ei: Rawabi developer Masri helps deepen Israel’s grip on West Bank

Ali Abunimah, The Electronic Intifada, 6 January 2011 Bashar Masri with Leocadia Zak, Acting Director of the United States Trade Development Agency, after singing an agreement at Rawabi, March 2010. (Haytham Othman/MaanImages) Bashar Masri, the Palestinian businessman and CEO of the company that is developing the Rawabi luxury real estate project in the occupied West […]

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Ihsanoglu warns international officials of dangers threatening the Aqsa

[ 06/01/2011 – 10:34 AM ]   JEDDAH, (PIC)– Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, the secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Conference, has sent messages to foreign ministers of permanent members of the UN Security Council warning them that serious threats were endangering the holy Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. Ihsanoglu underlined that the OIC considers […]

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Jawaher Abu Rahmah Not the First to Die from Israeli Tear Gas

http://www.josephdana.com | Joseph Dana Contrary to Israeli claims, Abu Rahmah is not the first to have died as a result of tear-gas inhalation. Already during the years of the First Intifada, Amnesty International had reportedforty deaths from CS tear gas inhalation from December 1987 to June 1988 alone in its report “Israel and the Occupied […]

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Father of hunger striker: My son is still on hunger strike

[ 06/01/2011 – 10:12 AM ]   BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– The father of Ahmed Al-Oweiwi, one of the hunger strikers in the Palestinian authority’s jails, said his son is still on hunger strike and his life is in jeopardy, appealing to what he called the free people to intervene to save the lives of all hunger […]

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Palestinian attorney accused of helping Gaza captives in occupation jails

[ 06/01/2011 – 04:45 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli central court of Jerusalem held an initial hearing Wednesday to listen to the testimonies offered by the military prosecutor in the case of Palestinian attorney Shirin Tariq al-Issawi and her brothers Madhat and Raafat. The defendants were indicted earlier with transferring canteen monies […]

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Jerusalemite officials urge Masri to get hunger strikers released from PA jails

[ 06/01/2011 – 04:51 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Jerusalemite officials facing exile from occupied Jerusalem urged Palestinian businessman Munib Al-Masri to intervene to have the hunger strikers released from the Palestinian authority’s jails and help end their suffering. This came during Masri’s visit to their sit-in tent at the Red Cross headquarters […]

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The Israelis arrest three Beit Rema municipality officials

[ 06/01/2011 – 02:05 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli army arrested Thursday morning four Palestinians from the northwest Ramallah town of Beit Rema, three of them members of the town municipality, said Palestinian rights expert Fouad al-Khafsh. The fourth arrestee is Alaa Remawi, a known Palestinian writer. All of the arrestees had previously […]

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Clarke foundation: We are working diligently to end Gaza siege

[ 06/01/2011 – 02:09 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Sara Flounders, director of Clarke foundation’s external relations, said that former US Attorney General Ramsey Clarke is making great efforts to end Gaza blockade, expressing at the same time her sorry for all the Palestinians killed by Israel inside and outside prisons. Flounders during a meeting […]

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Health ministry: Fatah authority withholding medicines needed in Gaza

[ 06/01/2011 – 10:14 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza health ministry warned Wednesday that the PA health ministry in Ramallah is continuing to withhold medicines required by Gaza patients. The Gaza ministry believes the neglect to be politically motivated, calling it “political harassment at the expense of innocent Gaza patients.” 170 necessary medicines […]

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Study: Israelis seized 86 per cent of east Jerusalem

[ 06/01/2011 – 09:48 AM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli authorities have seized 86 per cent of the land area in east Jerusalem, imposing a fait accompli that is unchangeable by the “peace process”  , a Palestinian researcher said in a report released Wednesday. Jerusalem’s political future has become governed by Jewish settlements and […]

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Report: One third of Palestinians deprived of visiting their detained relatives

[ 06/01/2011 – 09:50 AM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– A statistics report released by the Palestinian prisoner’s association indicated that around 30% of relatives of Palestinian detainees in the West Bank are deprived of visiting their next of kin held in Israeli jails. It added that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) cites alleged “security” reasons […]

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New Settlement Plan to Split Silwan in Two

Thursday January 06, 2011 13:08 by Alessandra Bajec – IMEMC & Agencies A new settlement project in Silwan will see the Jerusalem neighborhood split in two parts, a Silwan committee official revealed to Ma’an News on Thursday. (photo from Ma’an News) The new development plan is set for 5 dunums of land, some of which […]

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Abbas meets Kadima MKs in Ramallah next week

[ 06/01/2011 – 09:19 AM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– A delegation of Israeli Knesset members of the Kadima party is expected to travel to Ramallah next week to meet with de facto Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, Hebrew press reported on Wednesday. The reports said that the meeting would take place next Sunday but did not […]

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Gaza Strip: Two Palestinians shot dead by Israeli fire

Published Today – 09:10 GMT Israeli soldier Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians near the Gaza Strip border, Palestinian medics said on Thursday. An Israeli military spokesman confirmed Israeli forces had opened fire on a group of Palestinians who attempted to cross Israel’s border fence on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, Avigdor Lieberman, Israel’s hardline Minister of Foreign […]

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Umm al-Fahm neighborhood organizes general strike in response to home demolitions

Thursday January 06, 2011 11:07 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After the Israeli government demolished a 3-story building Tuesday in the neighborhood of Umm al-Fahm in East Jerusalem, the residents of the neighborhood declared a general strike in protest of Israel’s demolition policy. Umm al-Fahm neighborhood (photo from palestineremembered.com) Umm al-Fahm has been at […]

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