Archive | April 28, 2011

وكـالــة مـعـا الاخباريـة: العربي يعلن عن فتح معبر رفح بصورة دائمة خلال عشرة ايام

Apr 28, 2011 بيت لحم- معا- قال وزير الخارجية المصري د. نبيل العربي إن الايام القادمة ستشهد تطورا كبيرا في انهاء معاناة الفلسطينيين في قطاع غزة. واضاف العربي في مقابلة مع قناة الجزيرة “ان المعبر سيفتح بصورة دائمة خلال اسبوع او عشرة ايام”. من جهة ثانية، قال مصدر أمني مصري اليوم لوكالة “رويترز” إن مصر […]

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Two children shot in the village of Bil’in

28 April 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements | ISM Israeli army enters Bil’in Today around noon Jamal Atef Al Khateeb (age 15) was shot with rubber bullets in his stomach and mouth, and Nashmi Mohamad Abu Rahma (age 16) was shot with a rubber bullet in his leg. They were transferred […]

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Erekat on unity: respect our democracy

Thursday, April 28 2011| Noam Sheizaf | +972 Magazine Abu Mazen: Like it or not, Hamas is part of Palestinian people. Ramallah – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared today that the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas shouldn’t stand in the way of future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. In a meeting with representatives […]

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Israel arrests writer, activist Ahmad Qatamesh, again | The Electronic Intifada

Jillian Kestler-D’Amours |The Electronic Intifada |28 April 2011 Suha Barghouti and Ahmad Qatamesh It was 1am on 21 April when Suha Barghouti and her family were awakened by the sound of heavy banging on their front door. A few moments later, between thirty to forty soldiers stormed into Barghouti’s home in al-Bireh, near Ramallah in the occupied […]

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Lands conference awards Safed rabbi who said Jews shouldn’t rent to non-Jews

28 April 2011 By Eli Ashkenazi and Haaretz Service, haaretz – 28 Apr 2011 http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/lands-conference-awards-safed-rabbi-who-said-jews-shouldn-t-rent-to-non-jews-1.358670 Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu slams the media for calling him a racist for signing the ‘rabbis’ letter’ that said Jews should not rent their homes to gentiles; rabbi says ‘thank God in Safed, land isn’t sold to foreigners.’ The rabbi of […]

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Netanyahu rejects negotiations with unity govt

April 28, 2011 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Thursday with members of his government in a meeting during which it was decided to refuse negotiations with any Palestinian government that includes Hamas, Israeli news reports said. Defense Minister Ehud Barak held a number of consultations on the issue before […]

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Birth In the Shadows : Protecting Mothers and Newborns in the Palestinian Refugee Camps – video

MedicalAid Palestine | Apr 28, 2011 Pregnancy and childbirth are vulnerable times for mothers and newborns across the world. But in the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon this vulnerability is magnified by poverty and neglect. The dark, overcrowded camps set a precarious backdrop for pregnant women and their newborn infants. With no government, and few […]

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Joseph Dana is a writer based in Tel Aviv and Ramallah. His coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict focuses on the Palestinian unarmed resistance movements throughout the West Bank and the impact of Israel’s occupation on Palestinian life. As an activist and co-tweep for justice, humanity in the diaspora, I hereby appeal to the readers of […]

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BDS: Breaking New Barriers

by Eric Walberg | April 28th, 2011 | Dissident Voice From 7-20 March, more than 75 university groups on six continents held their seventh annual Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW). According to Palestinian activist Omar Barghouti, “Our South Africa moment has finally arrived.” “ Israel’s version of apartheid is more sophisticated than South Africa’s was. It’s […]

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New Israeli plan to build 386 settlement units in Sheikh Jarrah revealed

[ 28/04/2011 – 02:54 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– An Israeli municipal source revealed that the district committee for planning and building would discuss next Tuesday a plan to build 386 housing units in place of Palestinian homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem. The source affirmed that the Zionist real estate agent known […]

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Occupation remains the problem to Palestinian unity | Joseph Dana

Joseph Dana | Apr 28, 2011 Put simply, Palestinian unity strikes fear in the hearts of Israeli strategists and military planners. A unified Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza which adopts nonviolent resistance tactics has the potential to inflict incredible damage on the Israeli occupation. Actually, Israel does not have an effective strategy […]

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Ashrawi urges intl support for unity

April 28, 2011 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi welcomed Thursday the unity understanding between Fatah and Hamas, which makes way for a deal between the parties, and elections in the coming year. “The division between Fatah and Hamas has been enormously destructive and self-defeating for Palestinians. This agreement represents a positive […]

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Israeli rabbi calls for Israel’s Palestinian citizens to be “encouraged” to move to Saudi Arabia and Libya

Rabbi Dov Lior: “encourage Bedouins to return to their native land in Saudi Arabia and Libya”. April 28, 2011 | MEMO A leading Israeli rabbi has called on his government to “encourage Bedouins to return to their native land in Saudi Arabia and Libya”. Rabbi Dov Lior made his statement during the fourth Ramla conference on […]

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Egyptian youth call for million-man marches to support Palestinians

A call for “million-man” marches in support of the Palestinians has been made by Egypt’s Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution. April 28, 2011 | MEMO A call for “million-man” marches in support of the Palestinians has been made by Egypt’s Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution. The first march, to be held in […]

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