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"After similar boycott actions in Oakland, California, Norway and South Africa, dockworkers in Sweden have decided to block the import of Israeli goods during the next week."

"A Palestinian-Belgian national, and 13 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, filed on Wednesday a lawsuit against 14 Israeli military and politically officials including Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni, and General Matan Vilani, and former Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, for "committing crimes against humanity and for committing war crimes in Gaza"."

A diplomatic row between Sweden and Israel has intensified, with Israeli politicians urging Stockholm to condemn a newspaper article they have described as "blood libel".

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As the Palestinian nation marks the Nakba day, hundreds of protesters, including Jews, Palestinians and Americans, led by a young Jewish Rabbi, marked the Nakba day on Thursday at night at the Union Square in New York.

an example of the media denying Palestinians' rights to receiving compassion

Who wrote Pope Benedict's speeches for this trip? Why do his speeches to Muslims hit the spot and those to Jews seem to fall short? Does he have two teams of speechwriters, one more attuned to the audience than the other?

"The United Nations has roundly rebuffed remarks by South African judge Richard Goldstone that cast doubt on the report into the Gaza war that bears his name, causing rifts within the body and furious debate across the Middle East."

It is important to know the whole truth about the so called "rebuttal" by Richard Goldstone since it was misrepresented by nearly all media and political entities.