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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 Times. What do you when they want to convince you that a kind and gentle man you met and respected as…
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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 in a massive march which included journalists and foreign and Israeli supporters. The Popular Committee to Resist the Wall carried flags…
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*Injury Update* Army Fire on Funeral Procession, Invade Beit Ummar
*Update* One of the injured, a man shot in the leg with live ammunition, has had to have his leg amputated. Today, February 1st, 2008, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated and live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades at villagers from Beit Ummar as they participated in a funeral procession. This morning, the bodies of the two young men who carried out last week’s attack in Kfar Etzion settlement were returned to their families for burial.…
