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Arab Sell-Out 2.0 | Zahhar: We will not swap our land for our land

[ PIC 07/05/2013 – 11:40 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar warned against any Arab and Palestinian moves to waive the Palestinian rights and constants, reiterating his Movement’s rejection of any solutions giving up an inch of the Palestinian land. The Hamas official made his remarks in a ceremony held on Monday […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Arab League pledges to Gaza against Israeli

Arab Foreign ministers stand for a moment of silence during an emergency meeting in Cairo on November 17, 2012. PRESSTV | Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:43PM GMT Arab League Secretary-General Nabil al-Arabi has condemned “Israel’s aggression” against Palestinians, pledging to end the blockade on Gaza during Arab foreign ministers’ emergency talks. “We pledge to the […]

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Arab League moves to investigate Arafat’s death

MEMO | July 27, 2012 Following a programme broadcast by Aljazeera which raised questions about the manner of his death, the League of Arab States has begun the process to open investigation into the death of the late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. Mohammed Sobaih, the assistant of the Secretary General of the Arab League for […]

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Palestinian Statehood Discussed at Arab League

Monday July 23, 2012 13:43 by Craig Harrington – IMEMC & Agencies The Arab League met in Doha, Qatar on Sunday to discuss Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ planned bid for further UN member recognition, reports Ma’an News. President Mahmoud Abbas at an Arab League Summitt The Palestinian Authority has spent much of the past two […]

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AL slams seizure of Gaza-bound ship

  PressTV –  Wed Jul 20, 2011 1:56AM GMT Secretary General of the Arab League Nabil al-Araby (file photo) The secretary general of the Arab League has condemned Israel’s interception of a boat attempting to break the Gaza blockade, calling it an act of piracy. “I strongly condemn the act of piracy on the high […]

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Angered relatives close UNRWA clinic after death of refugee child

[ 10/03/2011 – 11:52 AM ]   SIDON, (PIC)– Palestinians angered at the preventable death of Mohammed Nabeeh Taha, 11,  have closed the UNRWA clinic inside the Wadi al-Halwa refugee camp in Lebanon. They took to the streets alongside local Palestinian forces holding the child’s body protesting the recent marked decline in services the UN […]

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Hamas condemns accelerated Aqsa Mosque conversion drilling

[ 05/03/2011 – 03:40 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas has strongly condemned Israeli drilling operations on the historical Umayyad palaces running along the Aqsa Mosque as a ”blatant infringement on the Palestinian, Arab and Muslim people, and on the history and civilization of Jerusalem.” According to reports, Israel has been increasing construction of a […]

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Khater: Coming tourism conference marks Israeli success in Judaizing Jerusalem

[ 27/02/2011 – 06:28 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Secretary-General of the Islamic-Christian Commission Dr. Hassan Khater has said an Israeli tourism conference to be held in Jerusalem the coming month marks Israel’s success in promoting the holy city as a capital for all Jews. Israel will stage a conference running from February 29 […]

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Ministry of religious affairs slams restrictions on entry to Aqsa Mosque

[ 26/02/2011 – 09:43 AM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs expressed concern about the restrictions imposed by Israel on Palestinian worshipers who want to perform prayers at the Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding yards, especially on Fridays. The ministry’s committee of Jerusalem underlined in a statement on Friday that such […]

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Clashes Continue in Silwan

Friday February 25, 2011 17:22 by Ramona M. – IMEMC and Agencies Confrontations erupted on Thursday evening between Israeli forces and Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem village of Silwan, Violence was concentrated in the Baten al-Hawa area, where Israeli soldiers have been occupying the roof of a Palestinian residence for over six months now. […]

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Green spaces to appropriate vast tracts of Palestinian land around Old City

Saturday, 19 February, 2011 | 12:18 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) —  Reports were published in local Palestinian, national Israeli and foreign media in 2009 regarding the Israeli government’s intention to establish a band of gardens and green spaces around Jerusalem’s old city. The project, to be undertaken in collaboration with various Israeli settlement associations, aims to […]

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Injured teen arrested during public prayer in Al-Bustan

Friday, 18 February, 2011 | 16:51 Muhannad Qawasmi, 17, in hospital last year when his eye was injured Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — A Palestinian youth was arrested by Israeli forces today during a public prayer in the Al-Bustan protest tent. 17 year old Muhannad Qawasmi of Bir Ayyub district of Silwan was seized by police […]

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‘Israel to build military base in al-Quds’

PressTV – Thu Feb 17, 2011 4:58AM Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank have reportedly announced plans to build a military base inside the illegally annexed al-Quds (Jerusalem), a report says. The military base is expected to be constructed on Mount Scopus, well within the Palestinian territory and beyond the pre-1967 borders, a Press […]

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IOA planning establishment of 19 synagogues in OJ

[ 14/02/2011 – 05:17 PM ]   OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli-controlled municipality of occupied Jerusalem is planning to build 19 Jewish synagogues in Jabal Abu Ghuneim south of the holy city, Hebrew press reports said on Monday. Ha’aretz quoted inhabitants in the suburb as saying that the decision would mean turning the suburb in […]

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Ministry of religious affairs warns of Israel’s new apartheid wall in J’lem

[ 20/01/2011 – 04:05 PM ]   GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian ministry of religious affairs said the segregation wall which Israel is embarking on building now around the occupied city of Jerusalem will isolate about 100, 000 Palestinian natives living behind the wall from their holy city. In a press release on Wednesday, the ministry […]

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