#PALESTINE NEWS | Aug 3, 2012

آخر الأخبار والتحديثات Aug 3, 2012 | 23894 Days Since Al-Nakba & Gaza has been under siege for 1878 days For news of previous news days | Daily News Overviews Follow on Twitter for more live updates NEW REPORT Published by Adalah, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights | June […]

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Zahalka: Israeli planning to steal Golan oil

[ PIC 03/08/2012 – 01:55 PM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– Jamal Zahalka, an Arab member of the Israeli Knesset, has charged the Israeli government with planning to steal the Syrian Golan Height’s oil and gas resources. Zahalka, who was commenting on the news report that Israeli energy minister Uzi Landau ordered the start of oil exploration […]

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Welcome to Nazareth ~ by Jonathan Cook

By Jonathan Cook in Nazareth – Aug 2012 | IOA   Jonathan Cook Until a few years ago, the only road northwards from central Israel to Nazareth rose from the fertile fields of the Jezreel Valley to wend its way steeply up the craggy face of a hill in the Lower Galilee range, following what […]

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Foundation: 320,000 worshipers head to Al-Aqsa

Maan News Agency | Aug 3, 2012 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Around 320,000 worshipers headed to Al-Aqsa mosque to take part in prayers on the third Friday of Ramadan, the Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said. Thousands of Palestinians traveled from inside Israel and the occupied West Bank to the Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform the […]

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Resheq appeals to the world’s free people to save Burma Muslims

[ PIC 03/08/2012 – 11:59 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Member of Hamas’s political bureau Ezzat Al-Resheq appealed to the world’s free men and women to move to end the systematic genocide of the Muslim minority in Burma in light of the international passivity. “We are following with great concern and pain the inhuman acts of […]

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Palestinian rights center slams EU for strengthening ties with Israeli regime

[ PIC 03/08/2012 – 11:54 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian center for human rights strongly denounced the European Union (EU) for its decision to promote trade and diplomatic relations with the Israeli occupation regime, saying the decision was taken with no regard to the Israeli violations in the occupied Palestinian territories. In a press […]

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Jewish settlers try to blast a Palestinian car in Ramallah village

[ 03/08/2012 – 02:05 PM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– Jewish settlers tried on Thursday to blast a Palestinian car near the Sinjel village in Ramallah but the device used in the attempt did not detonate due to technical failure. Ayub Suweid, the mayor of Sinjel, said that the settlers wrote racist slogans on walls of the […]

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IOA demolishes two buildings in Bethlehem village

[ PIC 03/08/2012 – 02:13 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) sent its demolition teams to Beit Jala village in Bethlehem and destroyed a house under construction and part of a restaurant on Thursday. Local sources said that the 100-meter square house was owned by George Khaliliya. They added that the IOA […]

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Hamas deplores Yarmouk camp massacre in Damascus

[ 03/08/2012 – 12:05 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– The Hamas Movement strongly denounced the bombing of the Yarmouk refugee camp in the Syrian capital Damascus which claimed the lives of 20 Palestinians and led to the injury of several others on Thursday evening. In a press release, Hamas mourned the families of the victims and […]

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US politicians prostitute their country for Israel lobby support

By Jamal Kanj | Redress | 3 August 2012 Jamal Kanj argues that, in their eagerness for Israel lobby election campaign funds and Jewish votes, US politicians have put Israeli interests ahead of those of the American people, displaying rare unity in doling out more US taxpayer money for Israel at a time of economic […]

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Palestinian Children’s Health, Israel and White Phosphorus: Part I ~ by Mais Qandeel, an LL.M.

JURIST Guest Columnist Mais Qandeel, an LL.M. Graduate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, is the author of an eight-part series that explores which party should bear the legal responsibility of providing medical and health care for Palestinian children affected by Israel’s use of white phosphorus bombs. This series will explore Palestinian history, […]

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History on a Billboard — Fanatacism on the Ground — An Analysis

opednews.com | Prof Lawrence Davidson | Aug 3, 2012   Part I — History On A Billboard For the past few weeks, those taking local trains from New York City’s wealthier suburbs into Manhattan have encountered a succinct billboard history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The lesson comes in the form of four aligned maps showing […]

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