Archive | March, 2011

Islam: a Religion of Peace?

Posted by attendingtheworld at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Thursday, March 31, 2011 click photo to play video Creve Coeur, MO (KSDK) — With rising anti-Muslim sentiment across the country, an untold story is raising greater awareness about the Muslim faith and the teachings of the Quran. That awareness comes from an unlikely source: a small Jewish congregation […]

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Israel envoys: Recognize interim Palestinian state

JERUSALEM (AFP) — Some Israeli diplomats are urging their government to acknowledge a Palestinian state within provisional borders rather than wait for the Palestinians to seek UN recognition of their sovereignty. The foreign ministry said on Thursday such views were among a variety being expressed in internal debate ahead of the UN General Assembly in […]

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THE IMPORTANCE AND THE MEANING OF LAND DAY

Posted by desertpeace at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 7:28 am. Land Day: What it Means and Why it’s Important By Yousef Today, March 30th, marks Land Day or Youm Al Ard in Arabic. Perhaps more than May 15th, when the Nakba is often marked, or June 5th, when the Israeli occupation of […]

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Another Car Hit & Run by Extremist Colonist: Palestinian Youth Killed

31/03/2011 – 02:36 PM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli speeding car deliberately ran over a Palestinian young man in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday killing him on the spot. Local sources said that the man in his thirties was intentionally hit by the car and his identity was not known yet. Jerusalemites are often targeted by […]

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Return of 88 Palestinians Stranded Outside Egyptian Borders to Gaza

CAIRO, March 31, 2011 (WAFA) – the Palestinian embassy and general consulate in Cairo Thursday announced the return of 88 Palestinians stranded outside the Egyptian borders to Gaza.. According to the embassy, 82 Palestinians flew through the Cairo airport, And six others entered through Borg El Arab airport, near Alexandria. They were transferred to Rafah […]

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WAFA Monitors Incitement and Racism in Israeli Media

RAMALLAH, March 30, 2011 (WAFA) – Palestine News and Information Agency (WAFA) monitored incitement and racism against the Palestinians and Arabs published by the Israeli media between March 18 and 25. ‘Hamodia” religious newspaper published a racist article by Menachim Klogman titled “Palestinians Crave Jewish Blood” in which Klogman said that the Palestinians poison their […]

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Rachel Corrie trial resumes

March 31, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The civil lawsuit brought by parents of slain American peace activist Rachel Corrie against the state of Israel will resume Sunday, the foundation named after her said Wednesday. The Haifa district court will open hearings on April 3 and 6, in which Israeli soldiers and colleagues of Corrie who […]

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Protest against Shimon Peres at Chatham House – London March 30, 2011

MrAlexSeymour on Mar 30, 2011 A war criminal, a most appropriate president for the criminal state of Israel was somehow allowed to attend a Zionist rebranding exercise at Chatham House in London today. Difficult to imagine how this person – who murdered scores of civilians under UN protection in Lebanon, who was instrumental in Israel’s […]

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ei: Israel lays Gaza-like siege on West Bank village

Nora Barrows-Friedman, The Electronic Intifada, 31 March 2011 An Israeli army watchtower overlooks a locked metal gate blocking the main entrance to the village of Beit Ommar, 29 March 2011. (Nora Barrows-Friedman) Since 24 March, Israeli forces have sealed the southern occupied West Bank village of Beit Ommar for an indefinite amount of time as […]

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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (24-30 March 2011)

Thursday, 31 March 2011 00:00 Palestinian establishment targeted by Israeli warplanes this week in the north of the Gaza Strip Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) · 3 Palestinian resistance activists were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip, one of whom was […]

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Announcement to Palestinians in Europe

Europe, (Pal Telegraph) March 31, 2011 – Announcement to Palestinians in Europe. A Palestinian researcher specializing in International Law and Refugee Affairs is looking for the following persons fulfilling below conditions: He/She must be of a Palestinian origin. He/She hold European citizenship or have legal permit residence in Europe. He/She must be of those who […]

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Zionism: The Real Enemy of the Jews | An Interview With Alan Hart

By Asma Hanif | Brussels, Belgium | July 23, 2008 When Alan Hart started his journalism career in Africa at the age of 18, joining ITN television, his editor summed up what his job ought to be: “Keep democracy alive.” Hart made it his life’s mission. The profession took him around the world as a […]

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Israel approves lawyer visit ban on Palestinian prisoners

31/03/2011 – 02:34 PM RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli ministerial committee has approved a law that empowers the courts to ban lawyer visits to Palestinian prisoners for one year after arrest, the Palestinian Prisoner Society warned. Israel is trying to express its racist and inhumane policies in the form of law provisions, the PPS said. Racist […]

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No Facebook Revolution for Palestine

Mar 31, 2011| By Alan Kurtz  | AllVoices   Six weeks after the world celebrated Google executive Wael Ghonim’s Facebook page that, proclaimed Newsweek, “played a crucial role in inspiring the uprising in Cairo,” Facebook has removed a page calling for a Palestinian uprising against Israel. The term “Facebook Revolution” applies to the social networking […]

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