❶ 2 Palestinian teens shot dead after allegedly attacking settler
❷ School among ‘dozens’ of structures demolished by Israel north of Nablus
❸ Belgian MPs, ‘Israel hides tragic effect of Gaza siege’ (Belgian MPs banned from entering Gaza)
❹ Analysis: The right to boycott is non-negotiable
❺ Opinion/Analysis: SUCCESS  OF  BDS  CAMPAIGN  IS  ESSENTIAL  FOR  PALESTINIAN  SURVIVAL
❻ Poetry by Samah Sabawi
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❶ 2  PALESTINIAN  TEENS  SHOT  DEAD  AFTER  ALLEGEDLY  ATTACKING  SETTLER
MA’AN NEWS AGENCY
2 Mar. 2016
Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teenagers on Wednesday morning after they allegedly attacked an Israeli settler in the illegal settlement of Eli south of Nablus . . . .
___An Israeli army spokesperson said they “infiltrated” the settlement . . . . She said Israeli forces arrived on the scene and responded to the “significant threat” by opening fire on the two teenagers, killing both of them.
___The settler was evacuated to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem with light injuries.   MORE . . .
❷ SCHOOL AMONG  ‘DOZENS’  OF  STRUCTURES  DEMOLISHED  BY  ISRAEL  NORTH  OF  NABLUS
MA’AN NEWS AGENCY
2 Mar. 2016
Israeli forces on Wednesday morning demolished “dozens” of structures in the hamlet of Khirbet Tana northeast of Nablus, including houses, barns, and the hamlet’s sole school, a local official told Ma’an. . . .
bulldozers under Israeli army escort had stormed Khirbet Tana on Beit Furik’s outskirts and demolished every structure there.
___These included Khirbet Tana’s sole school, Hanani said, a building consisting of movable caravans donated by a European organization. . . .     MORE . . .
RELATED . . . Wadi  Hilweh  Information  Center – Silwan ― February  Statistics
❸ BELGIAN  MPS,  ‘ISRAEL  HIDES  TRAGIC  EFFECT  OF  GAZA  SIEGE’  (BELGIAN  MPS  BANNED  FROM  ENTERING  GAZA)
DAYS OF PALESTINE
Mar 3, 2016
Remarks of the Belgian MPs came after the Israeli occupation authorities had prevented them from entering into the Strip to stand closely at the humanitarian crisis resulted of the Israeli measures against Gazans.
___In a statement, the MPs said: “The visit, which was scheduled on Tuesday, was pre-arranged with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).”   MORE . . .

❹ Analysis:  THE  RIGHT  TO  BOYCOTT  IS  NON-NEGOTIABLE
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Amjad Iraqi
2 Mar. 2016
. . . it is ridiculous that one should have to tell self-proclaimed ‘democracies’ that the right to boycott is a basic civil right, not a punishable crime.
___Last week, over 120 people attended a conference in Nazareth on the subject of “BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) . . . . Although the discussions were lively, many participants were cautious with their choice of words: Israel’s Anti-Boycott Law. . . cast a heavy shadow over the event.
___Now, in a corrupt twist, the very countries that purport to uphold civil rights have become the main forces undermining them.     MORE . . .
❺ Opinion/Analysis:  SUCCESS  OF  BDS  CAMPAIGN  IS  ESSENTIAL  FOR  PALESTINIAN  SURVIVAL
THE PALESTINIAN INFORMATION CENTER
Khalid Amayreh
28 Feb. 2016
The Israeli apartheid state seems to be taking the international campaign of boycott and disinvestment as well as other forms of protest against Israel’s decades-old occupation of the Palestinian homeland more seriously than ever before. . . .
___For these reasons, it is morally imperative that every honest woman and man around the world take a moral decision, now not tomorrow, to refrain from buying Israel produces and products from the nearby supermarket or grocery store.     MORE . . .

Samah Sabawi rebels in her poetry against adopting a language she sees as complicit and dictated by the occupier. . . . When a newspaper editor recently deleted these words from an op-ed she submitted saying they were “too strong,” she responded with this:

“WORDS,”  BY  SAMAH  SABAWI
Words!
I stand dispossessed
No congress behind me
No statesmen surround me
No lobby to breathe hellfire
No media eager to appease
No three-ring circus
Of intellectual jesters
Academic clowns
And policy experts
Who truly do not see
the big elephant in the room
No legal acrobats
Dance for me
On a thin rope of decency
No politicians
Juggle oppression
And human rights
On my behalf
No trips to boost careers
For MPs and their wives
No propaganda movies
No radio broadcasts
No myths
No lies
No hasbaranites
No army,
No country
Not even one leader
To believe in
All I have are my words
To tell my story
My voice
To demand justice
But you tell me
My language is too strong

Naksa
Forced exile
Ethnic cleansing
Apartheid
Words
Carefully chosen
Purposely uttered
These are the words
That lay the foundation
Of the language of my liberation

Samah Sabawi, a poet and political activist, has likened Gaza to an “Israeli-controlled Bantustan.” The Israelis forced her parents (and tens of thousands of other Palestinians) to flee their homes in Gaza in 1967. She is now a Palestinian-Australian with Canadian citizenship . . .    MORE. . .