Date: April 30th 2008

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Palestine : Diaries: Live from Palestine:

SIXTY YEARS AGO IN BATTIR
By Hasan Abu Nimah, Live from Palestine, 30 April 2008

One afternoon in May 1948, my village Battir fell under
heavy fire from the opposite slopes, across the railway
line to the west, which had fallen to the Jewish fighters.
We carried whatever belongings we could and headed east a
few miles where there were vineyards and a small spring.
We thought it would be a short escape, but we camped in
that vineyard with many other people from the village all
summer, our hopes dimming as the heat rose. EI contributor
Hasan Abu Nimah recalls his village in the first part of a
two-part series.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9496.shtml

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Palestine : Development:

UN FACING INCREASED DELAYS AT ISRAELI CHECKPOINTS
Report, The Electronic Intifada, 30 April 2008

JERUSALEM, 30 April (IRIN) - Increased Israeli
restrictions on the checkpoints around East Jerusalem have
caused more delays and more lost man hours for UN staff in
March 2008 than in all of 2007, the UN's Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported.
In the Humanitarian Monitor for March, released on 24
April, OCHA said "operations were significantly affected"
and almost daily UN vehicles were delayed and even turned
back by Israeli soldiers at checkpoints south of Jerusalem.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9497.shtml

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Palestine : Human Rights:

GAZA FOOD DISTRIBUTION HALTED, COOKING GAS RUNNING OUT
Report, IRIN, 29 April 2008

JERUSALEM/GAZA, 28 April (IRIN) - The UN has stopped
distributing food in the Gaza Strip as its main agencies
have run out of fuel for vehicles. To make matters worse,
many bakeries in the enclave were closed on 28 April as
they had run out of gas. The World Food Program and the UN
agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA confirmed they had
not delivered food aid since 26 April.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9494.shtml

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Palestine : Action Items:

SUPPORT THE CANADIAN UNION OF POSTAL WORKERS' CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAELI APARTHEID
Appeal, Tadamon!, 29 April 2008

We the undersigned organizations congratulate the Canadian
Union of Postal workers (CUPW) for joining the
international boycott of Israeli apartheid. We call on
workers and labor unions worldwide to join CUPW in
creating a strong and effective labor movement in
solidarity with struggles against Israeli apartheid and
violence.

http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9493.shtml

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