Archive | March, 2011

Palestinian Land Day commemorated in New York City with flashmob demo

Posted by gazasolidarity at PS.HADNEWS.COM on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 3:46 pm.   In response to the Israeli government’s announcement of a plan to expropriate thousands of dunams of land for “security and settlement purposes”, a general strike and marches were organized in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Negev. In the ensuing […]

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Prominent Israeli authors rally to defence of Palestinian bookshop owner facing deportation | PETITION

  Posted by gazasolidarity on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 3:05 pm. Leading Israeli authors rally behind Jersusalem-born bookshop owner Munther Fahmi who is facing deportation. Sign the petition here Leading Israeli authors Amos Oz and David Grossman have added their support to efforts to head off the deportation of an East Jerusalem bookstore owner […]

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Palestinian struck and killed by Israeli bus

March 31, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man from the West Bank died Thursday after being struck by an Israeli bus in Jerusalem, reports said. The man was pronounced dead on arrival at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, the Israeli news site Ynet reported. Source

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Launch of new BDSmovement.net website as part of Global BDS Day of Action

31 March 2011 | Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) In celebration of the Global BDS Day of Action, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) has launched a new http://www.BDSmovement.net website. Designed specifically with the grassroots, bottom-up nature of our rapidly growing movement in mind, the website will showcase user-submitted articles and videos from BDS groups […]

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Lieberman photos burnt in Land Day rally

PressTV – Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:31AM Protesters have burnt pictures of Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman during a protest rally in Lod, Israel, March 29, 2011. Demonstrators have burnt photos of Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman as they marked Land Day in Israel’s southern city of Lod. “It’s because he’s the most racist person in […]

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PA stresses Palestine recognition

PressTV | Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:50AM Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas The Palestinian Authority (PA) has stressed recognition of an independent Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September. Acting PA Chief Mahmoud Abbas said his side intends to work on the case if no accord is reached between the PA and […]

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Israeli Bank Which Profited From Holocaust Forced To Settle With Survivors

Thursday March 31, 2011 02:11 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News One of Israel’s largest banks, Bank Leumi, has agreed to an out-of-court settlement after being sued by the descendents of victims of the Holocaust. The Bank kept money deposited by over 3500 European Jews who were later killed in the Holocaust, and profited from […]

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Mar 31, 2011 PALESTINE HEADLINES

Mar 31, 2011 | GAZA PALESTINE | TODAY NEWS LINKS| Gaza has been under siege for 1387 days | Spread-Share-Link or Tweet the News! آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Gaza Under Israeli Attacks | Overview of Attacks and Related News http://wp.me/p16sn9-4Ey ♻ Palestine Unity Protests March 15 http://wp.me/p16sn9-3P1 #Palestine #Gaza #Mar15 ♻ All about Gaza Cast Lead […]

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Netanyahu confirms Gaza man held by Israel

Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:41pm EDT | By Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Dan Williams | Reuters   JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that a Palestinian man from Gaza held by Israel after what relatives called an overseas abduction was a Hamas member who had given “valuable information.” Addressing questions from around […]

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Netanyahu Digging His Own Grave

By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C. The Arab tsunami that has come in the wake of the Arab Spring that saw the celebrated downfall of two autocratic Arab regimes, in Tunisia and Egypt, is still blowing harder in other Arab countries, especially Libya where the days of its hallucinating ruler, Muammar al-Qaddafi, are believed […]

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16 Israeli activists unlawfully arrested in South Hebron Hills

Wednesday, March 30 2011|+972blog By Dolev Rahat In reaction to the escalation of violence and what are known as “price tags” committed by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, Ta’ayush (Arab-Jewish partnership group) organized a protest action with the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity movement in the South Hebron Hills on Saturday March 26. Sixteen were […]

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Israel earmarks financial allocations for building hotels in OJ

30/03/2011 – 07:00 PM NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli ministry of tourism announced its intention to allocate huge financial sums of money for the sake of constructing new hotels in occupied Jerusalem. Stas Misezhnikov, the Israeli minister of tourism, said on Wednesday while participating in the international tourism conference that he was planning to restructure his […]

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Removed third intifada page regains 27,000 fans in first day

30/03/2011 – 06:57 PM OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The organizers of the third Palestinian intifada page on Facebook have gained over 27,000 fans in one day after the Facebook administration removed the page in response to official calls in Israel. The page now includes opening statements condemning the Facebook administration and founder Mark Zuckerberg after they […]

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Boycott: No longer taboo in progressive pro-Israel circles

  Wednesday, March 30 2011| Mairav Zonszein | +972 Magazine Though many American Jews oppose the BDS movement, more and more of them are willing to explore the idea of a targeted boycott against the occupation Dov Waxman & Mairav Zonszein | Originally published on Dissent Magazine TO BOYCOTT or not to boycott? That is […]

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Searching For Its Director, Army Breaks Into Wadi Hiweh Information Center

Wednesday March 30, 2011 22:04 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News Israeli Policemen broke on Wednesday into the Wadi Hilweh Information Center, In Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, searching for its director, Jawad Siyam. Jawad Siyam – Wadi Hilweh Information Center Soldiers and Israeli policemen broke into the center without any official documents or court […]

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