Barack Obama’s speech on Middle East – full transcript

US president says America will promote reform and transition to democracy across the region, and calls for a viable Palestine and a secure Israel guardian.co.uk, Thursday 19 May 2011 20.41 BST US president Barack Obama delivers his address on Middle East and US policy in the region, at the State Department in Washington DC. Photograph: […]

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Prof. Em. Richard Falk: Observing the 63rd Nakba

Sunday, 15 May 2011 08:20 By Richard Falk One of the many signs of the growing worldwide movement in support of the Palestinian struggle for their rights under international law and elemental morality is the increased awareness of the Nakba. On this 63rd anniversary of the catastrophic Palestinian experience since 1948 when an escaping and […]

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Stone In My Hand for May15

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New Report: B’Tselem – Dispossession and Exploitation

May 2011, Comprehensive report Dispossession and Exploitation: Israel’s Policy in the Jordan Valley & Northern Dead Sea The Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea area contains the largest land reserves in the West Bank. The area covers 1.6 million dunams, which constitute 28.8 percent of the West Bank. Sixty-five thousand Palestinians, live in 29 […]

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US warns Turkey against new flotilla to Gaza

19 May 2011, Thursday / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon said last week on Wednesday during a Senate meeting that a new flotilla to Gaza would in no way be helpful. The United States has warned Turkey against a new flotilla to the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, […]

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Israel ‘unworried’ about Netanyahu’s pledge to dismantle JV settlements

[ 19/05/2011 – 04:06 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The head of the Jordan Valley local authority, David Elhayani, said he is not worried about the future of settlement activity in the valley after a speech that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu delivered in the Knesset Tuesday. He said that the speech highlighted no threats against settlements […]

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Friends of humanity urges Egypt to open Rafah crossing, release detainees

[ 19/05/2011 – 04:07 PM ] VIENNA, (PIC)– Friends of humanity international called on the military Council and the government in Egypt to fulfill their pledges to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, open the Rafah border crossing and release Palestinian prisoners. Friends of humanity said the population of Gaza has been exposed for […]

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PA Sources: Settlers Plans for New Settlements Shows that Israel does not Care About International

19.05.11 – 15:50 Ramallah – PNN – Ghassan al-Khateb, director of the government press office, told PNN that the new settlers plans to take more lands and establish settlements on them during Israel’s Prime Minister visit to the US  shows the entire world that Israel does not care about international law and keep deifying it […]

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MADA Center Issues New Legal Guide for Journalists

19.05.11 – 16:13 Ramallah – MADA to PNN – The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms issued a new legal guide for journalists. The handbook is the first of its kind in the Palestinian territories and offers accessible information on all legislation relevant to media freedoms in the region. The guide highlights and promotes […]

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Israel kidnaps six Palestinians today in West Banknk

[ 19/05/2011 – 03:03 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have kidnapped at dawn Thursday six Palestinian citizens in different West Bank areas. Local sources said the IOF violently knocked at the doors of homes causing panic among children and women during the raids. The detainees were taken blindfolded and handcuffed to […]

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Accelerating building activity reported in Jordan Valley settlement

[ 19/05/2011 – 03:02 PM ] TOBAS, (PIC)– Citizens in Ein Al-Baida village to the east of Tobas city in the Jordan Valley have reported that Jewish settlers were accelerating building activity in the nearby settlement of Mikhola. They said that the settlers were building eight new housing units in Mikhola, which is only one […]

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Jenin Jenin – The Movie English version

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Activists plan mass march in Palestine

Thu May 19, 2011 7:19AM Israeli troops clash with Palestinians preparing to mark the Nakba Day in the occupied Palestinian territories on May 14, 2011. Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian activists have planned a mass march after the upcoming Friday prayers on the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The Facebook group Third Palestinian Intifada has called on […]

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Golan protest fills returnees with pride

Published today (updated) 19/05/2011 12:16 Injured men lie wounded in their hospital beds close to the border crossing between Syria and the Golan Heights [AFP/Louai Beshara] AL-QUNEITRA, Syria (AFP) — Ahmad As-Saadi, a hospitalized young Palestinian refugee, proudly shows off his left knee which he says was pierced by an Israeli army bullet when soldiers […]

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Killed for Demanding the Right of Return

Eric Ruder | The Bullet | May 19, 2011 Thousands of unarmed Palestinian demonstrators came under fire from Israeli troops on May 15 as they marched on Israel’s borders from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt and Gaza as part of a coordinated protest to demand the right to return to homes Palestinians were driven from when Israel […]

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