Amnesty International, the human rights organisation, is accusing Israel of deliberately denying Palestinians fair access to water. But the Israeli government has called Amnesty’s report “preposterous,” and says Palestinians have failed to develop their own water infrastructure. Al Jazeera’s Jacky…
Tag: Israel-Palestine
Norman Finkelstein on barriers to peace between Israel and Palestine
Israel & Palestine: What’s Preventing Peace? A Conversation with Norman Finkelstein Date: Saturday October 17, 2009 Time: 7:30 p.m. Place: Canadian Mennonite University, Laudamus Auditorium (North Campus), 500 Shaftesbury Blvd Presented by: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle…
Allegations that Israel used depleted uranium weapons in Gaza invasion
Lawyers: Israel uses uranium in Gaza offensive GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) — Lawyers investigating possible war crimes by Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Thursday said the Jewish state used uranium in recent offensive on the blockaded territory. Findings indicated…
Investigating Israeli War Crimes in Gaza
Gaza Strip, April 22, 2009, (Pal Telegraph) – Siege on the Gaza Strip is still chasing Palestinians into the grave. A Palestinian man in his mid fifties died an hour ago due to inability to access needed medication and treatment.…
Former US President Jimmy Carter: “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work”
by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Feb. 11, 2009 President Carter’s previous book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, generated a great deal of controversy here in the United States. Last year, he was removed from the speakers list at the Democratic National…
Justin Podur: Israel-Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy
It Takes the Whole World to Starve a People: Israel-Palestine and Canadian Foreign Policy Justin Podur is a writer and editor for ZNet, part of Z Communications, an alternative media organization dedicated to political analysis and support for movements for…