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• Three Activists Arrested After Blockading Drone Factory
  21 August 2021, by siawi3

  Palestine Action activists have been arrested after blockading the entrances to the Elbit UAV Tactical Systems drone factory in Leicester, having locked themselves to gates. The factory – used to produce Israel’s Hermes combat and surveillance drones – was targetted by Palestine Action for the second time, with the May occupation of the site lasting 6 days. The factory remains closed after this morning’s action.

• Palestinian leader Khalida Jarrar released after nearly two years in prison
  3 October 2021, by siawi3

  Khalida Jarrar was arrested in October 2019 and convicted in March 2021 on charges including being a member of a banned organization and involvement in the killing of an Israeli teenager, based on secret, withheld evidence There are an estimated 5,300 Palestinians currently being held in Israeli prisons, with approximately 435 Palestinians being held under the administrative detention policy.

• A new book brings together ten interviews with radical Palestinian women
  3 October 2021, by siawi3

  A struggle against both the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Authority. A new book – edited by writers’ cooperative Shoal Collective – brings together ten interviews with radical Palestinian women.

• How Joe Sacco Gave a Voice to ‘History’s Losers’
  8 October 2021, by siawi3

  Joe Sacco’s iconic graphic novel ’Palestine’ turns 25 this year. Its depiction of life under occupation is in keeping with his life’s work – telling the stories of oppressed peoples that the powerful would prefer to forget.

• Israel/Palestine: Designation of Palestinian Rights Groups as Terrorists
  27 October 2021, by siawi3

  The Israeli government declared six prominent and internationally respected civil society organisations in the West Bank as terrorist organizations. This decision is an alarming escalation that threatens to shut down the work of Palestine’s most prominent civil society organizations. The decades-long failure of the international community to challenge grave Israeli human rights abuses and impose meaningful consequences for them has emboldened Israeli authorities to act in this brazen manner.

• Israel: Zochrot stands in solidarity with the crucial Palestinian organizations that are undergoing a campaign of slander and intimidation
  27 October 2021, by siawi3

  The criminalization of the above organizations, signed off by a “security” minister who is proud of committing war crimes, is intended to silence those who show the true nature of Israeli colonialism. As long as there are those who see the truth and are willing to tell it as it is, such attempts to silence critics will ultimately fail.

• Friday webinar - the Palestinian Human Rights groups designated as “terrorists” by Israel’s Defense Minister Ganz speak out for themselves
  29 October 2021, by siawi3

  Last Friday’s decision by Israel’s Ministry of Defense to designate six prominent Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist organizations”
  has sent shockwaves across Palestinian civil society and raised alarm bells throughout the international donor community.

• Israel set to approve 3,000 new settler homes in West Bank
  1 November 2021, by siawi3

  “We are deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units, many of them deep in the West Bank. In addition, we’re concerned about the publication of tenders on Sunday for 1,300 settlement units in a number of West Bank settlements,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price said.

• Raising Awareness of Israeli War Crimes, with Palestine Action
  2 November 2021, by siawi3

  After the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in the summer — an action that left more than 250 dead — then-Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally thanked his British counterpart Boris Johnson for his “unwavering” support for his state’s actions.

• « The Stranger » (Al Garib) soumis par la Palestine à la compétition pour l’Oscar du meilleur film international
  2 novembre 2021, par siawi3

  Cinquante ans après l’occupation par Israël du Golan syrien, le réalisateur et scénariste d’origine syrienne Ameer Fakher Eldin décrit la guerre intérieure d’un homme qui désire une vie différente de celle que son père a toujours cherché à lui imposer.

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