Palestinians Not Forgotten at UN

> PALESTINE : DEVELOPMENT:
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> UN ASSEMBLY HEAD HAILED FOR SLAMMING ISRAEL
> By Thalif Deen,  The Electronic Intifada, 3 December 2008
>
> UNITED NATIONS  (IPS) – The president of the United Nations
> General Assembly, Father  Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann,
> dropped a political bombshell last week  when he lashed out
> at Israel for its repressive actions in the  Occupied
> Palestinian Territories, including the recent blockade  of
> humanitarian aid to Gaza. “What is being done to the
>  Palestinian people seems to me to be a version of the
> hideous policy  of apartheid,” he told delegates, during a
> meeting commemorating the  ”International Day of Solidarity
> with the Palestinian People.”
>  
> http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10006.shtml
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>  PALESTINE : OPINION/EDITORIAL:
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> WILL PALESTINIANS HIT  HILLARY’S GLASS CEILING?
> By Dr. Marcy Newman, The Electronic  Intifada, 2 December 2008
>
> It is difficult to recall a US  secretary of state who
> embodied the ideals of the position: the  promotion of
> dialogue and privileging of diplomacy. Unfortunately,  US
> President-elect Barack Obama‘s nominee, Hillary Clinton,
> is  not likely to restore these ideals to the office.
> Clinton has long  championed military action against the
> former Yugoslavia, Iraq and has  promised to “obliterate”
> Iran if the state launched a nuclear strike  against
> Israel. Dr. Marcy Newman comments for The Electronic
>  Intifada.
>
>  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10000.shtml
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>  PALESTINE : HUMAN RIGHTS:
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> RIGHTS ORG: GAZA FLOUR STOCKS  SUFFICENT FOR LESS THAN THREE MORE DAYS
> Press release, PCHR, 2  December 2008
>
> On the 27th consecutive day of closure, the  Gaza power
> plant has been forced to shut down due to lack of  fuel,
> and Gazans are now totally dependent on electricity
>  generated from Israel, and to a lesser extent, Egypt.
> There are also  chronic severe shortages of domestic
> cooking gas. Regarding essential  food items, IOF have not
> permitted any consignments of flour to enter  the Gaza
> Strip for one week, and current stocks are sufficient  for
> just less than three days.
>
>  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10003.shtml
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>  PALESTINE : ACTIVISM NEWS:
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> MORE TRANSNATIONAL COMPANIES  DIVEST FROM ILLEGAL INDUSTRIAL SETTLEMENTS
> By Adri Nieuwhof, The  Electronic Intifada, 2 December 2008
>
> The movement in Europe  to put pressure on companies that
> benefit from the occupation is  growing. Over the last few
> months, European, Palestinian and Israeli  activists have
> won significant victories toward the 2005 call  by
> Palestinian civil society for boycott, divestment and
>  sanctions against Israel. In early October, Barkan
> Wineries, a  subsidiary of Tempo Beer Industry Ltd.,
> decided to divest from an  illegal settlement in the Barkan
> Industrial Park. Adri Nieuwhof  reports.
>
>  http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10001.shtml
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