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Channel4 - Dozens of Egyptian police with search dogs used batons to beat the bonnets of private cars and pick-up trucks that massed at the border to carry Palestinians further into Egyptian territory.
US and Arab officials said on Wednesday that Egypt had assured the US it would soon reseal its border with [...]
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Blackout in Besieged Gaza City
The Gaza Strip’s only power plant has shut down as Israel’s blockade has dried up fuel supplies. Tonight Gazans are living in darkness as the second of the plant’s two working turbines was switched off on the third day of a crippling Israeli blockade of the territory. “At [...]
I got this email from a friend and it is worth sharing with you all.
Dear Haitham,
I do know if you were aware of this impending law before the United States Congress. It was a chilling one. But it seems to have been throttled before becoming law here. I think this would interest your [...]
A group of Israeli settlers torched an historic mosque in the town of Al-Khader, near Bethlehem, on Tuesday. The settlers used 20 beehives as fuel for the fire, after stealing the beehives from a Palestinian farm located near the mosque.
The Al-Hamadiyya Mosque is the main center for prayer for most of the villagers in Al-Khader [...]
The following is some information that I have found concerning something that is going on which should concern everyone who is troubled by misinformation, trickery, and support of brutal Israeli/Zionist policies.
A few weeks ago while “surfing” the internet, I came across an article which had JUST hit the internet that morning, YELLOWPAGES.travel & SearchBoth.com Officially [...]
It’s time of the year for Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007. With all my reservations regarding Reporters Without Borders neutrality (having doubt after knowing that France is their financial supporter, although they are an NGO!), yet, their report was always a good indicator, if not the closest to reality - at least from my experiences [...]
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So here we go again:
[Via: CNN] NEW YORK - In the 67 years since its debut, “When You Wish Upon a Star” has been recorded by more than 100 artists and orchestras.
But the song’s owner is irate about what it calls an unseemly spoof of the familiar tune, saying the dreamy classic [...]
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ISM Media Alerts
Victory for the residents of Bil’in village
4th September 2007:
Following popular non-violent resistance through joint struggle between Palestinian, Israeli and international activists, a court decision has been made in favor of the petition by Bilin village to change the current route of the Apartheid Wall.
The court decision dictates that [...]
Finally, Olmert confirmed what I have mentioned over a months ago about the increase of military AID to racist Israel. But the smell of death does not stop there. US also announced that it will increase military SALES to some Arab regimes.
One ironic part in both the stories… It’s an AID to Israel, but SALES [...]
Even if that land happens to be owned by Palestinians… Israel has over a million non Jewish (Palestinian/Arab) citizens, and while it pretends to be a “democracy” - and as politicians and media the world over parrot the phrase “the only democracy in the Middle East” as if saying it made it so, and as [...]
We are running out of time for a two-state solution
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of "The People's Choice," a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told ... Woman beat, threatened by 'modesty squad'
Jerusalem woman who left ultra-Orthodox life after her divorce gagged, beaten by group of self-proclaimed 'chastity guards'
Aviad Glickman
A 31-year-old Jerusalem woman was cruelly beaten and threatened with death by members of the 'modesty squad' who took it upon themselves to interrogate her about her relationships ... Jaffa pool restricts entry of Arab residents
Omer Ori Jewish and Arab relations in the city of Jaffa have always been tense, and Jewish residents' committees of some of Jaffa's neighborhoods have decide to do something about it, at least where the city pool is concerned: They rent out the pool every two weeks – to Jews ... Behind closed doors, police admit 'turning a blind eye' to settler violence
Not unlike the NYT, Washington Post, ABC, CNN, Buzzflash, Raw Story, der Spiegel Int'l., and other media whose editors and readership condone occupation and violence against CERTAIN people...but are oh, so self righteous when it comes ... We know,
all you could keep,
is an old key,
an old rusty key
and no door to open with,
because the door was left behind.
Behind the hills,
behind the walls,
there was your house,
once,
now owned by foreigner
dwelling in your land,
now made a foreign country ...
