Archive | December, 2010

The Struggle for East Jerusalem

17:05 12/30/2010 The Struggle for East Jerusalem Home demolitions increased pressure on the Palestinian community. By Jesse Rosenfeld Half way down a hill, sandwiched between Jerusalem’s Hadassa hospital and Hebrew University, sits the compact and overcrowded occupied East Jerusalem village of Issawiya. Before crossing the makeshift police checkpoint of concrete block obstacles at the edge […]

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Hope in 2011: Peoples, Civil Society Stand Tall

17:16 12/30/2010 2010 was a year that human will proved more effective than military hardware. By Ramzy Baroud When the Iraqi army fell before invading US and British troops in 2003, the latter’s mission seemed to be accomplished. But nearly eight years after the start of a war intended to shock and awe a whole […]

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Egypt bans activists from Gaza convoy

PressTV –  Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:17PM Members of the Asia to Gaza Caravan Egypt has prevented some 50 Iranian and Jordanian activists on the Asia 1 aid convoy from reaching the Gaza Strip through its soil. The Egyptian embassy in Damascus, Syria, has informed the convoy of a permit that allows only 120 activists […]

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Activists expelled for Gaza T-shirts

PressTV –  Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:41PM Four activists have been forced to leave an art gallery in New York for wearing T-shirts in support of the besieged Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Eight people had worn black T-shirts with “NEXT YEAR IN JERUSALEM” printed on the front and “US BOAT TO GAZA” on the […]

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Palestine Today: A Reality of Justice Denied

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Dec 30, 2010 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under a siege for 1296 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Every day updating all news, sources and actual information about Gaza – Palestine, check also earlier notes since June 1th, 2010 with all news from worldwide newspapers and sources. وسلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته   **************************************************************** The Electronic Intifada Campaign: Help keep our reporting strong in 2011 http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11662.shtml **************************************************************** No […]

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Al-Azhar Sheikh demands Abbas to end arrest and torture of citizens in W. Bank

[ 30/12/2010 – 12:08 PM ]   CAIRO, (PIC)– Grand Sheik of Cairo’s Al-Azhar university and mosque Ahmed Attayb called on de facto president Mahmoud Abbas to end the political arrest and torture of citizens in the West Bank, to protect the Palestinian constants and to end the division with his rivals to strengthen the […]

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Palestinian Return Centre denies allegations of links to Hamas

[ 30/12/2010 – 12:23 PM ]   LONDON, (PIC)– The London-based Palestinian Return Centre denied Wednesday Israeli allegations that the group belongs to a Palestinian faction, calling the accusations baseless. “The recent media reports concerning the Return Centre are baseless. They only prove the center’s success in achieving its goals regarding the issue of Palestinian […]

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Israel decides to raze Al-Sahaba Mosque in O. Jerusalem

[ 30/12/2010 – 12:53 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) handed the residents of Suwana area in occupied Jerusalem a demolition order issued against Al-Sahaba Mosque at the pretext of unlicensed construction. Jerusalemite sources said that the IOF gave Suwana citizens three months in order to file their complaint with […]

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Abu Zuhri: Fatah devising serious plot against resistance

[ 30/12/2010 – 12:55 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman, has charged that Fatah faction was hatching a serious plot in cooperation with Israel to liquidate Palestinian resistance and Hamas in Gaza Strip. He recalled in a statement to the PIC on Thursday statements by Salam Fayyad, the illegitimate […]

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Minister claims that 130 Palestinian detainees in Israel are serving 20+ year sentences

Thursday, 30 December 2010 13:00 The Minister warned that continued detention of prisoners for long periods with no prospect of release can constitute a threat to prisoners’ lives. The Palestinian Authority’s Minister for Detainees’ Affairs has said that the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons serving sentences of 20 years or more has now […]

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PA Statistics: Palestinian and Jewish Populations Will Level by End of 2014

PNN – Palestine News Network – 30.12.10 – 15:45 Jerusalem – PNN – A study released by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics indicates that the amount of Palestinians living in “historic Palestine”—meaning all territories taken by force in both 1948 and 1967—will equal the amount of Jews by the end of the year 2014. […]

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Another Hamas MP in Israel custody

PressTV – Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:29PM An elderly man looks at pictures of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails during a protest in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) on April 15, 2010. Israel’s military has put another Hamas parliamentarian back in custody almost a year after the detainee was freed following a lengthy prison term. On […]

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Ghaith withdraws appeal, ban to be enacted January 12

Thursday, 30 December, 2010 | 15:43 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Adnan Ghaith, Silwan secretary general of Fatah and al-Bustan Popular Committee member, yesterday withdrew his appeal to the Israeli High Court to overturn their decision to impose a four-month Jerusalem ban on him. Ghaith cited a lack of confidence in the Israeli justice system as […]

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Euro MP publishes report of his visit to Gaza (With full Report)

8:48am Thursday 30th December 2010   BOLTON Euro MP Sir Robert Atkins has published a report into his visit to the Gaza Strip. Sir Robert, the North West Conservative MEP, said he was shocked to find how bad the situation is in the Palestinian enclave. He said: “All in all, it is an appalling state […]

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