PLO releases Bethlehem Christmas video

Dec 22, 2012 | Maan News Agency BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The PLO’s negotiations affairs department and Palestinian Government Media Center released a video Saturday about the realities of Bethlehem ahead of Christmas. The video, titled Justice is Possible and Hope is Justified, reflects the “current reality of Bethlehem, the birthplace of the Prince of Hope,” […]

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Palestinian activist: situation of refugee camps in Syria is worsening

Palestinian Information Center | Oct 12, 2012 ISTANBUL, (PIC) — Tariq Hamoud, the coordinator of the international working group for Palestinian refugees in Syria, confirmed that the Syrian security forces had attacked a farm belonging to Hamas movement in the area of “Drousha” on the outskirts of Damascus. Hamoud said that the Syrian security forces […]

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PRESS RELEASE | South Africa: Statement By Deputy Minister Ebrahim On the Palestinian-Israeli Situation

AllAfrica.com | Aug 17, 2012 press release South Africa continues to support international efforts to assist the people of Palestine and Israel in finding lasting peace in the context of the two state solution. The Government’s policy position on the situation in Palestine is informed by South Africa’s history of apartheid, oppression and abuse of […]

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#PalHunger | Ashkar: Situation in occupation jails explosive

[ PIC 03/05/2012 – 09:22 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Ismail al-Ashkar, the deputy head of the Change and Reform bloc in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), warned of the situation in occupation prisons exploding if the international community did not intervene to resolve the issue of Palestinian prisoners, warning of serious reactions in case any […]

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Baraka asks Iraqi ambassador to improve conditions of Palestinian refugees

[PIC 05/03/2012 – 05:25 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Representative of Hamas in Lebanon Ali Baraka has conferred with Iraqi ambassador to Lebanon Omar Barazanji on Monday for an overall discussion of conditions in the region. A Hamas statement said that Baraka, who accompanied three Hamas officials with him, conferred with Barazanji on the situation of […]

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UN Envoy Richard Falk Tours Palestinian Territories To Assess Settler Violence

Ethnic Cleansing – Topic | Settlement Construction – Category – Pictures Wednesday February 15, 2012 04:03 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News After a recent increase in Israeli settler attacks against Palestinian civilians, property and holy sites, the UN envoy Richard Falk arrived in the West Bank this weekend to begin an eleven-day tour of […]

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Seeking Asylum in Norway: Never Easy for Palestinians

MIFTAH | October 05, 2011 | By Julie Holm for MIFTAH Many Palestinians I meet here in Ramallah ask me where my interest in Palestine and the Palestinians comes from. Proudly, I answer that in Norway numerous organizations and political parties are concerned with their situation. Further we have a large Palestinian community of engaged, […]

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Gaza: Khan Younis revisited

Monday, 19 September 2011 |  Scoop News | Article: Julie Webb-Pullman When Kia Ora Gaza was in Gaza almost a year ago, some of the team visited poor families and orphans in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Yunis. At that time I reported on the dire situation faced by families there, some of whom had been […]

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Catholic News: Air attacks make situation in Gaza unbearable

September 8, 2011 | John Newton and Reinhard Backes | Catholic News Pupils at Holy Family school, Gaza The situation in Gaza is “unbearable” – amid ongoing aerial bombardments – according to church sources there. Speaking to Aid to the Church in Need, Father George Hernández, parish priest of Gaza’s Holy Family Church, said: “The […]

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Worsening Situation in Iraq for Palestinian Refugees

Palestine News Network | 01.08.11 – 12:07 Baghdad  PNN – The situation of the 7000 Palestinian Refugees living in Iraq is worse than any other concentration of Palestinian refugees in the world, according to the Palestinian ambassador in Iraq, Daleel Al Qassous, quoted by the International Middle East Media Center (IMEMC). Before the 2003 Iraq war, […]

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European parliamentarians to visit Gaza Strip

Published today (updated) 24/07/2011 10:17 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – A high-profile delegation of European parliamentarians is scheduled to arrive Sunday in the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing on Egypt’s border. The Council for European Palestinian Relations said in a statement that members of the European parliament and national parliaments would visit Gaza to raise […]

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Health Ministry: Gaza health situation has been spiraling since early June

[ 19/07/2011 – 10:10 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Gaza Health Ministry’s public relations director Dr. Ashraf al-Qudra warned that the health sector in the Gaza Strip is spiraling downward as the ”unprecedented medicine crisis” has continued since early June. Qudra said that 163 medicines and 160 medical consumables have gone completely out of stock, […]

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Abu Marzouk: Abbas wants to restore pre-reconciliation situation

[ 13/07/2011 – 10:54 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Senior Hamas political official Mousa Abu Marzouk has accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of trying to restore the situation as it was before the Palestinian reconciliation. The statement comes after Abbas said in a statement to the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper that “there would be no reconciliation […]

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International Committe of the Red Cross: Gaza – No end in sight to hardship and despair

20-05-2011 Interview Mathilde De Riedmatten, deputy head of the ICRC’s sub-delegation in Gaza, talks about the situation in the coastal enclave and about how ordinary Gazans manage to carry on with their daily lives. How would you describe the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip today? The ICRC is concerned about the fact that the […]

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OIC: Nakba Day deaths a reminder of Palestine situation

[ 18/05/2011 – 12:04 PM ] JEDDAH, (PIC)– Organization of the Islamic Conference secretary-general Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu has said that Israel’s attacks on peaceful Nakba Day protesters that killed and injured many are a reminder of the injustice the Palestinians have been dealt over the past 63 years. Israeli soldiers shot into crowds of Arab protesters […]

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