08.29.08
EI Update
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UPDATE FROM THE
ELECTRONIC INTIFADA
http://electronicIntifada.net
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Palestine : Opinion/Editorial:
HOW ARAB NORMALIZATION IS UNDERMINING THE BOYCOTT MOVEMENT
By Wassim Al-Adel, The Electronic Intifada, 29 August 2008
While boycott and divestment campaigns in the West become
more sophisticated and widespread, the Arab world’s
longstanding boycott of Israel is being undermined by Arab
governments, companies and businessmen. This attempt at
no-concession normalization with Israel must be countered
by all those working for justice in Palestine. Wassim
Al-Adel comments for The Electronic Intifada.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9792.shtml
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Palestine : Human Rights:
ISRAEL’S NEW “WET JOBS” PLAN
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 29 August 2008
RAMALLAH (IRIN) – If the Israeli Ministry of Finance
manages to push through some reforms as part of the
proposed 2009 budget, there may soon be almost no
Palestinian workers in Israel’s construction sector. “We
are supporting a plan where the idea is to increase the
number of Israelis in the workforce,” an official at the
Ministry of Finance told IRIN on condition of anonymity.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9794.shtml
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Palestine : Activism News:
“WE REFUSE TO SERVE IN THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION”
Statement, Shministim 2008, 28 August 2008
We, high school-graduate teens, declare that we shall work
against the Israeli occupation and oppression policy in
the occupied territories and the territories of Israel.
Therefore we will refuse to take part of these actions,
which are being done under our name as part of the IDF
[Israeli army].
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9791.shtml
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Palestine : Human Rights:
ISRAEL PUSHES AHEAD WITH SETTLEMENT EXPANSION
By Mel Frykberg, The Electronic Intifada, 27 August 2008
JERUSALEM, 27 August (IPS) – Israel has published tenders
for the construction of 1,761 illegal housing units for
Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem alone,
according to the Israeli rights group Peace Now. The
expansion plans come despite promises by the Israeli
government at last year’s peace summit at Annapolis,
Maryland to freeze all settlement growth.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9788.shtml
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Palestine : Art, Music & Culture:
THE ZOO ON THE ROAD TO NABLUS
By Amelia Thomas, The Electronic Intifada, 27 August 2008
Dr. Sami greeted the journalist at the ticket office.
“Welcome,” he said. “Please come this way.” He began a
tour of the zoo, first heading north up the zoo’s main
avenue, past the dry fountain, the restaurant, and a dusty
playground. At the top, he introduced Ruti, his prize
giraffe. Read more of an excerpt from Amelia Thomas’ new
book, The Zoo on the Road to Nablus.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9787.shtml
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Palestine : Development:
EGYPTIAN KINSHIP WITH FATAH HAMPERS MEDIATION
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa al-Omrani, The Electronic Intifada, 26 August 2008
CAIRO (IPS) – Following renewed fighting between rival
Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas, Egypt has stepped up
calls for dialogue and reconciliation. But critics say
Cairo’s partiality to Fatah — which is backed, like the
Egyptian regime itself, by the US — prevents it from
mediating fairly in the crisis.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9784.shtml
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