Maan News Agency, June 28, 2011 At a spirited press conference in Athens today, organizers and participants of the Second Freedom Flotilla announced that recent events have not weakened their resolve to break the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. The group also called into question American foreign policy. While organizers remain reluctant to give …
Maan News Agency, June 25, 2011 Organizers of the second Freedom Flotilla say that an administrative complaint has been filed against the US Boat to Gaza, the Audacity of Hope, claiming that the vessel is not seaworthy. This could delay or altogether prevent the ship from leaving Athens. The harbor master received notification of the …
Maan News Agency, May 25, 2011 On May 17, two days after the Nakba day protests, the Economist ran an article titled, “Here comes your nonviolent resistance.” The writer pointed out that the demonstrations that took place on May 15 were in the spirit of the First Intifada which was, by and large, nonviolent. My …
Maan News Agency, April 29, 2011 Earlier in April, the Israeli Ministry of Education decided to add a question about the Holocaust to the matriculation exam of Arab students. Because the state has banned any study of the Nakba– going so far as to strike the word from the textbooks– the move has drawn sharp …