by Alice Rothchild on January 18, 2011 I thought my last day in Ramallah, January 15, would be a reflective, low key day to catch up, finish blogging, look at my 700+ emails, and pack, when my host asks me to join him and the US student he is mentoring on an extraordinary visit […]
Continue readingCatholic bishops agonise in the Holy Land
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 14:00 By Cristina Reilly Within a week of Salman Taseer’s assassination, Pope Benedict called with courageous clarity for Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy laws, risking an Islamist backlash. In contrast, a key annual meeting of international Catholic bishops last week in Jerusalem repeated a mixed message about the Israel/Palestine “conflict”. The […]
Continue readingThe “Stuttgart Declaration” Represents a Paradigm Shift | by Ilan Pappé
by Ilan Pappé / January 18th, 2011 Recently the organizers of the Stuttgart conference and especially those who signed the Stuttgart declaration came under sever criticism from various writers and politicians in Germany and were exposed at time even to typical German center left abrasive language. Setting aside the insignificant aspects of the dialogue – […]
Continue readingHezbollah’s Nasrallah Could Be Right | By Alan Hart
by Alan Hart / January 18th, 2011 It’s not impossible that Hezbollah’s leader Hassan Nasrallah was right when he described the tribunal investigating the assassination of Lebanon’s Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005 as “an American and Israeli tool”. Though I, myself, see Israel’s military and political leaders as those with most to gain – […]
Continue readingPresident Medvedev to Confirm Russian Recognition of Palestine
Tuesday January 18, 2011 16:05 by IMEMC News – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Prior to Russian president Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called the trip “historic” and a top negotiator said he expected Medvedev to reaffirm his country’s recognition of an independent […]
Continue reading‘Boycott From Within’ making international waves against the occupation | Joseph Dana
Boycott From Within is taking credit for the recent cancellation of French pop star Vanessa Paradis’s visit to Israel. The group, made up of Israeli citizens who advocate the Palestinian national call for international call for boycott, divestment and sanction (BDS) of Israel, believes that there efforts helped persuade Paradis to cancel her March performance […]
Continue readingRussian President Medvedev to Reaffirm Russian Recognition of Palestinian State
PNN – Palestine News Network – 18.01.11 – 15:13 Jericho PNN – On the day of Russian president Dmitri Medvedev’s visit to Jericho, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called the trip “historic” and a top negotiator said he expected Medvedev to reaffirm his country’s recognition of an independent state of Palestine. President Abbas welcomes President Medvedev […]
Continue readingPalestine-Israel: The joint struggle persists in spite of intensifying repression – Infoshop News
Tuesday, January 18 2011 @ 07:55 AM UTC As a backlash resulting from the mounting international opposition to Israeli atrocities and the continuation of occupation, the Israeli racism surge in the open. In spite of jail verdicts to Palestinian and Israeli activists the joint struggle even expand. The ongoing struggles in: Araqib, Beit Ommar, BIl’in, […]
Continue readingSEMINAL CONVERSIONS
Posted by desertpeace on Sunday, January 16, 2011 at 11:21 am. OR … WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A JEW It is written in the Old Testament that if the mother of a child is Jewish, so is the child. That has been the premise of ‘who’s a Jew’ for centuries. New interpretations devised by […]
Continue readingAFP: Palestinian killed as Israel troops raid Gaza: medic
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — A Palestinian teenager was killed and two other people were injured on Tuesday as Israeli tanks carried out an operation in northern Gaza, a medical official said. Hamas emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya named the victim as 17-year-old Amjad al-Zaanein, saying he died after being hit by Israeli […]
Continue readingAnother Victim of Occupation 2011 | Amjad al-Za’anin , 20 Years Old | Killed in Northern Gaza by Israeli Shelling
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Amjad Za’anin, during his funeral in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011. A medical official in the Gaza Strip Za’anin was killed and two others wounded in violence along the border with Israel. Gaza’s Health Ministry spokesman Adham Abu Salmiya said the casualties were […]
Continue readingHamas MPs congratulate Palestine Christians for holidays
[ 18/01/2011 – 12:39 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– Hamas MPs are touring Bethlehem to congratulate Palestinian Christian communities over the Christmas celebrations. The delegation is headed by Palestinian Legislative Council Speaker Aziz Dweik and includes MPs Anwar Zabboun, Khalid Tafish, Mahmud al-Khatib, Mohammed Mahir Badr, Ezam Salhab, and Mohammed Abu Juhaisha. The two-day tour […]
Continue readingBREAKING – Israeli tank fire kills teen in Gaza
Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:56PM Israeli tanks shelled the town of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, January 18, 2011. Israeli forces have pounded the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabaliya, killing a teenager and wounding another two. The attack occurred on Tuesday when Israeli tanks opened fire on eastern Jabaliya, a Press TV correspondent […]
Continue readingI get a closeup picture of the health care system and women’s lives in Palestine
by Alice Rothchild on January 17, 2011 · 2 comments Like 1 Retweet 1 For the second week of the delegation, we divide into different interest groups and the medical folks are based in Nablus, working with Palestinian Medical Relief Society. On the second day we are standing in the waiting area of the Community […]
Continue readingPalestinian killed as Israel troops raid Gaza
January 18, 2011 GAZA CITY (Palestinian Territories): A Palestinian was killed and two were injured on Tuesday as Israeli tanks carried out an operation in the northern Gaza Strip, a medical official said. Hamas emergency services spokesman Adham Abu Selmiya named the victim as 17-year-old Amjad Al Zaanein, saying he died after being hit by […]
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