Palestinian Christians protest Anglican chief’s occupation blindspot

Sarah Irving |The Electronic Intifada |29 July 2011 Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams (center) pays a solidarity visit to Bethlehem, December 2006. (Fadi Tanas /Maan Images) “We lived like brothers, but the Israelis don’t want to be brothers,” declared Father Emmanuel Awwad, the Orthodox priest of the village of Aboud, north of Ramallah. “We can live […]

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Gaza Hospitals Face Major Fuel Shortage

Friday July 29, 2011 10:14 by Danny Johnes – IMEMC and Agencies Serious fuel shortages in Gaza are about to lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe” according to the director of public medical supplies. Already major hospitals have begun shutting down operating rooms as a result of the shortages according to Ma’an News Agency. Al Shifa […]

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Israeli bulldozers edge ever closer to… Al Badawi

by R. Taylor on July 28, 2011 | Mondoweiss Yesterday there were more arrests in al Walaja, the village west of Bethlehem which is being enveloped by The Wall, as people protested against the destruction of village land. Once again Dr Mazin Qumsiyeh was arrested by Israeli soldiers (for the third time), as were Sherin […]

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Palestinian ‘ghosts’ keep the Israeli economy moving

Mona Issa| Jul 29, 2011  | The National   “We built Israel,” says Abbas, a young migrant worker from Salem. A decade ago, he began travelling illegally from the northern West Bank to Tel Aviv to work in construction. “We have no jobs, so the only option is to work in Israel.” Years ago, between […]

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Jewish association launches tourism project promoting the West Bank as “part of Israel”

Friday, 29 July 2011 15:15 | MEMO Hebrew press sources have unveiled a tourism project that urges Israeli citizens to visit the occupied West Bank and learn about its history and landmarks as “part of the State of Israel”. According to the Thursday (28/7) edition of Haaretz newspaper, a new Israeli association allocated $2 million […]

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Demo in Sheikh Jarrah | July 29, 2011 – in pictures

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U.N. Rights Committee Breaks 43-Year Israeli Taboo on Gaza

By Thalif Deen U.N. Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories Credit:UN Photo UNITED NATIONS, Jul 29, 2011 (IPS) – When the United Nations General Assembly created a three- member special committee to investigate Israeli human rights violations in occupied territories back in December 1968, the Jewish state reacted with obvious anger. And […]

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At-Tirawi ‘ready to testify for any Palestinian prisoner’

Published today (updated) 29/07/2011 17:46 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Fatah central committee member Tawfik At-Tirawi said Friday that he was ready to help any Palestinians detained by Israel, after testifying for a detainee in an Israeli military court. At-Tirawi testified in the case of Jamal Al-Hajj, charged with involvement in attacks against Israel. Al-Hajj was a […]

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IOF arrest lawmaker Khaled Abu Tous, Hamas leader Mustafa Abu Arra

[ 29/07/2011 – 02:57 PM ] Lawmaker Khaled Abu Tous JENIN, (PIC)– IOF troops on Friday morning arrested two Hamas prominent leaders in the districts of Jenin and Toubas; Sheikh Khalid Abu Tous, lawmaker representing Toubas and prominent Hamas leader in Jenin Sheikh Mustafa Abu Arra. Hamas sources said that IOF troops raided this morning […]

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Israeli Soldiers Attack West Bank Anti-Wall Protesters, Four Injured; Four Arrested

  PNN – Palestine News Network –  29.07.11 – 16:53 Ramallah – PNN – On Friday, four injured and four arrested as Israeli troops attacked anti-wall protests organized in a number of West Bank communities.   Protests  took place in  the central West Bank villages of  al-Nabi Salleh, Bil’in, and Nil’in in addition to  al-Ma’ssara in […]

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Demo in Nabi Saleh | July 29, 2011 – in pictures

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Demo in Bil’in | July 29, 2011 – in pictures

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Israeli Army Attacks Dutch Music Orchestra with Tear Gas – video

  PNN – Palestine News Network – 29.07.11 – 17:08 Nablus – PNN – The Dutch street orchestra ‘Fanfare van de Eerste Liefdesnacht’ (the First Night of Love Brass Band) from Amsterdam was attacked with tear gas today by the Israeli army during their performance in the Palestinian village Kufr Qadum near Nablus, northern West Bank. De […]

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The Forgotten Palestinians ~ by @YasirTineh

Yasir M Tineh | July 27, 2011 Can you guess whom are the forgotten Palestinians?, are you one of the forgotten Palestinian? I’m one of many, that are heard of on the news but their reality is never visible, never discussed in “negotiations”, never considered a power pawn in our own conflict The Palestinians of […]

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PCHR Weekly Report: Israeli forces conduct 24 incursions, abducting 17 Palestinians

Friday July 29, 2011 11:39 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21– 27 July 2011, Israeli forces conducted 24 incursions into the West Bank and one into the Gaza Strip, abducting 17 Palestinians, including two children. Palestinian […]

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