TORONTO — In a significant victory for the right to organise on Canadian campuses, protests by Palestinian solidarity activists forced the University of Toronto (UT) administration to allow a planned conference to go ahead. The
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November 9 saw an international day of mobilisations against the construction of the Israeli apartheid wall. Actions and demonstrations were held in cities around the world to protest Israel's mass land-grab, aimed at building a
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As the current Palestinian uprising enters its fourth year, many commentators appear puzzled by the duration and tenacity of the intifada (meaning "shaking off"). If the intifada was "orchestrated" by Palestinian Authority (PA)
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RAMALLAH — The inherent tensions in the US-sponsored "Road Map to Peace" have become all too apparent. The Israeli government has not ceased its acts of terrorism against the Palestinian population in the West Bank and the Gaza
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RAMALLAH — Following the conclusion of the three-way summit between the US, Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Aqaba on June 4, Palestinian activists and political factions have reacted with a mixture of anger and
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RAMALLAH — On June 2, as I was trying to get back into Ramallah from Jerusalem, I was met with an all too familiar sight at the Qalandia checkpoint, a few kilometres south of the city. Thousands of Palestinians trying to leave
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RAMALLAH — The public announcement of the US-backed "road map" a few days after the inauguration of Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen's new cabinet has been met with vocal opposition from leading Palestinian political
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RAMALLAH — As the Palestinian people's intifada (uprising) enters its 27th month, the Israeli government has escalated it strategy of collective punishment. At the time of writing, all Palestinian cities in the West Bank, with the
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RAMALLAH Israel's siege of Yasser Arafat's presidential compound has brought the Palestinian plight back into world headlines alongside the impending US-led invasion of Iraq. While the mainstream media has largely
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RAMALLAH — Despite widespread reports in the mainstream media that Israeli troops have withdrawn from Palestinian cities (excluding the area around Yasser Arafat's compound and Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity), the Israeli
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RAMALLAH — Israel's attack on the Jenin refugee camp will be recorded as one of the bloodiest massacres in the history of the Zionist state. The scenes of devastation go beyond anything describable in words. Friends of mine who
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RAMALLAH — On March 29, I was awoken in the early morning as Israeli soldiers invaded the apartment block in which my room-mate and I lived. The soldiers ordered everyone in the building to gather in the apartment upstairs. I