Sunday, May 11th, 2008
This is an update to Kawther Salam’s story about the Palestinian Orphanage in Hebron.
At 1.00 in the morning on the 30th of April, the Israeli Army raids orphanage in Hebron, home to 110 girls, seizing all equipment from community sewing workshop.
The Hebron Orphanage for girls is run by the Charitable Islamic Society,(I.C.S) and houses 110 [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Scottish effort to issue a British apology to the Palestinian people for Balfour. Please make the effort to sign the Petition.
Balfour Declaration and the rights of the Palestinian People
Raised by: Mr Gerald Quin on 15 April 2008
Petition by Gerald Quin calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to make representations to the [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Do you believe Palestinians and Israelis should stop working towards a two-state solution and focus on co-existence with equal rights and protections in a shared homeland?
A question published by LA Times and asking readers to vote. Majority (at the time of writing this) said, Yes!
ISRAEL: The one-state solution? You vote
A story online today details how [...]
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Haitham Sabbah, Mary Rizzo and Gilad Atzmon are very pleased to announce their new site, Palestine Think Tank. It is a site containing news, analysis, art and more to further the cause of justice for Palestinians. It concentrates on many aspects of the resistance, but also focuses on the issues affecting the entire Middle East. [...]
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
The government of Dubai recently allowed a major bankroller of Jewish settlement expansion in the West Bank to open at least two Jewelry stores in the Gulf emirate.
According to reliable sources in the United Arab Emirates, of which Dubai is a key member-state, Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev is preparing to open two [...]
Posted in Arab, Israel, Palestine, UAE | 10 Comments »
Saturday, April 19th, 2008
In shocking testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers confess the horror they have visited on Hebron.
By Donald Macintyre in Jerusalem
Saturday, 19 April 2008
The dark-haired 22-year-old in black T-shirt, blue jeans and red Crocs is understandably hesitant as he sits at a picnic table in the incongruous setting of [...]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
At 3pm on Wednesday, 16th April, the mutilated body of 15 year old Hammad Nidar Khadatbh was found in lands of the illegal Israeli settlement of Al-Hamra by his father, who was out searching for his missing son.
Hammad had left the house at 9am on Tuesday, 15th April to work on the family’s land, located [...]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
New York human rights activists, and representatives of the West Bank Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Jayyous called on the government and the people of the United Arab Emirates to boycott the jewelry stores of Israeli billionaire and diamond magnate Lev Leviev over his companies’ construction of Israeli settlements. According to a flurry of recent [...]
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
It was a happy moment when I heard the news that UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched in coordination with Google Earth, a new layer that focus on refugee camps around the world. This should be a great tool to follow the crisis of Palestinian refugees under occupation and expose it to the world [...]
Posted in (Mis) Use of Technology, Action, Breaking News, Failures, Palestine | 26 Comments »
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Allowing two Gazans to train for Olympics in Jericho
“In a rare move defined by Israeli authorities as a ‘humanitarian gesture’, officials decided to permit two members of the Palestinian Olympic team to cross the borders from Gaza and the West Bank in order to train in Jericho and Jerusalem, so that they can prepare themselves [...]
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