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Interview with Hazem Jamjoum
Through piracy, Israel has revealed its true nature to the world
9 June 2010 | The extraordinary brutality of the army that abusively describes itself as “the most ethical army in the world” has ended up in exposing to everyone the true face of Israel. It must be noted that such brutality would never have been possible without the complicity of Western political circles and media. Hazem Jamjoum, 28, a Palestinian scholar who passed through Geneva on the same day as Israel’s deadly storming of the Freedom Flotilla, replies to the questions of Silvia Cattori.
Through piracy, Israel has revealed its true nature to the world
9 June 2010 | The extraordinary brutality of the army that abusively describes itself as “the most ethical army in the world” has ended up in exposing to everyone the true face of Israel. It must be noted that such brutality would never have been possible without the complicity of Western political circles and media. Hazem Jamjoum, 28, a Palestinian scholar who passed through Geneva on the same day as Israel’s deadly storming of the Freedom Flotilla, replies to the questions of Silvia Cattori.A flotilla to break Israel’s illegal blockade on Gaza
Arafat Shoukri: “Conditions are ripe to make this flotilla the ‘tipping point’“
23 April 2010 | A coalition bringing together a number of organizations is preparing to send in May 2010 a relief flotilla of more than ten ships and cargo-boats to Gaza. Dr. Arafat Shoukri, president of the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) will participate in this spectacular convoy with his Campaign, which is an NGO. He has spared no effort for three years to lead delegations of European parliamentarians to allow them to see on the ground the untenable situation in Gaza and to encourage them to call on the Member States of the European Union to exert pressure on Israel with a view to ending its suffocation of the people of Gaza. Dr. Arafat Shoukri responds here to the questions of Silvia Cattori.
Arafat Shoukri: “Conditions are ripe to make this flotilla the ‘tipping point’“
23 April 2010 | A coalition bringing together a number of organizations is preparing to send in May 2010 a relief flotilla of more than ten ships and cargo-boats to Gaza. Dr. Arafat Shoukri, president of the European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) will participate in this spectacular convoy with his Campaign, which is an NGO. He has spared no effort for three years to lead delegations of European parliamentarians to allow them to see on the ground the untenable situation in Gaza and to encourage them to call on the Member States of the European Union to exert pressure on Israel with a view to ending its suffocation of the people of Gaza. Dr. Arafat Shoukri responds here to the questions of Silvia Cattori.The Strangulation of the Population of Gaza by Israel
An international flotilla of Gaza aid
20 April 2010 | The population of Gaza is victim of the greatest scandal of our time. Gaza is dying not because of a natural catastrophe, but because of a disaster carefully organized and executed by Israel. An international coalition, which brings together many organizations and movements, is preparing to send a fleet of ten boats to break the illegal Israeli blockade that is asphyxiating Gaza. Paul Larudee, a California participant in this bold enterprise, answers questions from Silvia Cattori.
An international flotilla of Gaza aid
20 April 2010 | The population of Gaza is victim of the greatest scandal of our time. Gaza is dying not because of a natural catastrophe, but because of a disaster carefully organized and executed by Israel. An international coalition, which brings together many organizations and movements, is preparing to send a fleet of ten boats to break the illegal Israeli blockade that is asphyxiating Gaza. Paul Larudee, a California participant in this bold enterprise, answers questions from Silvia Cattori.A dangerous moment in Palestinian History
Khalid Amayreh: “As an oppressed people our certainty is to be free”
9 March 2010 | Khalid Amayreh (*) is a journalist who lives in Hebron, a city brutalized and bloodied daily by armed Jewish settlers who are driving the authentic inhabitants by force. He is what might be called a true Palestinian; a man of integrity who was never seduced by financial rewards and prestige; a man standing who has remained with his martyred people in order to witness every day the atrocities he suffers at the hands of the Israeli army, but also, and this is the most painful, at the hands of the palestinian authorities of Ramallah. He himself has been imprisoned, savagely beaten without knowing why, by this Palestinian police to the training of which Bernard Kouchner is so pleased to have participated.
Khalid Amayreh: “As an oppressed people our certainty is to be free”
9 March 2010 | Khalid Amayreh (*) is a journalist who lives in Hebron, a city brutalized and bloodied daily by armed Jewish settlers who are driving the authentic inhabitants by force. He is what might be called a true Palestinian; a man of integrity who was never seduced by financial rewards and prestige; a man standing who has remained with his martyred people in order to witness every day the atrocities he suffers at the hands of the Israeli army, but also, and this is the most painful, at the hands of the palestinian authorities of Ramallah. He himself has been imprisoned, savagely beaten without knowing why, by this Palestinian police to the training of which Bernard Kouchner is so pleased to have participated.Israeli repression in Palestine is escalating
Mazin Qumsiyeh: “The Israeli army wants me”
2 March 2010 | The Israeli army invaded Mazin Qumsiyeh’s neighborhood in Beit Sahour, a suburb of Bethlehem, on 2 March in the night, waking up his mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked roads during "the operation". When his family opened the door, they demanded to see Mazin Qumsiyeh (*). They were told that Mazin already left to the US. He replies here to the questions of Silvia Cattori.
Mazin Qumsiyeh: “The Israeli army wants me”
2 March 2010 | The Israeli army invaded Mazin Qumsiyeh’s neighborhood in Beit Sahour, a suburb of Bethlehem, on 2 March in the night, waking up his mother, wife and sister. Heavily-armed soldiers blocked roads during "the operation". When his family opened the door, they demanded to see Mazin Qumsiyeh (*). They were told that Mazin already left to the US. He replies here to the questions of Silvia Cattori.Interview with Doctor Thabet El Masri
Gaza : A Death Camp ?
14 October 2009 | Thabet El Masri, is the Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Shifa Hospital, a public institution in the Gaza Strip. He replies here to the questions of Silvia Cattori about the recent increase in the number of babies being born with birth defects.
Gaza : A Death Camp ?
14 October 2009 | Thabet El Masri, is the Director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Shifa Hospital, a public institution in the Gaza Strip. He replies here to the questions of Silvia Cattori about the recent increase in the number of babies being born with birth defects.Insights into the Durban Review Conference
Four Palestinian voices
30 April 2009 | Why Israel’s Racism and Zionism cannot be honestly questioned? The UN Review Conference which took place from 20 to 24 April 2009 in Geneva to assess the progress made since the 2001 “World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” held in Durban, was the theatre of the division orchestrated by the countries that refuse to describe Israel as a racist, apartheid state, and the countries and organisations which do not accept an open debate about Israel’s racist laws and policies vis-à-vis non-Jews.
Four Palestinian voices
30 April 2009 | Why Israel’s Racism and Zionism cannot be honestly questioned? The UN Review Conference which took place from 20 to 24 April 2009 in Geneva to assess the progress made since the 2001 “World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” held in Durban, was the theatre of the division orchestrated by the countries that refuse to describe Israel as a racist, apartheid state, and the countries and organisations which do not accept an open debate about Israel’s racist laws and policies vis-à-vis non-Jews.World Conference against Racism: From Durban to Geneva
Abdel Bari Atwan: “Israel was exposed despite the protection of Western countries”
28 April 2009 | Abdel Bari Atwan, well known Palestinian journalist and editor in chief of the London-based daily newspaper Al-Quds Al Arabi, was interviewed by Silvia Cattori on the Durban Review Conference. The interview took place in Geneva on 23 April 2009.
Abdel Bari Atwan: “Israel was exposed despite the protection of Western countries”
28 April 2009 | Abdel Bari Atwan, well known Palestinian journalist and editor in chief of the London-based daily newspaper Al-Quds Al Arabi, was interviewed by Silvia Cattori on the Durban Review Conference. The interview took place in Geneva on 23 April 2009.HELD HOSTAGE BY BUSH FOR SIX AND A HALF YEARS IN GUANTANAMO
Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera journalist, tells his story
30 July 2008 | Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32 years old when, in December 2001, his life, like that of tens of thousands of other Muslims, became a horrific nightmare.
Sami El Haj, Al Jazeera journalist, tells his story
30 July 2008 | Standing straight and tall, an impressive and deeply introspective man, Sami El Haj walks with a limp and the help of a walking stick. Neither laughter nor smiles light up the refined face of this man, old before his time. A deep sadness pervades him. He was 32 years old when, in December 2001, his life, like that of tens of thousands of other Muslims, became a horrific nightmare.US and European Union grant unlimited powers to police and secret services
The Incredible story of Youssef Nada
17 June 2008 | Under the cover of the « war against terror », the United States and the European Union have granted unlimited powers to secret services and police. Emergency measures which were introduced on a provisional basis in 2001, outside any judiciary control, have become permanent. Since September 2001, at least 80,000 people, mainly Muslim, would have been kidnapped, kept in secret prisons, and tortured by CIA and FBI agents. Hundreds of others have been put on the UN « black list ». That’s what happened to the businessman Youssef Nada, 77 years old, an Italian citizen of Egyptian origin, accused by U.S. President, G.W Bush of financing Al-Qaeda. Two judiciary investigations resulted in a non-suit, but Mr. Nada didn’t get his name deleted from the UN « black list » (*). His assets remain frozen; he is barred from travelling to or transiting in any country. He can’t go outside the tiny enclave of Campione - an Italian enclave inside Swiss territory - where Silvia Cattori went to meet (...)
The Incredible story of Youssef Nada
17 June 2008 | Under the cover of the « war against terror », the United States and the European Union have granted unlimited powers to secret services and police. Emergency measures which were introduced on a provisional basis in 2001, outside any judiciary control, have become permanent. Since September 2001, at least 80,000 people, mainly Muslim, would have been kidnapped, kept in secret prisons, and tortured by CIA and FBI agents. Hundreds of others have been put on the UN « black list ». That’s what happened to the businessman Youssef Nada, 77 years old, an Italian citizen of Egyptian origin, accused by U.S. President, G.W Bush of financing Al-Qaeda. Two judiciary investigations resulted in a non-suit, but Mr. Nada didn’t get his name deleted from the UN « black list » (*). His assets remain frozen; he is barred from travelling to or transiting in any country. He can’t go outside the tiny enclave of Campione - an Italian enclave inside Swiss territory - where Silvia Cattori went to meet (...)An Interview with Aharon Shabtaï
Israel, “guest of honour” in Paris and Turin, does not deserve to be invited
25 February 2008 | When the announcement that Israel would attend the "Fiera del libro" of Turin, (*) came out, an immediate wave of protest arose in Italy; and many personalities supported the boycott call, made by the Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian Writers’ Associations (**).
In France, strangely enough, the same invitation, to the "Salon du livre" of Paris, did not make much noise. Alone, the Israeli poet Aharon Shabtaï has refused to participate in these events, contrary to the 39 Israeli writers who accepted to be part of the Israeli delegation to these two exhibitions. Aharon Shabtaï explains here why these events –which he qualifies as "promotion of propaganda" for Israel-, must be boycotted, as well as any cultural event where this apartheid State is (...)
Israel, “guest of honour” in Paris and Turin, does not deserve to be invited
25 February 2008 | When the announcement that Israel would attend the "Fiera del libro" of Turin, (*) came out, an immediate wave of protest arose in Italy; and many personalities supported the boycott call, made by the Palestinian, Jordanian and Egyptian Writers’ Associations (**).
In France, strangely enough, the same invitation, to the "Salon du livre" of Paris, did not make much noise. Alone, the Israeli poet Aharon Shabtaï has refused to participate in these events, contrary to the 39 Israeli writers who accepted to be part of the Israeli delegation to these two exhibitions. Aharon Shabtaï explains here why these events –which he qualifies as "promotion of propaganda" for Israel-, must be boycotted, as well as any cultural event where this apartheid State is (...)An interview with Hedy Epstein
"What is the lesson to be learned from the Holocaust?"
11 January 2008 | Hedy Epstein, is a German Jewish Holocaust survivor, born in 1924, whose parents were sent to Auschwitz in 1942, where they perished. In 1948, Hedy Epstein went to live in United States. In 2003, she decided to make a trip to Palestine. Shocked by the oppression that the Israeli government is imposing on the Palestinians, she is, since then, devoting herself to make it known to the world.
In the interview she gave to the Swiss journalist Silvia Cattori, Hedy Epstein speaks, with her gentle and mild voice, about her last travel to Palestine after a moving visit to one of several concentration camps to which her parents were deported. And she said: "I would like to dedicate this interview to the children of Gaza, whose parents cannot protect them or send them away to safety as my parents did when they sent me to England in May 1939 on a Kindertransport” (...)
"What is the lesson to be learned from the Holocaust?"
11 January 2008 | Hedy Epstein, is a German Jewish Holocaust survivor, born in 1924, whose parents were sent to Auschwitz in 1942, where they perished. In 1948, Hedy Epstein went to live in United States. In 2003, she decided to make a trip to Palestine. Shocked by the oppression that the Israeli government is imposing on the Palestinians, she is, since then, devoting herself to make it known to the world.
In the interview she gave to the Swiss journalist Silvia Cattori, Hedy Epstein speaks, with her gentle and mild voice, about her last travel to Palestine after a moving visit to one of several concentration camps to which her parents were deported. And she said: "I would like to dedicate this interview to the children of Gaza, whose parents cannot protect them or send them away to safety as my parents did when they sent me to England in May 1939 on a Kindertransport” (...)No to the apartheid Two states solution
Omar Barghouti: No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State
6 December 2007 | Omar Barghouti belongs to a new generation of Palestinians who never adhered to the solution of « Two States, Two peoples ». They are advocating, instead, the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) of Israel as well as a «secular, democratic state» solution, where Palestinians and Israelis would share equal rights, after historic injustices are redressed and the refugees are allowed to return.
Omar Barghouti: No State Has the Right to Exist as a Racist State
6 December 2007 | Omar Barghouti belongs to a new generation of Palestinians who never adhered to the solution of « Two States, Two peoples ». They are advocating, instead, the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) of Israel as well as a «secular, democratic state» solution, where Palestinians and Israelis would share equal rights, after historic injustices are redressed and the refugees are allowed to return.An Interview with Hedy Epstein and Greta Berlin
“We Are Committed to Sailing to Gaza – Ahoy!”
12 August 2007 | Hedy Epstein and Greta Berlin, two among other personalities promoting the project, "Sailing a boat to Gaza" explain, in the interview they gave to Silvia Cattori, why the boat "Free Gaza" will not sail this summer as initially planned, but next spring.
“We Are Committed to Sailing to Gaza – Ahoy!”
12 August 2007 | Hedy Epstein and Greta Berlin, two among other personalities promoting the project, "Sailing a boat to Gaza" explain, in the interview they gave to Silvia Cattori, why the boat "Free Gaza" will not sail this summer as initially planned, but next spring.An Interview with Hedy Epstein
Israël: "I was not prepared for the horrors that I saw"
14 June 2007 | Hedy Epstein, 82, was born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1924 (*) and lived in Kippenheim, a village located approximately 30 km north of Freiburg. She was the only child of parents who died in the Nazi extermination camps. She is a tireless worker for human rights and for the dignity of all people. Hedy decided to visit Palestine in 2003. She returned terribly shocked with what she had seen there, women and children defenceless, Palestinians locked up into ghettos, an entire people brutalized.
Israël: "I was not prepared for the horrors that I saw"
14 June 2007 | Hedy Epstein, 82, was born in Freiburg, Germany, in 1924 (*) and lived in Kippenheim, a village located approximately 30 km north of Freiburg. She was the only child of parents who died in the Nazi extermination camps. She is a tireless worker for human rights and for the dignity of all people. Hedy decided to visit Palestine in 2003. She returned terribly shocked with what she had seen there, women and children defenceless, Palestinians locked up into ghettos, an entire people brutalized.An Interview with Greta Berlin
Sailing to Gaza
6 June 2007 | Greta Berlin, 66 years old, is a businesswoman from Los Angeles, CA. She is the mother of two Palestinian-American children and has been to the occupied territories twice in the past four years with the International Solidarity Movement. She is also a member of Women in Black Los Angeles. She is one of many other people, who have organized an unusual project, sailing a boat to Gaza. They intend to challenge Israel’s claim that they no longer occupy Gaza. Talking to her, she explains why she and the other courageous people are going.
Sailing to Gaza
6 June 2007 | Greta Berlin, 66 years old, is a businesswoman from Los Angeles, CA. She is the mother of two Palestinian-American children and has been to the occupied territories twice in the past four years with the International Solidarity Movement. She is also a member of Women in Black Los Angeles. She is one of many other people, who have organized an unusual project, sailing a boat to Gaza. They intend to challenge Israel’s claim that they no longer occupy Gaza. Talking to her, she explains why she and the other courageous people are going.Interview with Count Hans-Christof von Sponeck
United Nations implications in war crimes
16 March 2007 | For Hans Christof von Sponeck, the former assistant secretary-general of the UN, the United Nations, far from garding the respect for international law and the consolidation of peace, have themselves become a factor of injustice. Thus, the sanctions imposed on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq caused a human disaster, whereas treaties such as the nuclear non-proliferation treaty are used to ensure the domination of certain powers and to threaten others. It is time to change the system completely.
United Nations implications in war crimes
16 March 2007 | For Hans Christof von Sponeck, the former assistant secretary-general of the UN, the United Nations, far from garding the respect for international law and the consolidation of peace, have themselves become a factor of injustice. Thus, the sanctions imposed on Saddam Hussein’s Iraq caused a human disaster, whereas treaties such as the nuclear non-proliferation treaty are used to ensure the domination of certain powers and to threaten others. It is time to change the system completely.The 2007 French Presidential election
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan : "France must withdraw from NATO"
30 January 2007 | The merger between the main French right-wing parties permitted to the Atlanticists to gain the upper hand over the Gaullists and to their champion, Nicolas Sarkozy, to become the UMP candidate. Getting in resistance, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan resigned from the only party of the right and announced his candidacy in the presidential election. He replies below to the questions of the Swiss weekly paper Horizons et débats.
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan : "France must withdraw from NATO"
30 January 2007 | The merger between the main French right-wing parties permitted to the Atlanticists to gain the upper hand over the Gaullists and to their champion, Nicolas Sarkozy, to become the UMP candidate. Getting in resistance, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan resigned from the only party of the right and announced his candidacy in the presidential election. He replies below to the questions of the Swiss weekly paper Horizons et débats.The Strategy of Tension
NATO’s Hidden Terrorism
29 December 2006 | Daniele Ganser, professor of contemporary history at Bale University (France) and chairman of the ASPO - Switzerland, published a landmark book about "NATO’s Secret Armies." According to him, during the last 50 years the United States have organized bombings in Western Europe that they have falsely attributed to the left and the extreme left with the purpose of discrediting them in the eyes of their voters. This strategy is still present today, inspiring fear for the Islam and justifying wars on oil.
NATO’s Hidden Terrorism
29 December 2006 | Daniele Ganser, professor of contemporary history at Bale University (France) and chairman of the ASPO - Switzerland, published a landmark book about "NATO’s Secret Armies." According to him, during the last 50 years the United States have organized bombings in Western Europe that they have falsely attributed to the left and the extreme left with the purpose of discrediting them in the eyes of their voters. This strategy is still present today, inspiring fear for the Islam and justifying wars on oil.The intrigues of Mahmoud Abbas make the play of Israel and the United States
Palestine: People will vote with their stomach
20 December 2006 | The announcement of new presidential and parliamentary elections by Mahmud Abbas has plunged the people of Palestine, already suffering dreadfully from the terror spread by the Israeli army, into a series of bloody clashes. We have recorded the story of Ali, *a 35-year-old father of eight, who lives with his family in the cauldron known as the Gaza Strip. His worries are in contrast to the optimism and satisfaction with which the news of the new elections was presented to the world by Palestinian representatives such as Elias Senbar**
Palestine: People will vote with their stomach
20 December 2006 | The announcement of new presidential and parliamentary elections by Mahmud Abbas has plunged the people of Palestine, already suffering dreadfully from the terror spread by the Israeli army, into a series of bloody clashes. We have recorded the story of Ali, *a 35-year-old father of eight, who lives with his family in the cauldron known as the Gaza Strip. His worries are in contrast to the optimism and satisfaction with which the news of the new elections was presented to the world by Palestinian representatives such as Elias Senbar**Israeli massacre
Beit Hanoun : "They shoot at anything that moves"
3 November 2006 | The testimony of a young Palestinian.
" Beit Hanoun, with 30,000 inhabitants, has been the target of daily aggressions and air strikes since June 25. It is now besieged by Israeli troops. We have seen the tanks advance and take up their positions. "
Beit Hanoun : "They shoot at anything that moves"
3 November 2006 | The testimony of a young Palestinian.
" Beit Hanoun, with 30,000 inhabitants, has been the target of daily aggressions and air strikes since June 25. It is now besieged by Israeli troops. We have seen the tanks advance and take up their positions. "Judicial Colonialism
The Assassination of Rafik Hariri: A Biased Investigation
15 September 2006 | A former criminal investigator of the GDR, who became a journalist after the reunification of Germany, Jürgen Cain Külbel is the author of a counter-investigation on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, which the Voltaire Network presented to the Arab public during a widely covered conference in Damascus, May 7, 2006. In this interview, he discusses the political role of the UN Commission and the unexploited leads pointing to Israeli responsibility.
The Assassination of Rafik Hariri: A Biased Investigation
15 September 2006 | A former criminal investigator of the GDR, who became a journalist after the reunification of Germany, Jürgen Cain Külbel is the author of a counter-investigation on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, which the Voltaire Network presented to the Arab public during a widely covered conference in Damascus, May 7, 2006. In this interview, he discusses the political role of the UN Commission and the unexploited leads pointing to Israeli responsibility.Interview with Sattar Kassem, in Nablus
« Palestinians will never surrender »
11 September 2006 | The Palestinians voted massively in favour of Hamas in the elections in January 2006. It was necessary to respect their choice. However, the European Union decided to punish them by ending grants, consciously putting millions of Palestinians in misery. The victory of Hamas caught not only those governments that had counted on a Fatah victory but also those parties and progressive movements who have never really listened to Palestinian opinion or heard their true aspirations
« Palestinians will never surrender »
11 September 2006 | The Palestinians voted massively in favour of Hamas in the elections in January 2006. It was necessary to respect their choice. However, the European Union decided to punish them by ending grants, consciously putting millions of Palestinians in misery. The victory of Hamas caught not only those governments that had counted on a Fatah victory but also those parties and progressive movements who have never really listened to Palestinian opinion or heard their true aspirationsThe Palestinian Vice-Prime Minister kidnapped by Israel
Tasneem Shaer: “My father is not a terrorist”
28 August 2006 | The Palestinian Vice-Prime Minister, Mr Naser Shaer, was kidnapped on 19 August by Israeli soldiers. Few weeks ago, Voltairenetwork published an exclusive interview with this very respectful personality by the Palestinians. Mr Naser Shaer, 45 years old, became Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Education in the new Palestinian Government formed by Hamas on March 2006. Former rector of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Al Najah in Nablus, Mr Shaer is a moderate person. He does not belong to any political party, and is not a member of Hamas as widespread in the media. Tasneem, his eldest daughter, gives to Voltairenetwork, in a very simple and sober way, her account of the abduction of Mr Shaer and the bad and humiliating conditions of his (...)
Tasneem Shaer: “My father is not a terrorist”
28 August 2006 | The Palestinian Vice-Prime Minister, Mr Naser Shaer, was kidnapped on 19 August by Israeli soldiers. Few weeks ago, Voltairenetwork published an exclusive interview with this very respectful personality by the Palestinians. Mr Naser Shaer, 45 years old, became Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Education in the new Palestinian Government formed by Hamas on March 2006. Former rector of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Al Najah in Nablus, Mr Shaer is a moderate person. He does not belong to any political party, and is not a member of Hamas as widespread in the media. Tasneem, his eldest daughter, gives to Voltairenetwork, in a very simple and sober way, her account of the abduction of Mr Shaer and the bad and humiliating conditions of his (...)Interview with the Palestinian Vice-Prime Minister
Naser Shaer : "The Palestinians are strongly united against the sanctions"
4 August 2006 | Doctor Naser Dine Muhammad Ahmad Shaer is the Vice- Prime Minister and Minister of Education and higher learning in the Palestinian government formed by Hamas. Born in 1961, originally from Nablus, father of six children, this professor of law and legislation, rector of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Al Najah, hunted by Israel, finds himself obliged to live in clandestinity. He talks here about a subject the “West” refuses to admit: that Hamas is well integrated into the social fabric and that, confronted with Israeli oppression — as with the Lebanese and Hezbollah —Hamas is “like a fish in water” in Palestine.
Naser Shaer : "The Palestinians are strongly united against the sanctions"
4 August 2006 | Doctor Naser Dine Muhammad Ahmad Shaer is the Vice- Prime Minister and Minister of Education and higher learning in the Palestinian government formed by Hamas. Born in 1961, originally from Nablus, father of six children, this professor of law and legislation, rector of the Faculty of Law at the National University of Al Najah, hunted by Israel, finds himself obliged to live in clandestinity. He talks here about a subject the “West” refuses to admit: that Hamas is well integrated into the social fabric and that, confronted with Israeli oppression — as with the Lebanese and Hezbollah —Hamas is “like a fish in water” in Palestine.Israeli terror and collective punishments
Gaza: Israel is waging a war of ethnic “cleaning”
2 August 2006 | A report from a Palestinian refugee from the camp Beit Hanoun in the north of Gaza, while Israel maintains the complete closure of the Gaza Strip and continues its war in the northern part, cynically named “Summer Rain” – a war that has killed close to 200 people and left thousands wounded.
Gaza: Israel is waging a war of ethnic “cleaning”
2 August 2006 | A report from a Palestinian refugee from the camp Beit Hanoun in the north of Gaza, while Israel maintains the complete closure of the Gaza Strip and continues its war in the northern part, cynically named “Summer Rain” – a war that has killed close to 200 people and left thousands wounded.A Palestinian reports from Gaza
"Israel wants to drive us out our lands"
31 July 2006 | Khaled lives precariously in a refugee camp in Gaza. His poignant reports have been translated into many languages. Today, his voice, usually cheerful, was filled with revolt and a great lassitude.
"Israel wants to drive us out our lands"
31 July 2006 | Khaled lives precariously in a refugee camp in Gaza. His poignant reports have been translated into many languages. Today, his voice, usually cheerful, was filled with revolt and a great lassitude.Israeli war crimes
Gaza: “We are suffering together”
14 July 2006 | The testimony of this Palestinian family father living in northern Gaza – who in this Israeli war context wants to remain anonymous - gives an idea of the discouragement of the people of Gaza, one year after the dismantling of the Jewish settlements and the departure of the settlers. The Israeli army has returned to Gaza, its troops occupy the centre of Gaza, flanked by a dozen of tanks and army bulldozers. They destroy the crops, the greenhouses. For two weeks, F 16 and drones have been bombing houses inhabited by large families, leaving hundreds of killed and wounded. And all this happens in the world’s general indifference. In other words, nothing has changed.
Gaza: “We are suffering together”
14 July 2006 | The testimony of this Palestinian family father living in northern Gaza – who in this Israeli war context wants to remain anonymous - gives an idea of the discouragement of the people of Gaza, one year after the dismantling of the Jewish settlements and the departure of the settlers. The Israeli army has returned to Gaza, its troops occupy the centre of Gaza, flanked by a dozen of tanks and army bulldozers. They destroy the crops, the greenhouses. For two weeks, F 16 and drones have been bombing houses inhabited by large families, leaving hundreds of killed and wounded. And all this happens in the world’s general indifference. In other words, nothing has changed.Interview with Doctor Juma al-Saqqa of the Shifa Hospital in Gaza
Israel uses chemical radioactive weapons
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Israel uses chemical radioactive weapons
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Gaza under the fire of the Israeli army
"We have nothing left to lose"
27 June 2006 | A testimony of a Palestinian living in Gaza City*.
Silvia Cattori asks him in particular how people lived, on the spot, the capture of the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit, on June 25 2006 in Gaza, and on what it means for the Palestinians.
"We have nothing left to lose"
27 June 2006 | A testimony of a Palestinian living in Gaza City*.
Silvia Cattori asks him in particular how people lived, on the spot, the capture of the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit, on June 25 2006 in Gaza, and on what it means for the Palestinians.