Italian researcher in Gaza: Arrigoni murder will not effect Palestinian support

[ 25/04/2011 – 07:01 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Italian researcher Dr. Paola Manduca, who is currently visiting the Gaza Strip, has said that the murder of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni will not effect the solidarity the Italians and world peace activists have with the Palestinians. The statement came during a meeting with Palestinian Health Minister […]

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Prisoner society appeals for saving lives of patients in Israeli jails

[ 25/04/2011 – 06:54 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner society appealed to international human rights organizations, especially the Red Cross to immediately intervene to save the lives of dozens of Palestinian patients imprisoned in Israeli jails. Head of the society Ragheb Abu Diyak in a press release on Monday said the international human […]

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EASTER HAS BEEN TURNED INTO AN ISRAELI/JEWISH FESTIVAL

Posted by desertpeace on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 6:13 pm. DaVinci’s masterpiece redone….. (click on image to enlarge) NO ….. this is not meant to be a comical post as you might imagine from the image, this is a very serious matter. Events of this week reminded me of an old Jewish joke, first […]

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Interview: Raja Khalidi on the neoliberal consensus in Palestine

Ray Smith |The Electronic Intifada | 25 April 2011 Raja Khalidi Earlier this month, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) each published reports backing the Palestinian Authority statehood program. They claim that from an institutional point of view, the PA is ready […]

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Lamis Andoni: To Juliano and Vittorio with love

25 April 2011 — Israeli Occupation Archive By Lamis Andoni, Al Jazeera – 24 Apr 2011 http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/04/201142185333796458.html The deaths of the two activists reveal a small but hugely destructive deformity in Palestinian society Lamis Andoni Juliano Mer-Khamis and Vittorio Arrigoni were humanists who believed in the struggle of the Palestinian people. They braved the Israeli […]

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Join the lobby of UK parliament by Palestine solidarity groups set for 11 May

Posted by gazasolidarity on Monday, April 25, 2011 at 2:07 pm. On 11th May 2011 FOA and other solidarity groups will hold a national lobby for Palestine. Lobbying is an attempt to influence politicians on specific issues by providing them with information and facts. FOA want you to contact your MP and arrange to meet […]

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When a Palestinian child becomes an enemy

Monday, April 25 2011| Joseph Dana | +972Magazine Muhammad Bilal Abdul Salam At-Tamimi in Nabi Saleh on Friday Photo: Keren Manor/activestills.org Last summer I found myself wading around a pool in the middle of the scorching desert on a Kibbutz in the Negev. I had come to this kibbutz to see an old friend from […]

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International activists harvest on Gaza border

April 25, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Just a kilometer from the ‘security fence’ separating Israel and Gaza, international solidarity activists and Palestinian volunteers on Monday began a wheat and barley harvest on behalf of landowners who fear Israeli artillery and gunfire in the no-go zone. Several Palestinian farmers have been killed and injured in […]

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Mourners gather in Palestine and Italy for Vittorio’s funeral

25 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Yesterday evening mourners gathered in Ramallah and Gaza in memorial events for ISM activist Vittorio Arrigoni. The events were planned to coincide with Vittorio’s funeral in Bulciago, Italy, which was attended by hundreds of people. Mourners gather in Ramallah In Ramallah, crowds gathered outside the municipality to hear […]

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The Jewish Lie about Joseph and Joseph’s Tomb

Posted by attendingtheworld on Sunday, April 24, 2011 at 6:41 pm. The recent incidents in the Arab Palestinian city of Nablus, where a a group of supposedly Ultra Orthodox Jews went to pray inside the Tomb of Prophet Joseph (when Jews don’t even consider Joseph a Prophet), is simply a joke. Maybe its the Jewish […]

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Police dog bites man, two boys nabbed amid West Bank crackdowns

[ 25/04/2011 – 11:22 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Israeli soldiers injured a Palestinian man using a police dog and arrested two minors as tensions run high in the West Bank. Hatem Abdurrazzaq Talahima, 42, said Israeli soldiers released a police hound against him while he was passing near the apartheid wall in the Al-Ramadein area […]

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Health of Palestinian child hit by IOF canister worsening

[ 25/04/2011 – 11:05 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The health condition of the Palestinian child Mohammed Bilal Al-Tamimi badly deteriorated on Monday after three days of being hit with a teargas canister directly fired at him by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in his Ramallah village of Nabi Saleh. Medical sources said that the 11-year-old […]

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Unprovoked settler attack and military house invasion in Shuhada Street, Hebron

25 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Army gathers outside house in Shuhada Street At approximately 11pm on Sunday 24, two Palestinians were physically beaten, one also attacked with pepper spray, by Israeli settlers in Hebron. Shortly afterwards, a reported 20 Israeli soldiers forcibly entered a house in Shuhada Street and ordered all under 16s […]

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For second year, settlement sewage floods town

April 25, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Residents in the flashpoint town of Beit Ummar accused Israeli settlers Monday or opening sewage pipes and causing a flood of human waste in fields growing grapes. The flood is the second in as many years, coming almost a year to the day after a 2010 flood from the […]

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Israeli Forces Arrest Children, Raid Towns in West Bank

WAFA | Apr 25, 2011 WEST BANK, April 25, 2011 (WAFA)- Israeli soldiers Monday raided  Jayous, a town east of Qalqilya and arrested two children, 15 and 16, said local sources. According to witnesses, military vehicles roamed the streets and neighborhoods of the town, spreading fear and panic amongst the residents. In Tulkarem north of […]

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