US president says America will promote reform and transition to democracy across the region, and calls for a viable Palestine and a secure Israel guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 May 2011 20.41 BST US president Barack Obama delivers his address on Middle East and US policy in the region, at the State Department in Washington DC. Photograph: […]
Read moreProf. Em. Richard Falk: Observing the 63rd Nakba
Sunday, 15 May 2011 08:20 By Richard Falk One of the many signs of the growing worldwide movement in support of the Palestinian struggle for their rights under international law and elemental morality is the increased awareness of the Nakba. On this 63rd anniversary of the catastrophic Palestinian experience since 1948 when an escaping and […]
Read moreNew Report: B’Tselem – Dispossession and Exploitation
May 2011, Comprehensive report Dispossession and Exploitation: Israel’s Policy in the Jordan Valley & Northern Dead Sea The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area contains the largest land reserves in the West Bank. The area covers 1.6 million dunams, which constitute 28.8 percent of the West Bank. Sixty-five thousand Palestinians, live in 29 […]
Read moreUS warns Turkey against new flotilla to Gaza
19 May 2011, Thursday / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon said last week on Wednesday during a Senate meeting that a new flotilla to Gaza would in no way be helpful. The United States has warned Turkey against a new flotilla to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, […]
Read moreIsrael ‘unworried’ about Netanyahu’s pledge to dismantle JV settlements
[ 19/05/2011 - 04:06 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The head of the Jordan Valley local authority, David Elhayani, said he is not worried about the future of settlement activity in the valley after a speech that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered in the Knesset Tuesday. He said that the speech highlighted no threats against settlements […]
Read moreFriends of humanity urges Egypt to open Rafah crossing, release detainees
[ 19/05/2011 - 04:07 PM ] VIENNA, (PIC)– Friends of humanity international called on the military Council and the government in Egypt to fulfill their pledges to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, open the Rafah border crossing and release Palestinian prisoners. Friends of humanity said the population of Gaza has been exposed for […]
Read morePA Sources: Settlers Plans for New Settlements Shows that Israel does not Care About International
19.05.11 – 15:50 Ramallah – PNN – Ghassan al-Khateb, director of the government press office, told PNN that the new settlers plans to take more lands and establish settlements on them during Israel’s Prime Minister visit to the US shows the entire world that Israel does not care about international law and keep deifying it […]
Read moreMADA Center Issues New Legal Guide for Journalists
19.05.11 – 16:13 Ramallah – MADA to PNN – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms issued a new legal guide for journalists. The handbook is the first of its kind in the Palestinian territories and offers accessible information on all legislation relevant to media freedoms in the region. The guide highlights and promotes […]
Read moreIsrael kidnaps six Palestinians today in West Banknk
[ 19/05/2011 - 03:03 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have kidnapped at dawn Thursday six Palestinian citizens in different West Bank areas. Local sources said the IOF violently knocked at the doors of homes causing panic among children and women during the raids. The detainees were taken blindfolded and handcuffed to […]
Read moreAccelerating building activity reported in Jordan Valley settlement
[ 19/05/2011 - 03:02 PM ] TOBAS, (PIC)– Citizens in Ein Al-Baida village to the east of Tobas city in the Jordan Valley have reported that Jewish settlers were accelerating building activity in the nearby settlement of Mikhola. They said that the settlers were building eight new housing units in Mikhola, which is only one […]
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Read moreActivists plan mass march in Palestine
Thu May 19, 2011 7:19AM Israeli troops clash with Palestinians preparing to mark the Nakba Day in the occupied Palestinian territories on May 14, 2011. Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian activists have planned a mass march after the upcoming Friday prayers on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The Facebook group Third Palestinian Intifada has called on […]
Read moreGolan protest fills returnees with pride
Published today (updated) 19/05/2011 12:16 Injured men lie wounded in their hospital beds close to the border crossing between Syria and the Golan Heights [AFP/Louai Beshara] AL-QUNEITRA, Syria (AFP) — Ahmad As-Saadi, a hospitalized young Palestinian refugee, proudly shows off his left knee which he says was pierced by an Israeli army bullet when soldiers […]
Read moreKilled for Demanding the Right of Return
Eric Ruder | The Bullet | May 19, 2011 Thousands of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators came under fire from Israeli troops on May 15 as they marched on Israel’s borders from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Gaza as part of a coordinated protest to demand the right to return to homes Palestinians were driven from when Israel […]
Read moreWHO condemns occupation’s effect on health sector
Published today (updated) 19/05/2011 13:52 GENEVA (Ma’an) — The caretaker Minister of Health said a new victory was chalked at the World Health Organization’s 64th assembly this week, when the body passed a resolution condemning the effects of Israel’s occupation on Palestinian health care. Fathi Abu Moghli said the draft secured 65 votes, passing the […]
Read moreAhead of Netanyahu Visit to Washington, Israel Announce 1500 New Settlers Homes
19.05.11 – 12:51 By Munjed Jadou – PNN Editor in Chief- Once again, for those who still does not know the real intentions of Israel, it announced plans to build 1500 homes in Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem, an indication that Israel is shifting away from peace and heading towards right wing and radicalism. The […]
Read moreNew book shows how aid to PA ended up in Israel’s pockets
David Cronin |The Electronic Intifada |18 May 2011 About a decade ago, a record was broken in Palestine. Responding to the outbreak of a new intifada, outside governments dramatically increased their financial contributions to the West Bank and Gaza. By 2002, the occupied Palestinian territories had become the largest recipients of development and humanitarian aid […]
Read morePalestine’s Hidden History of Nonviolence
You wouldn’t know it from the media coverage, but peaceful protests are nothing new for Palestinians. But if they are to succeed this time, the West needs to start paying attention. BY YOUSEF MUNAYYER | MAY 18, 2011 Last weekend, as tens of thousands of unarmed refugees marched toward Israel from all sides in a […]
Read moreBREAKING NEWS: Egypt enforces Israeli Embargo on Gaza: Humanitarian Ship to Gaza Stranded in Egyptian territorial waters
by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, May 19, 2011 BREAK THE EMBARGO ON GAZA, FORWARD THIS MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER MONTREAL. May 18, 3.21am EDT, Global Research. The Spirit of Rachel Corrie (officially known as FINCH) carrying a humanitarian cargo to Gaza was attacked by an Israeli naval patrol within the so-called Palestinian Security Zone […]
Read moreCrashing The JNF Fundraiser to “Plant a Tree for Palestine” – video
The JNF (Jewish National Fund) plant trees/forests over ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages trying to erase any drop of proof these villages existed. So we decided to crash the racist JNF’s fundraiser at the Lincoln Center and offer the people free trees to “Plant for Palestine”. Each tree had a name of a village that had […]
Read moreUS boat will sail to Gaza, despite Israeli threats
Jane Hirschmann | The Electronic Intifada | 18 May 2011 Activists around the US have raised funds to sail a US boat to Gaza.(ActiveStills) Gaza is crumbling under the weight of an Israeli siege backed by the Obama administration. Roughly 80 percent of Palestinians in Gaza now depend on aid. Vast amounts of infrastructure destroyed in the […]
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