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UPDATE FROM THE ELECTRONIC INTIFADA

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US VOTERS CAN DEMAND PALESTINE'S FREEDOM
By Cynthia McKinney, The Electronic Intifada, 19 July 2010

It is only a matter of time before voters of conscience make it clear that elected policy-makers who collaborate in America's unconditional partnership with Israel will be exposed as shameful; and make it clear to policy-makers that such shameful behavior is unsustainable because collaborators in injustice will be ejected from office by the people. Cynthia McKinney comments on the growing grassroots boycott, divestment and sanctions movement for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11404.shtml

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PALESTINIANS IN GAZA DENIED PA PASSPORTS
Rami Almeghari, The Electronic Intifada, 19 July 2010

Amid all the obstacles preventing Palestinians in Gaza from traveling outside the besieged territory, Nidal Abdo faces an additional one. He needs a passport and despite five attempts to obtain one, he has so far failed. Rami Almeghari reports for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11402.shtml

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FIGHTING RACISM THROUGH SPORTS
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, The Electronic Intifada, 19 July 2010

Comprised of four women and three men between the ages of 18 and 27, a Palestinian football team was organized to participate in the Anti-Racism World Cup in Belfast, Ireland. Jillian Kestler-D'Amours reports for The Electronic Intifada.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11401.shtml

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GAZA'S BEE INDUSTRY STUNG BY ISRAELI ATTACKS
Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 19 July 2010

GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - Said Hillis, 60, has kept bees since he was a boy. Until the Israeli
attacks changed his business. Until 2009 Hillis' farm had hundreds of trees, and more than 10,000 chickens. "It was all destroyed during the Israeli attacks," Hillis says.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11403.shtml

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PALESTINIANS SUFFER AS ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IGNORES ITS OWN COURT
By Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 18 July 2010

The Israeli government is facing legal action for contempt over its refusal to implement a high court ruling that it end a policy of awarding preferential budgets to Jewish communities, including settlements, rather than much
poorer Palestinian Arab towns and villages inside Israel. Jonathan Cook reports.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11398.shtml

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TOUGH TIMES FOR GAZA TRAVEL AGENT
Report, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 18 July 2010

"Shurafa Tourist and Travel Company has been operating in Gaza since 1952," Nabil Shurafa, general manager of the company, says proudly. This historical background is significant, as much for understanding the many and various forms of movement restrictions with which Shurafa Travel has had to deal during Gaza's 43 year occupation as for providing a rationale for how and why Shurafa remains open under the current restrictions.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11394.shtml

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WATER RESTRICTIONS IN THE OCCUPIED WEST BANK
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 18 July 2010

RAMALLAH, occupied West Bank (IRIN) - The worst place to be in the occupied West Bank in terms of water and sanitation facilities is an Israeli-controlled stretch of land known as Area C, where the Palestinian Authority (PA) is technically responsible for water services, but simply unable to deliver.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11400.shtml

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ISRAEL IMPRISONED MY FATHER FOR NONVIOLENTLY RESISTING THE OCCUPATION
By Saeed Amireh, Live from Palestine, 16 July 2010

On 12 January 2010 my father Ibrahim was arrested by the Israeli army and sentenced to two years in prison for organizing and participating in nonviolent protests against the Israel's wall in the occupied West Bank. The
wall cuts us off from our land and our olive groves, robbing our family of its livelihood. Saeed Amireh writes
from Nilin, occupied West Bank.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11399.shtml