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Trade union leaders from three continents have announced the launch of a new global movement "to challenge the apologists for Hamas and Hizbollah in the labour movement" and to fight for a two-state solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. The movement is called TULIP - Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine. [Read more]TULIP NFIJ
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Journalist union democratisation hijacked by Fatah-aligned security agency
The hoped for revival and democratisation of the Palestinian journalists union – with the support of the International Federation of Journalists – seems to have collapsed in a heap. Journalists in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are angrily denouncing the Palestinian Authority over its interference in the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) election held… »
Human rights group joins calls to delay Palestinian journalist union elections
A Gaza-based Palestinian human rights group has joined the growing calls to delay historic elections for leadership positions in the Palestinian journalists’ union. Nominations for the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) elections closed on Monday (February 1, 2010). Challenges to the nomination of any candidates were to be made on Tuesday (February 2, 2010). The actual… »
Female journalists demand union representation
Dozens of female journalists from Gaza rallied on Sunday in front of the office of the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate in Gaza City, demanding that membership be opened up to women. Journalist Dunya Isma’il called on the PJS to introduce a set quota for women members, as in the Palestinian Legislative Council, the Ma’an News Agency… »
Call to postpone Palestinian journalists’ congress due to political interference
The International Federation of Journalists has called for a postponement of a historic Palestinian journalists’ union congress, because of undue political interference. The Palestinian Journalist Syndicate announced on Wednesday that nominations were open for its leadership and a long overdue union conference will start soon afterwards. The journalist union’s top committee said they would receive… »
Journalist unions in Israel, Palestine and across globe condemn Israel’s action against Bethlehem-based journalist
Journalist unions in Palestine, Israel and their global union federation, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) , have joined together in a call to denounce the detention of Jared Malsin, the American editor-in-chief of the English-language section of the Bethlehem-based Ma’an News Agency. Malsin has now been held for three days in detention after he… »
Journalist global union votes to reinstate Israeli union membership
The Executive Committee of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) meeting in London at the weekend ( Nov 14/15 2009) voted to rescind the expulsion of the National Federation of Israel Journalists (NFIJ), ending a six-month dispute over payment of membership fees. The Executive Committee adopted in full an agreement hammered out in Tel Aviv… »
Italian journalists stand up for their ousted Israeli colleagues
The National Federation of Israeli Journalists (NFIJ) has accepted an invitation by the Italian National Press Federation (NFSI) to meet, either in Rome or in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, to negotiate a solution that will reintegrate Israel into the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), trusting in Italy’s support for Israel’s “full and equal” membership. Read… »
Italian journalists show solidarity with expelled Israeli union – offer to mediate
The Jerusalem Post reports , in another update to this issue, that the Italian journalist union has now offered to mediate a return to the International Federation of Journalists by their Israeli counterparts. The 101 year old Italian journalists union ( the FNSI) boasts a long tradition of mediating between journalistic traditions. During the Cold… »
IFJ and National Federation of Israeli Journalists
The dispute over the the journalists global union federation expelling their Israeli sisters and brothers continues to attract a lot of attention in cyberspace. For the 2nd day in a row the International Federation of Journalists have issued a statement to explain their position. Their statement follows. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Israeli journalists tells… »
Israeli journalists union kicked out of international federation
According to a report in The Journalist, the magazine of the National Union of Journalists in the UK , the Israeli journalists union has been expelled from the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) following a unanimous vote by the IFJ executive. The reasons for the expulsion seem to be a failure to reach agreement on… »