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Transcript: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (including Abbas on BDS)

1 hour, 11 minutes ago ago from U.S. Campaign for the Academic & Cultural Boycott of Israel

DECEMBER 22, 2009 We Are Open to All Possibilities' Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas spoke with The Wall Street Journal's Charles Levinson at the Palestinian Authority embassy in Amman, Jordan, on Dec. 20. Read a transcript of the interview. A recent opinion poll shows that 57% of Palestinians support you over Hamas, which got just 37% support, a big change over polls from just two months ago. The Fatah and PLO leaderships ...

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The truth shall set us free

23 hours ago ago from Norman G. Finkelstein

Outrage over Tzipi Livni's arrest warrant would be better directed to the suffering of Gaza and the risks of a new eruption When evidence of war crimes is produced, you might expect states that claim to defend the rule of law to want those crimes investigated and the perpetrators held to account. Not a bit of it. The decision by a London judge to issue a warrant for the arrest of Israel's former foreign minister Tzipi Livni over evidence ...

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Jimmy Carter: Gaza must be rebuilt now | Israeli Occupation Archive

20 hours ago ago from Israeli Occupation Archive - Israel’s war against Palestine

By Jimmy Carter, The Guardian 19 Dec 2009 www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/19/gaza-rebuilt-peace-process-suffering It is generally recognised that the Middle East peace process is in the doldrums, almost moribund. Israeli settlement expansion within Palestine continues, and PLO leaders refuse to join in renewed peace talks without a settlement freeze, knowing that no Arab or Islamic nation will accept any ...

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Akiva Eldar: Talk about 1967 borders, not settlement blocs | Israeli Occupation Archive

20 hours ago ago from Israeli Occupation Archive - Israel’s war against Palestine

By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz 21 Dec 2009 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1136501.html These days, it's tough to find a used car with a bumper sticker that reads Peace is better than a Greater Israel. Nowadays, everyone seems to favor the latest formula: two states for two peoples. A few people on the right-hand margins are sticking to the belief that there's no difference between Yitzhar and Herzliya, but turbulent debates about the ...

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The Third Anniversary of ICJ rule against Apartheid Israeli Wall In Pursuit of Justice

5 hours ago ago from In Pursuit of Justice

In Pursuit of Justice The Third Anniversary of ICJ rule against Apartheid Israeli Wall July 9, 2007 at 8:39 pm Filed under Israel , Palestine , apartheid wall , occupation , zionism From the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation:   Three years ago today, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an Advisory Opinion on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian ...

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Abbas Says Palestinians Won't Rise Up, for Now

14 hours ago ago from Wall Street Journal

AMMAN, Jordan -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said there won't be a new Palestinian uprising as long as he's in office, but warned the current calm might end once he steps down, as early as June. In a 60-minute interview, Mr. Abbas rebutted charges by Israel that he was responsible for holding up peace talks, saying he twice presented privately a compromise on settlements to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Mr. Abbas said Mr. ...

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Israel Gives Response on Hamas Prisoner Swap

4 hours ago ago from FOX News

Israel Gives Response on Hamas Prisoner Swap Tuesday, December 22, 2009 Print AP Dec. 21: Noam Schalit, father of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit stands next to cardboard cut-outs of his son in Jerusalem. Dec. 21: Noam Schalit, father of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit stands next to cardboard cut-outs of his son in Jerusalem. JERUSALEM Israel has relayed its response to a proposed prisoner swap with ...

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BBC News - World 'failed Gaza over Israeli blockade' - aid groups

7 hours ago ago from BBC

By Tim Franks BBC News, Jerusalem Aid agencies say the world community must put more pressure on Israel Aid agencies have strongly criticised the international community for failing to help bring an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza. The charities made the accusation in a report published just ahead of the anniversary of Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip. The aid agencies condemn not just ...

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