Turkish warships will escort aid vessels to Gaza

08 September 2011, Thursday / TODAYSZAMAN.COM WITH REUTERS,Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Turkey said on Thursday it would escort aid ships to Gaza and would not allow a repetition of last year’s Israeli raid that killed nine Turks, setting the stage for a potential naval confrontation with its former ally.  Raising the stakes in Turkey’s […]

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Mer-Khemis Investigation: Staging the Shutdown of Freedom Theater

  By: Taghrid Atallah |  September 8, 2011 | Al-Akhbar Israel is apparently using the investigation into the assassination of Palestinian artist Julian Mer-Khemis, which has dragged on for months, as a pretext to hamper the operation of the Freedom Theater where he taught and performed. Since the slaying of Mer-Khemis, the theater in Jenin’s […]

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Who can represent Palestinians at the UN?

▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid As the bid for statehood at the UN draws closer, legal scholars wonder who has legitimacy to represent Palestinians. Nour Samaha Last Modified: 08 Sep 2011 14:31 | Al Jazeera  Palestinians both outside the Occupied Territories and within demand legitimate representation [EPA] A new legal finding has revealed the […]

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For the Love of Israel: Congresswoman’s Misguided War on the UN ~ by Ramzy Baroud

by Ramzy Baroud / September 8th, 2011 From an Israeli point of view, Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is the ideal American politician. Although many in the US government aspire to her level of commitment to Israel, few can measure up to a dedication that extends beyond the very interests of her own country. “Lawless extremists infest […]

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Support the Palestinian Initiative in the UN for Statehood

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid by William James Martin | September 8th, 2011 | Dissident Voice Virginia Tilley, writing in the Electronic Intifada, under the title, “Bantustans and the unilateral declaration of statehood” has argued that the Palestinian Authority’s move toward a UN resolution declaring statehood is destructive of Palestinian aspiration for statehood. […]

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Al-Jareeda “Israel Palestine under table negotiations”

PNN – Palestine News Network – 08.09.11 – 16:01 Ramallah/ PNN- Translated by: Hazar Khalilieh Israeli- Palestinian negotiations have recently taken place to postpone the bid for UN state recognition. According to Al-Jareeda, a Kuwaiti newspaper, under table negotiations are occurring between Israeli and the Palestinian parts in different Arab and European countries. The Palestinian […]

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A thousand-and-one reasons why Palestine must get independence

Related to: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid and here’s perhaps the most important By Stuart Littlewood * | Sabbah Report | http://www.sabbah.biz | Sept 8, 2011 The following report from Bethlehem University that academic staff had been attacked yet again, this time by Israeli squatters, reminds me of how the Israelis apparently resent the […]

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American Envoy failed

Related to: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid PNN – Palestine News Network – 08.09.11 – 16:29 An American Envoy of David Hale and Denis Ross failed in their mission in convincing the Palestinians not to go to the United Nations. The envoy made it clear to the Palestinians that “the US is against the […]

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Pappe reassesses legacy of Palestinian dynasty

Asa Winstanley | The Electronic Intifada | Thursday, September 8, 2011  Ilan Pappe is an Israeli historian and dissident living in semi-voluntary exile in the UK. He is most famous for The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, a seminal work which, although based on his own research, was more original for the sweep of its historical […]

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EU diplomats tour Walaja village threatened by wall

Maan News Agency | Sept 8, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — EU diplomats visited the village of Walaja on Thursday to voice concern over the humanitarian impact and political implications of Israel’s wall in the village. Local officials briefed the delegation on the effects of the barrier, settlements and violence by settlers, an EU statement said. […]

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The kidnapping of a ten year old child and assaulting him

  Thursday, 8 September, 2011 | 14:07 |  Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — A little time ago, the Israeli forces from the undercover units kidnapped a ten years old child, named Mahmoud al Abbasi, from Ein Alouzeh neighborhood in Silwan. Although there was the vehicle of the settlers that […]

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New Israeli Raids East Jabaliya

Gaza Under Attack – in pictures PNN – Palestine News Network – 08.09.11 – 14:07 Jabaliya- Hazar Khalilieh (Trans.) – PNN: Israel continues its attacks on Gaza strip. Israeli bombardment attacks were regenerated on Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza on Thursday morning. The attacks targeted a group of civilians, causing several deaths and injuries. Locals […]

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Soldiers demolish wells & Farmlands while Settlers Attack Nablus

Related: Settler Violence – in pictures Thursday September 08, 2011 12:34 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli soldiers invaded on Thursday morning the city of Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, and demolished three wells while army bulldozers uprooted farmlands in the Nablus district. Armed Israeli settler also wrote graffiti […]

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Israel to the world: the Palestinian bid will not lead to Peace

▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid PNN – Palestine News Network  08.09.11 – 12:39 The Israeli ambassador to the United Nations Ron Prosor says Israel is fighting diplomatically at the international organization to handicaps the Palestinian move to UN. Israel seeking to convince all the countries ambassadors that the Palestinian bid will not lead to […]

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Italian activist’s murder trial due to start in Gaza

Related to: Vittorio Arrigoni: a Friend, a Brother, a Humanist Maan News Agency | Sept 8, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The first session of a trial to sentence the murderers of Italian activist Vittorio Arrigoni is due to start on Thursday in a Gaza court. The Italian activist and journalist was murdered after being […]

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