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How to keep watching @PressTV

Following a move by the European satellite provider Eutelsat SA to take Press TV off the air in a flagrant violation of freedom of speech, Press TV viewers can continue to watch the news channel via the following satellites or by visiting the following websites: You can watch Press TV by visiting the following websites: […]

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Israel’s Politics of Deflection ~ by Richard Falk (@rfalk13)

Richard Falk | Richard Falk Weblog | Sept 30, 2013 General Observations   During my period as the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Palestine on behalf of the Human Rights Council I have been struck by the persistent efforts of Israel and its strong civil society adjuncts to divert attention from the substance […]

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The answers you will NOT get if you #askIDF

October 3, 2013 by occpal Duly noted. In it’s latest hasbara effort the IOF wasted (again) a lot of Israel’s and US tax-money to dish you lies under the pretext of answering all your questions with the campaign #askIDF! This is… unless the questions came from activists! It has been quite hilarious to see the […]

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The student Montaser Shunnar declares hunger strike in PA prison

[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 06:12 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– The student at Faculty of Engineering at An-Najah National University Montaser Shunnar has declared a hunger strike in the PA jail of Aljunied in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. PA Intelligence Services arrested Shunnar on September 26, 2013 as he was leaving the university […]

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Israeli demolition notifications against 8 water wells

[ PIC 02/10/2013 – 08:11 PM ] AL-KHALIL,(PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) have issued demolition notifications against eight water wells funded by a European organization in Yatta town in the southern West Bank district of al-Khalil. Ratib Al-Jabour, the coordinator of the popular committee against the wall and settlement in Yatta, said that the […]

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“Don’t crush our dreams” – a plea from a student trapped in Gaza ~ by @YousefAljamal

    Yousef Aljamal is trapped in Gaza. If he isn’t allowed to leave soon he’ll lose a hard won university scholarship to study in Malaysia. His course began on 22 September, but the Israeli siege combined with the closure of Gaza’s border with Egypt means he is still stuck in Gaza a week later. […]

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Eye on Palestine – This is occupation: Deprivation of Healthcare

Sept 26, 2013 via Ahmad A Mesleh | Eye on Palestine Qamar Shehada, a 6 months girl, on a hospital bed at the intensive care unit, in Jerusalem on Sept. 17, 2013. Israeli authorities prevented Shehada’s family to enter Jerusalem under the pretext of illegal stay in the Palestinian Authority territory while she suffering from […]

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USD Speaker Alison Weir (@alisonweir) Addresses Israeli-Palestinian Coverage at University of South Dakota

Yankton Daily  Press & Dakotan | Sept 26, 2013 |David Lias/Vermillion Plain Talk   Alison Weir, who draws controversy in lectures discussing Israel and Palestine, spoke Tuesday at an International Forum held in Farber Hall on the University of South Dakota campus. Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 10:18 pm USD Speaker Addresses Israeli-Palestinian Coverage By […]

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Likud efforts to foil negotiations with Palestinian Authority

Middle East Monitor | Sept 25, 2013     Israeli Likud leaders are calling for a conference to be held aimed at foiling peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, an Israeli Hebrew newspaper reported on Wednesday. The majority of Likud’s leaders, seven out of 11, sent a letter to the head of the party,   […]

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Heartwrenching and Outrageous: The Palestinian worker left to bleed to death in Tel Aviv

Middle East Monitor | Sept 25, 2013 Five days after his death, the family and friends of Ihsan Abu-Sitta are still in shock. The Palestinian worker died in Tel Aviv after his boss tossed him to the side of the road when he was injured at work; he was left to bleed to death. People […]

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Law preventing Palestinians from owning property in Lebanon threatens thousands

[ PIC 25/09/2013 – 06:04 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– A law preventing Palestinians from owning property in Lebanon was passed in March 2001, and stated that “It is not allowed to own a property of any kind for any person who does not carry a citizenship issued by a recognized state or for any person […]

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#PalHunger | Halahleh threatens to declare hunger strike against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence

[ PIC 21/09/2013 – 10:41 AM ] RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Palestinian prisoner Thaer Halahleh, 34, has threatened to go on hunger strike and to stop taking medicines in protest against the Israeli deliberate medical negligence. Halahleh, jailed in Eshel prison, had contracted hepatitis after his arrest in April. The prisoner told the Palestinian prisoner society […]

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Public health sector in Gaza faces disaster under tightened siege

Intensive care medical units such as this one at the Al-Emarati Hospital in Gaza face significant cuts to their power and medical supplies Middle East Monitor | Sept 21, 2013 The Minister of Health in Gaza has urged the international community to put pressure on Israel and Egypt to lift the siege and allow medicines, […]

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Refugees of Palestine – in pictures

SPECIAL TOPIC Related News and Resources Category Refugees | For Related News Palestinian Refugees | Factsheet Right to Return | Factsheet Whereabouts of Palestinians | Report Ethnic Cleansing | Special Topic Internal Displacement in Palestine Life in Refugee Camps Palestinian Refugee Camps Refugee & IDP Rights Sands of Sorrow |  video Study proves living conditions […]

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