Archive | September 29, 2011

Committee: Israel to build new bypass road south of Bethlehem

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category Maan News Agency | Sept 28, 2011 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities notified the municipality of Beit Ummar on Wednesday of plans to build a bypass road which will annex over 800 dunams of village land, a local committee spokesman said. Mohammed Awad, spokesman […]

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Background on Israel as a ‘Jewish state’ and the ongoing discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel

Related : Ethnic Cleansing  Institute for Middle East Understanding | September 28, 2011 | Mondoweiss In recent months, Israeli and American officials have been increasingly vocal in demanding that the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a “Jewish state” as part of any peace agreement. On Monday it was reported that Israel and America’s insistence that a clause […]

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Government in Gaza condemns plans for 1,100 new settlement units in Jerusalem

Related : Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category  [ 28/09/2011 – 03:39 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza strongly condemned the approval of 1,100 new settlement units in the Jewish settlement of Gilo in occupied Jerusalem, a move that came days after the PLO made a request for a […]

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Israel defends settlement expansion

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video PressTV – Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:50PM GMT Israeli officials said the plan is one of the phases of a multi-year process for the expansion of the Gilo neighborhood. Israel has rejected international criticism over its plan to construct 1,100 new settler units in the occupied East al-Quds […]

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The graffiti battle of Sheikh Jarrah

28 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While Palestinian families continue to defend their right to reside in their homes in East Jerusalem, and while illegal Israeli settlers attempt to overtake whatever home or land to feed their colonial appetite, a different struggle is taking place on the walls of Sheikh Jarrah. As […]

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Bahar holds Israel responsible for consequences of Attoun’s abduction

[ 28/09/2011 – 02:55 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Ahmed Bahar accused the Israeli occupation authorities of breaching international law after abducting Palestinian lawmaker Mohammed Attoun, adding that Israel bears responsibility for what would follow, as sit-ins including politicians and students were held across the Gaza Strip. A […]

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Obama’s Badge of Shame

Abandoning principles for a seat in the White House Gulamhusein A. Abba | September 28th, 2011 |  Dissident Voice The portion of Obama’s speech in the United Nations that referred to the Palestinian bid for membership in the UN earned for him a “badge of honor” from Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (those are the […]

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Settlers Demand “Free Hand” To Open Fire At Stone Throwers

▣ Related: Special Topic Settler Violence | All posts on Settler Violence ▣ Related: Israel Arms & Trains Illegal Settlers for Rampage in Occupied Palestine – in pictures Wednesday September 28, 2011 12:09 by Mais Azza – IMEMC & Agencies Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank initiated a campaign meant to persuade Israeli Prime […]

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#PALESTINE NEWS | Sept 29, 2011

CONTINUOUS UPDATES Photography by Ahmad Mesleh آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Sept 29, 2011 | Gaza has been under siege for 1569 days | Spread the News! ▣ Make A Dream Come True : Just Once, Please – for Nader K. ▣ Settler Violence – in pictures ▣ REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video ▣ FAQ […]

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