Celebrating Palestinian Poet And Novelist Mourid Barghouti by Lois Griffiths

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You learn of the destruction of olive groves, a cruel blow, a kind of cultural genocide, for traditional culture revolved around the olive.
“Olive oil is the gift of the traveller, the comfort of the bride, the reward of autumn, the boast of the storeroom, the wealth of the family across centuries.”

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Escalating The Demographic War: The Strategic Goal Of Israeli Racism In Palestine by Ramzy Baroud

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Since outright ethnic cleansing – which Israel practiced during and after the wars of 1948 and 1967 – is not an option, at least not for now, Israel is finding other ways to ensure a Jewish majority in Israel itself, in Jerusalem, in Area C within the occupied West Bank and, by extension, everywhere else in Palestine.

Israeli dissident historian, Professor Ilan Pappe, refers to this as ‘incremental genocide’. This slow-paced ethnic cleansing includes the expansion of the illegal Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the proposed annexation of nearly a third of the Occupied Territories.

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In support of Golriz Ghahraman by Leslie Bravery

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On Wednesday, 11 April, the Zionist Federation of New Zealand (ZFNZ) published a vicious attack on Green MP Golriz Ghahraman for accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinian people…

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Israel Must “Stop Bulldozer Policy” by Poneke Palestine Working Group

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Activists performed a song entitled “Against Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing – Not In Our Name” outside the Brazil embassy today which was written by New Zealand Jews who are against Israel’s policies.

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