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Gaza`s Ark: Building Hope

With your support, the work on Gaza's Ark will start this summer.

(BEARSVILLE, NY) - The Canadian Boat to Gaza, in cooperation, with international initiatives in the US, Australia and other countries, is launching a new initiative to challenge the illegal and inhumane Israeli blockade of Gaza.

This new initiative: Gaza's Ark, will build a boat in Gaza, using existing resources.

Israel to Rule on Nuclear Whistle Blower`s Appeal to Revoke Citizenship

When we began conversing in 2005, I put my pen down when Vanunu told me, “The Silence of The Lambs” was about him.

(CLERMONT, FLA) - After having gone silent on Facebook and Twitter on May 1st, [ Vanunu's Final Message to Facebook] Vanunu went public again today:

"All the restrictions now have been renewed, no changes. The 9th year- with all the restrictions continue. The court hearing is June 6th."

Israel as Popular as North Korea According to BBC Poll

74% of Spanish respondents (an increase of 8% from last year) and 56% of French respondents (an increase of 9%), see Israel in a negative light.

(LONDON) - Ha'aretz reported yesterday that, “Israel, Iran, Pakistan and North Korea were ranked most negatively by 24,000 people surveyed in an annual BBC poll.”

It would appear that in spite of the extensive Hasbara campaign and the Jewish lobby buying every morally lax living politician, people of the world increasingly see Israel for what it is.

The Munich Conference - The International Movement for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine

Final Call to attend The International Movement for One Democratic State in Israel/Palestine Conference , Munich, June 30/July 1

(LONDON) - This is the final call to attend and register for the Munich Conference to launch the International Movement for One Democratic State in Palestine/Israel. It will be held in Munich Germany on June 30 - July 1, 2012.

If you did not register, please take the time to do so and to read the information below.

Nakba Anniversary

We now have 12 universities inside occupied Palestinian.

(BETHLEHEM) - On this 64th anniversary of the Nakba we mourn the ethnic cleansing that began in 1948 and that continues today with silent transfer, home demolitions, land confiscation and more.

But we also celebrate an amazing resilience and success of the Palestinian endogenous people against incredible odds:

Google Following CIA`s Path in Confronting Iran

American web giant Google has recently fueled an anti-Iranian campaign by removing the name of Persian Gulf from its online maps and Google Earth plans.

(TEHRAN) - To Iranians, Persian Gulf is not simply a name referring to a geographical region on the world map.

To Iranians, the name of Persian Gulf is interwoven with a sense of national dignity and honor which makes them a united and powerful troupe against the relentless attacks of the enemy.

Palestinian Prisoners` Mass Hunger Strike Concludes After Agreement is Reached

Supporters around the globe stand in solidarity with the prisoners. Perhaps Israel got the message.

(RAMALLAH, Palestine) - After nearly a full month of fasting, 2,000 Palestinian political prisoners ended their mass hunger strike, reaching an agreement with the Israeli Prison Service to attain certain core demands, according to Addameer.

Supporters laud the achievements of the prisoners’ movement and can only hope that Israel will implement any policy changes in good faith.

64 and Counting: Another Sad Anniversary

I cannot seem to have the words to express fully what I feel now.

(LONDON) - It is the dawn of yet another sad anniversary. Today, every Palestinian around the globe remembers the day we were all made homeless. When will it ever end?

Much has been said and written about the so-called “Arab Spring.” Some of it welcoming, some hopeful and others down right hostile.

US Envoys: Losing Lebanon - Visit by Visit?

Graphics by Alex

(BEIRUT Al-Manar) - It might require a semanticist with Noam Chomsky’s erudition to explain to some of us more obtuse the meanings, context and policy nuances of two similar and repeated phases heard in Lebanon earlier this month by two well listened to guests.

During over-lapping visits of top US and Iranian officials to Lebanon; one warned and threatened Lebanon, while the second praised Lebanon’s “achievements”.

Dying In Succession

He Said the Prisoners on Hunger Strike Would Eventually Succeed.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - A few days ago, Ma'an News reported on the family protests in front of the Presidential headquarters in Ramallah. Ma'an News was one of only a few outlets that bothered to report. Here, in the US, it took over 2 months before any mainstream media outlet mentioned the hunger strike among prisoners in Israel.

Still, such mention is but a whisper.