Clashes Enter Second Day « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem

Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 | 21:59 Tear gas in Silwan – Archive Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Today, eyewitness reports say Israeli military forces used tear gas in the Ein Silwan region, located between Al Bustan and Wadi Hilweh districts. Clashes were reported in Baten el Hawa as well. The violence has resulted in the injury […]

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Hamas MPs slams preventive security for summoning professor Ashqar

[ 05/01/2011 – 04:30 PM ]   WEST BANK, (PIC)– Hamas lawmakers in Nablus city strongly denounced the Palestinian authority’s preventive security for summoning at night Tuesday professor and scientist Issam Al-Ashqar and held it fully responsible for his life since his health condition is unstable. In a press release, the lawmakers noted that Ashqar […]

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Prison sources: Dr. Dhoqan’s health is steadily deteriorating

Palestinian Information Center |  [ 05/01/2011 – 04:26 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– The health of Al-Najah University lecturer Dr. Ghassan Dhoqan is steadily deteriorating, sources inside the PA Junaid prison in Nablus told the PIC. The ex-prisoner in Israeli occupation jails suffers from a slipped disc and had undergone knee surgery. Long hours of tied […]

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Siyam will appear in court tomorrow « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem

Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 | 17:41 Jawad Siyam during a workshop at the center about the situation for children in Silwan Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — The Israeli court has accepted the appeal lodged by detained Wadi Hilweh Information Center director Jawad Siyam’s legal counsel. Siyam will appear in the Jerusalem Central Court at 1pm tomorrow. […]

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Judge extends detention of the Information Center director, Jawad Siyam « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem

Wednesday, 5 January, 2011 | 17:35 Jawad Siyam organizes summer games activities for kids in Silwan Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — The detention of Wadi Hilweh Information Center director Jawad Siyam was extended today in Jerusalem Magistrates Court. Siyam was arrested yesterday by police during a raid on the Silwan community center, after a complaint of […]

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Peace, Not Process by Daoud Kuttab

2011-01-05 | Project Syndicate RAMALLAH – The United States should stop pushing for the resumption of the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Doing so might be the best way to achieve peace – a paradox that reflects the huge gap between a peace process and achieving genuine peace. Make no mistake: this is not a call to […]

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The best I can… | Poem by Angel Falasteen

by Angel Falasteen on Tuesday, December 7, 2010   The Best I Can…   You can turn and walk away, you can leave your dreams standing, You look sad and tired and lonely down and beat and feeling weak;   Yet all that sorrow never pleaded me come and talk to me… easy now, easy. […]

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Baby Martyr – A Poem By Angel Falasteen

by Angel Falasteen on Monday, November 1, 2010 I”m six and seven And up to eleven, Then I’m an adult In an Israeli court My hands tied in the back of my back He comes to me with a punch and a sack. He covers my head with a hood of Zionist stench Though my […]

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The Director of Silwan Community Center, Jawad Siyam, arrested (via Eyes On The Ground in East Jerusalem)

AN UPDATE FROM THE COURT (5/1/11): The arrest of Jawad Siyam was extended in another 48 hours. The police submitted "confidential evidents" to the judge, that were not shown to the suspect and his lawyer.  From the questions of the judge to the police it was clear that there were no evidence, including in the […]

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Youth of Gaza vent their frustrations on the internet — SOS Children

Jan 05, 2011 02:32 PM In December, a new round of Middle East peace talks ground to a halt, leaving the US Secretary of State no choice but to change policy and return to indirect talks with the two sides. Now a group of students have vented their frustration and anger with all those in […]

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Israeli plan to establish new settlement outpost in Silwan district

[ 05/01/2011 – 01:58 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Palestinian committee for the defense of Silwan real estate and lands said that the Israeli municipal council in occupied Jerusalem declared a plan on Tuesday to establish a settlement outpost in the heart of Silwan district. The committee added that the plan is aimed […]

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Jewish conference calls for “building Third Temple on ruins of Al-Aqsa Mosque”

Wednesday, 05 January 2011 14:00 A conference of ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jews in West Jerusalem has called for the destruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque and the building of the “third temple” on its ruins. In response, the Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage warned of an escalation of the attempts by the Israeli occupation authorities and “its […]

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Leaked US cables offer details of Israeli Gaza strategy

Monster & Critics | Jan 5, 2011, 13:12 GMT   Oslo – Israel informed the United States of its intent to keep the economy in Hamas-ruled Gaza at ‘the lowest level’ without triggering ‘a humanitarian crisis,’ a Norwegian daily said Wednesday, citing leaked US diplomatic cables. The decisions included how much Israeli currency is allowed […]

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Ex-Fatah prisoner: Israel targeting Hamas prisoners over Shalit capture

PIC | [ 05/01/2011 – 12:55 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Saad Al Ashi, a Fatah-supporter who was released a week back after a nine year term in Israeli jails, said the prison administration has been pressuring Hamas prisoners to leak clues to the whereabouts of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier taken captive by resistance forces […]

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Ministry of religious affairs calls for internet warefare to protect holy sites

[ 05/01/2011 – 12:59 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs called for strongly retaliating to the Israeli internet warfare against the occupied city of Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque and working on protecting the holy sites against the Zionist piracy. The ministry stressed in a press release on Tuesday […]

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