Archive | September 16, 2011

Hamas, Islamic Jihad dismiss Abbas speech

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid Maan News Agency | Sept 16, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas and Islamic Jihad late Friday dismissed President Mahmoud Abbas’ UN membership initiative and criticized a speech in which he expressed hope that peace talks would resume soon. Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Abbas’ speech was an […]

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IOA plans to uproot Jahaleen Arabs out of O. Jerusalem

[ 16/09/2011 – 03:36 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has issued a military order Thursday of removing the Jahaleen Arabs out of their homes in the city so as to build and expand new settlements, Hebrew sources revealed. In an interview with channel 1 in the Israeli television, the spokesman […]

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Settlers assault Palestinian child after kidnapping him south of Jenin

[ 16/09/2011 – 07:55 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– A gang of young Jewish settlers attacked on Thursday night a young Palestinian boy in a village to south of Jenin. They then took him to the dismantled Haumash settlement and assaulted him before releasing him late at night. Locals said that a group of settlers ambushed […]

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Palestinian shot by armed settlers

Protests in West Bank Palestine – Sept 16, 2011 – in pictures PressTV –  Fri Sep 16, 2011 2:43PM GMT |LAST UPDATE Palestinian youths evacuate a man injured by Israeli forces following clashes with Israeli settlers in the northern West Bank town of Kusra, September 16, 2011. One Palestinian has been wounded in a clash with […]

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UN faces historic test over Palestine

PressTV –  Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:1PM GMT | By Hassan Hanizadeh United Nations General Assembly As the 66th Session of the UN General Assembly is due to be held in New York, this international organization faces one of the toughest tests in its history.   Topping the agenda of this meeting will be the […]

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Israel’s “Dangerous” Game

Related: The Mavi Marmara Massacre Taking on Turkey Ramzy Baroud | September 16th, 2011 | Dissident Voice The UN Palmer Report, which largely exonerated Israel for murdering nine unarmed Turkish civilians in international waters on May 31, 2010, seemed in some ways like the last straw. Prior to its publication, the camel’s back had already […]

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Group: Israel’s Bedouin relocation may bring violence

    Maan News Agency | Sept 16, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An advocacy group for Arab-Israelis warned Thursday that Israel’s plan to rehouse Negev Bedouin communities demonstrated neglect and could spark violence. The Israeli government on Sunday approved a plan to transfer Bedouins from unrecognized communities, in what it said was an attempt to […]

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Palestinian factions: PLO step to seek seat in the UN threatens the cause

[ 16/09/2011 – 11:47 AM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– The Damascus- based central leadership of the Palestinian factions alliance has strongly criticized Thursday the PLO move to seek a seat at the UN, stressing that the step was far from any national strategy for liberation and resistance. In a statement it issued in this regard, the […]

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Hamas and Fatah stress necessity of achieving national reconciliation

[ 16/09/2011 – 12:00 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas and Fatah stressed Thursday the significance of achieving national reconciliation, and stressed that political arrest should stop and all political detainees should be immediately released. PIC correspondent in the Gaza Strip pointed out that the meeting between the two delegations lasted for 90 minutes where the […]

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China press warns US against Palestinian UN veto

Maan News Agency | Sept 16, 2011 BEIJING (AFP) — A Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday warned of a spike in tensions in the Middle East if the United States vetoed the Palestinian bid for membership of the United Nations next week. As peace talks with Israel stall, President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to formally […]

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