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Palestine Celebrating Hope
22 December 2011 | Palestine celebrates Hope, while celebrating the birth of the Prince of Hope, because this positive sentiment has long been our way of life; Hope and sheer will explains how despite the illegal Israeli acts of colonialism, aggression, and unilateralism, Palestinians continue to march forward believing that independence is eventual and inevitable.
22 December 2011 | Palestine celebrates Hope, while celebrating the birth of the Prince of Hope, because this positive sentiment has long been our way of life; Hope and sheer will explains how despite the illegal Israeli acts of colonialism, aggression, and unilateralism, Palestinians continue to march forward believing that independence is eventual and inevitable.
A poem by Rafeef Ziadah
’Shades of anger’
6 December 2011 | Rafeef Ziadah is a Canadian-Palestinian spoken word artist and activist. Her debut CD Hadeel is dedicated to Palestinian youth, who still fly kites in the face of F16 bombers, who still remember the names if their villages in Palestine and still hear the sound of Hadeel (cooing of doves) over Gaza.
’Shades of anger’
6 December 2011 | Rafeef Ziadah is a Canadian-Palestinian spoken word artist and activist. Her debut CD Hadeel is dedicated to Palestinian youth, who still fly kites in the face of F16 bombers, who still remember the names if their villages in Palestine and still hear the sound of Hadeel (cooing of doves) over Gaza.A poem by Rafeef Ziadah
’We teach life, sir’
16 November 2011 | A poem by Rafeef Ziadah, a Palestinian woman who speaks English perfectly and uses it to convey her feelings about the mass murder, mass subjugation, and mass theft committed against the Palestinian people by Israel and the supporters of Israel.
’We teach life, sir’
16 November 2011 | A poem by Rafeef Ziadah, a Palestinian woman who speaks English perfectly and uses it to convey her feelings about the mass murder, mass subjugation, and mass theft committed against the Palestinian people by Israel and the supporters of Israel.The small city of Sirte brutally besieged
A plundered and starving population in a city in ruins
28 October 2011 | Where are the valient "human rights defenders"? Especially the signatories (*) of the "urgent appeal to stop the atrocities in Libya," February 21, 2011, concocted by the NGO pro-Israeli UN-Watch? A call that would bring the so-called "international community" to war against a people who did not want it.
A plundered and starving population in a city in ruins
28 October 2011 | Where are the valient "human rights defenders"? Especially the signatories (*) of the "urgent appeal to stop the atrocities in Libya," February 21, 2011, concocted by the NGO pro-Israeli UN-Watch? A call that would bring the so-called "international community" to war against a people who did not want it.A Testimony on Libya
NATO’s Crimes and Mainstream Media Lies in Libya Exposed
16 October 2011 | Western correspondents in Libya provide cover for NATO’s crimes. They are portraying a false information. The Libyans victims of NATO’s cruel war who have to endure daily bombardment, deaths and destruction, are also victims of the international journalists lies. (Silvia Cattori)
NATO’s Crimes and Mainstream Media Lies in Libya Exposed
16 October 2011 | Western correspondents in Libya provide cover for NATO’s crimes. They are portraying a false information. The Libyans victims of NATO’s cruel war who have to endure daily bombardment, deaths and destruction, are also victims of the international journalists lies. (Silvia Cattori)
Using Human Rights as a Pretext for War
Lies behind the so-called "Humanitarian War" in Libya
16 October 2011 | Lies, lies, lies again! There is no evidence of Qaddafi crimes in Libya...but there is evidence of NATO crimes.
Lies behind the so-called "Humanitarian War" in Libya
16 October 2011 | Lies, lies, lies again! There is no evidence of Qaddafi crimes in Libya...but there is evidence of NATO crimes.
Attack on the Mavi Marmara
Name of the Israeli Navy commandos who attacked the Mavi Marmara
26 September 2011 | The Turkish daily Sabah issued, on 26 September 2011, a list of 174 names of soldiers and Israeli military officials identified by the Turkish intelligence services (MIT) as having taken part in the attack against the Mavi Marmara, in May 2010, attack that resulted in the deaths of nine members of the NGO Turks IHH
Name of the Israeli Navy commandos who attacked the Mavi Marmara
26 September 2011 | The Turkish daily Sabah issued, on 26 September 2011, a list of 174 names of soldiers and Israeli military officials identified by the Turkish intelligence services (MIT) as having taken part in the attack against the Mavi Marmara, in May 2010, attack that resulted in the deaths of nine members of the NGO Turks IHHWhat TV channels did not show you
When BHL is being evicted twice from the podium in Benghazi
20 September 2011 | On this hilarious video of anthology, we see Bernard-Henri Lévy (BHL) - even back with dark glasses - being evicted twice from the podium in Benghazi! Perhaps the "rebels" did they remember his claim that the "new" Libya was going to be a friend of Israel? (SC)
When BHL is being evicted twice from the podium in Benghazi
20 September 2011 | On this hilarious video of anthology, we see Bernard-Henri Lévy (BHL) - even back with dark glasses - being evicted twice from the podium in Benghazi! Perhaps the "rebels" did they remember his claim that the "new" Libya was going to be a friend of Israel? (SC)
Israel’s denial of entrance to Palestine
Message sent by EasyJet to a Swiss passenger
8 July 2011 | Israeli authorities sent hundreds of names to airline companies telling them to deny travel to individuals on the list. Hundreds of people on the list who had booked flights were sent letters by airline companies cancelling their reservations based on a request from the Israeli authorities.
Message sent by EasyJet to a Swiss passenger
8 July 2011 | Israeli authorities sent hundreds of names to airline companies telling them to deny travel to individuals on the list. Hundreds of people on the list who had booked flights were sent letters by airline companies cancelling their reservations based on a request from the Israeli authorities.
The message of a committed musical legend
Roger Waters, a Man and an exceptional Artist
8 February 2011 | In a world where, from Palestine to Iraq via Afghanistan, so many innocent people are brutalized by barbarian armies, humiliated, bereft of hope, freedom, and human dignity, the voice of artists with the integrity to lend their talent and signature to say no to savagery, is a beacon of hope.
Roger Waters, a Man and an exceptional Artist
8 February 2011 | In a world where, from Palestine to Iraq via Afghanistan, so many innocent people are brutalized by barbarian armies, humiliated, bereft of hope, freedom, and human dignity, the voice of artists with the integrity to lend their talent and signature to say no to savagery, is a beacon of hope.Insights on the Apartheid Regime in the State of Israel
Videos of the Stuttgart Conference
15 December 2010 | As part of the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the Palestinian Committee of Stuttgart organised a conference on November 26-28, 2010, titled: “One Democratic State in Palestine with Equal Rights for all its Citizens”.
Videos of the Stuttgart Conference
15 December 2010 | As part of the international campaign for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel, the Palestinian Committee of Stuttgart organised a conference on November 26-28, 2010, titled: “One Democratic State in Palestine with Equal Rights for all its Citizens”.May 15 : A Day to remember
Palestine 62 years after the NAKBA
15 May 2010 | On May 15, 1948, the day following the proclamation of the State of Israel by David Ben Gurion, began a war of dispossession that would drive Palestinians from their land and that they called the Nakba: The Catastrophe (*). To commemorate this painful anniversary, here is a brief excerpt of an interview with Gilad Atzmon, and two moving videos.
Palestine 62 years after the NAKBA
15 May 2010 | On May 15, 1948, the day following the proclamation of the State of Israel by David Ben Gurion, began a war of dispossession that would drive Palestinians from their land and that they called the Nakba: The Catastrophe (*). To commemorate this painful anniversary, here is a brief excerpt of an interview with Gilad Atzmon, and two moving videos.The scandal of the United Nations’ black lists
Youssef Nada’s name removed from the UN Security Council’s blacklist
26 September 2009 | Youssef Nada, wrongly accused of “terrorism”, was held hostage for eight years by the government of Switzerland due to being blacklisted by the UN Security Council. The engineer left no legal stone unturned to seek redress from allegations that he had funded Osama bin Laden or any other terrorist organization. The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee reversed its initial ruling on September 23, 2009: Mr Nada’s name and the name of his businesses have at long last been taken off the list of 400 persons and entities suspected of connections with terrorism. Despite this important victory restoring his honor and putting an end to his humiliations, his fight against the cabal whose accusations weighed heavily against him is far from (...)
Youssef Nada’s name removed from the UN Security Council’s blacklist
26 September 2009 | Youssef Nada, wrongly accused of “terrorism”, was held hostage for eight years by the government of Switzerland due to being blacklisted by the UN Security Council. The engineer left no legal stone unturned to seek redress from allegations that he had funded Osama bin Laden or any other terrorist organization. The United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee reversed its initial ruling on September 23, 2009: Mr Nada’s name and the name of his businesses have at long last been taken off the list of 400 persons and entities suspected of connections with terrorism. Despite this important victory restoring his honor and putting an end to his humiliations, his fight against the cabal whose accusations weighed heavily against him is far from (...)Guantánamo
Sami El Haj creates the Guantánamo Justice Centre
30 July 2009 | On 29 July 2009, we had the privilege of meeting with Sami El Haj, an Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman who was imprisoned in Guantánamo for more than 6 years and who was passing through Geneva, on which occasion he told us about the foundation of the London-based humanitarian organization « Guantánamo Justice Centre" which he chairs, as he will formally announce at the press conference taking place in that capital on 30 July 2009. This NGO will be steered by the former British prisonner, Moazzam Begg, in his capacity as Secretary-General and will have branches in Geneva and Paris.
Sami El Haj creates the Guantánamo Justice Centre
30 July 2009 | On 29 July 2009, we had the privilege of meeting with Sami El Haj, an Al Jazeera journalist and cameraman who was imprisoned in Guantánamo for more than 6 years and who was passing through Geneva, on which occasion he told us about the foundation of the London-based humanitarian organization « Guantánamo Justice Centre" which he chairs, as he will formally announce at the press conference taking place in that capital on 30 July 2009. This NGO will be steered by the former British prisonner, Moazzam Begg, in his capacity as Secretary-General and will have branches in Geneva and Paris.Palestine: what kind of solidarity?
More political action outside Palestine!
26 December 2008 | This year, the Jewish state of Israel celebrated its 60 years of existence. An existence built on the theft of Arab lands, massacres and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians which started in 1948 and are continuing till now.
On this sad and humiliating anniversary, the Palestinian people find itself in the most dramatic situation of its dark history.
More political action outside Palestine!
26 December 2008 | This year, the Jewish state of Israel celebrated its 60 years of existence. An existence built on the theft of Arab lands, massacres and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians which started in 1948 and are continuing till now.
On this sad and humiliating anniversary, the Palestinian people find itself in the most dramatic situation of its dark history.Youssef Nada victim of illegal sanctions
Swiss Diplomacy on Trial
12 October 2008 | Since Mr. George W. Bush declared the "war on terrorism", and since the imposition of completely arbitrary sanctions by the Security Council of the UN, tens of thousands of innocent people - primarily of the Muslim faith - have been either imprisoned and subjected to torture, or wrongly registered on "terrorist" lists and deprived of their assets and their freedom of movement. The case of an Italian businessman, of Egyptian origin, Mr. Youssef Nada, largely unknown to the public, has drawn our attention because, it is emblematic of this unjust policy of sanctions, which deprives people who have done nothing, of their freedom and their means of living, and unfortunately Switzerland continues to take part in this.
Swiss Diplomacy on Trial
12 October 2008 | Since Mr. George W. Bush declared the "war on terrorism", and since the imposition of completely arbitrary sanctions by the Security Council of the UN, tens of thousands of innocent people - primarily of the Muslim faith - have been either imprisoned and subjected to torture, or wrongly registered on "terrorist" lists and deprived of their assets and their freedom of movement. The case of an Italian businessman, of Egyptian origin, Mr. Youssef Nada, largely unknown to the public, has drawn our attention because, it is emblematic of this unjust policy of sanctions, which deprives people who have done nothing, of their freedom and their means of living, and unfortunately Switzerland continues to take part in this.Israel does not respect anything
They cancelled Christmas in the Holy Land
20 December 2007 | Seeing the little town of Bethlehem surrounded by walls, hideous new colonies and look-out towers, cut off from its villages, from its biblical vistas and dispossessed from its Christian heritage, makes it impossible not to react.
They cancelled Christmas in the Holy Land
20 December 2007 | Seeing the little town of Bethlehem surrounded by walls, hideous new colonies and look-out towers, cut off from its villages, from its biblical vistas and dispossessed from its Christian heritage, makes it impossible not to react.Check points
Bethlehem : Showing the cruelty of the Israeli occupation
20 December 2007 | It is a gesture of resistance for the Palestinians who must go to work, exit and leave their cities and try to live their lives in spite of the innumerable obstacles they face.
Bethlehem : Showing the cruelty of the Israeli occupation
20 December 2007 | It is a gesture of resistance for the Palestinians who must go to work, exit and leave their cities and try to live their lives in spite of the innumerable obstacles they face.Tsahal
A Barbarian Army
22 July 2006 | In Nablus, as soon as night falls, one feels even more violently the climate of terror coming from Tsahal, that army of vandals equipped with such an impressive arsenal. Every night dozens of vehicles loaded with soldiers invade the besieged city. Recently, however, the population of Nablus is even more choked and persecuted than is usual.
A Barbarian Army
22 July 2006 | In Nablus, as soon as night falls, one feels even more violently the climate of terror coming from Tsahal, that army of vandals equipped with such an impressive arsenal. Every night dozens of vehicles loaded with soldiers invade the besieged city. Recently, however, the population of Nablus is even more choked and persecuted than is usual.Palestine under military occupation
Nablus: "It is our life"
18 July 2006 | While the world witnesses the destruction of Lebanon by Israel, the occupation of Palestine goes on its way . While the cameras are turned towards Beirut, all elements are brought into play to suffocate the Palestinians and to force them to flee their shelters. Sylvia Cattori went to the field and described the terror to which the Nablus inhabitants are subjected.
Nablus: "It is our life"
18 July 2006 | While the world witnesses the destruction of Lebanon by Israel, the occupation of Palestine goes on its way . While the cameras are turned towards Beirut, all elements are brought into play to suffocate the Palestinians and to force them to flee their shelters. Sylvia Cattori went to the field and described the terror to which the Nablus inhabitants are subjected.Violations of the rights of the child
Israel imprisons children : It is urgent to worry about it
17 April 2005 | The world says nothing. There are hundreds of Palestinian children imprisoned in the gaols of the State of Israel (1). They are in extrajudicial detention. Considered as "administrative detainees" by Israel, they are crammed into cells infested by insects.
Israel imprisons children : It is urgent to worry about it
17 April 2005 | The world says nothing. There are hundreds of Palestinian children imprisoned in the gaols of the State of Israel (1). They are in extrajudicial detention. Considered as "administrative detainees" by Israel, they are crammed into cells infested by insects.Who can claim that he "did not know"?
Taking sides between victims and executioners
27 September 2004 | September 28 is a terrible date for the Palestinians. A date that marks the beginning of “uprising”, Intifada, unshackled now four years ago, by the provocative inroad of Likud leader Ariel Sharon, in one of the most holy places of the Muslims: the mosque Haram al Sharif.
But what rising are we talking about ?
During the years in which the Israeli governments, of the right as well as from the left, behaved as if the demands of humanity did not exist, we have assisted, sorrowful and powerless, in the crushing of the Palestinians.
Taking sides between victims and executioners
27 September 2004 | September 28 is a terrible date for the Palestinians. A date that marks the beginning of “uprising”, Intifada, unshackled now four years ago, by the provocative inroad of Likud leader Ariel Sharon, in one of the most holy places of the Muslims: the mosque Haram al Sharif.
But what rising are we talking about ?
During the years in which the Israeli governments, of the right as well as from the left, behaved as if the demands of humanity did not exist, we have assisted, sorrowful and powerless, in the crushing of the Palestinians.For having denounced the violations of the right to food in the occupied territories
Jean Ziegler in the dock
25 July 2004 | Jean Ziegler, UN special investigator on the right to food, now is in the dock because he documented – in an official investigation – the Israeli violations of the right to food and the human rights in the occupied territories.
Jean Ziegler in the dock
25 July 2004 | Jean Ziegler, UN special investigator on the right to food, now is in the dock because he documented – in an official investigation – the Israeli violations of the right to food and the human rights in the occupied territories.War crimes
Sheikh Yassin: a political leader of Hamas loosely assassinated
22 March 2004 | In what other country are handicapped political opponents being hunted down with airplanes and missiles ? In our country, Switzerland, the disabled are treated with respect. All kinds of facilities exist to make their life bearable.
Sheikh Yassin: a political leader of Hamas loosely assassinated
22 March 2004 | In what other country are handicapped political opponents being hunted down with airplanes and missiles ? In our country, Switzerland, the disabled are treated with respect. All kinds of facilities exist to make their life bearable.Israel makes the war at children
The Kids of Market Street
22 March 2004 | As I was walking down Market Street on this chilly morning of December, far was I from thinking that, a few minutes later, I would be in the middle of my worst nightmare. So much so, that it took me several months before even being able to recount it.
The Kids of Market Street
22 March 2004 | As I was walking down Market Street on this chilly morning of December, far was I from thinking that, a few minutes later, I would be in the middle of my worst nightmare. So much so, that it took me several months before even being able to recount it.Brutalities and humiliations
Morrows that sing small
21 February 2004 | At times, when you realise that you can be killed on the spot ; you stand between anguish and hope and are astonished by the calmness the Palestinians show.
Threatened to be killed, insulted and loaded with insults, they find refuge in the silence. In fact, they developed an incredible ability to adapt, without which they could not survive the horrors they have to endure daily.
When one asks them if they are not afraid that a bullet takes over their destiny, they reply mischievously that the soldiers who treat them like animals, are much more frightened than they are.
Morrows that sing small
21 February 2004 | At times, when you realise that you can be killed on the spot ; you stand between anguish and hope and are astonished by the calmness the Palestinians show.
Threatened to be killed, insulted and loaded with insults, they find refuge in the silence. In fact, they developed an incredible ability to adapt, without which they could not survive the horrors they have to endure daily.
When one asks them if they are not afraid that a bullet takes over their destiny, they reply mischievously that the soldiers who treat them like animals, are much more frightened than they are.Do people under occupation have the right to resist?
To the European parliaments members who voted for a disgraceful resolution that squandered the rights of Palestinians.
15 February 2004 | On October 23rd 2003, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority a resolution known as “Peace and Dignity in the Middle East” (*).
To the European parliaments members who voted for a disgraceful resolution that squandered the rights of Palestinians.
15 February 2004 | On October 23rd 2003, the European Parliament adopted by a large majority a resolution known as “Peace and Dignity in the Middle East” (*).Israel continues ethnic cleansing
A war of annihilation
25 January 2004 | I have returned from Palestine broken. Not because I’m faint hearted, or because – at Ben Gurion airport - the Israeli police perpetrated the ultimate humiliation by taking, until hell freezes over, the tools of my trade*.
I returned broken because of what I saw, of what I came to understand of the tragedy of which I was a witness: the war of racist extermination that Israel wages against civilians without the power to defend themselves, and who the world refuses to see.
A war of annihilation
25 January 2004 | I have returned from Palestine broken. Not because I’m faint hearted, or because – at Ben Gurion airport - the Israeli police perpetrated the ultimate humiliation by taking, until hell freezes over, the tools of my trade*.
I returned broken because of what I saw, of what I came to understand of the tragedy of which I was a witness: the war of racist extermination that Israel wages against civilians without the power to defend themselves, and who the world refuses to see.Tsahal kills international volunteers
If we can take inspiration from his sacrifice, Tom Hurndall won’t have died in vain
14 January 2004 | Tom Hurndall passed away on January 13 2004. He was barely 22 years old. In fact, Tom had already ceased to live the life of an enterprising and passionate young man since April 11 2003 when an Israeli soldier aimed and shot him in the head, with the sole objective of killing him, otherwise he would have aimed for his lower body.
If we can take inspiration from his sacrifice, Tom Hurndall won’t have died in vain
14 January 2004 | Tom Hurndall passed away on January 13 2004. He was barely 22 years old. In fact, Tom had already ceased to live the life of an enterprising and passionate young man since April 11 2003 when an Israeli soldier aimed and shot him in the head, with the sole objective of killing him, otherwise he would have aimed for his lower body.BBC’s pro Israeli bias
The child victims of repeated journalist lies
4 December 2003 | From Balata refugees camp.
During weeks the military occupation forces lead an atrocious battle against the children of Balata, the small refugee camp near Naplouse. Miltary forces, it must be said, entered their forlorn camp with orders to terrorise and provoke the children, in order to lure them to their armoured jeeps where they lay hidden, like mice to a trap from which they would never escape in one piece.
The child victims of repeated journalist lies
4 December 2003 | From Balata refugees camp.
During weeks the military occupation forces lead an atrocious battle against the children of Balata, the small refugee camp near Naplouse. Miltary forces, it must be said, entered their forlorn camp with orders to terrorise and provoke the children, in order to lure them to their armoured jeeps where they lay hidden, like mice to a trap from which they would never escape in one piece.