What is the point of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine?

What is the point of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine?

It’s not a court; it has no legal status. Yet, argues Frank Barat, the Russell Tribunal is a powerful tool for recognition and to internationalize the Palestinian struggle.

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NI 448 - The arms trade - December, 2011
As I walked out... Idil Sukan

As I walked out...

Compulsive rambler Mark Thomas walks the line along the notorious Israeli Separation Barrier in an extract from his new book.

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NI 442 - Climate change denial - May, 2011
When the US is involved in, say, Iraq or Afghanistan, that's called ‘stabilization’. If Iran tries to increase its influence, that's destabilization.Mohammed Ameen/Reuters

New book by Noam Chomsky

Beware Americans talking ‘stability’, warns Noam Chomsky.

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NI 441 - China - makers of the miracle - April, 2011
The smile of solidarity: Rami (left) and Bassan.

Brothers in peace

Israeli Rami Elhanan and Palestinian Bassam Aramin forged an unlikely friendship through a terrible tragedy. They share their story.

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NI 429 - Too many of us? The population panic. - January, 2010
US and Pakistani intelligence bigwigs get chummy at a mujahidin training camp in 1987. Note then-Director of the ISI (Inter-Service Intelligence) Major Gen. Hamid Gul (front left) and then-Director of the CIA William Webster (second left).Photo: www.rawa.org

Our terrorists

Islamic fundamentalist militants are the enemies of Israel and Western governments, right? Think again. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed reports in this extended version of the article which appeared in the October 2009 issue.

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NI 426 - Islam in power - October, 2009
Hindi Meslseh

Peace offerings

Members of citizens’ groups for peace that attempt to bridge the Israeli-Palestinian divide talk with Hadani Ditmars about why working together brings its own rewards.

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NI 422 - Multiculturalism - May, 2009

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Article title From magazine Publication date
The arms trade December, 2011
Climate change denial May, 2011
China - makers of the miracle April, 2011
Too many of us? The population panic. January, 2010
Islam in power October, 2009
Multiculturalism May, 2009
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