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UPRISING IN PALESTINE
Check out these links for further information and developments
on the ground.
- Human
Rights Watch has issued a report today detailing the findings
of their recent investigations into unlawful use of force
in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip. (October 18, 2000).
Check out the following links: Press Release: http://www.hrw.org/press/2000/10/isr-pa1017.htm
Report: http://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/israel/
- LAW,
The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights
& the Environment http://www.lawsociety.org/
- The
Foundation for Middle East Peace (http://www.fmep.org)
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing Americans
about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and assisting in a
peaceful solution that brings security for both peoples. The
Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories,
published bimonthly by FMEP, provides up-to-date information
on Israel's settlement policies as well as the ongoing negotiations
with the Palestinians over the future of the West Bank, Gaza
Strip, and Jerusalem.
- The Alternative
Information Center is a Palestinian-Israeli organization
which disseminates information, research and political analysis
on Palestinian and Israeli societie, as well as the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, while promoting cooperation between Palestinians
and Israelis based on the values of social justice, solidarity
and community involvement. http://www.alternativenews.org
The AIC also has a comprehensive list of Palestinians and
Israeli organizations at the following link: http://www.alternativenews.org/directory/directory1.html
- The Common
Dreams News Center site provides breaking news
and views for the progressive community. http:www.commongdreams.org
- Ali
Abunimah's
site provides commentary and a good source of links to other
sites. http://www.abunimah.org/
- The Palestinian Right of Return Coalition, Al Awda http://al-awda.org/
- Z
Net's Middle East Watch page http://www.lbbs.org/meastwatch/meastwat.htm
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Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations
and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate
coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation
of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
http://www.indymedia.org/
- http://www.cesr.org/
The Center for Economic and Social Rights was established
in 1993 to address a critical gap in human rights and activism
in general. One of the first organizations to challenge economic
injustice as a violation of international human rights law,
CESR believes that economic and social rights -- legally binding
on all nations -- can provide a universally accepted framework
for strengthening social justice activism.
- http://www.adalah.org/
Adalah (Justice) is the first Arab-run nonprofit legal
center in Israel.
- BBC's
World Service Middle East page. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/default.stm
- Le
Monde Diplomatique's site has excellent maps on
the Middle East. Click on the following link and scroll to
the bottom of the page, to the Middle East section of maps.
<http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/maps/>
- CNN's Middle East Section - good for video and audio.
- B'tselem,
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied
Territories http://www.btselem.org/
- http://palestine-un.org
This is the official website of the Permanent Observer Mission
of Palestine to the United Nations.
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~gov46/
This website
has maps tracing the impact of various treaties and wars on
Palestinian territory.
- http://palestine-un.org/peace/frindex.html
This is a section of the website of the Permanent Observer
Mission of Palestine to the United Nations. It includes texts
of peace documents and treaties relating to Palestine and
Israel.
- http://palestine-un.org/res/frindex.html
This section of the website includes texts and information
regarding UN Resolutions relating to the Palestinian situation.
- http://web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/Index/MDE150412000?OpenDocument&of=COUNTRI
ES\ISRAEL This is a link to a copy of the report submitted
by an Amnesty International delegation which visited the Palestine/Israel
in early October to review the nature of the violence in the
region.
- http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/israel/
This is a link to a report produced by Human Rights Watch
about the violence in Palestine/Israel.
- http://www.state.gov/www/regions/nea/sharmelsheik.html
This is a link to the press releases from the United States
Department of State regarding the meeting at Sharm El-Sheikh
on October 16, 2000.
- Daily wire service and other reports on the conflict from Yahoo.com
- Daily wire service photographs - This site allows you to specify
searches by photos. Phrases that returned a lot of current
clash photos included: Rubber bullets, Israeli soldiers, palestinian
demonstrators, etc.
Other relevant websites
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