Jordanian rights group to sue Israel after explosion kills child

[ 02/03/2011 – 12:14 PM ]   AMMAN, (PIC)– A Jordan human rights organization condemned in statements on Wednesday an Israeli explosion that killed a Jordanian boy and left another wounded a few days back in the Jordan Valley. Tamir al-Ajarima was killed and his brother Bara wounded after the reverberation of an explosion caused […]

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Hamas slams Libya crackdown

Wed Mar 2, 2011 7:14PM Share | Email | Print The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas has harshly condemned the brutal crackdown against pro-democracy protesters in Libya. Hamas, the democratically-elected Palestinian government in Gaza, denounced the killings of pro-democracy protesters by forces loyal to Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and called for unity among Libyans. Libyan […]

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‘Israel planning new war on neighbors’

PressTV –  Wed Mar 2, 2011 3:44PM Israel is reportedly planning to launch a new war to strengthen its position in the Middle East, following recent political reforms in regional states. A Western diplomat in the Jordanian capital Amman said on Wednesday that Israel has decided to attack Syria and Lebanon following the downfall of […]

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The Punishment of Gaza: The chronicles of a human tragedy through the eyes an Israeli journalist

By MOHAMMED AZHAR ALI KHAN, LIFE.STYLE@ARABNEWS.COM Published: Mar 2, 2011 19:29 Updated: Mar 2, 2011 19:29 Both the cover and back page of “The Punishment of Gaza” are dramatic. The front cover shows a man gazing at damaged buildings that suggest that they had been devastated by the fury nature’s earthquakes. Conversely, they in fact […]

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SSNP hails Turkey’s stance on Israeli occupation to Palestine

BEIRUT | iloubnan.info – March 02, 2011 The Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) hailed Turkey’s condemnation to Israel’s occupation to Palestine and the Turkish support to the Palestinians’ struggle for freedom and liberation. A delegation from the Syrian Social Nationalist Party met Wednesday with Turkish Ambassador, Inan Ozyildize who in turn said his country’s stance […]

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Relatives of Palestinian prisoner ask for international medical team

[ 02/03/2011 – 04:03 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Relatives of Palestinian prisoner Haithem Salehiya has asked for an international medical team to call on Salehiya in his Aishel prison in Beer Sheba after the Israeli intelligence tried to poison him. The family appealed in a statement on Tuesday to all Arab and international human […]

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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with police in Jaffa

[ 02/03/2011 – 03:57 PM ]   JAFFA, (PIC)– Dozens of Palestinians have been injured in clashes that broke out with police protecting Jewish demonstrations in the  city of Jaffa. The entire city had gone on strike to protest demonstrations by dozens of Jews, Aqsa Foundation member Mohammed al-Ashkar told the PIC. ”Locals went early to […]

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IOF troops detain 6 Palestinians in Al-Khalil, destroy pond as settlers escalate

[ 02/03/2011 – 03:48 PM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained six Palestinians in a number of villages in Al-Khalil and in a refugee camp on Wednesday, local sources reported. They said that the detainees were apprehended in the villages of Yatta, Beit Ola, and a 55-year-old man in Sourif while two […]

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International campaign offers legal aid to MPs ordered out of Jerusalem

[ 02/03/2011 – 03:37 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The three Palestinian public figures Israel ordered to leave Jerusalem have marked their 224th day seeking sanctuary from those orders at the Jerusalem Red Cross headquarters with a visit from the international campaign against revoking citizenship of Palestinians in Jerusalem. The delegation sought to discuss […]

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Abbasi sentenced to over 2 years in prison « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem

Wednesday, 2 March, 2011 | 14:14 Abdul Rahim Abbasi, 26 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Abdul Rahim Abbasi, 26, was sentenced by the Israeli Magistrates Court yesterday to 28 months imprisonment. Abbasi was arrested on 14 May 2010 on suspicion of involvement in clashes that took place in Silwan during that month, with his hearing initially scheduled […]

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Israel OKs more settlements in al-Quds

PressTV –  Wed Mar 2, 2011 1:51PM Israeli soldiers stand guard while a bulldozer clears the ground to expand an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank. Despite worldwide calls for an end to the expansion of Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land, Israel has approved the construction of more settlement units in East al-Quds […]

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UN to act on Palestinian inmates’ plight

PressTV –  Wed Mar 2, 2011 1:27PM Palestinian prisoners are seen in the courtyard of Megido jail, northern Israel, on February 15, 2005. (file photo) The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People is to address the plight of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons and detention facilities. The […]

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Israel Demolishes Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lod

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 13:26 Tania Kepler for the Alternative Information Center (AIC) Israeli Special Forces entered the Abu Eid camp in Lod, at 8:30 Wednesday (2/3) morning, and demolished the trailer infrastructures and make shift tents housing the 74 person extended family. Previous demolition of Abu Eid family home   The Israeli forces also […]

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Hamas: Abbas authority rounded up 135 Hamas supporters in February

[ 02/03/2011 – 11:59 AM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The security apparatuses loyal to the Ramallah authority summoned more than 1,500 Hamas supporters and cadres and kidnapped 135 of them in the past month of February, Hamas said in a press release in the West Bank on Tuesday. The movement added that the illegal Ramallah […]

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Politics of Heritage in Palestine: Conflict between Two Narratives

Wednesday, 02 March 2011 12:11 Nassar Ibrahim, Alternative Information Center (AIC) Political dimensions and motives occupy a great space in their relation and interaction with various heritage fields and numerous human experiences. For every society, heritage constitutes a fundamental factor in plumbing historical and cultural depths. It expresses identity and interacts with the social, political, […]

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