Archive | February 27, 2012

Egypt pope condemns Quran burning at NATO military base

MENA | EGYPT INDEPENDANT | Mon, 27/02/2012 – 15:11 Photographed by محمد حسام الدين Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday condemned the burning of copies of the Quran at a NATO military base in Kabul earlier this month. The church also denounced recent Israeli assaults on Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. A source from Pope Shenouda […]

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Egypt increases power supply to Gaza Strip

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 27 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Egypt increased its energy supply to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, director of the Hamas-run energy authority told Ma’an, adding that more is required to solve the crisis. “In light of the serious power shortage in the Gaza Strip, the additional five Megawatts have not […]

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Report: Israel Denies 14,000 Arabs in Jerusalem Residency

WAFA FEB 27 2012 RAMALLAH, February 27, 2012 (WAFA) – Israel has denied over 14,000 Arab residents of occupied East Jerusalem the right to live in their city of birth, a report by the PLO Negotiations Affair Department (NAD) said Monday. It also demolished 3,300 Palestinian-owned homes in the city, it added. NAD report monitored […]

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Israeli report: Egypt will respond aggresively to any military operation in Gaza

Egypt Independent Mon, 27/02/2012 – 13:30 Photographed by Laura Cugusi Egypt would respond aggressively to any potential Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli intelligence assessment said, according to Haaretz newspaper’s website. The annual report, prepared by the Israel Foreign Affairs Ministry’s Information Services, was presented a few weeks ago to the security […]

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Tel Rumeida: As locals march for rights, Israel sprays funeral procession and injures journalist

by Aaron and Silvia | 26 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The divided city of Al Khalil (Hebron) was transformed into a war zone this Friday, as thousands of Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists attempted to peacefully reopen the segregated Shuhada Street and were violently attacked by the Israeli military. Soldiers and […]

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Fateh: Hamas Must Allow the Elections Committee to Operate in Gaza

Monday February 27, 2012 11:46 by Ghassan Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies The Fateh movement of president Mahmoud Abbas, demanded on Monday that the Palestinian elections committee be allowed to conduct the necessary work in the Gaza Strip in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. Fatah-Hamas Logos – Archive Photo Fateh Spokesperson, Fayiz […]

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Israeli Forces Raid Homes in Hebron Area, Setup Checkpoints

WAFA FEB 27 2012   HEBRON, February 27 2012, (WAFA) – Israeli forces Monday raided several towns in the Hebron area, south of the West Bank, and searched Palestinian homes tampering with their contents, according to security sources. They said soldiers also set up checkpoints at entrances to area villages and obstructed Palestinian movement. Related: […]

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Electricity Crisis Brings Dark Times for Women in Gaza

PNN FEB 27 2012 Oxfam For 40-year-old Naima Abu Shawareb (in picture) living in Al Shaati refugee camp, the electricity crisis has brought increased hardships over and above what she was facing already. Not able to afford a portable generator, when the power is cut her house is only lit by candles and she huddles […]

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Under siege, life on the Gaza Strip’s a daily fight for survival

Mel Frykberg | New Age Online | Feb 27 2012 Israel’s crippling siege of the Gaza Strip prevents many vital goods from entering the coastal enclave, as well as preventing the 1.5mn inhabitants from rebuilding their infrastructure and economy, which had been severely destroyed following Israel’s devastating war on the territory from December 2008 to […]

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Turkey restricts use of airspace by Israeli cargo planes

Haaretz FEB 26 2012 Photo by Nir Keidar Relations deteriorated further following a Turkish-sponsored aid flotilla in May 2010, which aimed to bring supplies to Gaza in violation of an Israeli naval blockade. An Israeli navy raid on one of the flotilla ships ended in a violent clash that left … and more »

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IOF soldiers round up 8 Palestinians in Nablus village

[PIC 27/02/2012 – 10:42 AM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Kafr Qalil village to the south east of Nablus at dawn Monday and rounded up eight citizens before withdrawing from the village. Local sources said that the soldiers broke into many homes in the village and forced the inhabitants out in the […]

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Report: Israeli rail company plans West Bank network

MAAN NEWS AGENVY FEB 27 2012   TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — A state-owned Israeli railway company has prepared a proposal for building a rail network in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Haaretz reported on Monday. The plan reportedly calls for creating 11 rail lines extending to 475 kilometers of rail-track through the West Bank. […]

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Palestinians Force Israeli Group to Stop Work on Jerusalem Land

WAFA FEB 27 2012 JERUSALEM, February 27, 2012, (WAFA) – The Israeli Nature Authority Monday stopped work on land between the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Issawiyeh and al-Tur after area residents got court order to stop the work, according to local activists. They presented workers from the Nature Authority with the court decision, which orders […]

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#HanaShalabi – Islamic Jihad praise Hana Shalabi’s hunger strike

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 27 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Islamic Jihad said Monday that they hold Israeli authorities responsible for female detainee Hana Shalabi, who is currently on day 12 of a hunger strike in protest against Israeli administrative detention. The movement praised her protest against “inhumanity,” describing her actions as an intifada against Israeli […]

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UN expresses concern that Israel is ignoring calls to halt settlements

MEMO FEB 27 2012   A UN committee on Palestinians affairs in the occupied territories has expressed its concern that the Israeli government is continuing to ignore international calls to halt its illegal settlement practices. The Israeli government has approved 500 new housing units in the north of the occupied West Bank. In a statement […]

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