Patriarch prohibited from conducting Hebron visit

Published today 16:27 HEBRON (Ma’an) — The Governor of Hebron Kamel Hmeid and the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fuad Twal were prevented from carrying out a tour of the city Monday, delegation members said. The officials visited areas affected by the presence of an estimated 700 Israeli settlers and 1,500 soldiers in the city center, […]

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Sheikh Sabri denounces calls for demolishing mosque in OJ

[ 21/06/2011 – 05:45 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, the head of the higher Islamic authority, has condemned the call by Jewish fanatic groups for the destruction of Mohammed Al-Fateh mosque in occupied Jerusalem. He said in a statement on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) does not respect religions, thus […]

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36 Americans to join June Gaza flotilla

[ 21/06/2011 – 05:16 PM ] NEW YORK, (PIC)–  36 U.S. rights activists announced they will set sail to the Gaza Strip on board the sequel of an aid flotilla that was lethally attacked by Israeli naval forces in May 2010. They said at a Monday press conference in New York that they would take […]

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Israel moves Muslim skeletons making way for hotel in Jaffa

[ 20/06/2011 – 11:54 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israel Antiquities Authority has been working with a local company to build a tourist hotel on the ruins of a Muslim cemetery near the Grand Mosque in the Palestinian port city of Jaffa, Al-Aqsa Islamic heritage foundation said in a statement Sunday. It said the IAA […]

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Site of massacre of Arabs presented as ‘treasure’ for Israeli health service | Jews for Justice for Palestinians

Invite describes Deir Yassin as ‘abandoned Arab village‘ Jewish paramilitary organizations’ massacre of about 100 villagers is glossed over in case of selective memory. By Akiva Eldar | 21.06.2011 In the invitation to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Kfar Shaul psychiatric hospital, set up on the remains of the village of […]

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Former Irish rugby star Hogan sets sail for Gaza

Says activists on peaceful mission should have “nothing to fear” By Brian Fitzpatrick | The Irish Emigrant  | June 21, 2011 Former Irish rugby international Trevor Hogan, who will set sail for Gaza as part of Freedom Flotilla II. A year after Israeli commandos stormed the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza, leaving nine peace activists […]

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Dennis Ross: Go Home, You Are Not Welcome in Palestine – by Khalid Amayreh

  By Khalid Amayreh | PIC, Al-Jazeerah, CCUN, June 21, 2011   So Dennis Ross is back in town in occupied Palestine. He is succeeding the failed U.S. envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell who proved himself too cowardly, too obsequious and too pliant especially in the face of Israeli arrogance and insolence. Mitchell […]

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Press Release: Israeli Army and Border Police destroy 6 housetents and a outside toilet at the Palestinian village of Bir – Al ‘Idd in the South Hebron Hills | Operation Dove

Press Release | June 21, 2011 Israeli Army and Border Police destroy 6 housetents and a outside toilet at the Palestinian village of Bir – Al ‘Idd in the South Hebron Hills South Hebron Hills, June 20th 2011 On the morning of June 20th 2011 Israeli Army and Border Police destroyed 6 housetents, and a […]

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Abu Marzouk: Upcoming unity government will serve Palestinians not Israel

[ 21/06/2011 – 01:49 PM ] KUWAIT, (PIC)– Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy head of the Hamas political bureau, said current talks between Fatah and his party are aimed at creating a government that serves the people and Palestinian objectives, not one that satisfies Israel. The senior Hamas official said Israel “will never accept a harmony […]

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وكالة فلسطين اليوم الإخبارية – تقرير مصور : عروس تلقي بدلة زفافها وسط معبر رفح – in pictures

عروس تلقي بدلة زفافها وسط معبر رفح لتمكينها من السفر لاتمام زواجها فلسطين اليوم: رفح – خاص – مثنى النجار تحت أشعه الشمس الحارقة وأمام زحمه المسافرين المنتظرين للسفر خارج البوابة الفلسطينية لمعبر رفح البري جنوب قطاع غزة، وفي وقت تتحرك فيه الباصات التي تقل على متنها المعتمرين نحو الجانب المصري إلى الديار الحجازية, وقفت […]

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Obama warns of new US tactical spats with Israel

Published today (updated) 21/06/2011 13:23 US President Barack Obama in the Georgetown neighbourhood of Washington,DC. Obama warned that new “tactical” isagreements loomed between Israel band Washington, but vowed to leverage his administration’s “creative powers” in the cause of peace. [AFP/File Mandel Ngan] WASHINGTON (AFP) — US President Barack Obama warned that new “tactical” disagreements loomed […]

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Rafah chaos escalates as Gazans continue to wait for the border to open

  Ruqaya Izzidien on June 20, 2011 | Mondoweiss Waiting at Rafah. (All Photos: Ruqaya Izzidien) Arms grappled through the black metal barrier that separates Palestinians from the Rafah terminal. A barrier which only ever shifts to let through ambulances, press and- very occasionally- a busload of travellers, successfully making it out of Gaza. Elderly […]

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Report: “30% of the Palestinians in the W. Bank, 67% In Gaza, Are Refugees”

  Tuesday June 21, 2011 11:12 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Palestinian Census Bureau reported that nearly half of the Palestinians in the occupied territories are internally displaced refugees, and that, since its creation in Palestine in 1948, Israel forcibly removed two-thirds of the Arab population. Marking the World Refugee Day on […]

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Israel High Court Order Nisi Regarding Acceptance To Communities Law

  Tuesday June 21, 2011 14:53 by Kevin Murphy – IMEMC The Israeli High Court presided over a hearing on Monday regarding two separate petitions brought against the controversial Israeli “Acceptance to Community Law”. The petitions were brought by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Adalah, a Palestinian rights movement. The court ruled […]

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Freedom Flotilla Participants: Israel Piracy On Our Ships Will Not Be Easy

  PNN – Palestine News Network – 21.06.11 – 15:50 Brussels – PNN – Participants of the freedom flotilla 2 bound for Gaza said on Tuesday that Israeli attempts to take over their ships will not be an easy, assuring that activists will not use violence at all. PNN Archives According to reports from the […]

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