PA condemns Israeli attempts to escalate tensions in the West Bank

MEMO Tuesday, 02 August 2011 18:50 The Palestinian Authority (PA) denounced what it described as an attempt by the Israeli government to escalate the tensions in the occupied West Bank before the PA seeks a UN resolution acknowledging an independent Palestinian State next month. The Palestinian presidency spokesperson Mahmoud Abu Rodeina condemned Israel for randomly […]

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UNRWA: Clear link between settlements and demolitions

Published yesterday (updated) 02/08/2011 22:44 Israeli soldiers and bulldozers surround Samir Younis’ home in the West Bank village of Azzun Atma near Qalqiliya on January 11, 2011. [MaanImages/Khaleel Reash] JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The link between Israel’s settlement expansion in the West Bank and the displacement of Palestinians from their homes is now “abundantly clear,” UNRWA […]

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EU urges inquiry after killings in West Bank refugee camp

Published today 21:03 One of the shooting victims’ bodies is examined in Ramallah BRUSSELS (AFP) — The European Union on Tuesday urged Israel to carry out an inquiry into the killing of two Palestinians by Israeli soldiers in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the West Bank. “The European Union is saddened and concerned by the […]

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Ramadan in Palestine

  PNN – Palestine News Network -02.08.11 – 15:56 Bethlehem – PNN – August 1 marked the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims around the world. In Palestine, this month of Ramadan happens in particular conditions. Palestinians line up at a checkpoint The month of Ramadan is one of the Five Pillars […]

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‪Funeral for two killed in West Bank raid‬‏ – video

Aug 1 – Hundreds of Palestinians attend the funeral for two men killed in an Israeli army raid in the West Bank. Nick Rowlands reports.

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‘Alarming’ rise in attacks on Palestinian children – incl. video of kidnap

Published yesterday (updated) 02/08/2011 15:34 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Authority on Sunday warned that Israel’s attacks on Palestinian children were escalating at “an alarming rate” and urged the UN to step in. Israeli soldiers and settlers have killed nine children so far in 2011, and almost 200 children have been injured by settler violence […]

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EU contributes €22.5 million to pay PA salaries

Published today (updated) 02/08/2011 16:05 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The European Union announced Tuesday that it would contribute €22.5 million to help the Palestinian Authority pay July salaries and pensions for around 83,000 Palestinian public service workers and pensioners. The EU announced that the money would be channeled through PEGASE, the European mechanism for support to […]

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Settlers torch 150 dunams of farmland to the south of Nablus

MEMO | Tuesday, 02 August 2011 13:00 This fire comes in the context of a series of settlers’ attacks on Palestinian citizens and their property. On Sunday a group of Israeli settlers set ablaze 150 Dunams of farmland belonging to the village of Jaloud in Nablus (to the north of the Occupied West Bank), leaving […]

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West Bank Settlers Given Restraining Orders

  PNN – Palestine News Network – 02.08.11 – 13:16 Bethlehem – PNN – Israeli Police and Shin Bet security sources gave twelve West Bank settlers restraining orders on Monday, according to Ha’aretz.  The orders were served due to intelligence received by Shin Bet, the Israeli domestic secret service, which suggested the group had been […]

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Miles of Smiles to send 3 more aid convoys to Gaza

[ 02/08/2011 – 11:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Dr. Issam Yousef, the general coordinator of Miles of Smiles 4, said that three new aid convoys would be sent to the Gaza Strip within the coming three months including one later this month. Yousef, who was speaking Monday evening at a meeting between Gazan premier Ismail […]

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IOA banishes Jerusalemite, arrests others

[ 02/08/2011 – 12:47 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) banished a Jerusalemite from Silwan and arrested a number of others in a sweep of arrests in occupied Jerusalem on the second day of Ramadan. Local sources said that Ammar Zaitun, who was detained for the past two months, was ordered […]

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Islamophobia, Zionism and the Norway massacre – by @avinunu

Anti-Defamation League director Abraham Foxman condemned Breivik’s ideology, but he is still an enabler of Islamophobia. Ali Abunimah | 02 Aug 2011 12:50 | Al Jazeera | Opinion Anti Defamation League director Abraham Foxman and his organisation opposed the building of the ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ because of the belief that it would ’cause some victims more […]

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Ramadan 2011 – in pictures

SPECIAL TOPIC For photography of Ramadan 2012 in Palestine click here Ramadan begins Muslims around the globe have begun their holiest month of the year by giving up food, drink, smoking and other physical needs from dawn till dusk each day. In many communities, large dinner gatherings are held each evening to break the fast. […]

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Israeli air strikes hit targets in the Gaza Strip

Published today (updated) 02/08/2011 11:06 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli warplanes struck two targets in the northern and southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, with no casualties reported. Israeli air crafts fired at a target in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip causing material damage but no human casualties, medical sources told Ma’an’s correspondent. […]

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Right-Wing Settlers Barred From West Bank For Terrorist Activities

Tuesday August 02, 2011 11:49 by Katie Child – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Twelve right-wing settlers living in the Yitzhar settlement have been banned from the West Bank for committing violent acts against Palestinians. Three settlers were banned from all areas of the West Bank, six settlers were banned from […]

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