By Jonathan Cook, www.jkcook.net – 28 Oct 2010 Israeli police injured two Arab legislators on Wedensay in violent clashes provoked by Jewish rightwing extremists staging a march through the northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm.     Haneen Zoubi, a parliament member who has become a national hate figure in Israel and received hundreds of death threats since her participation in … [read more]

Thursday October 28, 2010 01:08 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, Haneen Zoabi, stated that she was hit by two rubber-coated bullets fired by the Israeli police during Wednesday clashes in Umm al-Fahm, after the police violently attacked protesters who took off to the streets to counter a march by fundamentalist settlers. The Arabs48 news … [read more]

Doha, Qatar, 25 October International legal experts and lawyers representing victims of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla today announced the establishment of the “Flotilla Justice Group.” The announcement came at the conclusion of a two-day meeting held on 23 and 24 October, aimed at coordinating legal actions to hold Israel accountable for its 31 May 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla. The … [read more]

22nd October 2010 Viva Palestina convoy leaders declared their entry into Gaza a "breakthrough", smashing open the illegal siege that the Palestinian people of Gaza had imposed on them. Convoy leaders confirmed that not only medical but other forms of aid have been taken into Gaza on the convoy in almost 150 vehicles which can be used for medical and other peaceful purposes. Total aid is … [read more]

21st October 2010 The Viva Palestina convoy of almost 150 vehicles, 370 people from 30 different countries and $5 million of aid has entered Gaza.     Amidst scenes of jubilation from thousands of Palestinians there to greet the convoy, Kevin Ovenden, the convoy director, expressed his joy at being in Gaza once again. "We have driven more than 3,000 miles to bring this … [read more]

Tania Kepler, Alternative Information Centre, October 17, 2010 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorized a construction bid for 240 new housing units in East Jerusalem settlements on Thursday (14 October), according to Israel’s Ynet News.     The homes will be constructed in the settlements of Pisgat Ze'ev and Ramot. The areas, widely considered to be Jerusalem … [read more]

by the Alternative Information Center Some 8,000 people marched through Tel Aviv to the Ministry of Defense on 16 October 2010, in protest against the racist laws being promoted by the Israeli government and the Israeli security forces' population transfer exercises.   A long list of organizations, movements, and political parties participated in the demonstration, including the … [read more]

THE AUDACITY OF HOPE, the U.S. Boat to Gaza will sail this Spring..., by Salem-News.com (Oct-19-2010 15:12) (NEW YORK) - US BOAT TO GAZA has released an update report on their plan to send a U.S.-flagged ship as part of the next Freedom Flotilla sailing to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza.   Representatives from the US BOAT TO GAZA have just returned from Geneva where an important … [read more]

The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is holding an International conference entitled “The Ongoing Nakba”. The conference will highlight the different mechanisms which Israel deploys in maintaining the ongoing expulsion and dispossession of Palestinians. The Palestinian Return Centre (PRC) is holding an International conference entitled “The Ongoing Nakba”. The conference will highlight … [read more]

Legal, Political, and Grassroots Action to End Israeli Impunity, Press Statement, 11 October 2010 The Freedom Flotilla Coalition met in the home of the Geneva Conventions to welcome the Swiss Boat Initiative into the Coalition, as well as to discuss the various levels of our ongoing efforts to break Israel’s illegal siege on Gaza. The Geneva Conventions, a body of law agreed upon by the … [read more]

Press Release: 5th October 2010, by Asian People’s Solidarity for Palestine 500 civil resisters from 17 Asian countries will join the caravan from India and march through 18 Asian cities of Pakistan, Iran, and Turkey to break the siege of Gaza through the sea route in December 2010     The Asia to Gaza Solidarity Caravan is being organised by the Asian People’s Solidarity … [read more]

Resolutions and Demands 1) We the Asian People & Nations extend our solidarity to the courageous people of Palestine and endorse our support to the resistance against the Zionist Israeli occupation.   2) We call for the establishment of an Independent and Sovereign state of Palestine with Jerusalem as the capital.   3) We demand that the Israeli government immediately … [read more]