Archive | February 15, 2011

IOA extends detention of kidnapped MP

[ 14/02/2011 – 03:14 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) extended the detention of Hamas MP Dr. Omar Abdelrazek until Wednesday to prepare an indictment list against him. The international campaign demanding release of detained lawmakers in Israeli occupation jails said in a press release on Monday that the IOA was […]

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Mizan center calls for holding no elections without national agreement

[ 14/02/2011 – 03:19 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Mizan center for human rights called for not holding any elections in the occupied Palestinian territories without a national consensus. In a statement on Monday, the center urged all Palestinian factions especially Hamas and Fatah to at least agree on holding free and fair elections as […]

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Palestinian youth injured in IOF shooting

[ 14/02/2011 – 03:22 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– A 20-year-old Palestinian youth was wounded on Monday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stationed to the north of the Gaza Strip fired at a group of workers, medical sources reported. Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for medical services, told the PIC reporter that the IOF soldiers […]

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Report: Israel revoked residence of 191 Jerusalemites in 2010

[ 14/02/2011 – 03:08 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A report released Sunday reveals the Israeli Interior Ministry revoked the residence of 191 Palestinians in Jerusalem in 2010. Millions of Palestinians have been displaced and made refugees since the onset of Israel’s occupation. The information was gleaned by the research department of the Jerusalem […]

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ei: Egypt’s revolution and Israel: “Bad for the Jews”

Ilan Pappe, The Electronic Intifada, 14 February 2011 Is Arab democracy bad for Israel? (Matthew Cassel) The view from Israel is that if they indeed succeed, the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions are bad, very bad. Educated Arabs — not all of them dressed as “Islamists,” quite a few of them speaking perfect English whose wish […]

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Gaza Rally Attendees Urge Egypt to Open Rafah Border

Monday February 14, 2011 16:51 by Ramona M. – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Two days after Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak was toppled by a torrent of peaceful protests, a rally headed by Gazan youth gathered in Gaza City calling on Egypt to open its border with Gaza. Rafah Crossing The […]

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IRIN Middle East | OPT: Intra-Palestinian strife hits health care in Gaza | OPT | Early Warning | Governance | Health & Nutrition | Human Rights | Security

Photo: Erica Silverman/IRIN Gaza health ministry officials sorting donated drugs and medical supplies; they are often expired or not what is required, according to WHO RAMALLAH, 14 February 2011 (IRIN) – The main reason for the worsening shortages of essential drugs and medical supplies in the Gaza Strip is that the Palestinian Authority (PA) ministry […]

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MP Zeidan: Elections not in best interests of Palestinians

[ 14/02/2011 – 09:34 AM ]   TULKAREM, (PIC)– Palestinian MP Abdurrahman Zeidan said elections the PLO decided to hold by September are not in the best interest of the Palestinians. His statements Saturday came in response to a decision by the PLO’s Executive Committee to hold presidential and legislative elections as fears over demands […]

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Settlers storm village

[ 14/02/2011 – 09:30 AM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– A group of armed Jewish settlers stormed the village of Beit Ummar, Al-Khalil, on Sunday night as the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) were closing all entrances to the town, locals reported. They told the PIC that the IOF troops besieged the village and roamed its suburbs […]

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Attaher: Mubarak’s downfall dealt a blow to the peace option

[ 14/02/2011 – 09:30 AM ]   DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Senior official of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine Maher Attaher said that the downfall of Hosni Mubarak and his regime dealt a decisive blow to the option of a peaceful settlement between Arabs and the Zionist entity. “There is no doubt that the […]

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Qassem: PA call for elections doomed

  RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Dr. Abdulsattar Qassem, professor of political science, said that the Palestinian Authority and the PLO should leave the Palestinian political arena and apologize for their mistakes to the Palestinian, Arab and Islamic peoples. Qassem in a press release on Monday said that the PLO, PA call for election is doomed to failure. […]

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