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SARA ROY: The Peril of Forgetting Gaza

"Gaza is an example of a society that has been deliberately reduced to a state of abject destitution, its once productive population transformed into one of aid-dependent paupers. This context is undeniably one of mass suffering, created largely by Israel but with the active complicity of the international community... "
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Poll Results: AUSTRALIANS VOTE FOR PALESTINE
11 June 09
Many more Australians think that Israel’s military action in the Gaza Strip in January this year was not justified rather than justified, a new poll conducted by Roy Morgan Research finds.

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BDS Victory: Jerusalem rail operator jumps ship

Message from Omar Barghouti

In the first smashing and convincing victory of the global BDS movement in the field of corporate responsibility and ethical compliance, Veolia is reportedly abandoning the Jerusalem Light Rail project, an illegal project that aims at connecting Israeli colonies built on occupied Palestinian territory to the city of Jerusalem.

As the Haaretz article admits, the BDS campaign's success in costing Veolia some $7 billion worth of contracts is the key behind this decision by the troubled company to pull out of the project.   Go to Haaretz article

More: http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/barghouti080609.html    www.palestinecampaign.org

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Haneen Zoabi in Sydney: succcessful 2009 Nakba Memorial Lecture

Palestinian by birth, identity and history, Haneen Zoabi is an amazing Israeli politician who was was the headline speaker at the Nakba Day commemoration in the NSW Parliament on 15th May 2009. Organised by the Coalition for Justice and Peace in Palestine, this event was a great success.

More about Haneen Zoabi in Australia...

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Ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem
Palestinians threatened with eviction erect "tent embassy".

As Australians we might worry about the possibility of burglary when we leave a home empty for a few days but we don't have to worry that someone might steal the whole house. But this is the situation for many Palestinians in Jerusalem.

In the early morning on Thursday (2 April, 2009) Israeli settlers occupied a house in Jerusalem Old City's Muslim quarter. Another Palestinian home in the old city was demolished recently and it the surrounding suburbs there is a constant threat of eviction and home demolition.

Throughout East Jerusalem, many Palestinians are threatened with the loss of their homes as Israel pursues its policy of Judaizing the city.

For more information from our correspondent in Jerusalem go to:
www.coalitionforpalestine.org/jerusalem.html

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CJPP endorses the official Palestinian BDS Movement.

B = Boycott
D = Divestment
S = Sanctions

The management committee of CJPP has decided to formally endorse the official Palestinian BDS Movement. This is an international movement which has grown out of the response to the call, in 2005, from Palestinian civil society to organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel, similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era, until Israel meets its obligation to recognize the Palestinian people's inalienable right to self-determination and fully complies with international law.
BDS has been endorsed by over 170 Palestinian parties, organizations, trade unions and movements representing the Palestinian people in the 1967 and 1948 territories and in the diaspora. On July 13, 2005 the UN International Civil Society Conference adopted the Palestinian Call for BDS.

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CJPP in Sydney Supports Gaza

To all of you who have been part of this momentous time in the history of the Palestinian people, thank you for all your hard work and dedication. Let us all at CJPP now focus on building support for the Palestinian cause within Australia.

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Justice for Palestine Matters (JFPM) is a voluntary non profit organization based in Sydney. It provides urgent appeals on human rights abuses and atrocities against Palestinian civilians by the government of Israel. JFPM aims to expand the awareness of Palestinian human rights and the ongoing violations of those rights and empower Australians to act as a voice for justice for Palestine.

Their current urgent appeal asks you to write letters of protest regarding the situation in Gaza to:

Mrs LOUISE ARBOUR , UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
H.E. DAN GILLERMAN, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations

For more information: www.palestinematters.com

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