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Starting Today: Escalation in Collective Punishment of Gaza – With High Court Approval
Further Electricity Cuts Planned Human Rights Groups: “Israel is Depriving Civilians in Gaza of Basic Needs – in Violation of International Law”. Wed., February 6, 2008: Beginning tomorrow (Thursday, Feb. 7), Israel will reduce supplies of electricity it sells to Gaza, as part of punitive measures taken against Gaza’s civilian population, with the approval of…
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PYN, Paz Ahora, and ISM attempt to break the blockade by sending a 50,000 Euro medical convoy into Gaza.
February 6, 2008 For Immediate Release [RAMALLAH] The Palestinian Youth Network (PYN), together with the Spanish Paz Ahora Association, and the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Spain will deliver 50,000 euros worth of medicine to United Nations-operated clinics in Gaza’s eight refugee camps. A delegation in which participates Julio Rodriguez, President of Paz Ahora Association,…
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Ongoing invasions in Deir Istiya, suggests Israeli army training in villages has not stopped
The village of Deir Istiya was again subject to Israeli military invasion on Monday 4th February, with soldiers again invading and occupying a family home. In activities almost identical to those that took place on 24th-25th January 2008, Israeli soldiers entered the village at approximately 7pm on Monday night, before forcibly occupying a multiple-story family…
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EI: George Habash’s contribution to the Palestinian struggle
By: As’ad AbuKhalil 30 January 2008 I lived more than half of my life in the US and I never felt the alienation that I felt on the day I read George Habash, the Palestinian revolutionary who passed away last week, labeled as a “terrorism tactician” in a front page obituary in The New York…
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PNN: Bilin honors the Spirit of the late George Habash and calls for naitonal unity
Three citizens were injured during a weekly demonstration in Bil’in. This Friday’s was organized in honor of the spirit of George Habash, founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Bil’in residents have actively resistance the Israeli Wall and settlement expansion for years. Bil’in residents left the western Ramallah village after Friday prayers…
