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Two Palestinian Villages Ask Susan Sarandon to Repudiate Leviev over Israeli Settlements - An Open Letter
December 27, 2007
Dear Ms. Sarandon,
We felt sorrow when we learned that you accepted Lev Leviev’s invitation to attend the opening night event for his new jewelry store in New York City on November 13 while our friends protested outside, because we respect you for your support for human rights, for your courage in speaking since 2002 against the US war on Iraq, and for your many other honorable public positions.
On Trust and Dialogue - My Personal Odyssey
December 27, 2007
It seems odd to me now, that growing up I never knew any Arabs.
I grew up in Jerusalem, which is a ‘mixed’ city, but I never had an Arab friend, or even an Arab acquaintance (Israelis growing up in the 60’s and early 70’s had never heard of Palestinians so we just called them Arabs.) There were never any attempts to integrate Israeli and Arab children in Jerusalem, nothing organized by the schools, no mutual cultural events, not even sporting events. The two communities were and still are completely segregated.
From Bil’in to Madison Avenue: Demonstrations Outside the Leviev Jewelry Shop in New York over Danya Cebus’ Construction in the Territories
December 25, 2007
The exclusive jewelry shop that Lev Leviev opened in New York became a focus for protests against the extensive construction of settlements in the territories that is being implemented by the construction company Danya Cebus, owned by the diamond and real estate magnate. The New York Post reported that currently,in addition to the protests outside Leviev’s jewelry shop on Madison Avenue in New York, calls are being made to famous people — celebrities, who are also supporters of human rights—to boycott the store, which opened last month.
Six wounded in nonviolent Anti-wall protest in Bil'in
December 21, 2007
Palestinians from the village of Bil’in, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall on Friday midday. Shortly after the midday Friday prayers, the protestors marched towards the location of the illegal wall built on the village’s land.
Three injured in Bil'in weekly anti-Wall protest
December 15, 2007
Palestinians from the village of Bil’in, near Ramallah in the central West Bank, along with their international and Israeli supporters conducted their weekly protest against the Israeli Annexation Wall on Friday midday.
