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Bionn dha insint ar scéal agus dha leagan deag ar amhran.
There are two sides to every story and twelve versions of a song.
Irish proverb

News Sources

Ireland Irish Times Irish Independent Fingal Independent The Argus (Dundalk) An Phoblacht	Northern Ireland Belfast Telegraph Belfast Newsletter Irish News
Israel Haaretz Jerusalem Post Ynetnews.com Israel Insider	Palestine jmcc.org Palestine Daily Inside Palestine Palestine Chronicle Miftah Al Bawaba
Palestine-Israel Journal pij.org

Non-Governmental / Human Rights Organisations: Ireland and World

Amnesty International - Irish Section
Amnesty International - (2007 report on Israel and Palestine)
Amnesty International - (actions you can take on different issues)
Concern
Defense for Children International - Palestine Section
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (2007 report on Israel and Palestine)
Human Rights Watch (Children's section)
Human Rights Watch (Middle East section)
Near International Network for Education and Academic Rights
OCHA Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
One World
One World: Article Archive
Play for Peace
Save The Children (schools campaign)
Save The Children (Northern Ireland section)
Save The Children (Palestine section)
Trocaire
Trocaire: The Wall
Unicef
Unicef: Palestine
Unicef: Israel
War Child International
War Child International: Israel & Palestine

Non-Governmental / Human Rights Organisations: Israel and Palestine

Al-haq (Palestinian Human Rights Organisation)
AIC - Alternative Information Center (Israeli-Palestinian Human Rights Organisation)
Badil (Israeli Human Rights Organisation which focuses on Palestinian Refugees)
B'tselem (Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories)
Gush Shalom (Israeli Peace Activist Organisation)
Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
Jerusalem Centre for Women
LAW (The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment)
Machsom Watch (Israeli Human Rights Organisation which monitors checkpoints)
Rabbis for Human Rights

Recommended sites for SAB Circle and Research Topic Tasks

BBC
BBC - (good source for historical info on the conflict)
BBC - (Children's BBC: good on everything! Check out the latest news, country guides, young people's stories, views on the wall/fence + leave your own views on the message boards!)
BBC World Service (lots of facts and info, including personal stories by children)
Combat Poverty Agency
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace (anti-war and pro-Palestinian activist group)
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace - Palestine
Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace - The Wall
Defense for Children International - Palestine Section (lots of info plus stats on children in prison)
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch - (essential background info)
Human Rights Watch - (balanced /stories from both sides)
Human Rights Watch - (good ideas for a photo essay)
Human Rights Watch - (get blogging on a Human Rights issue!)
IMEMC International Middle East Media Center (Palestinian-based news service)
Indymedia (alternative media and activist network)
IRIN Integrated Regional Information Networks
IRIN - (human rights issues around the world)
IRIN - (human rights issues in Israel and Palestine)
IRIN - (human rights focus on the wall/fence)
ICCL Irish Council for Civil Liberties
Irish Refugee Council
Israeli-Palestinian Pro Con - (views for and against on all the issues)
OCHA (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Palestinian Territories)
OCHA (good for information, photos and maps of the wall/fence)
One World (valuable portal with latest news, action, campaigns and organisations in human rights and global issues around the world)
One World - Development
One World - Conflict
Oxfam (good resource on the question: can a war be just?)
Peace Pledge Union (excellent site on the themes of young people in conflict)
Peace Pledge Union - (good for the different views on war and peace of the major world religions)
PBASE
PBASE - (photos of the wall/fence)
Save The Children (schools campaign)
Save The Children (Northern Ireland section)
Save The Children (Palestine section)
Trocaire
Trocaire - (what they do for Palestine)
Trocaire - (campaign actions, including on the wall/fence)

Sample YouTube on the wall/fence
(do your own search for different views!)
(Israeli view of the wall/fence)
(Palestinian view of the wall/fence)


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