GLASGOW: Success as shops join boycott of all Israeli produce 29Aug10

Hard work by Friends of Al Aqsa and SPSC activists pays off as Asian shops in key area of Glasgow declare themselves Israeli produce free! “The focus of the boycott is fruit such as dates, traditonally eaten by Muslims in the holy month of Ramadan. Some of the dates sent to the UK are produced [...]

VIDEO: Omar Barghouti answers “Should people boycott Israel?” 30Aug10

JEWISH NEWS: Local social media plan for Israel PR 30Aug10

by Peter Kohn  -  The Australian Jewish News -  30 August 2010 AN Australian plan to spread good news about Israel via social media will be presented at an upcoming international Jewish conference. Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) president Robert Goot will set out the strategy blueprint to heads of Jewish communities from around [...]

AFP/WHISSON: Actions speak louder than talks for Israel 31Aug10

by Alex Whisson  -  The Australian -  31 August 2010 CASUAL observers of the Israel-Palestine conflict would understandably have welcomed the news that direct talks are set to resume between Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The symbolism of two leaders on opposing sides of the world’s most intractable conflict [...]

In testimony to Turkel Commission COGAT contradicts Netanyahu 31Aug10

Ramallah Online -  31 August 2010 Contrary to what Netanyahu told the commission, COGAT confirms that the closure was meant to exert pressure on the civilian population in Gaza. Whereas Netanyahu testified that restrictions were vital to “prevent the entry of weapons and war materiel to the Gaza Strip, Dangot admitted that the restrictions were [...]

INTERVIEW WITH RAJA SHEHADEH: Seeing the land as one

Interviewed by Sarah Irving  -  The Electronic Intifada -  27 August 2010 Ramallah-based writer and co-founder of the Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, Raja Shehadeh launched his latest book, A Rift in Time, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on 14 August. Like earlier works, Shehadeh’s latest title addresses the dispossession of the Palestinian people, [...]

Washington funds Palestinian campaign 29Aug10

UPI -  29 August 2010 Washington is funding an ad campaign in Israel featuring billboards of Palestinian officials asking: “We are partners — what about you?” The campaign launched Sunday includes the faces of senior Palestinian Authority officials Saeb Erekat, Jibril Rajoub and Yasser Abed Rabo, and Riad Malki, Palestinian foreign affairs minister, Yedioth Aharonoth [...]

Settlement construction to resume 27 September 30Aug10

Palestine Note -  30 August 2010 According to an Israeli Army Radio report Monday, fifty-seven settlements currently observing the building freeze will resume expansion one day after the construction moratorium ends Sept. 26, Ynet news said. The report comes as Israel and Palestinian leadership get ready to head for Washington, DC for the first round [...]

US says Rabbi’s ‘offensive’ remarks harm peace efforts 30Aug10

by Natasha Mozgavaya  -  Haaretz -  30 August 2010 Ovadia Yosef and leaders of Slonim Hasidim, Jerusalem. 27Jun10 PHOTO:Tomer Appelbaum The United States on Sunday condemned remarks by the spiritual leader of Israel’s leading ultra-Orthodox party, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who said the Palestinians should “perish”. “We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by Rabbi Ovadia [...]

UN team begins Gaza flotilla probe in Jordan 30Aug10

Haaretz -  30 August 2010 A UN inquiry team started hearings on Monday with Jordanian activists about the fatal May 31 Israeli raid on a Turkish ship that was part of a flotilla trying to break an Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The team arrived in Amman Sunday night after eight days of [...]