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- english.aljazeera.net. Arab news service.

- www.alternativenews.org. The Alternative Information Center (AIC) is a joint Palestinian-Israeli organization which prioritizes political advocacy, critical analysis and information sharing on the Palestinian and Israeli societies as well as on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

- www.atfpnews.org. American Task force for Palestine. An American perspective.

- www.arabicnews.com.

- www.arabmediawatch.com.

- www.bitterlemons.org.

- www.electronicintifada.net. The Electronic Intifada project is a focused network of pro-Palestinian activists with a history of Internet and media activism. The project aims to focus on just one aspect of the struggle, the war in the media for a representation of the Palestinian point of view.

- www.jmcc.org. JMCC was established in 1988 by a group of Palestinian journalists and researchers to provide information on events in the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip. JMCC's Jerusalem and Ramallah offices provide a wide range of services to journalists, researchers, international agencies, individuals and organizations interested in obtaining reliable information on the Palestinian territory.

- www.maannews.net/en. Ma'an News Agency (Ma'an means 'together' in Arabic) is a Palestinian on-line News agency that publishes up-to-the-minute news in Arabic, English, and Hebrew. Ma'an News Agency (MNA) began operation in December of 2004 and is one of the main projects of the Ma'an Network which was established in 2002 as a non-governmental organization that aims to improve local Palestinian media production.

- www.imemc.org. MEMC is with the help of Palestinian, Israeli and foreign journalists now seeking to establish itself as one of the main liberal, non-partisan online news sources in the coverage of the Israel/Palestine conflict.

- www.ipc.gov.ps. The International Press Center (IPC) is one of the State Information Service's (SIS) main departments. IPC specializes in providing services to local and foreign reporters and journalists working for TV, Radio, and news agencies. Services include organizing press conferences and arranging interviews for journalists with Palestinian decision-makers. IPC also monitors international media trends and attitudes toward the Palestinian cause and releases a variety of reports and publications.

- www.palestinemonitor.org. Created by the Palestinian Non-Governmental Network (PNGO) and the Health, Development, Information, and Policy Institute (HDIP), the Palestine Monitor seeks to redress the lack of a Palestinian narrative in the media by disseminating information about developments coming from Palestinian civil society. It aims to mobilize people to take action and put pressure on their governments, and thereby on Israel, so as to build a just and durable peace.

- www.palestinechronicle.com.

- www.palestinedaily.com. Palestine news.

- www.palestine-pmc.com. Palestine Media Centre.

- www.palestine-info.co.uk. The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) is an independent Palestinian organization, established first in Arabic on 1st December 1997. The English language site was launched on 1st January 1998. Other languages followed.

PIC aims to promote awareness about Palestine, the Palestinians and the Palestinian issue and to balance the often distorted picture presented in the mainstream media.

- www.thisweekinpalestine.com. Good source of information and local news.

The Headlines - Comprehensive links and news listings. www.theheadlines.org

- www.wafa.ps. Palestine News Agency.

- www.zmag.org. Znet Media. Some interesting articles.

- www.al-ayyam.com

- www.alhayat-j.com

- www.alquds.com

- www.fasl-almaqal.com

- Florida Jewish News (quite informative). www.floridajewishnews.com

- www.indymedia.org.uk

- The Washington Report is published by the American Educational Trust (AET), a non-profit foundation incorporated in Washington, DC by retired U.S. foreign service officers to provide the American public with balanced and accurate information concerning U.S. relations with Middle Eastern states. www.wrmea.com

United Kingdom Newspapers & Magazines

- Daily Mail. www.dailymail.co.uk

- Daily Record. www.dailyrecord.co.uk

- The Telegraph. www.telegraph.co.uk

- The Economist. www.economist.com

- Evening Standard. www.thisislondon.co.uk

- Express Newspapers. www.express.co.uk

- Financial Times. www.ft.com

- Guardian & Observer. www.guardian.co.uk

- Independent. www.independent.co.uk

- www.thejc.com. Subscription mainly unfortunately.

- Mirror. www.mirror.co.uk

- Newcastle Press. www.icnetwork.co.uk

- The Scotsman. www.scotsman.com

- The SUN. www.thesun.co.uk

- The Times. www.the-times.co.uk

- Totally Jewish. www.totallyjewish.com

- BBC. www.bbc.co.uk

- Channel 4. www.channel4.com

- Five News. www.five.tv

- ITN. www.itn.co.uk

- Reuters. www.reuters.co.uk

- Sky TV. www.sky.com

- Israeli Business news. www.globes.co.il

- Haaretz. www.haaretzdaily.com

- Independent Review Media Analysis. www.imra.org.il

- Israeli National News. www.israelnationalnews.com

- The Jerusalem Post. www.jpost.com

Kolisrael - Quite a useful site with lots of links. www.kolisrael.com

- Surprising good source of news. www.ynetnews.com

- www.giyus.org. The Megaphone was introduced by the World Union of Jewish Students (WUJS) during this summer's war with the aim of getting the pro-Israel community to respond in real time to developments on the Web. It alerts activists about polls and articles about Israel on the Internet and enables them to express their support or opposition by e-mail. "The Israeli Foreign Ministry has ordered trainee diplomats to track Web sites and chatrooms so that networks of US and European groups with hundreds of thousands of Jewish activists can place supportive messages." Download it for your own use (PC's only).

- www.desertpeace.blogspot.com - lots of news and interesting links

- Incredible range of blogs. Useful if you are looking for detailed information about a town, village or event. palestineblogs.org

www.peacepalestine.blogspot.com - Draws some amazng comments from Zionists.

www.sabbah.biz - Some interesting articles.

Its worth writing to important people, so if you have a problem please copy those detailed below in to your correspondence. Add the appropriate international code before the fax numbers (for those of you dialling from North America this is 011, from the UK 0).

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Fax: 0972-2-6513955 / 2-6546717, Email: pm_eng@it.gov.il
Director General of Prime Minister's Office, Email: pm_eng@pmo.gov.il
Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres, Fax: 0972-3-6954156, Email: s_peres@netvision.net.il
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tzipi Livni, Fax: 0972-2-5303704 / 0972 2 530 3367, Email: sar@mofa.gov.il
Tzipi Livni, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 9 Yitzhak Rabin Boulevard. Kiryat Ben-Gurion. Jerusalem 91035. Israel.
Salutation: Dear Minister
Minister of Defense, Shaul Mofaz, Fax: 0972-3-6976218, Email: sar@mod.gov.il
Minister of Justice, Tzipi Livni, Fax: 0972-2-6287757, Email: sar@justice.gov.il
Minister of Construction and Housing, Fax: 0972-2-5847688, Email: sar@moch.gov.il
Brigadier General Avihai Mandelblit, Military Judge Advocate General
David Elazar Street. Tel Aviv, Israel. Fax: 0972 3 608 0366. Email: arbel@mail.idf.il
Salutation: Dear Judge Advocate General
Commander, District Coordination Office (DCO). Jericho. Fax: 0972 2 9943305
Salutation: Dear Sir
COPIES TO: diplomatic representatives of Israel accredited to your country.

- Embassy of Israel, 2 Palace Green, London, W8 4QB. Web site - london.mfa.gov.il. E-mail: info-assist at london.mfa.gov.il

The Red Cross (prisoners)

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Tel Aviv:
Tel.: (+972) 35 24 52 86. Fax: (+972) 35 27 03 70. E-mail: jerusalem.jer@icrc.org
ICRC Delegation
185, Hayarkon Street
TEL AVIV 63453. Israel

The International Committee of the Red Cross in Jerusalem
Tel.: (+972 2) 582 88 45 / 25 828 441. Fax: (+972 2) 581 13 75. E-mail: jerusalem.jer@icrc.org
ICRC Mission
Nabi Shu'eib St. 8
Sheikh Jarrah district
PO Box 20253
JERUSALEM 91202. Israel

United States

President George W. Bush
The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20500 (202) 456-1414
White House Comment Line: (202) 456-1111 Fax: (202) 456-2461. E-mail: president@whitehouse.gov / vice.president@whitehouse.gov

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Department of State
Washington, DC 20520 State Department Public Information Line:
(202) 647-6575 Any Senator
U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-3121 Any Representative

U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-3121 E-mail Congress: visit the Web site www.congress.org for contact information.
The Israeli Embassy, Washington, DC (202) 364-5500
The Israeli Embassy, Canada (613) 567 6450.

United Kingdom Members of the European Parliament, by Party and in alphabetical order. If you want to know who your local MEP's are please go to your local library where they will be listed.

Useful map to find your local M.E.P.; www.europarl.org.uk/uk_meps

Map on which you can click through to your country's M.E.P.'s. www.europarl.europa.eu

Brilliant blog - lots of news and interesting links


www.palcast.org - podcasting the occupation of Palestine Israeli News

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