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Russell Tribunal on Palestine

Public Statement of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine following the conclusion of the London Session on corporate complicity in Israeli violations of international law

Russell Tribunal on Palesti… by paola pisi

Press release : Tribunal finds British and international business complicit in Israeli war crimes Identifies legal remedies and calls for civil society boycott action

The jury concluded there were positive legal ramifications for those took action on boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel. “Those who wish to actively protest about this, are entitled to do so,” said Mr. Mansfield. Those prosecuted for criminal damages have a defence: necessity.

Transcripts of the three London sessions of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine are downloadable here

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Ali Abunimah in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Recently, Ali Abunimah lectured despite zionist objections at the University of New Mexico. He was interviewed by Mary-Charlotte at Santa Fe Radio-Cafe.

“So what precisely does it mean to have a Jewish state? If here in the United States we have the protections and the right to live the way we want to, to raise our children the way we want to, respecting the rights of others, why would we need to declare the United States to be a Jewish state, or a Christian state, or a White state, or any other kind of state. And exactly the same applies in Palestine. If the concept of a Jewish state is a state where you have special privileges and special rights because you are a Jew, that is not a concept of a Jewish state that anyone should defend or support, but if you are talking about a country in which there is a large Jewish community that enjoys all the protections of the law, that it gets to live the way it wants like any other community, then that is a good thing, that’s what I am talking about.”

Listen to the entire interview.

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PCRF Completes Another Mission Despite One Man Down

A Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund 3 man French team completed its week long mission to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on November 12 after training local surgeons and performing expert orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery on needy patients. Professor Christophe Oberlin has led several past missions to help the people of Gaza. The team also included anaesthesiologist Dr. Christophe Denetes and surgeon Dr. Azez Rafee Asan.

As reported by Ma’an Newsagency on November 8, one of the team was denied entrance by the IDF. The PCRF now reveal this team member was British doctor, Dr. Asan, who was denied entry by Israel “despite having a prior permit and working there in the past“. Dr. Asan is originally from Iraq. Israel has a disturbing record of denying entry to doctors to the Gaza Strip.

This French mission was sponsored through the PCRF by the Firedoll Foundation of California.

The PCRF is one of the few American-registered NGOs with a license from the Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) from the US Dept. of Treasury enabling them to work in the government hospitals in Gaza to provide humanitarian surgical care for sick and needy patients. Australia also participates in PCRF projects through the Australian Friends of Palestine Association.