Hamas at 24: Politics of Resistance in Changing Middle East ~ by Ramzy Baroud

Related: The Eagle of Palestine | Masked in Gaza – The Untold Story Hamas’ conundrum may prove too difficult to solve. (Aljazeera) By Ramzy Baroud Ever since Hamas emerged victorious in the 2006 Palestinian legislative elections, myriad public opinion polls revealed that its popularity in the Occupied Territories was on a steady decline. However, there […]

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Hamas calls for forming Arab army to liberate Occupied Jerusalem

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures [ 20/12/2011 – 10:05 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Hamas department of refugee affairs urged Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya to work on forming an Arab army to liberate the occupied Islamic city of Jerusalem from occupation. In a press release, the department stressed the […]

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Israel Bulldozes Industrial Structures In Silwan

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures December 20, 2011 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies  Israeli bulldozers destroyed on Tuesday industrial stalls in Ath-Thoury neighborhood, in Silwan, south of the Al Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, as part of the destruction that is ongoing to a playground that […]

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IOF soldiers detain 8 Palestinians including a young man and his sister

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map [ 20/12/2011 – 11:24 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) rounded up eight Palestinian civilians on Tuesday including a young man and his sister in Duma village, south of Nablus, Tadamun foundation for human rights said. Ahmed Al-Beitawi, a researcher with the […]

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Expert: Israeli scheme to displace thousands of Palestinians in Al-Khalil

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures [ 20/12/2011 – 06:51 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority has expropriated thousands of dunums of Palestinian land to the south and east of Al-Khalil at trivial security pretexts, Abdul Hadi Hantash, an expert in settlement activity, warned on Tuesday. He told […]

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Drones in the shower, F-16s on the street: On leaving Gaza

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 20 December 2011 | Notes from Behind the Blockade | by Radhika Sainath | ISM I made the long journey out of Gaza last week.  I must say, though I will miss the dozens of people who invited me […]

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Israeli troops impose curfew over Nablus village

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map Maan News Agency | Dec 20, 2011 NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces imposed on Tuesday a curfew on Yatma village south of Nablus, locals said. Forces imposed the curfew via loudspeakers until further notice as Israeli settlers claimed that armed men fired at Israeli […]

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IOA bulldozers destroy Palestinian land in occupied Jerusalem

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures [ 20/12/2011 – 11:32 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Bulldozers of the Israeli controlled municipality of Jerusalem started leveling Palestinian land near the Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses in Suwana suburb, to the east of the Aqsa Mosque, told the PIC […]

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Israeli Forces Demolish Paved Road in Hawara Village

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures PNN – Palestine News Network –  21.12.11 – 03:59 PNN -On Tuesday, Israeli forces demolished a four kilometer-long paved road in the village of Hawara village, south of Nablus. Israeli soldiers patrol the Palestinian village of al-Walajeh (Brendan Work, PNN). The mayor of Hawara, […]

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Israeli Forces Arrest Eight Citizens from Jenin Camp, Nablus, Gaza

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map PNN – Palestine News Network –  21.12.11 – 04:19 PNN- On Tuesday, Israeli forces arrested three citizens from Jenin refugee camp, Jenin city, and Yamoun village.  An Israeli jeep raids a West Bank village (Lo Yuk Fai, PNN). Secure sources told Palestinian official news […]

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Khudari: No more justifications for Gaza siege

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 [ 20/12/2011 – 12:25 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Head of the popular committee against Gaza siege MP Jamal Al-Khudari has called on Israel to lift its siege on the Gaza Strip imposed over the past six years. Khudari urged […]

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Palestinian legislators demand free hand for resistance response to settler attacks

Settler Violence Topic | Category | Pictures | New: Interactive Map Tuesday, 20 December 2011 13:00 | MEMO Elected legislators in Ramallah have condemned the ongoing attacks by illegal Jewish settlers against Palestinians and their properties. In the latest attack a number of cars were set on fire in the village of Baytayen, near Ramallah […]

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Israeli forces demolish Bedouin structures in Jordan Valley

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Maan News Agency |  Dec 20, 2011 JERICHO (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished several structures in a Bedouin village in the Jordan Valley on Tuesday. Fathi Khdeirat, coordinator of the Save the Jordan Valley campaign, told Ma’an that Israeli authorities delivered demolition orders to […]

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Factsheet on Gazan Children’s Access to Medical Care ~ by Al Mezan

Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov 2011 | Dec 2011 Articles 55 and 56 of the Fourth Geneva Convention clearly establish that Israel, as the occupying power, not only has a duty to ensure medical supplies reach hospitals in the OPT, but to ensure and maintain the services of […]

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PALESTINE NEWS | Dec 20, 2011

Related: The Eagle of Palestine | Masked in Gaza – The Untold Story CONTINUOUS UPDATES Photography by Ahmad Mesleh آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Dec 20, 2011 | 23228 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1651 days | Spread the News! Gaza Under Attack – Timeline | In pictures Aug-Sept 2011 | Oct-Nov […]

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