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The Lede: Critics of Israel’s West Bank Occupation Say Calm Before New Violence Was an Illusion

Israelis opposed to the occupation of the West Bank argued that the 18-month pause between fatal attacks on Israelis there, which ended Tuesday, had created “an illusion of calm and stability” in an unsustainable status quo.        

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Critics of Israel’s West Bank Occupation Say Calm Before New Violence Was an Illusion

Israelis opposed to the occupation of the West Bank argued that the 18-month pause between fatal attacks on Israelis there, which ended Tuesday, had created “an illusion of calm and stability” in an unsustainable status quo.

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Omar Barghouti Talks About Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israeli Apartheid – Video



Omar Barghouti Talks About Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Against Israeli Apartheid
Show #471 is the complete talk on 2/6/13 by Omar Barghouti at Yale University. Barghouti leads the Palestinian civil society effort for Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions of Israel for its many violations of Palestinian human rights. BDS demands an end to the occupation, an end to the discrimination and recognition of the Palestinian right to return. A group of Brooklyn politicians have tried to force cancellation of Barghouti's talk at Brooklyn College, but the college president Karen Gould stood firm for academic freedom. More at www.TheStruggle.org/headlines1.htm

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Protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, 21.12.2012.mpg – Video



Protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, 21.12.2012.mpg
A Palestinian girl dressed as Santa Claus, marches during the weekly protest against the occupation, in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, December 21, 2012. www.flickr.comFrom:yisraelpnmViews:142 4ratingsTime:03:22More inNews Politics

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Protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, 7.12.2012.wmv – Video



Protest against the occupation, Nabi Saleh, West Bank, 7.12.2012.wmv
During the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, December 7, 2012, Palestinian and Israeli activists hold a poster asking “Who Killed Mustafa Tamimi?” Tamimi was killed on December 9, 2011, when he was shot in the face with a tear gas canister at close range by Israeli soldiers. Also pictured on the poster is soldier who killed Tamimi. No one responsible for Tamimi's death has been brought to justice to this day. www.flickr.comFrom:yisraelpnmViews:1 0ratingsTime:10:49More inNews Politics

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Palestinians protest Clinton’s visit – Video



Palestinians protest Clinton's visit
Palestinians protested the visit of US secretary of state, Hilary Clinton's visit to Ramallah on Wednesday and shouted slogans condemning the blatant unconditional US support for Israel, it's offensive on the Gaza Strip and the overall racist policies of the occupation state. Press TV's Hanna Qassis reports from Ramallah. Follow our Facebook on: www.facebook.com Follow our Twitter on: twitter.com Follow our Tumblr on: presstvchannel.tumblr.comFrom:SuperWorldNewsTVViews:0 0ratingsTime:02:05More inNews Politics

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March and rally for Gaza, Boston, Mass., November 15, 2012 – Video



March and rally for Gaza, Boston, Mass., November 15, 2012
Supporters of Palestine in Boston protest Israel's killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip, marching to the Israeli consulate with music, visuals, and chants against Israeli apartheid, the occupation of Palestinian territories, and US military/economic support for Israel's crimes. Hundreds of activists from many area groups, including Jews for Palestine, CodePink, the United National Antiwar Coalition, and OccupyBoston, joined pro-Gaza protestors in other cities around the globe; they also encountered a counter-demonstration by Zionists.From:Joan LivingstonViews:0 2ratingsTime:06:18More inNews Politics

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Paris Occupied by the Germans – Video


Paris Occupied by the Germans The French did not know it, but the Germans would be occupying their city for four long, hard years. The ones who stayed behind and did not flee stayed and welcomed the German power to promote peace. Their army and navy were not controlled by the Axis Powers.

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Occupy London Squat at UBS Puts Empty Buildings in Spotlight

Squatting — the occupation of land and buildings by people who have no legal title to them — has a long history in Britain.

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Beyond the Rhetoric: The Complicated, Brief Life of Occupy Boston

At 5 a.m. on December 10th, 72 days into the occupation of Dewey Square, Occupy Boston’s little village of tents and pallets was erased. Just before its disappearance, Occupy Boston was the oldest and largest of the remaining Occupy protests that have, since September, not only changed the geography of American parks in hundreds of towns

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