East Jerusalemites appeal to UN for help with garbage collection

Sunday, March 4 2012|Mya Guarnieri | 972 MAGAZINE Palestinian residents of Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, which is grossly lacking in municipal services, are looking elsewhere for help with garbage collection. Mynet (Hebrew) reports that residents of Qalandia and Kfar Akab are “drowning in garbage.” The two Palestinian neighborhoods are within the Israeli-drawn municipal boundaries of Jerusalem, […]

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Israeli soldier reported missing

MARCH 4 2012 MAAN NEWS AGENCY TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli police and military forces are carrying out an extensive search after an Israeli soldier was reported missing on Sunday, Haaretz said. Eshel Zilberstein was last seen in a mall, and video footage showed him throwing away part of his weapon, Haaretz quoted military […]

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Samih al-Qasim: Long Ashes of Memory

Samih al-Qasim is one of the most prominent poets from 1948 Palestine whose name is associated with revolution and resistance. (Photo: Al-Akhbar) By: Mustafa Mustafa AL-AKHBAR ENGLISH – Published Sunday, March 4, 2012 His name is associated with the poetry of revolution and resistance. In It Is Just An Ashtray he tells his life story […]

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Female Palestinian hunger striker ‘to be released early’

Published Sunday, March 4, 2012 AL AKHBAR An Israeli court decided on Sunday to shorten the administrative detention of a Palestinian who has been refusing food since she was arrested, her lawyer said. Hana Shalabi has been on hunger strike since her violent detention on February 16, when she was originally ordered detained without trial […]

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Envoy: Iran to Continue Support for Oppressed Palestinian Nation

FARS NEWS MARCH 4 2012 TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Beirut Qazanfar Roknabadi underlined Tehran’s strong and continued support for all the oppressed nations, specially Palestinians. “Quds, Palestine and its nation and the resistance will never remain alone and the Islamic Iran will always continue support for Palestine and its nation despite all pressures,” Roknabadi […]

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Declaring Al-Quds the Capital of Palestine, Arabs and Muslims in Beirut

AL MANAR MARCH 4 2012 Batoul Wehbe Supporting the Resistance in Palestine Committee organized a forum on Al-Quds (Jerusalem) in Resalat Hall, Beirut on Sunday in the presence of political parties and national factions from Lebanon and Palestine. Speeches at the forum, under the title “Declaration of Al-Quds as the capital of Palestine, the Arabs […]

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Obama says when chips are down I have Israel’s back

US President Barack Obama speaks during the AIPAC Policy Conference at the Washington Convention Center on March 4, 2012. PRESSTV Sun Mar 4, 2012 6:25PM GMT “At every crucial juncture, at every fork in the road, we have been there for Israel every single time.” US President Barack Obama US President Barack Obama says Washington […]

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Shalabi to continue hunger strike despite sentence reduction

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 4 2012 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Hana Shalabi said Sunday that she will continue her hunger strike despite an announcement by Israel’s Ofer military court that her prison time will be reduced by two months. Lawyer Fadi Qawasmi visited Shalabi on Sunday at Hasharon prison and informed her of the court’s decision […]

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Israeli court to consider evacuating Hebron settlers

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 4 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israel’s supreme court on Monday will consider whether to evacuate settlers from two properties in Hebron’s old city, the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee said Sunday. “An Israeli court is going to reconsider evacuating settlers from Palestinian stores which they occupied,” HRC said. “The stores were shut down […]

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Former Israeli Minister: We Have Contacts with Free Army, Israel Has Interest in Fall of Syrian Regime

SANA MARCH 4 2012 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (SANA) –Israel Today newspaper said that the former minister and current member of the Knesset for the Labor Party, Isaac Herzog, is currently in contact with members from the Syrian opposition and the so-called ‘Free Army’ in an attempt to undermine the Syrian regime after diplomatic and international efforts […]

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Dozens of Gaza homes at risk of flooding

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 4 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Civil defense crews in the Gaza Strip said Sunday that dozens of homes in the Gaza Valley area are at risk of flooding due to heavy rainfall. Yusuf al-Zahar, director general of the Civil Defense, told Ma’an that water levels have reached nearly two meters […]

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Foundation: Landslide risk in Silwan amid Israeli digs

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 4 2012     JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Al-Aqsa Foundation said on Sunday it had gathered evidence showing that an East Jerusalem neighborhood risked landslides amid Israeli digging in the area. A landslide northeast of the Ein Silwan Mosque has formed a crater next to the building, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for […]

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IOF soldiers occupy building in Jenin

[ PIC 04/03/2012 - 12:54 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed and occupied a building in Jenin city at dawn Sunday and detained all inhabitants in one room until the early morning hours. Local sources said that special forces accompanied the IOF troops, identifying the owner of the building as Nasser Al-Fourman. […]

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IOF raze agricultural building in Tulkarem city

[ PIC 04/03/2012 - 12:51 PM ] TULKAREM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) demolished on Saturday afternoon a municipal warehouse used for storing agricultural appliances in Tulkarem city and combed its vicinity. Local sources said an Israeli military bulldozer escorted by troops knocked down a depot belonging to the municipal council of Qaffin town […]

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Gaza factories threatened with shutdown due to power crisis

[ PIC 04/03/2012 - 12:50 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Head of the federation of Palestinian industries Ali Al-Hayek warned of the serious repercussions of the power outages on the local industrial production in the besieged Gaza Strip. Hayek said that dozens of factories, especially those which work in the fields of construction and food, would […]

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Four administrative detainees join Shalabi’s hunger strike

[ PIC 04/03/2012 - 12:53 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Four Palestinians held in Israeli administrative custody, without charge or trial, have joined the hunger strike that was started by detainee Hana’a Shalabi 18 days ago, the prisoners’ studies center said in a statement on Sunday. The center said that three of those detainees were affiliated […]

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Aruri: All Palestinian prisoners to go on hunger strike in April

[ PIC 04/03/2012 - 12:57 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas and in charge of the prisoners file in the movement said that Palestinian prisoners were preparing for an open ended hunger strike in April. Aruri said in a TV statement on Saturday evening that Hamas has put five conditions for the […]

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Striking Prisoner’s Health Condition Deteriorating, Says Prisoner Club

WAFA MARCH 4 2012 RAMALLAH, March 4, 2012 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prison Club (PPC) Sunday reported in a statement on the rapid deterioration of the health condition of Hana’ Shalabi, the Palestinian prisoner on her 18th day of open-ended hunger strike, protesting her arrest without charge or trial. PPC lawyer Fawaz Shlodi said Shalabi […]

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Palestinian Doctor Awarded Austrian President’s Medal

WAFA MARCH 4 2012 VIENNA, March 4, 2012 (WAFA) – George Nicola, a Palestinian doctor and honorary president of the Austrian-Palestinian community, Sunday was awarded the Austriallian President’s medal, according to the Palestinian community in Austria. In a ceremony held by the Austriallian presidnecy, Nicola was appointed a medical expert and was chosen as one […]

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Erekat Calls on UN, EU to Intervene to End Administrative Detention

WAFA MARCH 4 2012 JERICHO, March 4, 2012 (WAFA) – Fatah Central Committee Member Saeb Erekat Sunday called on the United Nations and the Europeon union to promplty intervent to end the policy of administrative dentention, which was cancelled during the British Mandate in 1948. In two separate meetings with UN Special Coordinator for the […]

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Children’s TV News Coming to Ramallah

WAFA MARCH 4 2012 By Filistin Remawi RAMALLAH, March 4, 2012 (WAFA) – With the help of the German Goethe Institute and in cooperation with al-Quds University’s Institute for Modern Media children’s TV news is coming to Ramallah. Under the title “Prix Jeunesse” (Youth Prize), the Goethe Institute started on Sunday a three-day workshop in […]

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Boycott about Palestinian rights, not destroying Israel

Saturday, March 3 2012|Omar Rahman 972 Magazine Noam Wiener’s post against the BDS movement once again fails to understand the movement and the general plight of Palestinians. I am really not sure how I missed this guest post by Noam Wiener on the boycott movement, and the flurry of comments it generated, but I wanted […]

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