Israel Keeps Up Palestinian Evictions

The United Nations, the United States and the European Union have all called on Israel to stop the illegal eviction of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes.

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, urged Israel to end its “provocative actions” in East Jerusalem, while calling for it to freeze all settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.

Despite that, the sight of Palestinians in East Jerusalem being forced out of their homes has become an all too familiar scene.

Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports from occupied East Jerusalem.

Amnesty International – Report a Defining Step

UN vote on Goldstone report a defining step for accountability
6 November 2009
Thursday’s UN vote adopting key recommendations of the Goldstone report on the conflict in Gaza and southern Israel earlier this year is vitally important for ensuring that those, on both sides, who committed war crimes and other violations of international law will now be [...]

Cynthia McKinney supporting COMPLETE

Cynthia McKinney supporting COMPLETE

Cynthia McKinney, who is an ex US Congresswomen, states her support for COMPLETE due to our efforts supporting the Palestinian cause and the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions against apartheid Israel

Einstein on Zionism and Israel: His Provocative Ideas About the Middle East

Einstein on Zionism and Israel: His Provocative Ideas About the Middle East
By Fred Jerome
St. Martin’s Press, May 2009
Countless books and articles have been written about the life of the great physicist and thinker Albert Einstein, and since his death in 1955, a near consensus has existed that Einstein was a staunch supporter of the state [...]

Boycott Israel Event

COMPLETE Family Day 11:30am Sat 14th Nov 2009, all participants to wear Boycott Israel t-shirts. We will meet up for lunch then you can go to any activity you wish, including shopping with your family and friends.
Bowling competition and ice skating for all interested. Do let us know if you are.
For more info, contact Jemaimah [...]

Settler Colonialism – Return to the Middle Ages

Return to the Middle Ages
By BOUTHAINA SHAABAN
When you read a news story saying that “the United Nations called on Israel to stop demolishing Palestinian homes and put an end to the policy of forced evictions in East Jerusalem, warning that there are 60,000 Palestinians threatened of becoming homeless,” you cannot but wonder about the [...]

Israel’s Right or not to Exist – The Facts and Truth

On Monday 12 October, Prime Minister Netanyahu opened the Knesset’s winter session by blasting the Goldstone Report that accuses Israel of committing war crimes and vowing that he would never allow Israelis be tried for them. But that was not his main message. It was an appeal, delivered I thought with a measure of desperation, [...]

A Plea

A Plea to the University of Trondheim, Norway, to boycott Israel
by Mohamed Khodr
(Monday, November 2, 2009)
“The academicians and experts invited to your university to speak on this issue know first hand the victimization at the hands of Pro-Israel forces. They have risked much for the truth and are honorable men and women.”
“Right and wrong are [...]

Ten months after Israels war on the Gaza Strip, the effects of the deadly offensive are still being deeply felt.

Hundreds of Palestinian women lost their husbands in the war and have had to step into their husbands’ roles as the main breadwinners in their families.

Al Jazeera’s Barbra Serra reports from Gaza, where women traditionally used to stay at home to take care of their children.

Now, many widows are struggling to find work.

Clinton Bids to Resume Mideast Talks

Clinton makes personal bid to resume Mideast talks
By ROBERT BURNS (AP) 31st October, 2009
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — U.S. hopes of reviving Mideast peace talks appeared shaky Saturday after a senior Palestinian aide said the Palestinians are unlikely to resume negotiations if Israel does not halt Jewish settlement building.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham [...]