Category: In the Media
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International Women’s Peace Service meet with prisoner released in Shalit deal
26 December 2011 | International Women’s Peace Service The 18th of December was a day of reunion and celebration for many in Palestine. Following a tense wait, several delays and tear-gas attacks by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on their waiting families, 550 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails to be reunited with their families…
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Demanding release of Yousef Abdul Haq, lawyer
28 December 2011 | Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum The lawyer Yousef Abdul Haq (Abu Shaddad), professor at the An Najah National University, and coordinator, former President of the Governing Council of the Tanweer Forum, was arrested Wednesday 7/12/2011 at three o’clock in the morning. We in the Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum consider the continued detention…
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Christmas in Gaza
by Ruqaya Izzidien 24 December 2011 | Al Akhbar English This Christmas marks the third anniversary of the 2008-2009 Israeli war on the Gaza Strip; a winter in which 19-year-old Ramy El Jelda saw his home bombed just two days after Christmas. He returned to the site a couple of days later to find his…
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Live sniper-fire injures protester in Nabi Saleh
23 December 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Two weeks after the killing of Mustafa Tamimi during a demonstration in the village, an Israeli sniper shot a protester with live 0.22″ caliber ammunition, banned for crowd control purposes. Earlier today, an Israeli military sniper opened fire at demonstrators in the village of Nabi Saleh, injuring…
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Choir bus hit by settlers on way back from Nablus
17 December 2011 | Notes from Bethlehem I was hoping to write about something more pleasant regarding our Christmas ministry in Nablus. I was hoping to write about the usual; singing and rejoicing with the believers there. As always, Nablus concert was special. The Anglican church where we usually go was full. There was joy.…
