By Abbas Al Lawati, published in Gulf News on 29th May 2008. To view original article click here Dubai: A Jewish-Palestinian advocacy group held a thank-you rally outside the UAE’s representative office in New York on Tuesday over the country’s ...
Read More »Haaretz: Tutu meets Hamas leader, raps Israel for barring entry
By Akiva Eldar, published in Haaretz on the 29th May 2008. To view original article click here Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu criticized Israel’s refusal to allow him entry to the country, in his role as head of ...
Read More »ei: Ramallah commemorates the ongoing Nakba
By Hazem Jamjoum, published by Electronic Intifada on 29th May 2008. To view original article click here Photos from Electronic Intifada Most Nakba commemoration events this year focused their attention on the 1948 War and the plight of the Palestinian ...
Read More »Maan: Israeli forces storm Ni’lin, detain dozens of young men
Published by Maan News Agency on 28th May 2008. To view original article click here Israeli forces raided the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, on Thursday morning, storming houses and detaining dozens of young men. The mayor of Ni’lin, ...
Read More »AIC: Facing the spectres of Israel’s establishment: the Palestinian right of return as the true healing of Israeli society
Written by Michael Warschawski – Alternative Information Center (AIC) To view original article click here Ten years ago, when the State of Israel was celebrating its fiftieth anniversary, our main duty was to explain that the creation of Israel was ...
Read More »PCHR: Eighteen years of work destroyed in less than four hours
PCHR Narratives Under Siege In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their ...
Read More »J-Post: ‘94% of Palestinian construction denied’
Published in the Jerusalem Post on the 27th May 2008. To view original article click here In the past seven years, Israel has denied 94 percent of Palestinian requests for building permits in West Bank areas under its full control, ...
Read More »Gisha: Supreme Court considers deep fuel cuts to Gaza
Statement from Gisha (www.gisha.org) On Wednesday, May 21, 2008, Israel’s Supreme Court held a hearing in a petition submitted by nine Israeli and Palestinian human rights groups, represented by Gisha – Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, claiming that since ...
Read More »OCHA: Gaza Strip inter-agency humanitarian fact sheet (April 2008)
To view OCHA website click here To download full fact sheet click here Israeli restrictions on fuel supplies to Gaza peaked in April when Israel halted supplies of diesel, petrol and cooking gas (LPG) to Gaza. UNRWA was forced to ...
Read More »US political author Norman Finkelstein denied entry to Israel
Taken from www.normanfinkelstein.com Jerusalem – The US political author and critic of Israel Norman Finkelstein was denied entry to the Jewish state on Friday, his lawyer said. Finkelstein landed at Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv in the early ...
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