Bijeenkomsten met Sameh Habeeb, journalist uit Gaza. Sameh Habeeb deed tijdens de Israelische 22-daagse aanval op Gaza verslag voor onder meer het actualiteiten-programma Netwerk.

- Vrijdagmiddag 22 mei in Den Haag, Institute for Social Studies, Kortenaerkade 12 van 16 – 18 uur.

- Vrijdagavond 22 mei in Rotterdam, Oostmaaslaan 950 vanaf 20.30 uur.
http://www.palestina-komitee.nl/agenda/168

- Zondagmiddag 24 mei in Groningen, Nwe Boteringestraat 74 vanaf 15 uur.
http://www.palestina-komitee.nl/agenda/172

An interview with Sameh Habeeb http://www.indypendent.org/2009/01/05/habeeb-interview/

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UN watchdog demands access to Israel's secret prisons,
Jonathan Cook, 18 May 2009
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10534.shtml
The United Nation's watchdog on torture has criticized Israel for refusing to allow inspections at a secret prison, dubbed by critics as "Israel's Guantanamo Bay," and demanded to know if more such clandestine detention camps are operating.

Three Palestinian labor unions oppose new Fayyad-led government
Ramallah – Ma’an – Immediately after the new Palestinian government led by Salam Fayyad was sworn in, three major Palestinian labor unions announced opposition to it on Tuesday.  The teachers union, civil servants union, and the union of medical workers released a joint statement calling the new government a “disfigured new-born” which neither Palestinian factions, nor the Palestinian public supports.
http://www.maannews.net/en/index.php?opr=ShowDetails&ID=37939

Little progress in Obama-Netanyahu talks, Jim Lobe, 20 May 2009
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article10543.shtml

Obama's Foreign Policy Failures: Diplomacy, Militarism and Imagery, James Petras, 20-5-2009
http://www.palestinechronicle.com/view_article_details.php?id=15120

UK medics go on hunger strike after being refused entry into Gaza, 19-5-2009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/may/19/british-medics-refused-gaza-access