectures.” Continuing on the […]

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Against Occupation: Voices within Israel and the Diaspora

Dozens of demonstrations against Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have occurred throughout Israel since the attacks began on 27 December. On 3 January, over 10,000 Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv against the attacks. Automatic and therefore unthinking categorization of critics of Israeli occupation and domination of Palestinians as being “anti-Semitic” abounds. Some suppressed and […]

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Online Documentaries of the Israeli Occupation

Now being shown on 1D4TW, the complete collection of videos for: Occupation 101: Voices of the Silenced Majority Synopsis from the filmmakers: A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other film ever produced on the conflict — ‘Occupation 101’ presents a comprehensive analysis […]

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Gaza, West Bank: Settlements and Borders

The Crossing Borders Project by photojournalist Susan Brannon is part of a thesis project in the Israel/Palestine region. It features women’s organizations in Aida Refugee Camp, A’mir Refugge Camp, and Ramallah who take photographs of their lives around borders. Her blog was started in June of 2007 and the larger work is now about to […]

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