MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 23 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday supplied 150,000 liters of fuel to the ministry of health in the Gaza Strip. “The lack of fuel restricts the functioning of vital public services, especially hospitals,” Irfan Sulejmani, the head of the ICRC sub-delegation in […]
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Russia warns Israel: Attacking Iran catastrophic for Middle East
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov PRESS TV Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:11PM GMT The scenario of military action against Iran would be catastrophic for the region and possibly the whole system of international relations.” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov Russia has once again warned Israel of the “catastrophic consequences” of a military attack […]
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#KhaderAdnan: A selfless Palestinian hero – by Daoud Kuttab
by Daoud Kuttab PNN FEBR 23 2012 It might have been a small gesture, but it spoke volumes. After Khader Adnan, the Palestinian administrative detainee in his 66th day of hunger strike, agreed to end his strike he refused to eat until all fellow hunger striking Palestinians are informed about such decision. Speaking on Voice […]
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Biology of Peace – by Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh
PNN FEB 23 2012 I grew up under Israeli occupation, a brutal military occupation accompanied by “colonization” (land theft). My family suffered, though not as much as other Palestinian families. It is hard to describe how much the occupation invades every aspect of one’s life here: from eating and drinking to education and from healthcare to travel, from economy […]
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Statement by EU High Representative Ashton on Israeli settlement approvals
PNN FEB 23 2012 European Union The spokesperson of High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton issued the following statement today: “The High Representative is deeply concerned by the approval on 22 February by the Israeli Civil Administration of new construction in the […]
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Obama’s budget: less medical care for Americans, more weapons for Israel
JEWS FOR JUSTICE FOR PALESTINIANS FEB 22 2012 2013 Budget: ‘Difficult Cuts’ for Americans, Jackpot for Israel By Josh Ruebner, Palestine Chronicle | 17.02.12 Speaking before students at Northern Virginia Community College on February 13, President Obama unveiled his 2013 budget request, in which he proposed “some difficult cuts that, frankly, I wouldn’t normally make […]
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Villagers: Israeli forces plant olive trees on Hebron land
MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 23 2012 HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces planted olive trees on village land in Hebron overnight Wednesday, villagers told Ma’an. Locals said that bulldozers and military jeeps arrived in the village of Surif at dawn and began digging up land and planting olive trees. The land belongs to villagers Isaac al-Qadi […]
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Municipality creates garbage dump inside Bab Alsbat cemetery next to lion Gate in the Old City – Photography
SILWANIC FEB 22 2012 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) –Large quan tities of waste are being piled by the Jerusalem Municipality inside the Islamic cemetery (Bab Alsbat) next to Lions Gate in the old city, in a move that has upset and offended the City’s thousands of Muslim inhabitants. The Lions Gate, which lies close to the […]
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Inmates decide to boycott Israel courts | #KhaderAdnan
Adnan Musa, the father of Palestinian prisoner, Khader Adnan, attends a press conference in the north of Israel-occupied West Bank on February 21, 2012 after the conclusion of an agreement between his son and Tel Aviv over the former’s release. PRESS TV Thu Feb 23, 2012 3:29AM GMT Hundreds of Palestinian detainees, imprisoned in Israeli […]
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#BDS – Open letter from North American organizations
Thursday February 23, 2012 09:40 by Adalah – NY – The New York Campaign For The Boycott Of Israel | IMEMC Batsheva, Take a strong, unequivocal stance against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians New York, NY, February 21 2012 – More than 20 organizations representing human rights activists and artists around the United States and Canada […]
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Political bureau of Hamas affirms importance of implementing Doha declaration
[ PIC 23/02/2012 – 06:12 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– The political bureau of Hamas affirmed after a meeting in Cairo the importance of accurately and honestly implementing the Doha declaration and the Cairo agreement. It said in a statement on Wednesday that Hamas was concerned with ending the division and uniting the national line on […]
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Jewish settlers plan to storm the Aqsa on Thursday
[ PIC 23/02/2012 – 06:13 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Jewish settlers from Kiryat Arba settlement plan to storm the holy Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Thursday, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage said on Wednesday. AFEH said in a statement that a number of Hebrew websites affiliated with the Zionist far right […]
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Mishaal-Abbas meeting ends in agreement on pushing forward reconciliation
[ 23/02/2012 – 06:15 AM ] CAIRO, (PIC)– Political bureau chairman of Hamas Khaled Mishaal and PA chief and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas ended their meeting in Cairo on Wednesday evening stressing their intent on going ahead in the reconciliation process. Both Abbas and Mishaal delivered terse statements at the meeting, held in the presence […]
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Troops kidnap A Former Detainee, His Wife And Daughter
Thursday February 23, 2012 01:45 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Wednesday at night, former political prisoner, Majdi Al-Ajouly, in addition to his wife and underage daughter, in Foqeen village, near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem. Israeli Soldiers – file alraseef.net The sources […]
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