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More than 100 dead and injured at Nahr Al-Bared camp

22 mai 2007 | Posté dans Guerre et terrorisme

    Electronic Lebanon, May 22, 2007

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Ma’an News Agency: Fighting has entered its third day around the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr Al-Bared, in the north of Lebanon.

According to media reports, Lebanese troops began shelling the Nahr Al-Bared camp, near the northern city of Tripoli, at dawn on Tuesday. The Lebanese army is reported to have pledged to “finish off” the radical Fatah Al-Islam group. Militants from the radical group Fatah Al-Islam responded with gun and mortar fire. (Lire la suite…)

Lebanon Truce Lasts Just Minutes

22 mai 2007 | Posté dans Guerre et terrorisme

Al Jazeera, 22 May 2007

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A ceasefire declared after three days of fighting between Fatah al-Islam and the Lebanese army has collapsed after just 40 minutes.

Abu Sali Taha, spokesman for the group, said on Tuesday that they were ready to “respect a ceasefire” in order to help the residents of the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp which troops have been shelling since Sunday. (Lire la suite…)

Le Son de la Solidarite

22 mai 2007 | Posté dans Autre

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Concert annuel de soutien à Tadamon!

DIMANCHE 27 MAI, 20h
LA SALA ROSSA
4848 St-Laurent
Entrée: $5-15

Joignez vous à Tadamon! Montréal pour leur concert annuel de soutien.
Face à la situation tragique au Liban et dans la région, Tadamon ! Montréal rappelle que ce concert permettra de maintenir un travail durable de solidarité, qui ne s’exprime pas seulement en temps de guerre mais dans la durée et sur le terrain. Nous restons également ouvert à toute aide quant à notre travail d’information, nos campagnes politiques et nos liens avec les personnes œuvrant pour la justice sociale au Liban..

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Why South Lebanon Remains Unfarmed This Year

3 mai 2007 | Posté dans Agriculture, Économie, Environnement, Guerre et terrorisme

By Rami Zurayk, 1 May 2007, Scoop

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Much of the land in South Lebanon has remained unfarmed this year. In  spite of the active de-mining efforts deployed by the UN and by local NGOs, it has been difficult to plough, sow and harvest, as only a fraction of the million and a half Israeli cluster bombs have been removed. These bombs were sown by the Israelis in August 2006, in the last 72 hours of the war, and after a cease fire was agreed upon in the UN Security Council. Now why would the Israelis do something like that? (Lire la suite…)

Call for divestment from Israel by Howard University faculty

1 mai 2007 | Posté dans Boycott

By Will Youmans, The Arab American News, 2007-03-17

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Beirut after the summer attack by Israel (Photo: Tadamon!)

Activists calling for ending financial support for Israel welcomed a victory at a university in Washington, DC. The faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University voted overwhelmingly to call on the university’s board of trustees to divest from Israel.

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