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Gaza flotilla activists: Queers welcome aboard aid ships - 30 June 2011

John Greyson, Canadian Gaza flotilla activist, responds to recent YouTube video claiming homosexuals are not welcome on board the flotilla; tells Haaretz video is a 'ridiculously transparent attempt to vilify the flotilla'.

Source: Haaretz

Israel army uses fabrications to assert flotilla financial links to Hamas - 30 June 2011

The Israeli military claimed today that it had “uncovered financial links” between the Gaza-bound flotilla and the Palestinian movement Hamas. But their claims are based on unsubstantiated assertions and outright fabrications.

Source: the Electronic Intifada

Israel has become a society of force and violence - 30 June 2011

What will Israelis think about when they are spoon-fed scary stories about the flotilla, if not about the use of force? Those activists want to kill IDF soldiers? We'll arise and kill them first.

Source: Haaretz

Caabu: British government must focus on Palestinian prisoners - 28 June 2011

Caabu has called upon the British government to urgently raise the issue of Palestinian prisoners with the Israeli authorities.

Source: Caabu

Gaza flotilla activists: One of our ships was sabotaged - 27 June 2011

Israeli activist says his ship, which is docked in Greece's Piraeus port, was found with its propeller shaft broken which he believes was a deliberate attempt at sabotage.

Source: Haaretz

Building Boom in Gaza’s Ruins Belies Misery That Remains - 27 June 2011

“For the vast majority in Gaza, things are not improving,” she said. “Most people in Gaza remain forgotten.”

Source: The New York Times

The diamond industry’s double-standard on Israel - 24 June 2011

All too aware of how bad association with war crimes is for business, the diamond industry has taken pains to evade questions about its connections with Israel’s human rights abuses — and so far has escaped scrutiny from watchdog organizations.

Source: the Electronic Intifada

Palestinians pelt Gaza Red Cross office with eggs - 24 June 2011

GAZA CITY (AFP) -- Palestinians threw eggs at the international Red Cross office in Gaza on Thursday to protest against a call for Hamas to show signs a captured Israeli soldier was still alive.

Source: Ma'an News Agency

Hillary Clinton gives green light for Israeli attack on Gaza flotilla - 24 June 2011

In comments yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to lay the ground – indeed almost provide a green light – for an Israeli military attack on the upcoming Source: the Electronic Intifada

Can Palestine be partitioned? Taking the discussion back to basics - 23 June 2011

Anyone who follows developments related to Palestine will have heard countless times the lazy assertion that “everybody knows” what a final outcome will look like.

Source: the Electronic Intifada