Israel: New party-old faces & activists' plight
New party-old faces & human rights activists' plight
TOI-Billboard, December 3, 2005
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This week
-Ins and outs of the political merry-go-round
The PM's private new party Kadima ("forwards") turns out to be a welcome refuge for frustrated old (and less old) Labor horses - Shimon Peres, Haim Ramon, Daliya Itzik. Meanwhile it is Peretz' old-new Labor which attracts spectacular new people such as economy professor Braverman, and the outspoken but very popular media personality Shelly Yechimovitch.
Braverman calls for new economic model
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177699,00.html
Revenge of the loser by Attila Somfalvi
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177802,00.html
'Peres
took revenge against Labor'
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1132475651113&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Now Shimon Peres is Ariel Sharon's problem
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652226.html
The facade of peace by Amira Hass
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/651686.html
In Sharon's shadow by Aluf Benn
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652731.html
-human rights activists unwanted everywhere-
The struggle of ISM activist Andrew Macdonald against deportation by the Israeli authorities got overshadowed when it became known that four CPTers were taken hostage in Iraq. Still, also his is a case of commitment to a humanitarian cause with a lot of courage needed.
read about both &
on this week's anti-wall demonstrations
http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/
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More news and articles:
In memory of Toma Sik
World citizen, pacifist and admirer of the Bedouin lifestyle
A report by Rayna
Moss and Beate Zilversmidt on how the donated money was
spent
http://www.geocities.com/toi_billboard/toma.htm
In the hope that Jerusalem will wait
By Meron Benvenisti
The illusion of "a continuation of the disengagement" - which must not be disturbed - is acting as a shield that is absorbing any criticism and is enabling the creation of a consensus behind which all the elements that define themselves as a liberal "center" are coalescing and defending a regime of discrimination and oppression.
read more http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652262.html
A view from Ramallah
By Ali
Waked
From coffee shops to barber shops,
Palestinian residents of Ramallah have mixed views, levels
of interest on recent developments in Israeli politics
read more
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3177515,00.html
The meteoric rise of 'Paradise Now'
The story of two young Palestinians as they embark upon the last 48 hours of their lives, with bombs fastened to their bodies - another success of Dutch-Palestinian film maker Hani Abu-Assad.
US local release dates
at:
http://wip.warnerbros.com/paradisenow/
report on its screening in Tel-Aviv & interview with
Hani Abu-Assad
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/643722.html
Kadima Justice minister: West Bank fence is
Israel's future border
Justice Minister Tzipi
Livni has stated publicly that the separation fence will
serve as "the future border of the state of Israel" and
that, "the High Court of Justice, in its rulings over the
fence, is drawing the country's borders." Livni's remarks
are in contradiction to the position of the state
prosecution, which she oversees as justice minister.
full article
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/652490.html
This weeks choice by Occupation Magazine
several more important articles
http://www.kibush.co.il/