Richard Falk calls for listing Palestine as LDC under UN framework

09 May 2011, Monday | EMİNE KART, İSTANBUL | Today’s Zaman Richard Falk, chair of the Academic Council of the 4th UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC-IV), said on Monday here in İstanbul that Palestine should be considered a Least Developed Country (LDC) under the UN framework. “Palestine, a country which has been […]

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Settlers Attack Wadi Al Hilwa, Demand Bedouin Residents To Leave

Monday May 09, 2011 02:01 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies A group of extremist armed Israeli settlers attacked, on Sunday evening, Wadi Al Hilwa area in the northern plains of the West Bank, and demanding local Bedouins to leave the area. Local sources reported that the settlers came from Maskiot illegal settlement, installed […]

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Decision To Hold Criminologists Conference In Israeli Settlement Criticized

Monday May 09, 2011 17:38 by David Steele – IMEMC & Agencies The Israeli peace group, Gush Shalom, has sharply criticized a decision to hold a criminologists’ conference in the settlement of Ariel, deep inside the West Bank. Ariel University Center of Samaria: This picture was taken by Michael Jacobson On Sunday, Gush Shalom sent […]

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IOA starts building section of separation wall around Qalandia village

[ 09/05/2011 - 04:32 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) started building a section of the separation wall around the village of Qalandia to the north of occupied Jerusalem, local villagers said on Monday. They said that IOA bulldozers escorted by security forces started leveling land south of the village. The […]

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Israel blocking Palestinian salaries

Mon May 9, 2011 6:38PM Palestinian Authority’s acting Prime Minister Salam Fayyad The Palestinian Authority says it has been unable to pay the salaries of tens of thousands of its staff because of Israel’s decision to block funds belonging to the authority. Tel Aviv froze USD 100 million in taxes belonging to the PA after […]

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Israel’s blockade of Gaza is cracking

Sealing coastal territory undermines past diplomacy – and siege is likely to be broken by post-revolution Egypt. AlJazeera | Opinion | Noura Erakat | 09 May 2011 18:45 An Egyptian soldier watches from a parapet at the Rafah border crossing, as Hamas policemen stand guard on the Palestinian side. Egypt’s announcement that it will permanently […]

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Settlers attack a school in northern West Bank

09 May 2011 | Palestine News Network A group of Israeli settlers attacked on Monday morning a Palestinian school in the southern part of Nablus, northern West Bank. Witnesses told local media that the settlers smashed windows and put-up a banner and wrote slogans on the outer wall of the school calling for the killing […]

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Reconciliation promises Palestinian state

Mon May 9, 2011 6:12PM Mahmoud Rasouli Mahmoud Abbas (L) and Khaled Meshaal (R) Will the unity accord between Palestinian factions, which was the result of over a year and half of negotiations, promise the formation of an independent Palestinian state? The Hamas and Fatah movement finally signed a deal whereby each side set aside […]

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PM Salam Fayyad: We Can’t Pay Salaries Because Israel’s Decision of withholding Tax Money

09.05.11 – 19:24 | PNN – Palestine News Network Ramallah- PNN – The Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad announced on Monday evening that the Palestinian Authority will not be able to pay salaries to its employees this month for the first time since 2007 because of Israel’s decision to stop the transfer of tax revenues […]

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Uncovering the Future

09.05.11 – 19:56| PNN – Palestine News Network ANERA – PNN – In the early morning, the spring sun warms the fertile fields of Gaza. It’s time for planting but first it’s time for cleaning. Wearing hats against the hot sun, workers spread out across the green fields to collect the plastic sheets covering last […]

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When you are United, How can we Rule you?

09.05.11 – 15:50| PNN By Adam Keller – These Europeans – are they so very generous, or what? Urgently forwarding a sum to pay the salaries of the Palestinian Authority employees, because our minister of finance doesn’t pass on to the Palestinians the money which is theirs. Custom tax revenues on goods entering the Palestinian […]

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Egypt activists plan 15 May march to Gaza

Ali Abdel Mohsen |  Mon, 09/05/2011 – 15:24 | Al-Masry Al-Youm

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May 14: Nakba Commemoration in Michigan with Awad AbdelFattah, Noura Erakat and Helen Thomas

The Palestine Cultural Office and the US Palestinian Community Network present Nakba 63 Commemoration Event featuring Awad Abdel Fattah, Noura Erekat and Helen Thomas Saturday, May 14, 2011 6:30 PM at Burton Manor, 27777 Schoolcraft, Livonia, MI 48150 Preferred Seating $50.00 General Seating $35.00 Dinner, Cultural Program, & Music For more info call: (313) 945–9660 […]

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Palestinian Refugees | So You Think You Know? – video

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Third Intifada Underway

Rallies to Kick Israel’s Ambassador out of Egypt by Ashraf Ezzat |  May 9th, 2011 | DissidentVoice “The Arab world is experiencing an earthquake,” commented Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minster, on the power of popular uprisings sweeping across the Middle East and North Africa. Passing that quick judgment, Netanyahu overlooked the fact that that mighty […]

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Egyptians to mark Nakba with a march to Palestine

March to Palestine planned to commemorate the Nakba and demand the right of return to all Palestinian refugees Salma Shukrallah, Monday 9 May 2011 | Ahram Online Egyptian soldiers stand guard outside the Israeli embassy as protesters wave Palestinian flags and chant slogans in Cairo (Photo: AP) On 15 May, the annual commemoration of the […]

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Jenin woman enters 10th year in Israeli jail

May 9, 2011 |  17:11 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Palestinian detainee Qahira Al-Sadi entered her 10th year in an Israeli jail on Sunday, the Ministry of Detainees’ in Gaza said. Al-Sadi, 35, was sentenced to life imprisonment accused of affiliation to Islamic Jihad and aiding a suicide bomber, the ministry said. Al-Sadi, from Jenin, has […]

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Egypt may reopen consulate in Gaza, official says

Published yesterday (updated) 09/05/2011 16:36 RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Ma’an) — Gaza’s caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Planning Mohammad Awad told Ma’an on Sunday that Egypt’s transitional leadership was seriously considering opening a consulate in Gaza City to facilitate communication with Gaza officials. Awad said an office in the coastal enclave would help smooth communications […]

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Peres: Declaring Palestinian state means continuation of the conflict

[ 09/05/2011 - 03:11 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israeli president Shimon Peres has said that he was against the declaration of an independent Palestinian state by next September, claiming that it would not lead to solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Peres was quoted by Jerusalem Post on Monday as saying that the Palestinian Authority’s insistence on […]

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Islamic Jihad: Ramallah security detained five of our cadres

[ 09/05/2011 - 03:16 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Islamic Jihad movement accused the PA preventive security apparatus of arresting five of its cadres in Al-Khalil, describing the act as deliberate to “poison” the reconciliation. A responsible source in the movement in Al-Khalil said in a statement on Monday that the arrests only deepen the division, […]

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Tony Kushner snub over ‘anti-Israel’ views reconsidered by university

City University of New York committee attempts to repair damage done by veto of playwright’s honorary degree Ed Pilkington in New York | guardian.co.uk, Monday 9 May 2011 16.56 BST The decision to withhold a City University of New York honorary degree from Tony Kushner was made by trustee Jeffrey Wiesenfeld who felt the playwright […]

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Fatah calls Israeli incitement against the reconciliation deal “political terrorism”

Monday, 09 May 2011 17:00| MEMO Fatah: “Political terrorism” the incitement by Israel against the Palestinian reconciliation agreement and national unity. A spokesman for Fatah has described as “political terrorism” the incitement by Israel against the Palestinian reconciliation agreement and national unity. In a press statement, Fayez Abu Eita said: “The incitement campaign, statements by […]

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