Events Sunday and Monday in the Bethlehem area: Sunday at 11 AM weekly demonstration in Beit Jala. Sunday at noon, gather at Ush Ghrab in Beit Sahour for land reclamation activities such as rebuilding stonewalls, cleaning etc. Monday at 5 PM in the Peace Park at Ush Ghrab: Festival of Resistance to the military watch tower includes speeches, educational segment on the area, and brief speeches by known dignitaries.
Big victory for human rights: the largest public university system in the US supports divestments from Israel for its war crimes. Here is the well-documented resolution that passed 16:4 and is worth emulating at other universities (the bill procedurally split into 2 sections)
New weapons research group finds heavy metals in children's hair in Gaza following the attack of "cast lead" http://www.newweapons.org/?q=
Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) calls for international protests leading to a boycott of Swedish fashion giant H&M (stores in Israel and some collaborative Arab countries) http://www.bdsmovement.net/?q=
Video: 11 People arrested for speaking out against the Apartheid ambassador of Israel at University of California Irvine http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Video: Apartheid and Nakba
Israeli forces attack shepherds in the South Hebron hills
Settlers' call sends Palestinian shepherd to IDF beating
By Amira Hass, Haaretz Correspondent
Actions speak louder than words. Please act.
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD, FABMG
Professor at Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities
Interim Coordinator, Popular Committee Against the Settlements and Apartheid Wall-Beit Sahour
Web site http://qumsiyeh.org
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