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Global March Places Focus on Israeli Violence in Gaza, West Bank

Activists in the Bethlehem area, the birthplace of Jesus, are planning a number of functions including functions that challenge the occupation and others that educate tourists.

(BETHLEHEM) - With some other activist Palestinian friends, I took two days to go to Amman to attend a conference for the Global March to Jerusalem. We met great people from around the world including Palestinians in exile. But every time we leave Palestine even for a very short time we feel like a fish out of the water.

We missed the funeral of Mustafa Tamimi, murdered with a tear-gas canister at a demonstration in Nabi Saleh. We missed the notice given yesterday of the demolition of a home in Beit Jala (near my village) and thus the actual demolition this morning.

Newt Unleashes His Tetrodotoxin at the Palestinians

Even more ludicrous and perhaps more frightening, is this man’s willingness to undermine US policy.

(LA VERNE, Calif.) - "Remember there was no Palestine as a state. It was part of the Ottoman Empire. And I think that we've had an invented Palestinian people, who are in fact Arabs, and were historically part of the Arab community…" Gingrich said.

GOP Candidates Wear the Jewish Kippah

Ben-Gurion was not religious, he was a convinced atheist.

(CHICAGO) - On the 38th anniversary of the death of David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister, the usual memorial event was held on December 1, at Ben Gurion’s graveside in Sdeh Boker, the Negev desert village where he lived during his retirement years.

Uri Avnery wrote in his Gush Shalom column, that Israeli newspapers published a picture of Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s current Prime Minister, speaking “under a big photo of the late leader gazing thoughtfully into the distance”.

Overview: Israeli Spying

“ ... collection activities are primarily directed at obtaining information on military systems and advanced computing applications that can be used in Israel’s sizable armaments industry.” - 2005 report

(SACRAMENTO) - One senior American diplomat explains that inside the State Department “everybody knows that Israel spies on us. When someone is caught, they’re ‘punished’ by being promoted.”

In 2006, a Pentagon judge stated categorically: “The Israeli government is actively engaged in military and industrial espionage in the United States.”

The Story of One Palestinian Murdered by Israel

Electronic Intifada writer Linah Alsaafin (left) with Ola Tamimi (center) after Mustafa Tamimi was shot at close range by the Israeli military in Nabi Saleh village (Anne Paq/ActiveStills)

(SALEM) - Every death of every person in Palestine who perishes from violence is terrible, but the recent death of Mustafa Tamimi, who was shot in the face with a tear gas canister by the Israeli army on Friday, stands out. It begins with the dismissive comments from the Israel soldier who shot Mustafa.

All of it; the incident, the reaction... screams one word, that is apartheid.

Newt Gingrich was `Invented` - Israel was `Invented`, but Palestine is Real

Holocaust deniers have a new friend... Time to Moot the Newt - "They've had a chance to go many places..." Well yeah Newt, so do you.

(SALEM) - Newt Gingrich is claiming that the historic Palestinians, who lived under the British Mandate until 1948 as Palestinians, are an 'invented' people.

Israel`s Military Succeeds Again in Killing Unarmed Civilians

Hamas mourn losses of several civilians killed by Israel in recent days.

(GAZA STRIP) - Al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, mourned the loss of 21-year old Subhi Alaa Al-Batish, a resident of At-Tuffah neighborhood in the middle Gaza Strip Tuesday morning.

The Brigades said in the statement that the mujahed was martyred after the Zionist drones shelled his car near Abu Khadra building in the middle of Gaza city after many years of hard work and sacrifice in defending his home from the Zionist occupation.

`This is Apartheid` Poster Contest

All posters should include the phrase Endisraeliapartheid.com in a prominent location.

(WEST BANK, Occupied Palestine) - Art has always been an important part of liberation struggles. It can inspire and convey concepts beyond words. www.itisapartheid.org and its primary partner, Lajee Center, are sponsoring a competition for artists and graphic designers who are invited to submit posters on the theme of “Israeli Apartheid.”

These posters should reflect the nature, realities, and/or consequences of apartheid policies in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Posters will be judged by a panel of distinguished activists and artists.

The Apocalyptic Rabbi

We are dealing here with a deranged ideology and a very problematic collective identity- their ideas, politics and actions may as well be a grave and immediate danger to world peace.

(LONDON) - In the following video, popular Jewish preacher Rabbi Amnon Levy, warns world Jewry about the forthcoming apocalyptic war (Gog and Magog). You can hear all the necessary ingredients: The ‘Arabs want to throw us to the sea’ (0:47), Antisemitism will rise and Jews will be chased wherever they are.

Diaspora Jews, according to Levy, better move to Israel immediately because Jews will be blamed for this colossal war.

`A Child`s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children`s Art and the Fight Against Censorship` book

Proceeds from the sale of this book will support children’s centers in Gaza.

(GAZA) - The Middle East Children's Alliance (MECA) is proud to announce the publication of a book called, “A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship.”

It's a collection of drawings by children from the Gaza Strip, art that was recently censored by the Museum of Children's Art in Oakland, California.