Archive | May 2, 2011

MADA: Palestinian Reconciliation Improve Freedom of Expression

02.05.11 – 14:55 Ramallah – PNN – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) issued a press statement on Sunday  welcoming the Palestinian reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas . Archive Mousa Rimawi,  Director  of MADA, hoped that this reconciliation will contribute to enhancing freedom of expression in the occupied Palestinian territories, which has […]

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Beit Ummar: Israel to demolish shops

May 2, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Two Beit Ummar residents received demolition warnings from Israel’s Civil Administration on Monday Local officials said the orders stated that shops and sheds had been built too close to the main road in the town. Beit Ummar activist Muhammad Ayyad Awad told Ma’an that the warrants warned citizens that […]

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Osama bin Laden corpse photo is fake

Image of bloodied man picked up by British newspapers has been circulating online for two years Amelia Hill | guardian.co.uk, Monday 2 May 2011 12.03 BST An image purporting to show Osama bin Laden’s bloody corpse, right, is a composite of two separate images, left and centre. Photograph: twitpic An image apparently showing a dead […]

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OPT: Cut off from healthcare

Photo: Phoebe Greenwood/IRIN The Separation Wall, built through Tantour in 2005, separates the village from neighboring West Bank towns Beit Jala and Bethlehem BEIT JALA, 2 May 2011 (IRIN) – Fuad Ahmed Jabo’s mother was 70 when she died of a heart attack at their home in the Palestinian village of Tantour in Beit Jala, […]

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Bracing for Nakba Day in Israel and Palestine

Palestine Monitor|2 May 2011 As the Israeli military has announced it will increase troop deployment in the Occupied West Bank for the approaching Nakba Day, Palestinian schools and communities prepare for their first ‘illegalized’ commemoration of the day that marks the evacuation of tens of thousands of Palestinians from their homes to make way for […]

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Police indicted after leisure torture of Palestinian youth

[ 02/05/2011 – 09:40 AM ] A Palestinian child being arrested by IOF troops OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli police internal investigations department filed an indictment Sunday against two Israeli Border Guard officers for aggravated abuse and assault of a 17-year-old Palestinian, the Israeli daily Ynet reported. According to the indictment, officers Yishai Ben Ozeri […]

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Troops Arrest Five Palestinians During Morning Invasions Targeting West Bank Communities

02.05.11 – 11:33 Bethlehem – PNN – Palestinian sources announced that five Palestinian men were arrested by Israeli troops during military invasions targeting West Bank communities. Arrested Palestinian man – Archive Invasions were reported in Bethlehem, southern West Bank and Nablus in the north. Sources announced that four men were arrested from Husan village near […]

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South Africa supports unity efforts

May 2, 2011 PRETORIA, South Africa (Ma’an) — The government of South Africa is looking at the pending Palestinian unity deal “in a very positive light,” a statement from the country’s Department of International Relations said Monday. “The Government and people of South Africa understand the importance of national reconciliation, unity and the restoration of […]

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Picture of Osama Didn’t I tell you it was photoshoped? #OBL #Osama

Source And… the missing “link” is found: And as it seems, news travels fast, the picture of Osama Bin Laden is a fake and the death persons picture was circulating on the web for OVER 2 years. Osama bin Laden corpse photo is fake | guardian | May 2, 2011 Osama and Obama  | Attendingtheworld […]

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Cartoon – Osama Bin Laden is dead: they’re gonna miss you

by Carlos Lattuf #Cartoon – Osama Bin Laden is dead: they’re gonna miss you | Carlos Lattuf. And another cartoon by Carlos Lattuf: Cartoon – #Obama’s (dead) body surfing – #Osama #OBL by Carloss Lattuf And as it seems, news travels fast, the picture of Osama Bin Laden is a fake and the death persons picture […]

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Osama and Obama

Posted by attendingtheworld on Monday, May 2, 2011 at 4:03 am. While the ignorant celebrate Bin Laden’s death, believing he was behind the 9/11 events when we all know that a Bedouin living in hills and mountains up until recently, did not have the resources and manpower to mastermind such an elaborate scheme (9/11). Yet […]

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Israel Should Applaud Fatah-Hamas Deal

by Uri Avnery | Antiwar.com |May 02, 2011 In one word: Bravo! The news about the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas is good for peace. If the final difficulties are ironed out and a full agreement is signed by the two leaders, it will be a huge step forward for the Palestinians—and for us. […]

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THE ACCUSATION OF ANTI-SEMITISM HAS LONG PASSED ITS SELL-BY DATE: ANTHONY LAWSON

May 2, 2011 | Intifada Palestine Anthony Lawson Interview by: Kourosh Ziabari Without any redundant exaggeration, Anthony Lawson is an inimitable, conscientious and unique man. What he does can be described as professional and committed video-journalism. Lawson is a retired international-prize-winning commercials director, cameraman, ad agency creative director and voice over. He calls himself as […]

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UN to study Palestinian unity deal

PressTV – Mon May 2, 2011 12:50AM UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Despite Israeli efforts to derail the Hamas-Fatah unity deal, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says that he would study the agreement carefully. Intra-Palestinian reconciliation should take place in a way that promotes “peace, security and non-violence,” UN spokesman Martin Nesirky quoted Ban as […]

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US urged to recognize Palestine state

Sun May 1, 2011 11:28PM Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi The Egyptian foreign minister has called on the US to recognize Palestine as a state, as Palestinian factions are preparing to sign a unity deal. Nabil al-Arabi urged the visiting US Congressman Steve Chabot on Sunday to “press Washington to recognize Palestine as a state” […]

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