Amira Hass on "Democracy Now!" on 21st October 2009

Amira Hass is a regular columnist with Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper and the only Israeli journalist to have spent several years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank. On Tuesday 20th October 2009, Hass was awarded the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour described Hass as “one of the greatest truth-seekers of them all.” Hass talks about her covering the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Goldstone report on the Israeli assault on Gaza, and the need to understand the issue in the context of military occupation. Click here to read the rush transcript.

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Lifta Petition

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The War Crime Network

The grip tightens around those responsible for war crimes in Palestine. International warrants for their arrest are being issued as condemnations rise.

Gaza was the turning point in world awareness of such crimes.

Below is a series of links to articles from the Guardian relating to 3 key Israeli figures: Doron Almog, Moshe Ya'alon and Ehud Barak.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/05/israeli-minister-moshe-yaalon-visit/print

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/29/ehud-barak-war-crimes-israel/print

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/19/uksecurity.israelandthepalestinians

Palestinians In The Shooting Range Of Netanyahu's Settlers

B'Tselem Camera Distribution Project illustrating the "normal lives" of the Palestinians.

http://www.btselem.org/English/Video/Index.asp