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Badil resource center organizes exchange between south Africa trade unionists and palestinian civic

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Badil Resource Center Organizes Exchange between South Africa Trade Unionists and Palestinian Civic Leaders

Bethlehem – BADIL Resource Center – South African anti-Apartheid leader and union official Ziko Tamela is in the Israeli occupied West Bank this week to gain insight into the Palestinian reality on the ground and to forge stronger links for solidarity work. Tamela is the international secretary for the South African Transport and Communications Workers Union, which gained international attention during Israel’s recent 22-day war on Gaza by refusing to off-load Israeli cargo. In doing so, it consciously sought to replicate the boycott activity of European dockworkers who refused to handle South African goods during the dark days of the apartheid regime.  Badil Resource Center organized a day’s activity for Tamela including a tour of Deheisheh refugee camp led by members of its popular committee; a tour of Aida refugee camp, including the surrounding apartheid wall; an exchange with the  children of Laji’ cultural center, also in Aida refugee camp; and a visit to the Church of the Nativity. Read More »Badil resource center organizes exchange between south Africa trade unionists and palestinian civic

Summing up Isarael s new government in one word lieberman

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Summing up Israel ‘s new government in one word: Lieberman
By Yossi Verter
 
 


If asked to sum up the 23 days of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s second government, one word will do: Lieberman. Our new foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has hijacked the national agenda. From the minute he entered the ministry, from his crude behaviour toward U.S. envoy George Mitchell to his interview in the Russian papers and his comments on the Arab initiative, his unfortunate deputy at the Foreign Ministry, Daniel Ayalon, has had to trot after his boss to put out the fires Lieberman has ignited in the diplomatic fields.

Three times already, Netanyahu has had to reprimand his foreign minister, discreetly of course. The last time was on Wednesday, before the cabinet meeting. Perhaps "reprimand" is an exaggeration. "Pleaded" with him, or "begged" him to count to 10 before he opens his mouth, might be a more accurate description.

 

  

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Report olmert livni may face war crimes charges in norway

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Report: Olmert, Livni may face war crimes charges in Norway 
 
By Haaretz Service  
 

 
 

Former prime minister Ehud Olmert and opposition leader Tzipi Livni may face war crimes charges in Norway over their role in Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza, AFP reported Tuesday.

The news agency said six Norwegian lawyers announced plans Tuesday to accuse the pair, as well as Defense Minister Ehud Barak and seven senior Israel Defense Forces officers, of the crimes.

 

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