By David Cronin
BRUSSELS, Jun 18, 2010 (IPS) - A leading Israeli supplier of warplanes used to kill and maim civilians in Gaza is in the running for two new scientific research grants from the European Union.
Israel's attacks on Gaza in late 2008 and 2009 provided its air force with an opportunity to experiment with state-of-the-art pilotless drones such as the Heron. Although human rights groups have calculated that the Heron and ...
'Sometimes the Israeli government does not make it easy for its friends to explain why it behaves the way it does,' says aid minister Dirk Niebel. By Haaretz Service
German Development Aid Minister Dirk Niebel was denied entry into the Gaza Strip during his current visit to Israel, German officials said Saturday evening.
A ministry spokesman said talks had continued to the last moment with Israeli officials over Niebel's aim to ...
PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) # 487, June 11, 2010
The eighth Annual International Al-Awda Convention was held recently in Anaheim, California, and was attended by a packed audience of Palestinians and their growing numbers of supporters. The term "Al-Awda" means "return" in Arabic and refers to the right of Palestinians to return to the homes from which they were ethnically cleansed in 1948 and 1967.
‘The negotiation process’ ...
Abnaa elBalad Movement June 7, 2010
Dear Participants and Supporters of the 2nd Haifa conference for the Return of the Palestinian Refugees and the Democratic Secular State in Historic Palestine,
We thank the many hundreds of dedicated activist for the rights of the Palestinian people and for justice and freedom that made the long way from different parts of Palestine and from all over the world and shared with us their enthusiasm and ...
Brussels/Washington/Jerusalem, 31 May 2010: The International Crisis Group condemns Israel’s assault on a flotilla of humanitarian aid bound for Gaza, which resulted in a tragic loss of life.
by INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP - NEW MEDIA RELEASE
At the same time, the incident is an indictment of a much broader policy toward Gaza for which Israel does not bear sole responsibility.
For years, many in the international ...
by Iara Lee, Saturday, June 5, 2010 This article appeared on page A - 13 of the San Francisco Chronicle
In the predawn hours of May 31, I was aboard the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, part of a convoy of humanitarian vessels aiming to deliver aid to besieged civilians in Gaza, when we were attacked in international waters by a unit of Israeli commandos.
Our ship had been inspected by customs agents in Turkey, a NATO member, who ...
