Archive | February, 2012

PA: Israel seizing broadcast frequencies

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 29 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) – The Palestinian Authority is describing Wednesday’s raids on TV networks in the occupied West Bank as the possible beginning of a “frequency war” over limited broadcasting space. The confiscation of equipment from Watan TV and Al-Quds Educational TV deprives Palestinians of their right to have frequencies […]

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Palestine Seeking Support From Indonesia, Asean

JAKARTA GLOBE FEB 29 2012 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. (AFP File Photo) Related articles George Galloway Brings His Palestine Cause to Jakarta 7:29pm Feb 6, 2012 From Britain, a View of Southeast Asia 2:10pm Jan 7, 2012 Fears for Asean Backslide as Small Members Step Up 11:44am Nov 21, 2011 Belle of the Ball Asean […]

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Watch: Heated argument draws TV attention – VIDEO

MAAN NEWS AGENCY FEB 29 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — While heading to his daughter’s school to attend an awards ceremony, Rajih Abu al-Sukkar was notified that Israeli forces uprooted dozens of olive trees in lands belonging his village Turmusayya near Ramallah. He immediately rushed to the land along with other residents. “Are you leaving my […]

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Silwan School in Danger of Collapse, says Activist

WAFA FEB 29 2012 JERUSALEM, February 29, 2012, (WAFA) – Silwan elementary school has shut down its bathrooms in what appears to be a step toward closing down the entire school under the pretext it may collapse, Fakhri Abu Diab, a Silwan activist, said Wednesday. He said the school, located in an area of the […]

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Prison Authority Imposes Heavy Fines on Prisoners, says Ministry

WAFA FEB 29 2012 RAMALLAH, February 29, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli Prison Administration has imposed thousands of dollars in fines on Palestinian prisoners for the most trivial reason, the Ministry of Prisoners said Wednesday. It said one prisoner, Mohammad Abed Rabbo, who is serving a 17-year prison sentence since 2004, was fined over $3600 […]

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Fayyad Condemns Israeli Raid on TV Stations

WAFA FEB 29 2012 RAMALLAH, February 29, 2012 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Wednesday condemned Israeli army pre-dawn raid on two local television stations in Ramallah, describing it as an act of “piracy.” “The Israeli piracy and raids targeting Palestinian media institutions bring back to mind the Israeli actions in the beginning of the […]

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Palestinian parliamentary delegation arrives in Tunisia

[ PIC 29/02/2012 – 11:41 AM ] TUNIS, (PIC)– A Palestinian parliamentary delegation led by acting speaker Dr. Ahmed Bahar arrived in the Tunisian capital on Tuesday evening at the onset of an Arab tour. The delegation was received on arrival by the deputy speaker of the Tunisian parliament, MPs, ministers, and members of the […]

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Jewish settlers offer rituals in Yatta, wound Palestinian

[ 29/02/2012 – 11:47 AM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– Jewish settlers arrived in buses to an area to the east of Yatta, in Al-Khalil province, on Tuesday night and performed Talmudic rituals, local sources said. They said that the settlers offered prayers at a 100 dunums area of land where they claim contain Jewish relics. This […]

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Jerusalemite commission: IOA pursuing new method of Judaization

[ PIC 29/02/2012 – 12:05 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Islamic-Christian commission for the support of Jerusalem and holy sites has warned that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) was pursuing new methods to Judaize occupied Jerusalem. It warned in a press release that the IOA was planning to build a six-story cemetery in occupied […]

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IOA renews administrative detention of MP for fourth time

[ PIC 29/02/2012 – 12:10 PM ] AL-KHALIL, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has renewed the administrative detention of MP Azzam Salhab for four months for the fourth time running, his family in Al-Khalil said. The family quoted its lawyer as saying that Ofer military court would sit on 5th March to endorse the […]

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Hamas warns Israel against persisting in violating holy shrines

[ PIC 29/02/2012 – 11:40 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas warned the Israeli occupation authority of persisting in colluding with and protecting the Jewish settlers’ attacks on holy Islamic and Christian shrines. The movement was commenting in a statement on Tuesday on an attempt by Jewish settlers to break into Nabi Yunis mosque in Halhul, […]

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Hamas lashes out at UNRWA for reducing services to refugees

[ PIC 29/02/2012 – 11:54 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement denounced the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for reducing services extended to Palestinian refugees in its capacity as a preliminary step to liquidating the issue of those refugee and their right to return to their homeland. A statement issued by Hamas’s refugees affairs […]

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Britons to take action against Israel’s illegal detention

PRESS TV Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:20PM GMT UK-based Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) group has launched “Free Hana” campaign, urging the British government to take actions against the illegal administrative detention of Hana Al-Shalabi by Israel. Al-Shalabi, 30, who has been on hunger strike for about two weeks, was re-arrested by the Israeli forces earlier […]

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My Grandfather Passed Away and I was Denied the Right to See Him – by Linah Alsaafin

Linah Alsaafin on Tue, 02/28/2012 – 15:29 Electronic Intifada I’ll never forget the hilarious conversation we had back in the summer of 2005. The extended family went to the beach that day. As the sun went down, my father ordered an argilah, and whenever he’d break to continue a conversation, I’d take the pipe and […]

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Fatah: Talks must be based on 1967 borders

MAAN FEBR 20, 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Fatah Central Committee members said Sunday that any direct peace negotiations with Israel must be based on 1967 borders, an end to settlement activity, and the release of prisoners in Israeli jails. Members of the administrative body of Fatah met on Sunday in Ramallah in a meeting chaired […]

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