Why Apple was wrong to pull iPhone app at Israel’s behest

30th August 2011  | Best Apple Iphone Thе Arabic word intifada — literally clarification “tο shake adult οff” bυt entirely translated аѕ “uprising” οr “resistance” — hаѕ crafty domestic аnd sequential connotations іn thе Arab world. Thе First аnd Second Intifadas wеrе twin рοрυlаr Palestinian uprisings over thе past 3 decades conflicting thе Israeli occupation. […]

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Hundreds of Jewish settlers storm Nabi Yusuf tomb

[ 07/09/2011 – 07:40 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed Nabi Yusuf tomb to the east of Nablus city at dawn Wednesday under heavy Israeli military protection, local sources reported. They said that Israeli occupation forces mounting 25 armored vehicles escorted more than 1200 settlers who performed Talmudic rituals at the site. […]

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Sit-in over political prisoners to be held in Al-Khalil Thursday

[ 07/09/2011 – 08:18 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Palestinian rights advocates will stage a sit-in at ibn Rushd circle, downtown Al-Khalil 1pm Thursday to protest the continued detention of political prisoners in the Palestinian Authority’s security prisons. According to the latest agreements between Fatah and Hamas in Cairo, all political prisoners were slated to be […]

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Wasteland in al Walajeh: Israeli military destruction of farmland – in pictures

7 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Tuesday September  6th local Palestinians from the village of Al Walajeh gathered with international activists to protest the building of the illegal separation barrier as well as the destruction of ancient olive trees. The demonstrators succeeded in halting the razing of Palestinian land for approximately one […]

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Medics: Palestinian killed in Gaza airstrike

Related: Article in Arabic Related: Gaza Under Attack – Part 2 – in pictures (Attacks since Aug 25, 2011) Maan News Agency | Sept 7, 2011 | Updated 22:38 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of Islamic Jihad’s military wing was killed late Wednesday in an explosion west of Deir Al-Balah, medics said, in what […]

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Refugee scholar in new legal opinion on UN bid

Maan News Agency | Sept 7, 2011 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The release of alegal opinion by one of the world’s top authorities on international refugee law has highlighted possible legal dangers in the September initiative at the United Nations. Guy Goodwin-Gill’s opinion sparked a public debate amongst Palestinians at home and in the Diaspora, amid […]

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Arraf and Finkelstein rip ‘farce’ UN flotilla report on ‘Democracy Now’ – video

By Annie on September 7, 2011 | Mondoweiss Excellent commentary and analysis  from Huwaida Arraf and Norm Finkelstein. Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales interview two giants in the  Democracy Now report: As Turkey Freezes Israel Ties, Critics Decry “Whitewashed” U.N. Report on Gaza Flotilla, Blockade. [partial transcript below] AMY GOODMAN: But the fact that this […]

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US envoy in West Bank to stop UN bid

PressTV –  Wed Sep 7, 2011 2:5PM GMT US Special Envoy to the Middle East David Hale has traveled to the West Bank to try and convince the Palestinian Authority to abandon attempts to seek statehood at the UN. Source

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Exodus countdown from Israel

PressTV – Wed Sep 7, 2011 2:22PM – By Ismail Salami A beleaguered land which has been usurped and populated by the Zionist Jews for decades is now on the brink of being evacuated of its occupants. The ‘land of milk and honey’ has turned into that of bitter gall for the Israelis who no […]

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French Fair Trade Activist Denied Access To Palestine Through Tel Aviv Airport

Related: Article on website of Andines (in French) Wednesday September 07, 2011 16:40 by George Rishmawi – IMEMC News Michel Besson, director of the “Andines” Cooperative, which develops Fair Trade cooperation with Palestine, was arrested Monday morning on his arrival at the airport in Tel Aviv and was placed in the retention center. Besson is […]

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Graffiti: Bringing Down Israel’s Embassy Wall in Cairo ~ in pictures

  Photo Blog by Maggie Osama | Al Akhbar English | Sept 7, 2011 Pro-Palestinian activists turned the 100 meters long and three meters high wall surrounding Israel’s embassy in Cairo into a site of creative protest. The wall was erected by the Egyptian army last Saturday. The wall replaced an iron fence smashed by […]

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Al-Jazeera calls on Israel to free journalist

“According to the statement, Israeli authorities used Allawi’s personal passwords to gain access to Al-Jazeera’s internal news and email networks.” Maan News Agency | Sept 7, 2011 DOHA (AFP) — Al-Jazeera satellite news channel has called on Israel to release its former Kabul bureau chief ahead of the journalist’s appearance before a court on Wednesday. […]

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Leaked cable suggests PA hid torture death

Maan News Agency | Sept 7, 2011 | By Jared Malsin NEW YORK (Ma’an) — Palestinian security officials privately offered American diplomats candid details about the 2009 death of a detainee while they publicly refuted allegations of torture, according to a US diplomatic cable recently released by WikiLeaks. Suspected Hamas member Haitham Amr, a nurse […]

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Qassam member Mahmoud Eqilan, 52 years old, dies of an electric shock

انّا للہ و انّا الیه راجعون الله يرحم كل الشهداء 07-09-2011,14:02 |  Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades Al Qassam website– Gaza- Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades (E.Q.B) the military wing of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, mourned on Wednesday afternoon, September 7th, 2011, the death of the Qassam member Mahmoud Eqilan, 52, from Beach (Al Shatie) refugee camp […]

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Palestine to Participate in Arab Meeting on Monday to Prepare for UN

PNN – Palestine News Network – 07.09.11 – 13:54 Bethlehem – PNN The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Riyad Al-Maliki has declared that Palestine will participate in an international Arab meeting in Cairo to prepare for Palestine’s membership bid to the UN. (AP Photo/David Goldman) According to Al-Malki, Palestinians will participate in a meeting with the […]

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