DOCSLIB.ORG

Palestine News 2009-10 Winter

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Palestine News 2009-10 Winter winter09/10 palestine NEWS 1 £1.50 / €2.00 ISSN 1477-5808 Winter 2009/10 The world says... INSIDE: PSC/Viva Palestina Netanyahu’s freeze Who profits? Homestay holidays convoy arrives Mustafa Barghouti Chris Cox Polly Basak page 5 page 8 page 10 page 16 Palestine Solidarity Campaign Box BM PSA London WC1N 3XX tel 020 7700 6192 email [email protected] web www.palestinecampaign.org 2 palestine NEWS winter09/10 Contents 3 Ten Years of intifada and solidarity Betty Hunter reflects on what a mass movement can achieve 4 Amongst the ruins Victoria Brittain reports on the destruction and trauma in Gaza 5 Breaking the siege! The PSC/Viva Palestina convoy’s heroic journey 6 Farmers vs bullets Eva Bartlett talks to Gazan farmers driven from their land 7 Gaza news Egypt’s underground tunnel, Livni arrest warrant, Amnesty report 8 Netanyahou’s freeze — a new bluff Mustafa Barghouti examines Israel’s attempts at mass deception Cover photo: “Free Gaza” 10 Who profits from the occupation? written in candles in Bern Chris Cox investigates who is making money from misery Credit: Codepink 12 Armageddon — straight ahead Rabbi Arik Ascherman relates his horror at events in Sheikh Jarrah ISSN 1477 - 5808 13 An unfair fight Hatem Abu Ahmad on inequality before the law in Jerusalem Also in this issue... 14 Christian soft Zionism page 25 Bernard Kilroy looks into a common Christian mindset 15 Workers’ rights in the Jordan Valley Chris Cox reports on a battle for fair treatment 16 Homestay holidays — a great way to visit Polly Basak describes staying in a Palestinian home 17 The Exodus myth de-bunked Raymond Deane reviews Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People 18 Lessons in citizenship John Yandell assesses PSC’s invaluable resource for schools A bereaved Gaza artist expresses 19 Trade union links his grief in paint Nablus firefighters in the UK, British trade unionists in Palestine 20 Campus watch Check out Sharen Green reports on the case of Berlanty Azzam and other university news our new improved 21 BDS — a key strategy website Momentous successes achieved by the boycott campaign 22 In Brief Get Lowkey in the charts, no power for Palestinians, Gaza tunnel deaths, censorship, human rights award, and more… 26 Mobilising support nationwide Members support the convoy, lobby supermarkets, host talks, and more… 28 Arts and Reviews An extraordinary embroidered dress, Rachel Shabi’s Not the Enemy – Israel’s Jews from Arab Lands, Joe Sacco’s Footnotes in Gaza, Susan Abulhawa’s Mornings in Jenin, Peter Mortimer’s Camp Shatila, the Jerusalem Underground Project Visit our website and keep up palestine NEWS Palestine Solidarity Campaign to date on issues surrounding A Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) publication. Palestine. PSC’s website provides Campaigning against the oppression and PSC does not necessarily agree with all opinions dispossession suffered by the Palestinian people details of all of the latest campaigns expressed in the magazine. and events. It also has daily news E-mail: [email protected] Supporting the rights of the Palestinian updates and extensive searchable people and their struggle to achieve these directories of articles on Palestine. The editorial team rights including the Right of Return in line with The site’s resource section provides Editor: Gill Swain UN resolution 194 many downloadable documents, Deputy editor: Hilary Wise including maps and pictures. There’s Victoria Brittain, Chris Cox, Ben White, Isabelle Promoting Palestinian civil society in the also a comprehensive list of media Humphries, Polly Basak interests of democratic rights and social justice contacts, so each time you hear Design and layout biased reporting on Palestine, you Mulberry Design Opposing Israel’s occupation and its aggression against neighbouring states can promptly complain to the right If you would like to contribute or respond to one people! of the articles in this issue please write to: Opposing anti-semitism and racism, including The Editor, Palestine News, Box BM PSA, the apartheid and Zionist nature of the Israeli www.palestinecampaign.org London WC1N 3XX state winter09/10 EDITORIAL palestine NEWS 3 Ten years of intifada and solidarity By Betty Hunter in support of justice for the Palestinian people. This means being clear about our he triumphant, if delayed, entry objective to change government policy by of the Viva Palestina/Palestine building a mass movement based upon Solidarity Campaign Gaza Convoy our political platform of self determination, Tthrough Rafah has succeeded for sovereignty, right of return of the refugees the third time since the Israelis’ “Operation and Jerusalem as a Palestinian capital. Cast Lead” in breaking the illegal and When the second intifada started in inhumane siege of Gaza. This act of September 2000 the PSC was a small solidarity, together with the International grouping of 350 members, some in Gaza Freedom March, demonstrates how London and others in the admirable much can be achieved by ordinary people branches which had held steadfast during everywhere. It is the huge efforts made by the difficult years, in Brighton, Durham, people around the world in the Gaza and Sheffield and Cardiff. boycott campaigns which show the people Since then a new era of international of Palestine that they are not forgotten. solidarity with the Palestinian cause has The refusal of world leaders, including President Obama, to begun. PSC members and the elected leadership have worked hold the Israeli government to account for its actions, despite the together to build the current broad, mainstream organisation of continual settlement building and the Goldstone report cataloguing almost 4,500 members, over 40 branches and prestigious patrons the war crimes committed in December 2008 and January 2009, from all walks of life who use their influence and their experience contrasts shamefully with the response across the world as in promoting our cause. The support of 18 national trade unions people of conscience, seeing the reality of Israel’s oppression and and our work with them has resulted in a political shift at the TUC aggression, reacted in their millions with demonstrations, student and in the trade union movement similar to the support given to the occupations, educational meetings and boycott campaigns. anti-apartheid movement. The reality of a mass boycott campaign Last autumn the PSC decided to strengthen its previous support moving from settlement goods to all Israeli goods and taking up of the Viva Palestina convoys to make participation and building of divestment and sanctions can be achieved in 2010. the convoy a major part of our work for Palestine this winter. Our PSC has won this significant support because we are a aim was to give practical help to the people of Gaza, to demonstrate membership organisation open to all (except racists) with our political support for them and to use the experience to help accountability. However we value the work of other campaigning build a stronger solidarity movement. groups or whose supporters are a particular milieu and have worked Building on the immense work done at the time of the attacks on with many on events and campaigns where this can be done on a Gaza, branches and individuals have raised awareness and support principled basis. Over the last nine years we have worked with and while raising money for medical, educational and food aid as well as promoted the work of faith and community groups such as BMI, consciousness (see p26). We hope that the convoy and the reports JFJFP, Amos Trust, those with very specific political aims such as which the participants bring back will be an inspiration to many ICAHD UK, BRICUP, those with party political affiliations and many more people around Britain to become actively involved in solidarity others. We hope to continue with this unity in the coming year as the with Palestine and the Palestinian people. situation in Palestine demands absolute commitment to the rights of Richard Falk, Special Rapporteur to the UN, repeated in the Palestinian people. December the conclusion which his predecessor John Dugard In Britain it is now possible to challenge the myth of Israeli came to: namely that as world leaders have reneged on their duty victimhood previously so entrenched in the public consciousness to uphold and implement international law it is up to civil society and PSC has helped create a new awareness of the history of to create movements which will bring change. Falk cited the Palestinian oppression and dispossession. The coming year will international breaking of the Gaza siege and the BDS campaign as be one of increased pressure on the Palestinians to accept new “the only meaningful significant challenges to Israel’s violations of borders, land loss and loss of refugee and sovereignty rights. The its obligations as the Occupying Power of the Gaza Strip under the future of Jerusalem is in jeopardy. PSC has a responsibility to the Geneva Conventions and the United Nations Charter.” Palestinian people to build an effective mass solidarity movement The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has always taken seriously and we know that our members and branches will continue to work its responsibility to build the broadest mainstream movement for that end. PSC PATRONS John Austin MP Tony Benn Rodney Bickerstaffe Victoria Brittain Barry Camfi eld Julie Christie Caryl Churchill Jeremy Corbyn MP Bob Crow William Dalrymple Revd Garth Hewitt Dr Ghada Karmi Bruce Kent Lowkey Karma Nabulsi Ilan Pappe Corin Redgrave Keith Sonnet Ahdaf Soueif Baroness Tonge of Kew John Williams Ruth Winters Dr Tony Zahlan Benjamin Zephaniah 4 palestine NEWS REPORTS winter09/10 Amongst the ruins From Victoria Brittain, Gaza City he Erez crossing from Israel into Gaza is almost deserted these days, apart from the many soldiers who guard Tit. In the empty parking lot there’s a tent plastered with pictures of Gilad Shalit, manned by keen advocates of a prisoner swap and a few passing diplomats or aid officials.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Hamas: Background and Issues for Congress
    Hamas: Background and Issues for Congress December 2, 2010 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov R41514 Hamas: Background and Issues for Congress Summary This report and its appendixes provide background information on Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, and U.S. policy towards it. It also includes information and analysis on (1) the threats Hamas currently poses to U.S. interests, (2) how Hamas compares with other Middle East terrorist groups, (3) Hamas’s ideology and policies (both generally and on discrete issues), (4) its leadership and organization, and (5) its sources of assistance. Finally, the report raises and discusses various legislative and oversight options related to foreign aid strategies, financial sanctions, and regional and international political approaches. In evaluating these options, Congress can assess how Hamas has emerged and adapted over time, and also scrutinize the track record of U.S., Israeli, and international policy to counter Hamas. Hamas is a Palestinian Islamist military and sociopolitical movement that grew out of the Muslim Brotherhood. The United States, Israel, the European Union, and Canada consider Hamas a terrorist organization because of (1) its violent resistance to what it deems Israeli occupation of historic Palestine (constituting present-day Israel, West Bank, and Gaza Strip), and (2) its rejection of the off-and-on peace process involving Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) since the early 1990s. Since Hamas’s inception in 1987, it has maintained its primary base of political support and its military command in the Gaza Strip—a territory it has controlled since June 2007—while also having a significant presence in the West Bank.
    [Show full text]
  • Winter 2010-2011
    ???Editorial Dear Readers, We thought long and hard about us! Founder of WIZO and first president Rebecca Sieff looks what to put into this special 90th back over the first 40 years (page 32) – and WIZO Review anniversary edition of WIZO Assistant Editor Tricia Schwitzer writes an imaginary letter Review. At 90 years young, we to Rebecca – and asks ‘How have we done?’ (page 33). want to look forward, but at the same time, remember the past. The article on pages 34-35 features a new project about And we decided to do both – to start in WIZO’s schools: teaching the students about but in an unusual way. In this WIZO. Based on a worldwide popular game, this was the issue, WIZO chaverot speak – brainchild of World WIZO’s Education Division Chairperson, both historically and currently. Ruth Rubinstein. Amongst some old issues of WIZO Review, there are some WIZO.uk chairman Loraine Warren is the subject of our first-hand accounts of the very first days of WIZO. And it was Interview (pages 36-37) for this issue. Loraine tells us how quite amazing how some of those articles blended in with proud she is to be part of the WIZO family and how fulfilling what we were planning. The magazine from 1960, marking a career it can be. WIZO’s 40th anniversary, is a wealth of original experiences – with articles written by the very women who were there We all are so proud of our WIZO husbands – how they support at the beginning. us! Read (on page 38) what an anonymous Canadian WIZO husband says in WIZO Review December 1946 – he belongs Everyone in Israel and our friends around the world will to the Loyal Order of WIZO Husbands.
    [Show full text]
  • News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
    The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center News of Terrorism and the Israeli- Palestinian Conflict (September 1-6, 2010) Hamas spokesman Musheir al-Masri extols the terrorist shooting attack in Judea and Samaria (Al-Jazeera TV, August 31, 2010). Overview This past week events focused on the relaunching of the direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Washington. According to media reports, both sides agreed their objective was to formulate a "framework agreement" within a year which would define the principles of a resolution for the conflict and the establishment of a Palestinian state. George Mitchell, the American envoy to the Middle East, said that Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas had also agreed to meet in the Middle East on September 14 and 15, and that they would continue meeting every two weeks. The opening session was accompanied by shootin g attacks carried out by Hamas and targeting Israeli vehicles in Judea and Samaria: An attack southeast of Hebron killed four Israeli civilians. In another shooting attack in eastern Samaria two Israeli civilians were wounded. A shooting attack northeast of Ramallah did not result in casualties. Responsibility for the attacks, which were intended to disrupt 248-10 the relaunching of the talks, was claimed by Hamas, which also threatened to maintain a dialogue with Israel "with guns." 2 Important Terrorist Events Shooting Attacks in Judea and Samaria On the evening of August 31 an Israeli vehicle was shot at near the Bani Naim junction southeast of Kiryat Arba in Judea. The four Israeli civilians in the car were killed.
    [Show full text]
  • Countering the Plunder and Sale of Priceless Cultural Antiquities by Isis
    PREVENTING CULTURAL GENOCIDE: COUNTERING THE PLUNDER AND SALE OF PRICELESS CULTURAL ANTIQUITIES BY ISIS HEARING BEFORE THE TASK FORCE TO INVESTIGATE TERRORISM FINANCING OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION APRIL 19, 2016 Printed for the use of the Committee on Financial Services Serial No. 114–83 ( U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 23–891 PDF WASHINGTON : 2017 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Nov 24 2008 17:07 Aug 14, 2017 Jkt 023891 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 K:\DOCS\23891.TXT TERI HOUSE COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES JEB HENSARLING, Texas, Chairman PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina, MAXINE WATERS, California, Ranking Vice Chairman Member PETER T. KING, New York CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York EDWARD R. ROYCE, California NYDIA M. VELA´ ZQUEZ, New York FRANK D. LUCAS, Oklahoma BRAD SHERMAN, California SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York RANDY NEUGEBAUER, Texas MICHAEL E. CAPUANO, Massachusetts STEVAN PEARCE, New Mexico RUBE´ N HINOJOSA, Texas BILL POSEY, Florida WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK, Pennsylvania STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, Georgia DAVID SCOTT, Georgia BLAINE LUETKEMEYER, Missouri AL GREEN, Texas BILL HUIZENGA, Michigan EMANUEL CLEAVER, Missouri SEAN P. DUFFY, Wisconsin GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin ROBERT HURT, Virginia KEITH ELLISON, Minnesota STEVE STIVERS, Ohio ED PERLMUTTER, Colorado STEPHEN LEE FINCHER, Tennessee JAMES A.
    [Show full text]
  • A Guide to Understanding the Struggle for Palestinian Human Rights
    A Guide to Understanding the Struggle for Palestinian Human Rights © Copyright 2010, The Veritas Handbook. 1st Edition: July 2010. Online PDF, Cost: $0.00 Cover Photo: Ahmad Mesleh This document may be reproduced and redistributed, in part, or in full, for educational and non- profit purposes only and cannot be used for fundraising or any monetary purposes. We encourage you to distribute the material and print it, while keeping the environment in mind. Photos by Ahmad Mesleh, Jon Elmer, and Zoriah are copyrighted by the authors and used with permission. Please see www.jonelmer.ca, www.ahmadmesleh.wordpress.com and www.zoriah.com for detailed copyright information and more information on these photographers. Excerpts from Rashid Khalidi’s Palestinian Identity, Ben White’s Israeli Apartheid: A Beginner’s Guide and Norman Finkelstein’s This Time We Went Too Far are also taken with permission of the author and/or publishers and can only be used for the purposes of this handbook. Articles from The Electronic Intifada and PULSE Media have been used with written permission. We claim no rights to the images included or content that has been cited from other online resources. Contact: [email protected] Web: www.veritashandbook.blogspot.com T h e V E R I T A S H a n d b o o k 2 A Guide to Understanding the Struggle for Palestinian Human Rights To make this handbook possible, we would like to thank 1. The Hasbara Handbook and the Hasbara Fellowships 2. The Israel Project’s Global Language Dictionary Both of which served as great inspirations, convincing us of the necessity of this handbook in our plight to establish truth and justice.
    [Show full text]
  • A Comparative Analysis of Cnn and Al Jazeera's Coverage
    A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CNN AND AL JAZEERA’S COVERAGE OF THE PALESTINIAN- ISRAELI CONFLICT OF 2014 BY HALIMA SADIYYA ADAMU P13SSMM8011 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN MASS COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT OF MASS COMMUNICATION, FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA OCTOBER, 2018 1 DECLARATION I declare that the work in this dissertation entitled A Comparative Analysis of CNN and Al Jazeera English Coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict of 2014 was written by me in the department of Mass Communication. The information derived from the literature has been duly acknowledged in the text and a list of references provided. No part of this thesis has been presented for the award of any form of academic qualification at this, or any other academic institution. _________________________ ________________________Halima Sadiyya Adamu Date P13SSMM8011 2 CERTIFICATION This dissertation entitled A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CNN AND AL JAZEERA‘S COVERAGE OF THE PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT OF 2014 by ADAMU HALIMA SADIYYA meets the regulations governing the award of the degree of Masters of Science (M.S.c Hons) in Mass Communication of the Ahmadu Bello University, and is approved for its contribution to knowledge and literary presentation. Mal. Usman Jimada ______________________ __________________ Chairman, Supervisory Committee Date Dr. Ibrahim Jimoh _______________________ __________________ Member, Supervisory Committee Date Dr. Mahmood Umar ________________________ __________________ Head of Department Date Prof. Sadiq Z. Abubakar _____________________ _________________ Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies Date 3 DEDICATION For my beloved late father, Mallam Sa‘idu Hassan Adamu (Paapa) who was always so proud of me.
    [Show full text]
  • ENGAGE Briefing Note for Mps
    ENGAGE Briefing note for MPs ‘The Gaza blockade, Israel and the storming of the Mavi Marmara and Gaza aid flotilla’ June 2010 For further information on this briefing note please contact ENGAGE on [email protected] This briefing document lays forth the destructive impact of the blockade on Gaza, the many recommendations of international aid agencies and the House’s select committee on Foreign Affairs on a reassessment of the UK’s Middle East policy as well as the policies of the Quartet (US, EU, UN and Russia), and in line with the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy and the Union of the Mediterranean and the EU-Israel Association Agreement which forms the basis of developing bilateral relations between the EU and Israel. Since the raid on the Mavi Marmara on 31 st May 2010 by Israeli commandos who killed up to 19 aid activists as their vessel sailed in international waters carrying 10,000 tonnes of food and reconstruction aid to the people of Gaza, the international community and the UN have decried the ongoing blockade as ‘unsustainable’ and ‘inhumane’. As the UK government awaits the outcome of an independent inquiry into the catastrophic events of Monday 31 st May 2010, consistent with the UN’s calls for a ‘full, credible, impartial and independent investigation’, attention must duly turn to the impact the blockade has had on Gazans these past three years, and its contribution to the thwarting of long term prospects for peace in the Middle East. Background - Timeline of events: Jan 2005 Hamas wins local elections gaining 75 seats out of 118 seats against Fatah's 26 seats in 10 districts across the Palestinian territories.
    [Show full text]
  • Viva Palestina Convoy Hits the Road Image: Therespectpaper the Viva Palestinia Convoy Has Captured February 14
    Jerry Hicks putting workers’ interests Salma Yaqoob at the top of the agenda. argues we need to step George Galloway up the boycott on Israel. explains the purpose of the convoy to Gaza. Equality Peace Justice TheRespectPaper THE MONTHLY NEWSPAPER OF RESPECT ISSUE 10 FEBRUARY 2009 80p Gaza A lifeline from Britain to Viva Palestina convoy hits the road Image: TheRespectPaper Image: The campaign, involving Respect members and thousands more, February 14. They will travel has lifted o , and changed the face of solidarity through Europe and across campaigning on Palestine. The Viva Palestinia convoy has captured North Africa and will enter Gaza from Egypt. For more details on the convoy, the marches, the imagination of thousands of people The convoy has two purposes. First to contribute the student occupations and campaigning across who are determined to ght for justice to the aid e ort that the BBC among others is trying the country, see our coverage on pages 6,7,8 & 9. for the people of Palestine. All their to block. centre pages support, both material and political has Secondly, it is to smash the propaganda blockade Route of the convoy centre pages B BC Biased Broadcasting Instead the BBC obediently allowed Gaza Humanitarian disaster faming land, wells, water sources and I s r a e l What was their On November 4 Israel broke the Israelis the last word in almost The carnage wreaked by 22 days of greenhouses. objective? the truce in a raid that killed six The BBC decision in January not every radio and TV report, using the relentless Israeli assault on Gaza is Of the 1360 dead, Palestinian human Palestinians.
    [Show full text]
  • WAR CRIMES in GAZA Written by Arwa Aburawa
    WAR CRIMES IN GAZA Written by Arwa Aburawa Edited by Rajnaara Akhtar Forward Ismail Patel Design and Layout Shoayb Adam Friends of Al-Aqsa P.O Box 5127 Leicester LE2 0WU 0116 212 5441 www.aqsa.org.uk [email protected] Gaza cannot be forgotten CONTENTS Preface 5 Forward 9 1. A Historic Overview 10 a. A Brief History of Gaza Before 1948 b. Gaza During the Nakba c. The 1967 War d. Gaza and the Intifada e. Oslo and the Al-Aqsa Intifada f. Gaza and the ‘Disengagement Plan’ 2005 g. Growing Popularity of Hamas 2. The Hamas Election Victory and its Impact on the Gaza Strip 15 a. Background on Hamas b. Hamas in the Gaza Strip c. Election Victory d. Sanctions Imposed in Response to Hamas’ Victory e. Violence Between Hamas and Fatah f. US-backed Palestinian Civil War 3. Summer/Autumn 2006 20 a. Attacks from April to Early June 2006 b. Sonic Booms Terrorize Gazan Skies c. Gaza Food Crisis d. The Kidnap of Gilad Shalit e. Operation ‘Summer Rain’ f. Operation ‘Autumn Clouds’ and the Massacre in Beit Hanoun g. Kidnapped: Alan Johnston 4. The Gaza Siege 24 a. Food and Water b. Fuel and Electricity c. Medical Treatment d. January 2008: Gaza’s Border Breached e. The Ceasefire f. The Future for Gaza’s Economy 5. International Complicity and Protest 29 a. States Accused of Complicity in the Crisis b. International Organisations Condemning the Siege c. International Protest Against the Siege d. Free Gaza Boats 6. Preparation for War in 2008 34 a.
    [Show full text]
  • SALTO'temm ISRAEL Final Report
    SALTO’ TEMM – Israel (10th -14th July, 2005) Topic: Training of Euro – Med Multipliers Location: Peki’in, Israel Prepared by: Dan Wollner 1 Special Thanks To the Pe’ekin Youth Hostel that provided the facilities and hospitality that ensured the success of the seminar To Yiota Kamaratos, of Jordan whose report on SALTO’ TEMM held in Jordan (11th to 18th October, 2003) was used as a guide to prepare this report. 2 CONTENTS Front Cover Special Thanks Pre-amble …………………………………………………………5-6 Letter from the National Coordinator:…………………..7 The Trainers ………………………………………………………8-11 The participants………………………………………………….12-16 Daily Program………………………………………………………17 Methology ……………………………………………………………18- 25 a) Energizers b) Ice breakers c) Tips (presentation training) d) Group Formation e) Role Playing and definition of tasks d) Gibush Presentations………………………………………………………… 26 - 60 The Groups Group 1 a) The topic b) Method of presentation c) Evaluation – observers - audience - reporters - trainers Group 2 a) The topic b) Method of presentation c) Evaluation – observers - audience - reporters - trainers Group 3 a) The topic b) Method of presentation c) Evaluation – observers - audience - reporters - trainers Certificate………………………………………………………….. 61 3 Group 4 a) The topic b) Method of presentation c) Evaluation – observers - audience - reporters - Trainers Group 5 a) The topic b) Method of presentation c) Evaluation – observers - audience - reporters - trainers Free Time Final Evaluation/Conclusion 4 Pre-Amble Background National Coordinators in the evaluations of 2001-2002 requested to receive greater support to implement the overall aims and goals of the Euro Med framework and specifically to receive greater human resource support in their geographic area of responsibility (their country). In 2003 and 2004 the SALTO YOUTH EURO-MED Resources Center developed a concept of a training course specifically aimed at meeting this specific request of National Coordinators and to build widening network of human resources.
    [Show full text]
  • November/December 2004
    november december 2004 RIVERS OF LIVING WATER THOUSANDS DECLARE SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL Full Feast coverage, pages 12-19 2 word from jerusalem INSIDE THE EMBASSY The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem (ICEJ) The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem was founded in 1980 as an act of comfort and solidarity with Israel and the Jewish people in their claim to Jerusalem. Today, the Christian Embassy stands at the forefront of a growing mainstream movement of Christians worldwide who share a love and concern for Israel and an understanding of the biblical significance of the modern ingathering of Jews to the land of their forefathers. From our headquarters in Jerusalem and through our branches and representatives in over 80 nations, we seek to challenge the Church to take up its scriptural responsi- bilities towards the Jewish people, to remind Israel of the wonderful promises made to her in the Bible, and to be a source of practical assistance to all the people of the Land of Israel. The ICEJ is a non-denominational faith ministry, supported by the voluntary contri- butions of our members and friends worldwide. We invite you to join with us as we minister to Israel and the Jewish people worldwide. If you wish to make a donation to the general work of the ICEJ or to a specific proj- ect described in this magazine, please use the attached response envelope, use the address below or visit our Web site at www.icej.org/get-involved to send your gift. All ICEJ Headquarters in Jerusalem donations are tax deductible according to the law of your country.
    [Show full text]
  • Steve Tamari Shareholder Proposal (College Retirement Equities Fund)
    UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 DIVISION OF May 10,2013 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Phillip T. Rollock Senior Managing Director and Corporate Secretary College Retirement Equities Fund 730 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017-3206 Re: College Retirement Equities Fund ("Fund") Shareholder Proposal of Steve Tamari Dear Mr. Rollock: In a letter dated March 22, 2013, you notified the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") that the Fund intends to omit from its proxy materials for its 2013 annual meeting a shareholder proposal submitted by Steve Tamari in a letter dated January 14, 2013. 1 The proposal provides : THEREFORE, shareholders request that the Board end investments in companies that, in the trustees' judgment, substantially contribute to or enable egregious violations ofhuman rights, including companies whose business supports Israel 's occupation. There appears to be some basis for your view that the Fund may omit the proposal from the Fund's proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8(i)(10) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which permits omission of a proposal that has been substantially implemented. Accordingly, the Division of Investment Management ("Division") will not recommend enforcement action to the Commission if the Fund omits the proposal from its proxy materials in reliance on Rule 14a-8(i)(1 0). In reaching this position, we have not found it necessary to address the alternative bases for omission set forth in your letter. Because our position is based upon the facts recited in your letter, different facts or conditions or additional facts or conditions may require a different conclusion.
    [Show full text]