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Israeli Occupation Forces murder 3 Palestinians in Qalandia refugee camp, seriously injure at least 15 others. 27 Aug 2013 | 06:39 am
Dear friends, Israeli Occupation Forces invaded Qalandia refugee camp in the early hours of the morning on 26th August. In resulting clashes, 3 Palestinians were murdered by the Israeli Occupation F....
Israel setting up “covert units” to tweet, Facebook government propaganda 24 Aug 2013 | 05:33 am
Dear friends, many of you will already be aware of Israel's hasbara (propaganda) efforts and its establishment of hasbara (propaganda) units to push their "Brand Israel" campaign and to combat the Pal...
Poems for Palestine: Art is not a mirror to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it 22 Aug 2013 | 09:27 am
Dear friends, Bertolt Brecht once said: "Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it". Despite the claims by some, art and culture are not neutral or value free, they ...
Red Butterfly Effect, politics, pop culture, life the universe & everything: introducing a supplemental blog. 7 Aug 2013 | 08:53 pm
Dear friends, I have been blogging about Palestine since 2004, with a previous blog called Palestine Eyewitness and now with Live from Occupied Palestine since 2007. It has been wonderful experience ...
Palestine and the upcoming Australian Federal Elections: some comments on the major political parties and Palestine 7 Aug 2013 | 07:44 am
Dear friends, if you are in Australia or follow Australian events, you will be aware that the Australian Federal election has been called for 7 September 2013. Palestine will not play a major role in...
The ABC of BDS and international solidarity 6 Aug 2013 | 07:51 am
Dear friends, please find below an article I wrote in response to an article which appeared on ABC's Drum last month written by Nicholas Herriman about the Palestinian BDS Campaign. You can read Herr...
Photos: Stop the Prawer-Begin Plan: Day of Rage - 1 Aug 2013 2 Aug 2013 | 04:43 am
Dear friends, as you will be aware, Israel plans to implement what is known as the Prawer-Begin plan. The Plan which has passed the first reading in the Israeli Knesset allows for the ethnic cleansin...
Free the Hares Boys! 31 Jul 2013 | 08:45 pm
Dear friends, you may or may not be aware of the campaign to free five teenage boys from the Palestinian village of Hares in the Occupied West Bank. Hares is a small village I know well as it is the ...
Haaretz: An Apartheid of hearts, minds and international law 18 Jul 2013 | 09:13 am
Dear friends, a very good article from Haaretz explaining exactly why the use of the apartheid analogy is correct in relation to Israel. In solidarity, Kim ** An apartheid of hearts, minds and inte...
IN PHOTOS: Palestinian General Strike Against Israel's Prawer-Begin Ethnic Cleansing Plan 15 Jul 2013 | 04:05 pm
Dear friends, activists are currently tweeting photos from across '48 and '67 of the Palestinian General Strike against Israel's Prawer-Begin plan which seeks to ethnically cleanse more than 40,000 P...
