Egypt tightens security in and around gas export facilities in Sinai

[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 05:32 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Egyptian authorities have tightened security measures in and around gas export facilities in northern Sinai Peninsula to ward off future threats. Hebrew radio reported on Monday that repair of those facilities has been completed and resuming exports to each of Jordan and Israel was […]

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International Solidarity: Photos for the liberation of Shuhada Street

5 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement On February 20th, International Solidarity Movement put out a call for the international community to express their solidarity with the people of Al Khalil (Hebron) and the cause to open Shuhada Street. Individuals from all over the world took part in this symbolic campaign, which came just as […]

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Red flags over Gaza: Palestinian leftists rally for Hana Shalabi

by Joe Catron ISM 5 March 2012 | Mondoweiss Photo courtesy of Joe Catron, 2012 Hundreds of Palestinians, mainly from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Palestinian People’s Party (PPP), the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), and other leftist factions, rallied for administrative detainee Hana Shalabi, now on […]

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Israel Must Commit to Peace Requirements, says Erekat

WAFA MARCH 5 2012 JERICHO, March 5, 2012 (WAFA) – PLO Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat Monday said that Israel must commit to requirements for peace proposed by any party to achieve peace in the Middle East, according to a statement issued by his office. He said following a meeting with US Consul General in […]

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Who Controls Whom? The Obama-Netanyahu Encounter

by Gary Leupp / March 5th, 2012 By all reports, Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu dislike and mistrust one another. An exchange between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Obama in Cannes last November, inadvertently caught on an open microphone, revealed the two men’s feelings for the Israeli leader. Sarkozy said he “couldn’t bear” Netanyahu and […]

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White House: Obama to hold news conference on Tuesday

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 15 2012 WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President Barack Obama will hold a news conference on Tuesday afternoon, the White House said on Monday. Ethnic cleansing & Denial of Palestinian identity – Special Topic Israel’s Likud threatens to invade Al-Aqsa Mosque – Overview More Information about Al-Aqsa Under Threats – PDF All posts […]

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UK, Palestine to Start Information Technology Cooperation

WAFA MARCH 5 2012 By Malak Hasan RAMALLAH, March 5, 2012 (WAFA) – British Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Ed Vaizey Monday expressed hope to start a future cooperation between Palestine and UK in information technology fields. He told WAFA during a visit to the Paltel group building in Ramallah, “This has been […]

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Gaza Flooded After Israel Opens Dam Gates – VIDEO

TV.GLOBALRESEARCH.CA MARCH 5 2012 by grtv Gaza’s poor infrastructure and lack of building material and equipments due to the blockade has led the war battered infrastructure to deteriorate. Press TV’s Ashraf Shannon reports from Gaza. A Palestinian environmentalist says the Israeli regime is engaged in systematically destroying the environment in the Gaza Strip by dumping […]

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Israel okays first Gaza-West Bank trade in 5 years

Khaleej Times March 5 2012 JERUSALEM — Israel on Monday allowed the Palestinians to export two truckloads of date bars from Gaza to the West Bank in what was the first such trade between the territories since 2007, the military and an NGO said. The rare move was permitted as part of a World Food […]

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Int’l campaign blames world silence for persistent IOA practices against MPs

[ 05/03/2012 – 05:36 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The international campaign for the release of Palestinian MPs detained in Israeli jails has blamed the world’s silence over the Israeli occupation authority’s persistence in its detention of Palestinian lawmakers. The campaign said in a statement on Monday commenting on the IOA renewal of MP Mahmoud Al-Ramahi’s […]

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Baraka asks Iraqi ambassador to improve conditions of Palestinian refugees

[PIC 05/03/2012 – 05:25 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Representative of Hamas in Lebanon Ali Baraka has conferred with Iraqi ambassador to Lebanon Omar Barazanji on Monday for an overall discussion of conditions in the region. A Hamas statement said that Baraka, who accompanied three Hamas officials with him, conferred with Barazanji on the situation of […]

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Resheq: National gov’t transitory

[ PIC 05/03/2012 – 05:44 PM ] (PIC)– Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Al-Resheq has affirmed that following up the issue of forming a new national unity government would resume within the few coming days. He said in a press release on Monday that none should be held responsible for the delay in forming […]

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Hamas: Egypt to deliver fuel to Gaza via Rafah

MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 5 2012 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza’s energy authority on Monday announced an agreement with Egypt to import fuel via the Rafah crossing to ease the power crisis. The Hamas-run authority said Egypt’s General Petroleum Authority would initially deliver diesel meant for cars through the terminal until industrial diesel could be […]

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Annihilation hovers over Palestine, not Israel

CAMPAIGN AGAINST SANCTIONS AND MILITARY INTERVENTION IN IRAN by Imtiaz Muqbil (source: Bangkok Post)  Monday, March 5, 2012   As the threat of Iran’s nuclear potential is hyped in Tel Aviv and Washington, it is the people in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem who are in real danger   One of the claims […]

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Israel, Democracy and the Arabs

PALESTINE CHRONICLE MARCH 5 2012 By Stuart Reigeluth and Julian Memetaj The prolongation of the Arab-Israeli conflict is all about the illegal occupation, expropriation, colonization, and annexation of Arab territory by Israel. And beneath the armor of the Israeli military machine is the systematic exclusion of the Other — the Arabs. Jewish Israelis are xenophobic […]

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