

STUDY, LEARN, ACT— Formed in 2002, Mideast:JustPeace is an educational-activist organization providing a voice for the Palestinian resistance, the anti-Occupation Israelis and Americans who oppose the current U.S. /Israeli policies in the Middle East. Many in the greater Traverse City area have been to Palestine/Israel and know that what we are learning by way of U.S. media is biased, incomplete, and inaccurate. MidEast:JustPeace attempts through education and action-oriented activities to have an impact on these issues.
What a 'period of calm' looks like in the Occupied Territories
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US investigated Gaza flotilla passengers for terror ties but not Israel’s slaying of citizen, new docs show
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Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker detained briefly at LAX
Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Palestinian maker of a film nominated for an Oscar was briefly detained by U.S. officials who questioned the validity of his Academy Awards invitation as he and his family arrived in Los Angeles for this weekend's event, his publicist told CNN on Wednesday. Read more
Israel Goods Boycott Movement Rises
by Eva Bartlett
Tawfiq Mandil, 45, stands amongst hundreds of Palestinian farmers, activists, and international supporters in the Gaza Strip’s eastern Zeitoun district, about half a kilometer from the border with Israel. They are renewing a call for the boycott of Israeli goods. Read more here
Watch: BDS campaigner Omar Barghouti lecture and conversation with Amy Goodman in Santa Fe
Israel’s rightward shift leaves Palestinian citizens out in the cold 14 FEBRUARY 2013 Middle East Report – 13 February 2013
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Why It's "Legal" When the U.S. Does It, by Noam Chomsky, February 3, 2013.
At least 166 homes in Israeli settlement built on private Palestinian land Haaretz has obtained a certified map of the West Bank settlement of Eli, drafted by the Civil Administration to clarify what lands could be included in zoning plan for settlement, which reveals the houses were built on Palestinian property. Read More
By Chaim Levinson