Archive | January 24, 2011

By-standers seized by Israeli troops, elderly man beaten

Monday, 24 January, 2011 | 16:37 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Israeli forces have arrested 4 Palestinians amidst violent clashes in Silwan, despite the uninvolvement of those taken. Mahmoud al-Razem, Ibrahim Deyab and Abu Naser Zidani were seized by Israeli forces from a shop in Bir Ayyub. Shop […]

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An afternoon in the Jerusalem studio of GOD TV, the Christian Zionist ethnic cleansing network

by Max Blumenthal on January 24, 2011 I spent a part of this afternoon in the green room of a Russian news bureau in Jerusalem. While waiting for my friend Joseph Dana to appear on Russia TV to discuss the Palestine Papers, I looked out the window at a panoramic view of Jerusalem. In the foreground […]

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Peru recognizes Palestinian state

A Palestinian shepherd leads a donkey as his goats graze near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maale Adumim (seen in back), near Jerusalem January 24, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ammar Awad LIMA | Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:01pm EST |  | Reuters LIMA (Reuters) – Peru said on Monday it had recognized a Palestinian state, joining […]

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Lieberman criticizes Olmert for not exploiting PA generous concessions

[ 24/01/2011 – 05:38 PM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman criticized the former Israeli government of Ehud Olmert for not exploiting the “generous” concessions offered by Abbas’s authority. The Hebrew radio quoted Lieberman as saying on Monday that the documents released by Al-Jazeera TV network on Sunday night on the negotiations […]

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Zahhar calls for massive rallies, Khatib blasts PA concessions

[ 24/01/2011 – 06:07 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Dr. Mahmoud Al-Zahhar has called for massive Arab demonstrations demanding an end to the frivolous negotiations and concessions. Zahhar in a televised statement on Monday evening said that the Arab masses should hit the streets to declare their position, warning that […]

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Israel plans to build 58,000 settler homes in OJ

[ 24/01/2011 – 06:08 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Gaza’s religious affairs ministry expressed concern over a project to build 58,000 Jewish settler homes in occupied Jerusalem by 2020. Meanwhile, Israel is announcing Jerusalem as the capital for Jewish people and allocating funds to attract Jews in a project dubbed Jerusalem 2020, the ministry said […]

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Sabri: The Aqsa not for negotiations

[ 24/01/2011 – 06:19 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, the head of the higher Islamic authority and Aqsa preacher, has renewed his edict banning exchange of land in any settlement with Israel. Sabri in a statement to the PIC on Monday thanked Al-Jazeera for publishing the secret documents because the publication […]

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11 arrested in Silwan clashes with Israeli troops

[ 24/01/2011 – 06:24 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Eleven Palestinians, among them seven minors, were beaten and arrested Monday during clashes with Israeli troops in the East Jerusalem district of Silwan. Soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at civilians, locals said. They beat a seventy-year-old man sprayed gas in his face during […]

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ei: Boycott vote in Sydney suburb sparks media furor, death threats

Sarah Irving, The Electronic Intifada, 24 January 2011 (Anne Paq/ActiveStills) On 15 December 2010, the councilors of Marrickville, a suburb of Sydney, Australia voted by a 10-2 majority to support the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS). A month later, they have belatedly become the subjects of vilification in the press owned by […]

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The Palestine Papers: The Ultimate Confirmation of Israeli Intentions. | Joseph Dana

The cables released last night by Al Jazeera, which form the Palestine Papers, have provided ultimate confirmation of what many on the ground have known for some time – Israel is not interested in an equitable two state solution. Instead Israel is interested in maintaining the status quo, which necessarily means that both Palestinian and Israeli […]

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PA continues torture of Islamic Jihad elements in Jenin

[ 24/01/2011 – 11:14 AM ]   JENIN, (PIC)– PA security agencies continue to hold four elements from the Islamic Jihad Movement over a shooting at a west Jenin checkpoint last Thursday. The militias had launched an arrest campaign in Jenin after Salim Samoudi, a member of Islamic Jihad’s military wing, was shot dead last […]

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Bardawil reiterates Hamas’s rejection of state with provisional borders

[ 24/01/2011 – 10:51 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas leader Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil has reiterated his movement’s rejection of a Palestinian state with temporary borders, affirming that Hamas insists on resistance as the means to restore occupied Palestine. Bardawil told Quds Press on Sunday that Hamas would accept a Palestinian state on 1967 occupied […]

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Hamas: Al-Jazeera’s papers unveiled plans to liquidate the Palestinian cause

[ 24/01/2011 – 11:24 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement said that the confidential documents leaked by Al-Jazeera satellite channel about the peace talks between the Fatah-controlled Palestinian authority (PA) and Israel is very serious poof of the PA’s involvement in attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told […]

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Jan 24, 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under siege for 1321 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News!

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Gaza’s blogging boom

Photo: Phoebe Greenwood/IRIN Gazan blogger Sharif Al Sharif writes to vent his frustration and the humanitarian crisis he’s living through. He says “Gaza is not hell it’s just a very unnatural place to live” GAZA CITY, 24 January 2011 (IRIN) – Sharif Al Sharif, 27, launched his blog in 2006 when there were only a […]

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