972 MAGAZINE MARCH 5 2012 Roee Ruttenberg WASHINGTON – Liza Behrendt, a 22-year old Jewish-American activist, accused the American pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC and its supporting organizations of stifling debate on Israel and particularly on settlements. On Sunday, the first day of the 2012 Annual Conference, Behrendt attended a breakout session called “The Struggle to […]
Continue readingWE DEDICATE THIS YEAR’S INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY TO THE VALIENT WOMEN OF PALESTINE
Originally posted on Desertpeace:
Palestinian women suffered the most from the occupation and the establishment of the Jewish state. They experienced the migration, separation, and non-settlement in neighbouring countries. They continue to live at risk of institutionalized discrimination, the risk of local displacement and uprooting, as in the Negev, and continue to live at risk…
PALESTINE OCCUPIES AIPAC
Originally posted on Desertpeace:
Yesterday, Palestinian flags waved proudly at the demonstrations near the AIPAC conference; chants of “free, free Palestine” echoed in the streets of D.C.; young Palestinians danced dabka and blared Arabic music; and AIPAC delegates were greeted by mock checkpoints and settlements first thing in the morning. Clearly, Palestine remains important to…
Hamas official: No elections without West Bank freedoms
MAAN NEWS AGENCY MARCH 6 2012 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Senior Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya said Monday that his party refuses to hold elections until they can operate freely in the West Bank. Responding to a question from a Ma’an reporter on why the Gaza government has not permitted the Central Elections Commission to update the […]
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Israelis rejoice at the death of Palestinian children in bus accident
SABBAH REPORT MARCH 6 2012 BY PAUL J. BALLES A story appeared in Israel’s Haaretz newspaper last month about what happened after nine Palestinian children and one adult were killed in a school bus accident north of Jerusalem. Firefighters at the site of a crash between a truck and a school bus transporting Palestinian children […]
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Army Kidnapped 200 Residents In Hebron Since The Beginning Of 2012
Tuesday March 06, 2012 11:18 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Amjad An-Najjar, head of the Hebron branch of the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS), reported that Israeli soldiers kidnapped more than 200 residents in the Hebron district, in the southern part of the West Bank, in January and February of this year. File – […]
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Israel seeks to build new rail network in West Bank
PRESS TV Tue Mar 6, 2012 8:33AM GMT “We condemn this act. We do not accept the planning of anything on a Palestinian land unless it’s a plan by Palestinian government; therefore we believe that the act undermines the possibility of establishing a viable Palestinian state,” Palestinian Minister of State, Maher Ghneim said. Israeli […]
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Beyond Chutzpah – by Khalid Amayreh
By Khalid Amayreh PIC March 5 2012 Puppets and puppeteers The Holy Quran speaks of some Jews as perpetual war mongers and mischief makers. The current visit to Washington by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu seems to fit rather perfectly this Quranic description. Zionist leaders are already beating the drums of […]
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Military Court Extends Administrative Detention Order Against PLC Member Abu Teir
“The Palestinian Information Center reported that Abu Teir was repeatedly kidnapped and imprisoned by Israel, and spent a total of 30 years in captivity.” Tuesday March 06, 2012 04:19 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News & Agencies The Israeli “Ofer” Military Court ruled, Monday, for extending the Administrative Detention order, for the second time, against […]
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Gazans hold a sit-in to show solidarity with Hana al-Shalabi
PRESS TV MARCH 6 2012 Gaza residents have held a sit-in to show their solidarity with jailed female Palestinian activist Hana al-Shalabi. Shalabi went on hunger strike in mid-February to protest her “administrative detention” by Israeli forces. She is now in the Hasharon prison, one of Israel’s largest and most overcrowded detention centers. Hasharon is […]
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