Hamas: Abbas ignored Palestinian aspirations

Maan News Agency | Sept 23, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas said Friday that President Mahmoud Abbas’ proposals to the United Nations failed to address Palestinians’ aspirations, party spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said. The official told Ma’an that by recognizing Israel and seeking UN membership for a Palestinian state on 22 percent of historic Palestine, […]

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Dozens wounded in Bil’in’s weekly nonviolent protest

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Friday September 23, 2011 19:05 by George Rishmawi – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group Dozens suffered asphyxiation as a result of inhaling gas fired by Israeli soldiers against nonviolent protesters in the village of Bil’in near the West Bank city of Ramallah Friday. Palestnians […]

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IOF troops raid Silwan suburb, clash with local youth

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video [ 23/09/2011 – 11:15 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Violent clashes between local youth and IOF troops broke out in different streets of the Jerusalem suburb of Silwan, south of the Aqsa Mosque. IOF troops disguised as Arabs were deployed in the suburb to chase and arrest Palestinian […]

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Israeli Rejectionism – Book Review

By Ludwig Watzal | Palestine Chronicle | Sept 23, 2011 (Zalman Amit/Daphna Levit, Israeli Rejectionism. A Hidden Agenda in the Middle East Peace Process, Pluto, London-New York, pp 208.) After having negotiated for 20 years with different Israeli governments about a solution to the conflict in the Middle East, the Palestinian leadership is sick and […]

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Bardaweel: PA’s September statehood bid a trap to liquidate Palestinian cause

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood [ 23/09/2011 – 11:57 AM ] KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Dr. Salah al-Bardaweel, a leading Hamas figure and member of Hamas bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council, rejected Abbas’s bid to get the UN to recognise a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders, as a unilateral […]

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Palestinian shot dead by Israeli soldiers

A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli troops after they fired live bullets to break up clashes between Palestinians and Jewish settlers in the West Bank city of Nablus. PressTV –  Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:15PM GMT |LAST UPDATE The victim, identified as 35-year-old Issam Badran, was shot in the neck and died […]

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Full Official Text of President Mahmoud Abbas’ Speech at the UNGA

Abbas’ Speech at UNGA – full text in Arabic| Abbas’ Speech at UNGA – video Netanyahu Speech at the UN – in pictures WAFA | Palestine News & Info Agency | September, 23 2011 Mr. President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Mr. Secretary-General of the United Nations, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, At […]

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Jordanians to rally for Palestinian state

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood PressTV –  Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:27PM GMT A Jordanian protester waves a national flag (L) and a Palestinian flag (R) during a protest near the Israeli Embassy in Amman, Sept. 15, 2011. Hundreds of Jordanians are set to hold a rally in the capital, […]

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Hamas to Abbas: Don’t beg for a state

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood Maan News Agency | September 23,  2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh on Friday urged President Mahmoud Abbas not to “beg” for a Palestinian state at the United Nations. Speaking to reporters after morning prayers in Gaza City, Haniyeh said […]

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Confrontations on Qalandia checkpoints. Injuries in Ni’lin

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video PNN – Palestine News Network – 23.09.11 – 17:19 PNN -Jerusalem-Confrontations between Palestinians and the Israeli army broke out at the Qalandia checkpoint, northern occupied Jerusalem, this afternoon. According to witnesses, the Israeli army attacked and showered youth trying to reach the checkpoint with tear-gas bombs. Several suffered […]

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Medics: Israeli forces kill Palestinian in northern West Bank

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Maan News Agency | September 23, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Friday killed a Palestinian man and injured five others during clashes in Qusra village in the northern West Bank, medics said. Issam Kamal Odeh, 33, died after he was shot by two bullets in the […]

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Hit-and-run injures young boy in Hebron

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Maan News Agency | Sept 23, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — An eight-year-old boy sustained serious injuries after being struck by a vehicle in east Hebron on Friday morning, eyewitnesses said. Taleb Jaber was left bleeding as the Israeli-plated car fled the scene by al-Baqaa village near the army-controlled […]

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Israel refuses Sarkozy’s suggestion to give Palestine “Observation State” at the UN

  PNN – Palestine News Network –  23.09.11 – 12:19 Ramallah- France Press reported that Israel, today, declared its refusal to the French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s suggestion to give “Observation state” status to Palestine at the UN. A spokesman from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs told France Press, “Apparently it seems to be a […]

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Israel deploys forces ahead of UN bid

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video PressTV -Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:55AM GMT Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian protester at the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and al-Quds (Jerusalem) on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011. Israel has deployed some 22,000 security forces in the occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem) as Palestinians […]

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HH. King Abdullah warns about effects of Palestinian’s failure at the UN

Related: ▣ FAQ ▣ Palestine Statehood Bid | Category Statehood PNN 23.09.11 – 12:26 Amman- In a radio interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan, he states that the failure of the Palestinians at the UN will have serious negative effects on the region, remembering the invasion of the Israeli Embassy in Cairo. He also […]

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