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Shir Hever on TRNN
May 19, 2013:
 | New Documentary Exposes the Mistreatment of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Greece | |
| Kate Mara and Guy Smallman: European governments impose austerity demands in Greece but fund
detention centers in Greece for refugees. Xenophobic views expressed even by centrist parties | ||
 | Hawking's Boycott and Israeli Propaganda Tactics | |
| Mike Cushman: Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott the Israeli Presidential Conference is of great significance in exposing Israel's apartheid regime | ||
 | Arab League's Peace Initiative Puts Israel in an Embarrassing Position | |
| Qatari prime minister accepts Kerry's request to sweeten the offer to Israel. Israeli prime minister Netanyahu urgently sends delegates to prevent the U.S from endorsing the initiative | ||
 | European Governments Take Steps to Label Products of Israeli Colonies | |
| Michael Deas: European governments have so far failed the laws of the
European Commission to distinguish between Israeli and colony products,
but several governments have made public calls to change that policy | ||
 | Israel's Syria Strategy to Weaken Hezbollah and Profit from Chaos | |
| Shir Hever: Israel can take advantage of weakened Syrian state to attack arms shipments headed to Lebanon; long grinding civil war in Syria said to be in Israel's interests | ||
 | Palestinian Children Routinely Detained and Arrested By Israeli Authorities | |
| Gavan Kelly Pt.2: International solidarity plays a key role in helping
Palestinian prisoners fight for their rights, in the face of an arbitrary Israeli
military court system | ||
 | Israel Breaks Signed Agreement to End Prisoner Hunger Strikes | |
| Gavan Kelly: This year's Prisoner Day marked by hunger strikes of
Palestinian prisoners who pay a heavy price in order to raise awareness of
their plight | ||
 | Israeli Authorities Reveal Distribution of West Bank Land | |
| State lands in the occupied West Bank were declared by Israel for the use
of the local population, but were used mainly for the colonization of the
West Bank | ||
 | Palestinian Authority Budget 28% for Security Forces - Funded by US | |
| Shir Hever: US funds to the PA are earmarked for security forces that control
militant opposition to Israel's occupation | ||
 | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepts the resignation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad | |
| Fayyad represented pro-western interests in Palestine, and his policies
came into increasing tension with those of President Abbas | ||
 | Separate Bus Lines for Palestinians and for Colonists in the West Bank | |
| During the global protests known as "Israel Apartheid Week," the Israeli
government launched a segregated bus service, forcing Palestinians in the
West Bank to travel only on buses designated to them | ||
 | Kerry's Attempt to Restart Negotiations in Israel/Palestine Has Failed | |
| Kerry refuses to challenge the unequal power relations between Israel
and Palestine | ||
 | Thatcher Forged an Alliance Between Neo-liberalism and Neo-conservatism | |
| Thatcher used her popularity from the Falklands war to push right-wing economic reform, leading to
increased inequality | ||
 | Land Day Protests Around the World | |
| Every year Palestinians and solidarity activists commemorate the Land
Day events of 1976. This year the demonstrations seem as relevant as
ever, while Israel pushes to confiscate additional Bedouin land and to
expand colonies | ||
 | President Obama Visits Israel, But Expectations are Low | |
| A great deal of emphasis on symbolism in Obama's visit, and very little
content, expected in Obama's brief visit to Israel and the Occupied
Palestinian Territory | ||
 | Greece's Austerity Measures Put Patients at Risk | |
| Pharmaceutical Companies withhold medicine from Greece, fearing that the
medicine will be exported to
other European countries. Greece is penalized for austerity measures it had
been forced to implement. | ||
 | Israel's Land Injustice Perpetuated by a Racist Discourse | |
| Efforts to reform Israel's discriminatory land allocation has met with failure,
because mayors of impoverished
Jewish communities are loath to cooperate with the mayors of Palestinian
and Bedouin towns and villages. | ||
 | Egyptian Debt Threatens Tahrir Square's Promise of Freedom | |
| As the U.S and the IMF apply pressure to the Egyptian government to cut
public spending and pay a high interest rate on debts incurred during the
previous regime, the Egyptian government targets international NGOs with
repressive policies | ||
 | Is a Third Intifada On the Way? | |
| Thousands of Palestinians protest the killing of an activist after interrogation
in Israeli prison, as the cause of prisoner rights spreads throughout the
Occupied Territories | ||
 | How Stanley Fischer Advanced Neo-Liberalism in Israel | |
| Shir Hever: Fischer steps down as head of Israel's central bank, known for pushing economic "reforms" that led to greater inequality; before this working for IMF, he helped develop privatization in Russia | ||
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