http://www.olivecoop.com Fair Trade and Travel to Palestine and Israel Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:00:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Israeli gunboats have RAMMED and attacked SS Dignity on its way to Gaza - 90 miles off Gaza and in international waters. (Larnaca, Cyprus, 10:00 am) On Tuesday, December 30, at 5 a.m., several Israeli gunboats intercepted the Dignity as she was heading on a mission of mercy to Gaza. One ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/israeli-navy-attacks-free-gaza-boat/ Al-Haq documentary takes first place in Dubai International Film Festival Al-Haq is proud to announce that its recent documentary, “Memory of the Cactus,” directed by Hanna Musleh, took first place in the Dubai International Film Festival in the category of best documentary. ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/al-haq-documentary-takes-first-place-in-dubai-international-film-festival/ Denial of entry to UN Special Rapporteur demonstrates once again Israel’s duplicity in its relations with the UN AL-HAQ ALERT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE REF.: 39.2008E 17 December 2008 As a Palestinian human rights organisation dedicated to the protection and promotion of ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/al-haq-statement-on-denial-of-entry-to-un-special-rapporteur/ Prisoner Releases Report from CADFA http://www.camdenabudis.net/ the news that 230 Palestinian prisoners have been released by Israel. BUT ... some light is cast on who they are by this Abu Dis example: 6 prisoners from Abu Dis are among them. Of the ... http://www.olivecoop.com/palestine-uk-links-and-news/230-palestinians-released-from-israeli-jails-475-palestinians-arrested/ The Nativity Trail 2009 The Alternative Tourism Group (ATG) and Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies proudly announce re-inaugurating the Nativity Trail from Nazareth to Bethlehem in 2009. Now, 2000 years after the historic journey of Joseph and Mary, the modern city of Bethlehem invites you to make a symbolic and historic ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/the-nativity-trail-2009-west-bank-walking-tour/ Israeli Authorities Hold UN Official in Ben Gurion Airport: GENEVA, December 14, 2008 (WAFA)- Israeli Occupation Authorities held, Sunday, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967 Professor Richard Falk, and is willing to deport to Geneva, Monday morning. Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/israel-refuses-senior-un-official-entry-to-the-country/ Uri Avnery 13.12.08 Tzipi’s Nation-State IT SOUNDS like an invented story. And indeed it is. In this tale, an American politician gets up and declares: The United States was founded by British Protestants who were persecuted in Europe for their Puritan beliefs. Therefore, the United States is an Anglo-Saxon ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/tzipis-nation-state/ http://www.ketteringtownfc.co.uk/index.php?q=node/329 Winner of Lloyds TSB Asian Jewel for Business & Commerce to return award in protest at banks actions against UK charity By Tim Saunders, 10th December 2008 (Please visit the link below to sign a petition requesting Lloyds TSB to stop denying humanitarian aid to 5 million Palestinian refugees and forward ... http://www.olivecoop.com/palestine-uk-links-and-news/kettering-town-fc-fighting-lloyds-tsb-from-trying-to-crush-interpal/ To mark International Human Rights week, B'Tselem have decided to hold a virtual event on Facebook next week. For 48 hours, their entire team will be available to answer questions you post on their wall and discuss anything you're interested in. What's happening in Gaza? How does the video project work? ... http://www.olivecoop.com/news-from-palestine/btselem-open-house-online-17-18th-dec/ Propaganda that feeds terrorismWhen Howard Jacobson says "Propaganda kills" (Opinion, 6 December), I agree with him. I have seen an old Palestinian watch while the Israeli Army bulldozed his olive trees, pushed his wife into the dirt, clubbed his sons, and drove him out of his house "for security reasons." Armed ... http://www.olivecoop.com/palestine-uk-links-and-news/letters-in-wednesdays-independent/