Mubarak probed over gas price fixing

PressTV –  Sat Mar 5, 2011 3:34PM Reports say Egypt’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his former petroleum minister are being investigated for selling artificially cheap gas to Israel. This comes after chief prosecutor received evidence that Mubarak and Sameh Fahmy had sold natural gas to Israel and several Western countries for artificially low prices. […]

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Britain cherry-picks which war criminals to prosecute and where to impose no-fly zones

Posted by Stuart Littlewood on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 4:00 pm. By Stuart Littlewood * | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz After maintaining a deafening silence about Israel’s atrocities against civilians, Britain suddenly wants a “day of reckoning” for war criminals – as long as they are Libyan. While protestors’ attempts to oust Gaddafi and […]

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Hamas condemns accelerated Aqsa Mosque conversion drilling

[ 05/03/2011 – 03:40 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas has strongly condemned Israeli drilling operations on the historical Umayyad palaces running along the Aqsa Mosque as a ”blatant infringement on the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim people, and on the history and civilization of Jerusalem.” According to reports, Israel has been increasing construction of a […]

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Settlers attack Palestinian villagers

[ 05/03/2011 – 03:34 PM ]   NABLUS, (PIC)– Jewish settlers attacked on Saturday villagers of the Irak Burin south of Nablus city and tried to storm their village but were repelled by its inhabitants, local sources said. Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the settlers from Bracha settlement attacked Palestinian farmers and shepherds near the […]

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Israel’s widespread use of depleted uranium causes growing cancer problem in Gaza at PS.HADNEWS.COM

Posted by gazasolidarity on Friday, March 4, 2011 at 12:20 pm. Israel’s illegal and reckless use of depleted uranium against Gaza’s civilian population has led to a huge spike in cancer cases. The number of cancer patients has been climbing in Gaza due to the use of depleted uranium by the Israeli military during its […]

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Israeli drone violates Lebanon airspace

PressTV –  Sat Mar 5, 2011 3:7PM File Photo The Lebanese army has said that an Israeli reconnaissance plane has breached the country’s airspace in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. A statement issued by the army says an unmanned, remote-controlled Israeli aircraft entered Lebanese airspace via the country’s southern border on Friday. The […]

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Rights group calls on UN after crippling Gaza crossing closure

[ 05/03/2011 – 03:07 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Sawasya Center for Human Rights has called on the United Nations to intervene as Israeli Southern Command chief Maj. Gen. Tal Russo has decided to close the Mintar crossing in the Gaza Strip. A statement by Sawasya released Saturday says the move will tighten the […]

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Violence and trauma grips Silwan once again

Saturday, 5 March, 2011 | 16:52 Firas Rwidi Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Violent confrontations erupted in Silwan yesterday, with clashes sparked in Samer Sarhan Street and spreading throughout various districts of the village. Witnesses state that in addition to firing heavy amounts of rubber bullets at protesters, Israeli forces have begun using a new type […]

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PRC asks new Egyptian gov’t to lift the siege on Gaza

[ 05/03/2011 – 02:29 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Popular Resistance Committees and its armed wing have called on the new Egyptian government led by Essam Sharaf to immediately lift the “strangling” siege on the Gaza Strip. The PRC called in a statement on Saturday for completely opening the Rafah border terminal between Egypt […]

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General strike on Land Day

[ 05/03/2011 – 02:12 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Arab higher follow up committee in 1948 occupied Palestine has declared that a general and comprehensive strike would be observed on the 35th anniversary of the Land Day. The committee said in a statement on Saturday that the anniversary this year falls at a […]

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Center: Israel denies British volunteers entry to West Bank

  Published March 5, 2011 14:26     NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities on Friday prevented a group of British volunteers from entering the West Bank, a peace group due to host the delegation said. Israeli officers stopped a delegation of 12 Scottish Youth Initiative volunteers on the Jordanian border with the West Bank. The […]

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Egyptian prosecution to finalize probe into corrupt gas deal with Israel

[ 05/03/2011 – 09:53 AM ]   CAIRO, (PIC)– Egypt’s Supreme State Security Prosecution is finalizing investigations with former minister of petroleum Sameh Fahmi after complaints filed against him for wasting public funds in oil export deals with Israel and six other countries in Europe. Investigations revealed the top secret gas deal with Israel was […]

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IOF turn O. Jerusalem into closed military zone

[ 05/03/2011 – 10:06 AM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Friday turned the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem into a closed military zone and intensified their presence in the Old City and at the entrances to the Aqsa Mosque. Natives from the holy city said that a large number […]

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Israel arrests mentally ill woman from Beit Fajjar

[ 05/03/2011 – 08:57 AM ]   AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces arrested Friday evening a Palestinian young woman from Beit Fajjar north of Al-Khalil for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier. According to the woman’s family, the Israeli army has arrested Amal Jamal Taqatiqa, 19, near the Etzion crossroads in eastern Beit Fajjar […]

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Israel pondering means of protecting its soldiers from prosecution abroad

[ 05/03/2011 – 08:54 AM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli think tank has been formed to discuss new ways to protect Israeli officers and soldiers from prosecution abroad for crimes against Palestinians. The move came in the wake of an internet list containing nearly 200 Israeli war criminals. According to Haaretz on Friday, […]

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