Egypt slams Israel plan to seize Palestinian land

Ma’an News Agency | September 1, 2014 |  22:41 CAIRO (AFP) — Egypt on Monday denounced Israeli plans to expropriate West Bank land, saying the move violates international law and is an obstacle to efforts for a lasting Palestinian-Israeli settlement. On Sunday, Israel said it would expropriate 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres) of Palestinian land around […]

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Haneyya: Egypt should urge Israel to abide by ceasefire agreement

[ PIC 01/09/2014 – 06:52 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ismail Haneyya, Deputy Head of Hamas political bureau, urged the Egyptian intelligence to pressure the Israeli occupation to observe the terms of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Egypt a few days ago. Haneyya drew attention, in a telephone call with the Egyptian intelligence, to Egypt’s need […]

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WFP delivers food aid to Gaza via Rafah crossing for first time in 7 years

[ PIC 31/08/2014 – 06:43 AM ] RAFAH, (PIC)– For the first time in seven years, a humanitarian convoy of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) successfully crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, carrying food aid items enough to feed around 150,000 people for five days, a WFP statement released on Saturday revealed. […]

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100 Palestinians held at Cairo airport for last 3 weeks

Ma’an News Agency  (updated) 28/08/2014 21:49 (MaanImages/file) GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — More than 100 Palestinians from Gaza have been stuck at Cairo International Airport for more than three weeks after being prevented by Egyptian authorities from traveling to their final destinations. The stranded passengers told Ma’an that most of the group had escaped from Gaza […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Israel targets Rafah crossing

Ma’an news agency | Aug 25, 2014 |   12:49 (MaanImages/file) Tweet GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli warplanes fired three missiles at the Rafah crossing late Sunday, causing major damage to a yard in the terminal, a Gaza official said. Mahir Abu Sabha said the missiles created 15-meter deep craters at the crossing, which will remain […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Haniyeh calls Egypt to hold Israel responsible for its ‘crimes’

  MEMO | Friday, 22 August 2014 13:27 ‘We advise all of those who endeavour to attain a ceasefire to attest to the occupation’s treachery and tendency to break promises and the killing of women, children and the extermination of entire families’ Egypt, who sponsored indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, must hold Israel […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt delay on Iran Gaza aid delivery unjustifiable

  An Iranian student collects aid for Gazans in an anti-Israeli rally in Tehran in July 2014.   PressTV | Wed Aug 20, 2014 4:4PM GMT A senior Iranian diplomat has criticized Cairo’s “unjustifiable” foot-dragging in giving permission to Iran’s aid flights bound for the Gaza Strip via Egypt. “Although a long time has passed […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | @Amnesty and @HRW say Israel and Egypt bar their entry to Gaza

[ PIC 19/08/2014 – 02:56 PM ] WASHINGTON, (PIC)– Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the Israeli and Egyptian authorities obstruct their efforts to investigate allegations of war crimes and human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. Representatives from the two organizations have failed to get official permissions to enter Gaza from Israel […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: Egyptian proposals failed to meet Palestinian demands

MEMO | Sunday, 17 August 2014 13:21 The foreign affairs spokesman of Hamas, Osama Hamdan [Pictured above], said in a Facebook statement yesterday that Israel has to accept Palestinian conditions ‘or face a long-term war of attrition.’ The proposals put forward to the Palestinian delegation in Cairo do not meet Palestinian demands, a senior Hamas […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Egypt denies Kuwaiti aid entry into Gaza

MEMO | Friday, 15 August 2014 14:44 ‘ This action is not appropriate in the difficult circumstances that Gaza is witnessing as a result of the brutal Zionist aggression’ The governmental committee charged with receiving delegates in Gaza denounced the Egyptian authorities for denying a Kuwaiti aid delegation entry into the Strip.The committee, affiliated with […]

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A stranger in the motherland ~ by Amr Khalifa

By Amr Khalifa | August 13, 2014  (Published here ) The Cairo sun beat down mercilessly upon landing at the airport; it would not compare to the emotional assault of a 40-day odyssey into the valley of the divided: Egypt. What made the trip eventful was not that it was a return home. Though the nation was […]

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Egypt Complicit in Israeli Siege on Gaza

By Sara Flounders | Global Research, August 07, 2014 Some of the fiercest attacks on Gaza have been Israeli attacks on the Egyptian-Gaza border crossing at Rafah. More than 100 Palestinians were killed in Rafah between Aug. 1 and 3, including 10 children at a well-marked school. Even U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | No deal made on Gaza: Hamas official

  PressTV | Wed Aug 6, 2014 11:9PM GMT No agreement has yet been made between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators as a 72-hour ceasefire is under way in the blockaded Gaza Strip, says a senior Hamas official. Mousa Abu Marzook, an official from the Palestinian resistance movement, made the remarks in the Egyptian capital Cairo […]

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Today we filed a lawsuit: African HR Complaint Against Egypt Re Rafah Closing ~ @StanleyCohenLaw

For who does not understand the need or concept of resistance of Palestine, recommended read: The History of Resistance – The Eagle of Palestine Special Topic – All Israeli Massacres on Palestinians iRemember… – Confirmed Names of Martyrs Occupation (*) Special Topic – Ethnic Cleansing Israeli escalation in Gaza – A cover-up for settlement activity […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Action Alert | Children trapped at the Rafah crossing

1st August 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza, Occupied Palestine This morning a group of over 70 people, mostly women and children carrying foreign passports, planned to take advantage of the ceasefire to leave Gaza and enter Egypt. Israel began bombing Rafah and the Egyptian personnel closed the Egyptian side of the border, leaving them trapped […]

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