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Another Israeli Massacre to add to the list: 23 dead as Israel opens fire on Golan

Published yesterday (updated) 06/06/2011 09:25 Demonstrators flee Israeli fired tear gas as they gather along Syria’s border with Israel. Israeli troops opened fire on Sunday as protesters from Syria stormed a ceasefire line in the occupied Golan Heights, with Damascus saying 23 demonstrators were killed. [AFP/Jack Guez] MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AFP) — Israeli troops […]

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Hamas: Support of protests the way to liberation, return

[ 05/06/2011 – 02:40 PM ] DAMASCUS, (PIC)– Hamas has lauded popular protests led by the Palestinians at home and abroad to rise up against the Israeli occupation on the 44th Naksa Day when Israeli forces occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The group said that the movements were an important step toward restoring […]

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Refugee & IDP Rights

Assistance, Protection & Reparations for Palestinian Refugees & Internally Displaced Persons Refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) have the right to assistance and protection. International assistance and protections are required when national authorities are unable or unwilling to act on their obligations. The right of refugees and the obligations of states are set out in […]

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Palestinians in Jordan

Maha Al-Kahef, Marina Ferhatovic and Haneen Aweis It is hard to distinguish a person with Palestinian origin from a Jordanian on the streets of Amman. However in the Jordanian society they often have completely different rights and possibilities. And for some lack of integration is the least of problems. Sewage water runs down the steep […]

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Official says Israeli army gearing up for large protests

Maan News Agency  | June 1, 2011 TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma’an) — Israel’s army is gearing up for large protests, its chief of staff said Tuesday. “There’s a new player in the Middle East – the street,” Benny Gantz said. “The IDF has drawn lessons from the Nakba Day events and knows it may find […]

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Palestinian Youth… New Hope for Near Return

  Sara Taha | Al Manar It has been 63 years since the UK handed over Palestine to Zionist gangs allowing them to forcibly exile the Palestinian natives from their homes and establish a racist state that overpowers and terrorizes all its neighboring countries. Time flew by and the Palestinian dispersed community has been conducting […]

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Why June 5 matters

30 May 2011 | Palestine News Network – Joe Catron  | International Solidarity Movement I gasped as the first bullet struck a young man standing a few paces ahead of me. Watching him crumple to the ground, I struggled for breath and fought my natural urge to run. “Allahu Akbar!”, the crowd roared around me. […]

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Lebanese NGO welcomes president’s statements on right of return

[ 28/05/2011 – 11:24 AM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– The Thabit organization for the right of return in Lebanon has welcomed statements by Lebanese president Gen. Michel Suleiman on Thursday confirming the Palestinian refugees’ right of return. The president declared that the UN has recognized the “inalienable” right as a basic human right and reiterated refusal […]

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Qasem: Return of refugees is key to a Palestinian state

[ 24/05/2011 – 09:59 PM ] NABLUS, (PIC)– Dr. Abdel-Sattar Qasem, professor of political science at the Najah University in Nablus, expressed concern over the future of the Palestinian national reconciliation agreement if security coordination between the PA and the Israeli occupation forces continues, adding that a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders will not […]

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Call For Further Marches On “Naksa” Day

Tuesday May 24, 2011 11:34 by Kevin Murphy – IMEMC The International Solidarity Committee, the international activist organisation for Palestine, has called for solidarity marches around the world with upcoming “Naksa” events in the Middle East. The group, which maintains a large international activist presence in the West Bank, has called on global demonstrations to […]

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On June 5th support the Palestinian Refugees’ Right to Return | #Jun5

ANNOUNCEMENTS OF EVENTS BELOW THIS ARTICLE LIVE UPDATES FROM #NAKSA #JUNE5 #PALESTINE #GOLAN Live updates | Naksa Day | #June5  | Page 1 Live updates | Naksa Day | #June5  | Page 2 Live updates | Naksa Day | #June5  | Page 3 Live updates | Naksa Day | #June5  | Page 4 Live updates | […]

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Palestinians storm Israel’s borders – Unarmed marchers shot demanding right to return

By Joyce Chediac |Published May 18, 2011 3:55 PM  | Workers World Thousands of Palestinian refugees from Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and Gaza surged across fenced off borders and into Israel on May 15, asserting their right to return home. The unarmed protesters were fired upon by Israeli soldiers, killing 16 and wounding hundreds. […]

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Palestinian refugees in Gaza never give up right of return

by Osama Radi, Emad Drimly | People’s Daily Online | May 16, 2011 Bassam Diab, a Palestinian in his late 40s living in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, said he will one day return to the village where his parents grew up, together with other Palestinians who fled the Arab-Israeli war in […]

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Nakba’s 63 Commemoration: Palestinian Right of Return and Israel’s Fears

PNN – Palestine News Network | 15.05.11 – 17:58 By Munjed Jadou – PNN Editor in Chief – This year Nakba Commemoration is somehow special, this date May 15,1948 is always marked by Palestinians as the day of exile and losing their country, but this year Israel did not hide its fear from a third […]

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Gilad Atzmon: From ‘Right of Return’ to ‘Return in Practice’

Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 1:47PM | Gilad Atzmon We learned today about deadly clashes in the Syrian and Lebanese borders with Israel. We also read that similar clashes took place in Gaza and the West Bank. The Jewish State is in a siege. The IDF forces reportedly fired at Syrian, Lebanese and Gazan  ‘Nakba […]

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