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Dates to keep!
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An important part of media activism is to anticipate events and dates and be prepared for them. Keeping these dates in mind will help you in the following ways:
- (1) Op-ed submissions: opinion editors simply cannot resist a well-written piece
that is timely to boot, and to which they are given advance notice.
- (2) Foreign desk editors are often simply ignorant about important dates. Telling
them weeks in advance about, say, the anniversary of Sabra and Shatilla, and reminding
them a few times about it as the date approaches, will put pressure on them to do a story
on the anniversary.
- (3) Letters the the editors should also mention important dates and make reference
to them: for instance, on July 4th, one can write about how the United States is blessed
to be independent and free, and how the Palestinians also should be independent and free.
If there is a date that is missing, an error, a link that you think should be added, or any other feedback, please feel free to contact us at: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/cast/feedback.asp
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January 19
Martin Luther King day: (1) Drawing parallels between the non-violent resistance in Palestine and MLK,
(2) Countering cynical use by the Israel-first people to push fake letter from
MLK puporting to equate anti-Zionist with anti-Semitism.
February 23
International Court of Justice (The Hague Court) begins hearings on the Wall (2004).
February 25
The Hebron Massacre (1994).
March 15
Israel declares Abseentee Property Law, expropriating all lands belonging to Palestinian refugees (1950).
March 16
The killing of Rachel Corrie: Make sure that the murder of Rachel Corrie is not ignored. Ask why the US government has refused to investigate on its own what happened to Rachel.
March 28
The 2002 Beirut declaration: Point out that all Arab countries in 2002 offered complete normalization with Israel, with Sharon responding the very next day with his re-invasion of the West Bank and the
massacre over the next two weeks of hundreds of Palestinians.
March 30
Land Day: http://www.al-awda.org/landdaycommemorations/ -- An important day with demonstrations around the US.
April 9
Deir Yassin massacre: http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article1991.shtml.
April 13
Nablus and Jenin massacres (2002): http://www.al-awda.org/landdaycommemorations/.
April 18
Qana Massacre (1996): http://www.robert-fisk.com/articles18.htm.
April 21(2004):
Date Mordechai Vanunu is scheduled to be released from Israeli prison.
http://www.serve.com/vanunu/.
May 11
Israel admitted to UN (1949).
June 2
Creation of the PLO (1964).
June 5
1967 6 day war starts; Israel begins occupation of Jerusalem, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Egyptian Sinai and Syrian Golan Heights (1967).
June 7
Israel bombs Iraqi nuclear facility (1981).
June 8
Israeli fighter jets attack the USS Liberty (1967).
June 28
Israel annexes all of Jerusalem's Old City and announces the beginning of its settlement program (1967).
July 4
US independence day.
July 15
Israel declares the Law of Return, allowing any Jew anywhere to claim Israeli nationality (1950).
July 22
Zionist Irgun Terrorist group blow up the King David Hotel, killing 80 (1946).
August 12
Establishment of the Geneva Conventions (1949).
August 20
UNSC Resolutoin 478 (1980) rejects Israel's annexation of Jerusalem as
"a violation of international law and does not affect the continued
application of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 in the
Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied since June 1967,
including Jerusalem."
August 31
Newly-created Zionist Death Squad "Unit 31", led by Ariel Sharon, launches
a nocturnal raid on Al-Bureij refugee camp, randomly shooting homes, slaughtering
approx. 50 civilians (1953).
September 3
Israel's state-run TV and radio ban the use of Arabic names of Paletsinians
villages and towns, requiring all broadcasters to refer to them by their
"Biblical" names (1990).
September 5
The Munich massacre
[Keep an eye on how the media is covering this -- and send in a reminder note about the
upcoming Sept 16 date for Sabra and Shatila].
September 13
Oslo Accords: [Keep an eye for people wishing to exploit the date: e.g., Arafat betrayed Rabin, etc].
September 16
Sabra and Shatila massacres: http://www.indictsharon.net/ - [Write in beforehand and ask your paper to cover this important event in Palestinian history].
September 17
UN Mediator Count Folke Bernadotte assassinated (1948).
September 28
Start of Alaqsa Intifada (2000)
October 1
Israel bombs Tunisia (1985).
October 14
Qibya massacre (1953).
October 29
Kafr Qasem Massacre (1956).
November 3
1956 Massacre in Khan Yunis (1956).
November 5
The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin (1995): [Highlight that the one terrorist act that highlights the real nature of how violent opposition to peace with the Palestinians is the one committed by an Israeli against his Prime minister].
November 11
President Yasser Arafat dies (2004).
November 15
Palestinian Decalration of Independence issued in Algiers, recognizing Israel within its pre-1967 borders (1988).
September 17
Camp David I (Egypt-Israel) (1978).
Novermber 20
Universal Children's Day: http://www.un.org/Depts/dhl/children_day/.
November 22
1967 UNSC Resolution 242.
November 29
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People -- http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/palestinian/.
December 9
First intifada begins (1987).
December 10
International Human Rights Day:
[Write letter to the editor commemorating this day and urge your paper to cover it].
December 11
Issuance of UN GA Resolution 194 (1948) -- http://www.badil.org/Press/2000/press147-00.html.
December 14
Israel announces unilateral annexation of 500 square miles of Syria (Golan Heights, 1981)
in direct violation of UNSC Resolution 478 (1980), which rejects Israel's annexation of
Jerusalem as "a violation of international law and does not affect the continued application
of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 12 August 1949 in the Palestinian and other Arab
territories occupied since June 1967, including Jerusalem."
For full text of UNSC 478, see: http://www.pmwatch.org/pmw/manager/features/display_message.asp?mid=664.
December 15
Industry Minister Ariel Sharon takes an apartment in the middle of the muslim quarter in
Jeruslaem's Old City (1987), again in frontal violation of UNSC 478.
For information on the illegality of Israel's annexation of Jerusalem, please see:
http://www.britishconsulate.org/chancery/from1980.htm.
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